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12/15/2023 Active dates: 09/17/2021 to 07/31/2024 Funds Approved to Date: $6,513,062.00 Co-Investigators: Assistant Professor David Darrow , MD, MPH; Assistant Professor Robert McGovern III, MD; Associate Professor Michael C. Park , MD, PhD Sponsor: NIH National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke Award Title: Circuit-based Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's Disease
12/4/2023 Active dates: 11/01/2021 to 11/01/2024 Funds Approved to Date: $200,000.00 Principal Investigator: Assistant Professor Andrew Venteicher , MD, PhD Sponsor: V Foundation for Cancer Research Award Title: Identifying Non-genetic Drivers in Cancers That Lack Coding Mutations
11/21/2023 Active dates: 10/23/2023 to 06/30/2025 Funds Approved to Date: $250,000.00 Principal Investigator: Professor Walter Low , MD, PhD Sponsor: Minnesota Office of Higher Education Award Title: Generating Exogenic Microglia for Repair in Traumatic Brain Injury
11/15/2023 Active dates: 08/01/2019 to 07/31/2025 Funds Approved to Date: $2,336,983.00 Co-Principal Investigator: 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
11/14/2023 Active dates: 01/15/2023 to 12/31/2027 Funds Approved to Date: $522,914.00 Project 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
11/8/2023 Active dates: 09/15/2022 to 08/31/2027 Funds approved to date: $1,051,483.00 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
11/7/2023 Award active dates: 09/23/2022 to 08/31/2025 Funds approved to date: $14,236,706.00 Co-Investigators: Assistant Professor David Darrow , MD, MPH; Associate Professor Michael C. Park , MD, PhD Sponsor: National Institutes of Health Award title: Exploring the Attitudes, Barriers, Concerns, Differences and Ethics (ABCDEs) of Healthcare Decision Making in Prospective Peripheral Indications for Vagus Nerve Stimulation Patients
11/1/2023 Award active dates: 09/19/2023 to 09/18/2024 Funds approved to date: $309,986.00 Co-Investigator: Assistant Professor David Darrow , MD, MPH Sponsor: National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research Award title: The Minnesota TMD IMPACT Collaborative: Integrating Basic/Clinical Research Efforts and Training to Improve Clinical Care
10/20/2023 Award active dates: 09/02/2021 to 06/30/2026 Funds approved to date: $1,416,368.00 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
10/11/2023 Award active dates: 09/29/2023 to 06/30/2025 Funds approved to date: $125,000.00 Principal Investigator: Professor Ann Parr , MD, PhD Sponsor: Minnesota Officer of Higher Education Award title: Development of Translatable Cell Transplantation Therapies to Promote Sensory Recovery After Spinal Cord Injury
10/6/2023 Award active dates: 07/10/2018 to 06/30/2024 Funds approved to date: $174,978.00 Principal Investigator: Associate Professor Andrew Grande , MD Sponsor: Minnesota Officer of Higher Education Award title: Harnessing Exosomes as a Biomarker and Therapeutic Approach to Traumatic Brain Injury Award active dates: 05/04/2021 to 06/30/2024 Funds approved to date: $125,000.00 Co-Investigator: Assistant Professor David Darrow , MD, MPH Sponsor: Minnesota Officer of Higher Education Award title: Additive Effects of Spinal Cord Stimulation Plus Gait Training to Improve Functional Outcomes after SCI
10/4/2023 Award active dates: 09/19/2023 to 09/18/2024 Funds approved to date: $309,986.00 Principal Investigator: Assistant Professor David Darrow , MD, MPH Sponsor: NIH National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research Award title: The Minnesota TMD IMPACT Collaborative: Integrating Basic/Clinical Research Efforts and Training to Improve Clinical Care
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 Glioblastom a
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