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Research Activities

Research Projects Listed by Principal Investigator

P. David Adelson, MD
(Phoenix Children's Neuroscience Institute)

Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury Consortium Hypothermia

Synaptic Connectivity Following Experimental TBI and Hypothermia Treatment In the Immune Rat

Huyla Bayir, MD
(Critical Care Medicine)

Oxidative Lipidomics in Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury

Role of Cardiolipin Oxidation After Traumatic Brain Injury

Rachael Berger, MD
(Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh)

Biochemical Markers to Detect Abusive Head Trauma

Fernando Boada MD
(Radiology)

Brain Neuplasia and Multiple Quantum Sodium MRI

James P. Broderk, MD
(University of Cincinnati)

Familial Intracranial Aneurysm Study

Jun Chen
Research Associate

Scaffold Neural Stem Cells: Based Tissue Engineering in a Traumatic Brain Injury Model

Boyle Cheng, PhD

Lumbar Biomechanical Testing and Cervical Biomechanical Testing

Robert S.B. Clark, MD
(Critical Care Medicine)

Divergent Pathways of Cell Death After Brain Injury

Gender-Specific Treatment of Pediatric Cardiac Arrest

Jackie Cohen
(Carnegie Mellon University)

Impact of Housing Relocation Initiatives on Community-Level Violence

Yvette P. Conley, PhD
(School of Nursing)

Mitochondrial Genetics of Recovery after Brain Injury

C. Edward Dixon, PhD

Emerging Therapeutics for TBI: Acute to Chronic Changes

Evaluation of the Medtronic Sofamor Danek Foundation in the Treatment of Experimental Brain Injury

Field Portable Device for Brain Injury Diagnosis

Mechanisms of Chronic Dysfunction after Brain Trauma

National Neurotrauma Society Webpage Project

Johnathan Engh, MD

Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor Modulation for Brain Tumor Stem Cells

Anthony Fabio, PhD

Why Are Some Generations More Violent Than Others: A Contextual Developmental Model for Understanding Crime Trends

Jospeh Glorioso, PhD
(Molecular Gentics and Biochemistry)

Glioma Therapy Using Targeted Oncolytic HSV Vectors

Glenn Gobbel, DVM, PhD

Effects of Previous Irradiation on Brain Tumor Growth and Response to Therapy

Paola Grandi, PhD

Novel HSV Oncolytic Vectors with Enhanced Efficacy for the Treatment of Glioblastoma

Ronald Herberman, MD
(Medicine)

Cancer Center Support Grant

Leslie Hoffman, PhD
(Nurs-Acute/Tertiary Care)

Role of 20-HETE on Vasospasm-Induced Ischemia after SAH

Milos Ikonomovic, PhD
(Neurology)

Memantine Effects in Neurological Outcome in Experimental Traumatic Brain Injury

Larry W. Jenkins, PhD

Protein Kinase B and C in Head Injury

Anthony Kline MD
(Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation)

Novel Rehabilitative Approaches for Recovery from TBI

Novel Therapies for Pediatric TBI

Patrick M. Kochanek, MD
(Critical Care Medicine)

Adenosine and Traumatic Brain Injury

Biomarkers: Evaluating and Treating Acute and Chronic TBI

Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Damage in Brain After Blast Injury

Improving the Diagnosis and Prognosis of Inflicted Head Trauma in Infants (CIRCL Grant)

Novel Nitroxide Resuscitation Strategies in Experimental Traumatic Brain Injury

Douglas Kondziolka, MD

Quantifying Hand Kinematics In Movement Disorder Surgery

Frank Lieberman, MD
(Neurology)

NABTC Member Institution Grant

Oscar Lopez, MD
(Neurology)

Predictors of Alzheimer’s Disease in Mild Cognitive Impairment

L. Dade Lunsford, MD

Cell Phone Use in Patients With Acoustic Neuromas

Karen Matthews, PhD
(Psychiatry)

Study for Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN)

David O. Okonkwo, MD, PhD

National Acute Brain Injury Study Hypothermia IIR

Hideho Okada, MD, PhD

Cytokine Gene Therapy for Cancer

Deric M. Park, MD
(Neurology)

Differentiation Therapy of Glioblastoma Multiforme

Ian F. Pollack, MD

Childrens Oncology Group

Molecular Markers as Predictors of Outcome in Gliomas

Molecular Predictors of Prognosis for Childhood Oligodendrogliomas

Molecular Prognostic Markers for Low-Grade Gliomas

Novel Strategies for Brain Tumor Therapy

Novel Treatment Approaches for Pediatric Brain Tumors

Peptide Vaccine Based Immunotherapy for Pediatric Low-Grade Glioma

Signal Transduction Inhibition as a Therapeutic Strategy for Gliomas

Steve Reis, MD
(Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh)

Pediatric Clinical and Translational Research Center (PCTRC)

Martina Stippler, MD

Detecting Brain Injury Biomarkers in Exhaled Breath Condensates

Mingui Sun, PhD

Unified Sensor System for Ubiquitous Assessment of Diet and Physical Activity

Volume Conduction Invasive Medical Data Communication System

Amy Wagner, MD
(Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation)

Dopamine Genetic Variants Modulating Recovery after TBI

Neuroendocrine Hormones and Pathophysiology & Outcomes After TBI (CIRCL Grant)

Harold B. Weiss, MS, MPH, PhD

Center for Injury Research and Control CDC Grants

Pregnancy-Associated Crashes on Birth Outcomes and Infant Survival (CIRCL Grant)