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Research Projects Listed by Principal Investigator

Huyla Bayir, MD
(Critical Care Medicine)

Oxidative Lipidomics in Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury

Rachel P. Berger, MD
(Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Primary Care Centers)

Novel Aproaches to Screening for Inflicted Childhood Neurotrauma

James Boyette

Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium

John Caltagarone
(Cell Biology & Physiology)

Hippocampal Proliferation

Diane Carlisle, PhD

Nicotine as Factor in Pulmonary Remodeling in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Nicotine Dysregulates Lung Differentiation Through N-myc

Robert S.B. Clark, MD
(Critical Care Medicine)

Divergent Pathways of Cell Death after Brain Injury

Membrane Transporters to Improve CNS Drug Therapy

Yvette P. Conley, PhD
(School of Nursing)

Mitochondrial Genetics of Recovery after Brain Injury

C. Edward Dixon, PhD

DARPP-32 Mediation of Chronic TBI Pharmacotherapy

Dopamine Signaling Mechanisms of Traumatic Brain Injury

Emerging Therapeutics for TBI: Acute to Chronic Changes

Emerging Therapeutics for TBI - Acute to Chronic Changes (ARRA Administrative Supplement)

Field Portable Device for Brain Injury Diagnosis

National Neurotrauma Society Webpage Project

Novel Application of Extracellular Matrix Scaffolds to Treat Traumatic Brain Injury

Johnathan Engh, MD

Effect of Endoscopic Neuroport Surgery on White Matter Disruption in the Human Cerebrum

Safe Flexible Intracerebral Navigation with Steerable Needles

Robert M. Friedlander, MD

Dysregulation of Micro RNA's in Huntington's Disease

Identification of Novel Drugs that Counter Huntington's Disease

Peter Gerszten, MD

Dynesys as a Non-Fusion Device for Spinal Stabilization

Mark R. Gilbert, MD
(University of Texas)

Ependymoma Tissue Correlates of Clinical Course and Response to Therapy

Jospeh Glorioso, PhD
(Molecular Gentics and Biochemistry)

Glioma Therapy Using Targeted Oncolytic HSV Vectors

Larry Jenkins

PKA-Hypothermia Bridge: A New Therapeutic Approach for Traumatic Brain Injury

Functional Anatomy of Silver Degeneration after Rat CCI

Adam Kanter, MD

Osteocel Plus in Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (ALIF)

Douglas Kondziolka, MD

Protocol Development of NSI-566RSC a Human Spinal Cord-Derived Neural Stem Cell Line

Anthony Kline, MD
(Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation)

Environmental Enrichment and Cholinergic Mechanisms After Traumatic Brain Injury

Patrick M. Kochanek, MD
(Critical Care Medicine)

Biomechanical, Biochemical, Physiological and Functional Consequences of Blast Injury to the Human Brain

Inhalation of O2 & Hyperventilation Early After Traumatic Brain Injury

Oscar Lopez, MD
(Neurology)

Predictors of Alzheimer’s Disease in Mild Cognitive Impairment

L. Dade Lunsford, MD

Cell Phone Use in Patients With Acoustic Neuromas

Geoff Manley, PhD
(University of California, San Francisco)

Traumatic Brain Injury Clinical Care and Research

David O. Okonkwo, MD, PhD

Chron OS Strip Study

Clinical Studies of Spreading Depressions as Secondary Insults after Traumatic Brain Injury

Progesterone in Patients with Severe Traumatic Brain Injury

Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Dose-Escalation Study of NNZ-2566 in Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury (INTREPID)

SLV334 Study for TBI Patients

Trevor Orchard, PhD
(Epidemiology)

Epidemiology of Diabetes Complications Phase III

Ian F. Pollack, MD

Capecitabine Rapidly Disintegrating Tablets and Concomitant Radiation Therapy in Children with Newly Diagnosed Brainstem Gliomas

Molecular Markers as Predictors of Outcome in Gliomas

Novel Strategies for Brain Tumor Therapy

Outcomes in Patient Underlying Surgical Intervention for Chiari Type 1 Malformation with Syringomyelia

Peptide Based Vaccine Therapy for Childhood Malignant Gliomas

Peptide Vaccine Based Immunotherapy for Pediatric Low-Grade Glioma

Andrew Schwartz, PhD
(Neurobiology)

Cortical Control of a Dextrose Prosthetic Hand

Paula Sherwood, RN, PhD, CNRN
(Acute/Tertiary Care)

Patient and Health Care System Outcomes Following EEA

Samuel Shin
(Brain Trauma Reearch Center grad student)

Traumatic Brain Injury in Alpha Synuclein and Dopamine Regulation

Mingui Sun, PhD

Unified Sensor System for Ubiquitous Assessment of Diet and Physical Activity

Mandeep Tamber, MD, PhD

Park Reeves Syringomyelia Research Consortium

Amy Wagner, MD
(Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation)

Biomarkers: Evaluating and Treating Acute and Chronic TBI

Wei Wang, MD
(Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation)

Evaluation of Micro Electrocorticography for BCI Control in Humans

Hiroko Yano, PhD

Polycomb-Mediated Epigentic Mechanisms in Neurodegenerative and Aging Brain