Grants • 2005 • 2004 • 2003 • 2002 • 2001 • 2000 • 1999 • 1998 • 1997 • 1996

2006 AMFDP and ASH-AMFDP Scholars (as of 12/10/2007; the 2007 cohort starts 1/1/2008 and 7/1/2008)

$416,558 to University of California, Los Angeles for Building a Community-Academic Partnership to Improve Long-Term Follow-Up Care for Latino Childhood Cancer Survivors

$416,558 to University of Alabama at Birmingham for Perceived Discrimination in Medical Care

$416,558 to University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas for Improving Prescribing Behavior in Physicians Who Care for Hypertensive Black Men

$416,558 to Columbia University for Ambulatory Blood Pressure, Psychosocial Stress, and Left Ventricular Mass among Hispanics

$416,558 to Emory University for Cardiovascular Consequences of Hemodialysis Arteriovenous Fistula Creation

$416,558 to Emory University under the ASH-AMFDP partnership for Examining Patterns of Care and Treatment Preferences for African-American Patients with Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

$416,558 to Case Western Reserve University for Role of Kruppel-like Factors in Endothelial Biology

$416,560 to Massachusetts General Hospital for Host Antitumor Immunity in Patients with Malignant Brain Tumors

$416,558 to University of Pennsylvania for Discovery of Novel Genetic Determinants of Susceptibility and Resistance to Intermittent Hypoxia Mediated Damage, Using a Drosophila melanogaster Behavioral Model

$416,558 to Mayo Clinic Rochester for Characterization of GEP as a Mediator of Chemoresponse

$416,558 to University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center for Quantification of Cerebral Atrophy Using Fractal Dimension

$416,558 to MD Anderson Cancer Center for IL-11R Alpha as a Potential Target for the Treatment of Osteosarcoma

$416,560 to University of Washington for The Role of CDK-inhibitor p21 in Podocyte Injury Initiation and Progression of Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis

$416,228 to Johns Hopkins University for The Relationships Between Frailty, Energy Expenditure, and Mobility in Older Adults

2005

$365,400 to The University of Michigan for Pulmonary Hypertension and the Hypoxic Response in SCD

$365,400 to Montefiore Medical Center for Barriers to Hepatitis C Virus Evaluation and Treatment in Injection Drug Users

$365,400 to University of Maryland for The Role of NHERF-1 in the Regulation and Cell Surface Expression of Npt2a

$365,400 to Children's Hospital Boston for Insulin Resistance in Hepatitis C Infection

$365,399 to Case Western Reserve University for A New Paradigm for Obesity Development in Women: The Role of Childbearing and Stress

$365,400 to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute for Integrated and Functional Genomic Studies of Human Melanoma

$365,400 to MD Anderson Cancer Center for The Role of Pericytes in the Angiogenesis of Pulmonary Metastasis

$365,400 to Brigham and Women's Hospital for Improving Clinical Utility of Quality of Life Assessment in Ambulatory Heart Failure Patients

$365,318 to University of Washington for Genetic Expression Profiles of Metastatic Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma

$365,397 to Rush University for Racial Differences in Shared Decision Making and Its Impact on Diabetic Health Outcomes

$365,400 to Massachusetts General Hospital for The Role of the Extracellular Matrix in Crystal-Induced Arthritis

$365,400 to Brigham and Women's Hospital for Measuring and Improving Quality of Care for Native Americans

$365,318 to Vanderbilt University for Renal Chloride Channel Polymorphisms and Blood Pressure

$365,400 to University of California, Los Angeles for The Role of Vitamin D in Neonatal Innate Immunity

2004

$365,400 to The University of Chicago for Insulin Signaling and Airway Responsiveness

$365,400 to University of California, San Francisco for Genetics of Asthma in Minority Populations

$365,400 to Albert Einstein College of Medicine for Dyslipidemia and Atherosclerosis in HIV Infection

$365,400 to University of Pennsylvania for A Phase II Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Curcuminoid's Effect on Cellular Proliferation, Apoptosis, and COX-2 Expression and Activity in the Colorectal Mucosa of Subjects with a History of Sporadic Adenomatous Polyps

