2013 Alkek Awardees for Pilot Projects in Experimental Therapeutics
Investigator's Name Department & Section Project Title
Anderson, Matthew, MD, PhD Obstetrics & Gynecology - Gynecologic Oncology Novel PLGA-PEI Nanoparticles for Sensitizing Cancer to Chemotherapy (Year 2 funding)
Beeton, Christine, PhD Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Targeted delivery of paxilline as a therapy for rheumatoid arthritis
Costa-Mattioli, Mauro, PhD Neuroscience A new treatment for the cognitive decline associated with aging and Alzheimer’s disease (AD)
Cruz, Miguel, PhD Medicine - Thrombosis Research A novel treatment for systemic inflammation (Year 2 funding)
Frankfort, Benjamin, MD, PhD Ophthalmology Development of an Automated, Objective, and Non-Invasive Device to Rapidly Determine Contrast Sensitivity in Patients with Glaucoma
O’Malley, Bert, MD Molecular & Cellular Biology Preclinical evaluation of bifunctional small hairpin RNAs against steroid receptor coactivator-3 (SRC-3) and other oncoproteins in combination with small molecule inhibitor-based therapeutic agents for the treatment of breast cancers (Year 2 funding)