Individual Grants Recipients - Second Cycle 2007

Alain Frigon, Ph.D.
University of Montreal
Montreal, Quebec

Identifying spinal interneurons critical for locomotor recovery after spinal cord injury
Rehabilitation
$92,000.00, 2-year Grant

Barnes, Anthony Paul., Ph.D.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC

Analysis of LKB1 as a Regulator of Axon Outgrowth
Axon Guidance, Synapse Formation and Neurotransmission
$120,000.00, 2-year Grant

Restore continence and micturition after SCI by perigenital electrical stimulation
Concomitant Function
$150,000.00, 2-year Grant

Eberhard Erich Fetz, Ph.D.
University of Washington
Seattle, WA

Cortical Control of Intraspinal Stimulation
Rehabilitation
$150,000.00, 2-year Grant

Erik Runko, Ph.D.
University of Miami
Miami, FL 33136

Eph receptors mediate apoptosis following spinal cord injury
Neuroprotection
$120,000.00, 2-year Grant

Fanie Barnabé-Heider, Ph.D.
Karolinska Institutet
Stockholm

Manipulation of endogenous fate-mapped stem cells in the injured spinal cord.
Stem Cells
$118,500.00, 2-year Grant

Isobel Ann Scarisbrick, Ph.D.
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
 
Mechanism of Kallikrein Mediated Neuron Injury in Human Spinal Cord Trauma
Neuroprotection
$74,766.00, 1-year Grant

J. Marc Simard, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Maryland, Baltimore
Baltimore, MD 21201

Non-hormonal gender differences in SCI and sulfonylurea therapy
Neuroprotection
$150,000.00, 2-year Grant

Jose M. Carmena, Ph.D.
University of California-Berkeley
Berkeley, CA

Delivery of proprioceptive feedback from a brain-controlled prosthesis through cortical microstimulation
Rehabilitation
$150,000.00, 2-year Grant

Nicole J. Tester, Ph.D.
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

Interlimb Coordination during Walking Post-SCI
Rehabilitation
$120,000.00, 2-year Grant

Targeting phosphodiesterase isoforms to promote axon regeneration
Promotion of Axon Growth and Remyelination
$150,000.00, 2-year Grant

Peter W. Baas, Ph.D.
Drexel University College of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA

Microtubule-based method for enhancing axonal regeneration after injury
Promotion of Axon Growth and Remyelination
$75,000.00, 1-year Grant

Serge Rossignol, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Montreal
Montreal, Quebec

Assessing Spinal Lesions with Magnetic Resonance Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) in Animal Models
New Tools for Spinal Cord Research
$149,447.00, 2-year Grant

Tania Lam, Ph.D.
The University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC Canada

Influence of proprioceptive input on adaptive modifications to flexor muscle activity during walking in people with incomplete SCI
Rehabilitation
$107,032.00, 2-year Grant

Warren Joseph Alilain, Ph.D.
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH

Functional regeneration and sprouting of respiratory pathways after spinal cord injury.
Concomitant Function
$120,000.00, 2-year Grant

Yih-Kuen Jan, P.T, Ph.D.
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA

Effectiveness of local cooling on enhancing tissue tolerance to loading pressure
Concomitant Function
$150,000.00, 2-year Grant