$365,400 to Albert Einstein College of Medicine for Hypothalmic Basis for Reproductive Senescence

$328,780 to University of Alabama-Birmingham for Protective Strategies Against Cerebral Palsy

$365,400 to Washington University for Role of Estrogen/SERMs on Fatty Acid Metabolism

$365,400 to Wayne State University for Patient's Factors That Influence Racial/Ethnic Disparities in the Treatment of Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer

$365,318 to the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Health Related Professions for Improving Weight Loss Outcomes for African-Americans

$365,400 to the Medical University of South Carolina for Developing Appropriate Weight, Diet, and Physical Activity Recommendations for Minorities

2003

$365,400 to The University of Chicago for Regulation of Insulin Gene Transcription: The Roles of CBP vs. P300

$365,400 to University of California, San Francisco for Preventable Hospitalizations and Racial Disparities in Heart Failure Care

$365,400 to Albert Einstein College of Medicine for Using TNFa Gene Expression Profiles to Predict PTX-based Chemotherapy Response

$365,400 to Mayo Clinic for Gene Discovery in Familial Barrett's Esophagus

$365,400 to Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine for Skeletal Metastasis in Prostate Cancer

$365,400 to University of California, Los Angeles for The Protective Role of Heme Oxygenase-1 in Vascular Inflammation

$365,400 to University of California, San Francisco for T Cell Responses to Human Papilloma Virus and Correlation to Anogenital Disease

$365,392 to University of California, San Francisco for Ion Transport in Alveolar Type I Cells

$365,400 to Mount Sinai School of Medicine for Decreasing Medical Errors Related to Discontinuity of Care from the Inpatient to the Outpatient Setting

$365,400 to Children's Hospital (Boston) for The Role of Oxygen in Skeletal Development

$365,400 to Washington University School of Medicine for Lumbar Spines

$365,400 to Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center for Identification of Small Molecule Inhibitors that Target CalDAG-GEF Signaling in
Human Malignancies

2002

$365,400 to Vanderbilt University Medical Center for Disability Expectation: The Impact of Self-Care in Type 2 Diabetes

$364,976 to University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas for Role of GTP-Binding Proteins in Endothelial Signaling

$365,400 to Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center for Self-Management in African-Americans: Increasing Community Capacity to Deal With Common Chronic Conditions

$365,400 to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute for Analysis of Tumor Progression in a Mouse Model of Lung Cancer

$365,400 to University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Role of Nitric Oxide and Reactive Nitrogen Intermediates in Gut Barrier Failure

$365,400 to George Washington University Medical Faculty Associates for Access to Health Care and its Response to the Changing Safety Net

$365,400 to Washington University School of Medicine for Genetic Determinants of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy: Correlates with Myocardial Fatty Acid Metabolism

$365,400 to Brigham and Women's Hospital for Molecular Epidemiology and Proteomics of Ovarian Cancer

$365,400 to VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System for Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Joint Replacement Utilization and Outcomes

$365,400 to Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center for Determining Novel Minor Histocompatibility Antigens and Their Use in the Immunotherapy of Leukemia

$365,400 to Joan & Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University for Ex Vivo Genetic Modification of Mouse Islets and/or Dendritic Cells to Prevent Islet

$365,400 to Children's Hospital of Boston for Physical Activity and Dietary Quality in Children and Adolescents

$365,400 to Harborview Medical Center for Barriers to Solid Organ Transplantation for Ethnic Minorities

2001

$365,400 to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc. for Regulation of Cyclin B1 Gene Expression By Butyrate in Colon Cancer Cells

$365,400 to The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine for Population, Patient, and Physician Factors Affecting the Receipt of Kidney Transplantation

$365,400 to the University of Chicago for Signaling Pathways Shared by GnRH and Growth Factors in the Pituitary

$365,400 to the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine for Reduction of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Adult Immunizations

$365,400 to the University of Minnesota Medical School for Role of Human Papillomavirus in Cervical Cancer Angiogenesis

$365,400 to University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine for Role of Id Transcription Proteins in Thyroid Tumorigenesis

$365,400 to Baylor College of Medicine for Role of Selectins in Fetal Wound Healing

