Awards and Recognition

5/23/2023
Active Dates: 07/10/2018 to 06/30/2023
Continued funding: $174,978.00
Principal Investigator: Associate Professor Andrew Grande, MD
Sponsor: Minnesota Office of Higher Education
Award Title: Harnessing Exosomes as a Biomarker and Therapeutic Approach to Traumatic Brain Injury

5/23/2023
Active Dates: 04/29/2021 to 06/30/2024
Continued funding: $125,000.00
Principal Investigator: Associate Professor Andrew Grande, MD
Sponsor: Minnesota Office of Higher Education
Award Title: Utilizing Companion Canine TBI to Maximize Human TBI Therapy

5/17/2023
Active Dates: 07/23/2019 to 06/30/2023
Funds Approved to Date: $201,000.00
Principal Investigator: Professor Walter Low, PhD
Sponsor: Minnesota Office of Higher Education
Award Title: Spinal Cord Regeneration by Cell Reprogramming in Chronic Spinal Cord Injury

5/17/2023
Active dates: 01/01/2022 to 12/31/2025
Funds Approved to Date: $1,293,201.00
Principal Investigator: Department Head Clark C. Chen, MD, PhD
Sponsor: The Rainwater Charitable Foundation
Award Title: Enhancing Anti-cancer Immunity Through High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU): a First-in-human Clinical Trial

5/11/2023
Active dates: 05/10/2021 to 06/30/2024
Funds Approved to Date: $242,428.00
Principal Investigator: Associate Professor and Vice Chair of Research Ann Parr, MD, PhD
Sponsor: Minnesota Office of Higher Education
Award Title: 3D Printed Neural Organoids for Spinal Cord Tissue Regeneration in Chronic Spinal Cord Injury

5/9/2023
Active dates: 04/01/2023 to 03/31/2024
Funds Approved to Date: $626,074.00
Co-Investigator: Assistant Professor David Darrow, MD, MPH
Sponsor: NIH National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke
Award Title: Sleep-specific DBS therapy in Parkinson's disease

3/8/2023
Active dates: 09/15/2022 to 08/31/2027
Funds Approved to Date: $530,004.00
Principal Investigator: Assistant Professor Robert McGovern III, MD
Sponsor: NIH National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke
Award Title: Patient Specific Parameter Optimization of Thalamic Stimulation for Treatment of Epilepsy

2/20/2023
Active dates: 12/01/2018 to 03/31/2023
Funds Approved to Date: $1,293,205.00
Principal Investigator: Department Head and Professor Clark Chen, MD, PhD
Sponsor: National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke
Award Title: Targeting Mechanisms of Acquired Temozolomide Resistance in Glioblastoma

2/3/2023
Active dates: 09/23/2022 to 08/31/2025
Funds Approved to Date: $6,996,965.00
Co-Investigator: Assistant Professor David Darrow, MD, MPH
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health
Award Title: REVEAL — Research Evaluating Vagal Excitation and Anatomical Linkages

2/3/2023
Active dates: 09/14/2020 to 09/13/2024
Funds Approved to Date: $2,420,541.00
Co-Investigators: Assistant Professor David Darrow, MD, MPH; Associate Professor Michael C. Park, MD, PhD; Assistant Professor Robert McGovern III, MD
Sponsor: NIH National Institute of Mental Health
Award Title: Traveling Wave Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation for the Control of Large-scale Brain Networks

1-1-2023
Active dates: 01/15/2023 to 12/31/2027
Funds Approved to Date: $522,914.00
Co-Principal Investigator: Associate Professor Andrew Grande, MD
Sponsor: NIH National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke
Award Title: Role of Mechanical Heterogeneity in Cerebral Aneurysm Growth and Rupture

2022

12/29/2022
Active dates: 08/01/2019 to 07/31/2025
Funds Approved to Date: $1,806,998.00
Co-Principal Investigator: Department Head and Professor Clark C. Chen, MD, PhD
Sponsor: NIH National Cancer Institute
Award Title: Development of Quantitative Deuterium MRS Imaging for Human Brain Tumor Application at Ultrahigh Field

11/16/2022
Active dates: 10/22/2022 to 06/30/2026
Funds Approved to Date: $399,764.00
Principal Investigator: Associate Professor and Vice Chair of Research Ann Parr, MD, PhD
Sponsor: Minnesota Office of Higher Education
Award Title: CE-STAND: Cervical Epidural Stimulation After Neurologic Damage

10/27/2022
Active dates: 07/10/2018 to 06/30/2023
Funds Approved to Date: $174,978.00
Principal Investigator: Assistant Professor Andrew Grande, MD
Sponsor: Minnesota Office of Higher Education
Award Title: Harnessing Exosomes as a Biomarker and Therapeutic Approach to Traumatic Brain Injury

10/18/2022
Active dates: 06/01/2019 to 05/31/2023
Funds Approved to Date: $418,100.00
Co-Investigator: Associate Professor Michael C. Park, MD, PhD
Sponsor: NIH National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke
Award Title: Evaluating and Understanding the Effects of Deep Brain Stimulation Using Novel Electrophysiology Technique and Device in Parkinson's Disease