The CTRC (Clinical and Translational Research Center) and ITMAT (Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics), in partnership with the Institute of Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism (IDOM) and the Center for Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology (CSRN), are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2007 JIPGP award. The JIPGP award is intended to support the work of promising junior investigators by providing grant support of up to $20,000 per year (for up to two years) as well as reduced cost access to the infrastructure and support services of the CTRC. These are the first awardees from this new program.

Mahendra Bhati, Neuropsychiatry Division, Psychiatry
Transcranial magnetic stimulation evoked potentials in schizophrenia

Richard Dunbar, Division of Experimental Therapeutics, Medicine/Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics
The effect of niacin on fatty acid trapping in metabolic syndrome (IDOM grant)

Laura Hanisch, Psychiatry
Psychobiological characteristics of hot flashes in prostate cancer survivors

Margaret Kasner, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Medicine
mTOR inhibition with cytotoxic chemotherapy regimen to improve response rates for patients with relapsed or refractory aggressive lymphoid malignancies

Ramesh Rengan, Radiation Oncology
Protective role of flaxseed in radiation pneumonitis of lung cancer patients

Sumita Roy-Ghanta, Allergy and Immunology, Pediatrics
Reinstituting natural killer cell cytotoxicity and cytoskeletal dynamics in Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome with IL-2 therapy

Dharmeshkumar Suratwala, Pulmonary Medicine, Pediatrics
Hypoxemia, inflammation and glucose intolerance in cystic fibrosis (CSRN grant)

Shamir Tuchman, Nephrology Division, Pediatrics
Hypercalciuria in children: Impact on bone structure and metabolism