$363,930 to the Hektoen Institute for Medical Research for The Influence of African-American Males' Self-Perception of Hypertension Screening

$365,400 to University of Washington School of Medicine for Evaluation of Ethnic and Racial Differences in the Progression of Diabetic Nephropathy

$365,400 to the University of Utah School of Medicine for Pediatric Trauma: A Population-Based Study of Injury Epidemiology and Hemodynamic Stabilization

$365,400 to Brigham & Women's Hospital, Inc. for Impact of Computerized Reminders and Case-Management on Adherence to JNC VI Guidelines and Racial Differences in Blood Pressure Control

2000

$365,400 to Brigham and Women's Hospital for Genetic Epidemiology of Cardiovascular Thrombosis: A Population-Based Analysis

$365,400 to Cornell University for Quality of Life After Myocardial Infarction: The Impact of Social Support

$365,400 to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for Effectiveness, Quality of Life, and Cost-Effectiveness of Alternative Pre-operative Staging and Management Strategies for Patients with Potentially Resectable Pancreatic Cancer

$362,440 to Duke University Medical Center for Xenotransplantation of Microencapsulated Porcine Islets into Diabetic Baboons

$365,400 to the University of Michigan for Host Antigen Specific and Inflammatory Effector Mechanisms of Idiopathic Pneumonia Syndrome after Allogeneic BMT

$365,400 to Vanderbilt University Medical Center for Exploring the Etiology of Sarcoidosis

$365,368 to Mount Sinai School of Medicine for Improving Functional Outcomes in Postpartum Women

$365,400 to Stanford University for Characterization of Genes Involved with Legionella Pneumophila Virulence

$365,400 to the University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine for Assessing Physician Cultural Competence and Care Experiences of Hispanic Patients

$365,400 to the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine for Evidence-Based Diagnosis and Management of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus

$365,280 to Long Island Jewish-Hillside Medical Center for Human Papilloma Virus Type II Gene Regulation During Cellular Differentiation

$365,400 to the University of Virginia Health Care System for The Role of Adhesion Molecules in Experimental Crohn's Disease

$365,400 to Johns Hopkins Hospital for In-Utero Stem Cell Therapy: Correction of OAT Deficiency

$365,400 to Baylor College of Medicine for The Selective Vulnerability of Motor Neurons in ALS: The Role of Calcium and Parvalbumin

$364,930 to Boston University School of Medicine for A Study of the Impact of Welfare Reform on Child Health

1999

$365,397 to the New York University Medical Center for Identification of Retinoid Regulated Genes Involved in Growth Inhibition of Breast Cancer Cell Lines

$365,400 to Mount Sinai School of Medicine for Signaling Pathways as Targets for Transplant Arteriopathy

$365,400 to the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas for Analysis of B Cell Subpopulations in Pediatric SLE Patients and Other Autoimmune Disorders

$315,506 to the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center for The Mitochondrial Ornithine Transporter: A Model to Understand How the Mitochondrial Carrier Family of Proteins Work

$365,187 to Baylor College of Medicine for Racial Variation in the Epidemiology and Outcomes of Peripheral Arterial Disease

$365,400 to the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill for Overcoming Barriers to African-American Participation in Research

$365,400 to the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill School of Medicine for Firearm Safety Counseling and Safe Storage: Strategies to Reduce Firearm Injuries Among Youth

$365,200 to The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine for Development of an Expert Algorithm for Inpatient Diabetes Management

$365,400 to the Mayo Foundation for Hepatitis B Virus Integration into Chromosomal Fragile Sites in Liver Carcinogenesis

$365,400 to the Yale University School of Medicine for Assessment of the Efficacy of Vaccines as Used in Clinical Practice

$365,400 to The General Hospital Corporation - Massachusetts General Hospital for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Amygdala in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

$365,400 to the University of Alabama at Birmingham for Oxidant Stress and Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in Renal Transplantation

1998

$315,506 to the University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine for Use of Diabetes Services and Unmet Need for Care Among Medicare Beneficiaries with Diabetes Mellitus

