At IU School of Medicine, 2018 was another record year for NIH-funded research, with the school’s faculty attracting federal support for research targeting genomic medicine, Alzheimer’s disease, pediatric health and more. Here are the projects that were awarded the largest grants:
1. Early Onset AD Consortium – the LEAD Study (LEADS)
- Amount: $7.3 million
- Principal Investigator: Liana Apostolova
2. The IU/JAX Alzheimer’s Disease Precision Models Center
- Amount: $4.1 million
- Principal Investigator: Bruce Lamb
3. Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute
- Amount: $4.0 million
- Principal Investigator: Anantha Shekhar
4. Dual targeting of tumoral microenvironment and tumoral cells by blocking the IL-33/ST2 pathway
- Amount: $3.4 million
- Principal Investigator: Sophie Paczesny
5. National Cell Repository for Alzheimer’s Disease
- Amount: $2.7 million
- Principal Investigator: Tatiana Foroud
6. East Africa International Epidemiologic Databases to Evaluate AIDS (IeDEA) Regional Consortium
- Amount: $2.2 million
- Principal Investigator: Kara Wools-Kaloustian
7. Developmental and HyperActive Ras Tumor SPORE
- Amount: $2.1 million
- Principal Investigator: David Clapp
8. Morphogenesis and growth of the ventricular wall in development and disease
- Amount: $1.5 million
- Principal Investigator: Anthony Firulli
9. Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center Support Grant
- Amount: $1.4 million
- Principal Investigator: Patrick Loehrer
10. Indiana Alzheimer Disease Center
- Amount: $1.4 million
- Principal Investigator: Andrew Saykin
