Awards and Recognition
9/26/2023
Award active dates: 04/17/2023 to 04/16/2026
Funds approved to date: $316,463.00
Principal Investigator: Professor Walter Low, MD, PhD
Sponsor: The Henry M. Jackson Foundation/U.S. Department of Defense
Award title: Microglia Replacement for Treatment of Traumatic Brain Injury
9/25/2023
Award active dates: 07/01/2022 to 06/30/2027
Funds approved to date: $2,420,541.00
Co-Investigators: David Darrow, MD, MPH; Robert McGovern III, MD; and Michael Park, MD, PhD
Sponsor: NIH National Institute of Mental Health
Award title: Traveling Wave Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation for the Control of Large-scale Brain Networks
Award active dates: 09/14/2020 to 09/13/2024
Funds approved to date: $7,991,000.00
Project Principal Investigator: Assistant Professor Robert McGovern III, MD
Sponsor: State of Minnesota
Award title: Minnesota Partnership for Biotechnology and Medical Genomics
9/24/2023
Award active dates: 08/01/2023 to 06/30/2025
Funds approved to date: $125,000.00
Principal Investigator: Associate Professor Ann Parr, MD, PhD
Sponsor: Minnesota Office of Higher Education
Award title: Spinal Windowing to Allow for Ongoing In Vivo Visualization After Rat Spinal Cord Injury
9/14/2023
Award active dates: 05/10/2021 to 06/30/2024
Funds approved to date: $130,960.00
Principal Investigator: Associate Professor 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
9/8/2023
Award active dates: 07/01/2023 to 06/30/2026
Funds approved to date: $515,187.00
Principal Investigator: Assistant Professor Jianfang,Ning, PhD
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Defense
Award title: Leveraging Reactivation of Tissue-resident Memory T cells in the Tumor Microenvironment for Oncolytic Virotherapy
9/7/2023
Award active dates: 07/15/2023 to 06/30/2028
Funds approved to date: $1,042,208.00
Project PI: Associate Professor Michael Park, MD, PhD
Sponsor: NIH National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Award title: Thalamic Coordinated Reset Deep Brain Stimulation for Upper Extremity Essential Tremor: Proof of Principle Study
9/1/2023
Award active dates: 07/23/2019 to 06/30/2024
Funds approved to date: $190,151.00
Project Investigator: Associate Professor Ann Parr, MD, PhD
Sponsor: Minnesota Office of Higher Education
Award title: 3D Bioprinted spinal Neural Progenitor Cell (sNPC) Scaffolds Accelerate Functional Neuronal Network Formation both in vitro and in vivo after Spinal Cord Injury
8/29/2023
Award active dates: 09/01/2018 to 11/30/2024
Funds approved to date: $903,289.00
Project Investigator: Associate Professor Michael C. Park, MD, PhD
Sponsor: Harvard Medical School (subcontract), National Institutes of Health (prime)
Award title: Combined Cortical and Subcortical Recording and Stimulation as a Circuit-Oriented Treatment for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
8/18/2023
Award active dates: 09/21/2022 to 07/31/2027
Funds approved to date: $1,510,023.00
Project Principal Investigator: Professor Walter Low, PhD
Sponsor: NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Award title: Generating Exogenic Organs for Transplantation Without the Use of Immunosuppression
8/18/2023
Award active dates: 06/15/2021 to 06/30/2024
Funds approved to date: $243,679.00
Principal Investigator: Professor Water Low, PhD
Sponsor: Minnesota Office of Higher Education
Award title: Cell Reprogramming for Spinal Cord Regeneration
8/16/2023
Award active dates: 09/02/2021 to 06/30/2026
Funds approved to date: $924,139.00
Principal Investigator: Associate Professor Ann Parr, PhD
Sponsor: NIH National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Award title: 3D Bioprinted Spinal Cord Organoids as a Relay System for Spinal Cord Injury
8/4/2023
Active dates: 03/01/2021 to 02/29/2024
Funds approved to date: $250,000.00
Principal Investigator: Assistant Professor Andrew Venteicher, MD, PhD
Research Sponsor: Chordoma Foundation
Award title: Multi-dimensional Epigenome-metabolome Integration for Human Chordoma Subclassification
8/2/2023
Active dates: 05/06/2021 to 06/30/2024
Funds approved to date: $127,112.00
Principal Investigator: Associate Professor Andrew Grande, MD
Sponsor: Minnesota Office of Higher Education
Award title: Targeted Gene Therapy for Treatment of Traumatic Brain Injury in Mice Through Neural Protection, Enhanced Neurogenesis, and Cellular Reprogramming
8/2/2023
Active dates: 08/01/2023 to 07/31/2030
Funds approved to date: $928,524.00
Project Investigator: Professor Clark Chen, MD, PhD
Sponsor: NIH National Cancer Institute
Award title: Targeting Off-the-shelf iPSC-derived Natural Killer Cells Against Solid Tumors
7/12/2023
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 and Stroke
Award title: Patient Specific Parameter Optimization of Thalamic Stimulation for Treatment of Epilepsy
7/6/2023
Active dates: 07/01/2023 to 06/30/2026
Funds Approved to Date: $515,187.00
Principal Investigator: Assistant Professor Jianfang Ning, PhD
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Defense
Award Title: Leveraging Reactivation of Tissue-resident Memory T cells in the Tumor Microenvironment for Oncolytic Virotherapy
7/6/2023
Active dates: 07/01/2023 to 06/30/2027
Funds Approved to Date: $1,202,776.00
Principal Investigator: Assistant Professor Andrew Venteicher, MD, PhD
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Defense Army
Award Title: Mapping Non-genetic Elements Responsible for Malignant Transformation in Craniospinal Sarcoma
7/6/2023
Active dates: 05/01/2023 to 04/30/2025
Funds Approved to Date: $7,991,000.00
Project Principal Investigator: Assistant Professor Robert McGovern III, MD
Sponsor: State of Minnesota
Award Title: Minnesota Partnership for Biotechnology and Medical Genomics
7/3/2023
Active Dates: 07/01/2021 to 06/30/2024
Funds Approved to Date: $195,000.00
Principal Investigator: Danielle Brotto, MS, of the Venteicher Lab
Sponsor: Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research
Award Title: Unraveling the Role of the Lysosomal Trafficking Regulator (LYST) Gene in Epigenetic Heterogeneity of Human Chordomas
6/21/2023
Active Dates: 08/01/2020 to 07/31/2025
Funds Approved to Date: $1,200,937.00
Project Principal Investigator: Associate Professor Michael C. Park, MD, PhD
Sponsor: NIH National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke
Award Title: Safe Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Patients with Deep Brain Stimulation Systems
5/30/2023
Active Dates: 02/01/2019 to 01/31/2024
Funds Approved to Date: $6,686,942.00
Project Principal Investigator: Professor Walter Low, PhD
Sponsor: NIH National Institute of Biomedical Imaging
Award Title: Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health
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