OFFICE OF CLINICAL RESEARCH EDUCATION AND COLLABORATION OUTREACH
Bench-to-Bedside and Back Program (BtB)
2020 Bench-to-Bedside and Back Program (BtB) Funded Projects
OFFICE OF CLINICAL RESEARCH BtB FUNDS: Projects Funded by Bench-to Bedside Program Funds
| Project | Institute or Institution Investigators | 
|---|---|
| Investigating the Human Immune Response to Ixodes Scapularis Tick Bites | NIAID: Marques, Adrianna; Valenzuela, Jesus; Tirloni,
                  Lucas Tufts University: Telford, Sam  | 
              
| Synergistic Combination of HSP90 & PI3K Inhibitors in Adrenocortical Cancer | NCI: Mishra, Prachi NCATS: Shen, Min; Hall, Matthew Baylor College of Medicine: Putlun, Nagireddy University of Clermont: Martinez, Antoine  | 
              
| Reducing Hearing Loss in Cancer Patients Undergoing Cisplatin Therapy | Emory University - Medical: Schmitt, Nicole | 
| Dietary Fatty Acids to Alleviate Neuropathic Pain | NCCIH: Chesler, Alexander University of Tennessee Health Science Center: Vasquez, Valeria  | 
              
| Immunogenicity and Effect of an Epstein-Barr Virus Vaccine on Infection | NIAID-LID: Cohen, Jeff University of Minnesota: Schliess, Mark; Balfour, Henry  | 
              
| Traumatic Disruption of the Biomechanical Coupling of Brain and Skull | CC: Butman, John Henry M. Jackson Foundation: Pham, Dzung University of Delaware: Johnson, Curtis  | 
              
| Target Lung Microbiota-Immune Interaction to Enhance Cancer Immunotherapy | NCI: Zhao, Chen University of Pennsylvania: Jin, Chengcheng  | 
              
| Repurposing Empagliflozin for the treatment of G6PC3 Deficiency | NIAID: McDermott, David; Murphy, Philip CC: Elinoff, Jason University of Maryland: Taylor, Simeon  | 
              
RARE DISEASE CATEGORY: Projects Funded by Office of Rare Disease Research (ORDR) and supplemented by Bench-to Bedside Program Funds
| Project | Institute or Institution Investigators | 
|---|---|
| Efavirenz for Niemann-Pick Disease, Type C1 | NICHD: Porter, Forbes NCATS: Xu, Xin University of Pennsylvania: Vite, Charles Washington University: Jiang, Xuntian  | 
              
| Dual RPE-PR-Patch: Potential Cell Therapy for Treatment of Choroideremia | NEI: Bharti, Kapli University of Wisconsin-Madison: Gamm, David  | 
              
BEHAVIORAL & SOCIAL SCIENCES CATEGORY: Project funded by Office of Behavioral & Social Sciences Research (OBSSR)
| Project | Institute or Institution Investigators | 
|---|---|
| Remote Vital Signs Monitor for Infection Control or Fall Prevention | CC: Wood, Bradford | 
              
DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS CATEGORY: Project Funded by the Office of Dietary Supplements: (ODS)
| Project | Institute or Institution Investigators | 
|---|---|
| Improving Women's Reproductive Health with Vitamin D Supplementation | NIEHS: Jukic, Anne Marie University of Colorado: Santoro, Nannette  | 
              
WOMEN'S HEALTH CATEGORY: Projects funded by Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH)
| Project | Institute or Institution Investigators | 
|---|---|
| Fibrosis Markers in Kidney Disease Associated with Dementia in Women vs Men | NIA: Fedorova, Olga; Lakatta, Edward Marshall University: Shapiro, Joseph; Li, Wei University of Toledo: Kennedy, David  | 
              
| Liraglutide in Adolescents with Obesity After Sleeve Gastrectomy | NICHD: Yanovski, Jack; Zenno, Anna; Brady, Sheila  NIDDK: Chen, Kon; Chivukula, Krishna; Chung, Stephanie CC: Yang, Shanna Children's National Medical Center (WDC): Mirza, Nazrat; Nadler, Evan  | 
              
NIBIB: Project funded by Office of Research on NIBIB
| Project | Institute or Institution Investigators | 
|---|---|
| Disposable Isolation Device to Reduce COVID-19 Contamination | CC: Wood, Bradford | 
              


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