$315,506 to Harvard Medical School for Role of Dendritic Cells in AIDS Pathogenesis and Immune Responses

$315,501 to the Medical University of South Carolina for Role of Oxidants as Second Messengers in Renal Cell Signal Transduction

$315,351 to Massachusetts General Hospital for Noninvasive Monitoring of Left Heart Filling Pressures and Output: A Bioengineering Approach to the "Noninvasive Swan-Ganz Catheter"

$315,256 to Emory University for Host Defense Mechanisms in the Maintenance of Viral Latency

$314,506 to the University of California, San Francisco for The Influence of Race and Culture on Contraception Method Adoption and Continuation in Adolescents

$315,506 to The Johns Hopkins University for Development of Gene Therapy Strategies for the Treatment of Advanced Prostate Cancer

$315,506 to The Johns Hopkins University for Somatosensory Plasticity: Functional Relevance and Specific Changes in Neuronal Response Properties

$315,506 to Duke University Medical Center for Analysis of the Role of Hyaluronan Receptor CD44 Isoforms in the Pathogenesis of Inflammatory Synovitis Using CD44 Homologous Recombinant Mice

1997

$315,506 to the University of California, San Francisco for Neoplastic Transformation of Human Astrocytes

$315,506 to Columbia University for HIV Prevention Among Women with Severe Mental Illness

$279,310 to Columbia University for Mechanism of the Beneficial Action of sRAGE and Development of a Translational Project for its Potential Therapeutic Use in Diabetic Wounds

$315,386 to Washington University for Human Defects and Mouse Model of Cardiomyopathy $315,506 to Loyola University Medical Center for Prostate Cancer Prevention and Control

$315,506 to New York University for Growth Regulation of the Melanocyte

$315,506 to the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine for Assessing the Impact of Computer-Based Documentation on the Quality of the Patient Encounter

$315,506 to the University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine for Structure Function Studies of the Lactose Permease of E. coli

$315,506 to the University of Maryland at Baltimore School of Medicine for The Role of the Spectrin Superfamily in Skeletal Muscle

$315,506 to Cornell University Medical College for Molecular Oncogenesis of Multiple Myeloma

$315,506 to the University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine for Inhibition of Arterial Calcification by Matrix Gla Protein

1996

$315,506 to the University of Washington for The Ethics Theme: Development, Implementation, and Evaluation of an Integrated Bioethics Curriculum

$315,505 to Baylor College of Medicine for The Role of the Transforming Growth Factor-Beta Superfamily in Development

$314,403 to the University of California, San Diego for Role of Mismatch Repair Proteins in the Cell Cycle

$315,426 to the University of California, San Francisco for Coinfection with Hepatitis C and Human Immunodeficiency Virus: Influence of Viral and Host Factors on Disease

$315,006 to Boston University School of Medicine for Avoidable Hospitalizations and the Role of Primary Care

$315,089 to the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center for Decreasing Unnecessary Antibiotic Use for Acute Bronchitis

$315,506 to the University of California, San Francisco for Effects of Mechanical Forces on Pulmonary Alveolar Epithelial Phenotypic Expression

$315,506 to Vanderbilt University for Regulation of the Thiazide-Sensitive Sodium Chloride Cotransporter

$315,506 to the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas for Bcl-2 Expression, Apoptosis, and the Effect of NSAIDs in Colon Carcinogenesis

$315,506 to the University of Michigan for Opioid and Glucocorticoid Receptors in the Developing Human and Rat CNS: Their Ontogeny and the Effects of in utero and Postnatal Opiate and Steroid Exposure

$315,151 to the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center for The Molecular Determinants of Prostate Cancer Metastasis

$315,506 to the General Hospital Corporation - Massachusetts General Hospital for Pulmonary Phosphodiesterase Gene Expression

$315,506 to the University of California, San Francisco for The Role of Stem Cell Factor and its Receptor, C-Kit, in Oocyte Maturation and Follicular Development

$315,506 to the University of Alabama at Birmingham for Insulin Regulation of Amiloride-Sensitive Sodium Channels

$315,506 to the University of California, Los Angeles for Health and Economic Outcomes of a Directed Ambulatory Care Access Intervention