Funded Research

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Integrated Microphysiological Systems for Drug Efficacy and Toxicity Testing in Human Health and Disease (UH2/UH3) FA-RM-11-022
PI Name	Institution Name	Title
GEORGE, STEVEN CARL	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE	An integrated in vitro model of perfused tumor and cardiac tissue
GRIFFITH, LINDA G	MASSACHUSETTS INST OF TECH	All-Human Microphysical Model of Metastasis Therapy
HEALY, KEVIN EDWARD (contact) LEE, LUKE P.	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY	Disease-Specific Integrated Microphysiological Human Tissue Models
HIMMELFARB, JONATHAN	UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON	A Tissue Engineered Human Kidney Microphysiological System
PARKER, KEVIN KIT	HARVARD UNIVERSITY	Human Cardio-Pulmonary System on a Chip
TAYLOR, D. LANSING LANSING (contact) YARMUSH, MARTIN L	MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL	A 3D biomimetic liver sinusoid construct for predicting physiology and toxicity
THOMSON, JAMES ALEXANDER	MORGRIDGE INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH	Human iPS/ES Cell-Based Models for Predictive Neural Toxicity and Teratogenicity
TRUSKEY, GEORGE A	DUKE UNIVERSITY	Circulatory system and integrated muscle tissue for drug and tissue toxicity
VUNJAK-NOVAKOVIC, GORDANA	COLUMBIA UNIV NEW YORK MORNINGSIDE	Integrated heart-liver-vascular systems for drug testing in human health and dise
WIKSWO, JOHN PETER (contact) NISWENDER, KEVIN D WEBB, DONNA J	VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY	Neurovascular Unit on a Chip: Chemical Communication, Drug and Toxin Responses
WOODRUFF, TERESA K	NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO	Ex Vivo Female Reproductive Tract Integration In a 3D Microphysiologic System

Limited Competition for NIH-Industry Pilot Program: Discovering New Therapeutic Uses for Existing Molecules (UH2/UH3) RFA-TR-12-004
PI Name	Institution Name	Title
AKHLAGHI, FATEMEH (contact) LEGGIO, LORENZO	UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND	A Novel Compound for Alcoholism Treatment: a Translational Strategy
BREIER, ALAN	INDIANA UNIV-PURDUE UNIV AT INDIANAPOLIS	The Efficacy and Safety of a Selective Estrogen Receptor Beta agonist (LY500307)
BRUNZELL, DARLENE H (contact) PERKINS, KENNETH ALAN	VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY	Medication development of a novel therapeutic for smoking cessation
EISSA, TONY	BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE	Therapeutic Strategy for LAM (Lymphangioleiomyomatosis)
KRYSTAL, JOHN H	YALE UNIVERSITY	Translational Neuroscience Optimization of GlyT1 Inhibitor
MILLER, JORDAN D (contact) ENRIQUEZ-SARANO, MAURICE SCHAFF, HARTZELL V.	MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER	Therapeutic Strategy to slow progression of calcific aortic valve stenosis
STRITTMATTER, STEPHEN M (contact) NYGAARD, HAAKON BERGE VAN DYCK, CHRISTOPHER H	YALE UNIVERSITY	Fyn Inhibition by AZD0530 for Alzheimers Disease
WAGNER, KATHRYN R (contact) FROEHNER, STANLEY C	HUGO W. MOSER RES INST KENNEDY KRIEGER	Partnering to treat an Orphan Disease Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Limited Competition for NIH-Industry Pilot Program: Discovering New Therapeutic Uses for Existing Molecules (UH3) RFA-TR-12-005
PI Name	Institution Name	Title
ANNEX, BRIAN H	UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA	Reuse of ZD4054 for patients with symptomatic PAD

Stem/Progenitor Cell-Derived Human Micro-organs and -tissues (U18) RFA-RM-12-001
PI Name	Institution Name	Title
CHRISTIANO, ANGELA M	COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES	Modeling complex diseases using iPSC-derived skin constructs
DONOWITZ, MARK	JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY	Human Intestinal Organoids: Pre-Clinical Models of Non-Inflammatory Diarrhea
HARTUNG, THOMAS	JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY	A 3D Model of Human Brain Development for Studying Gene/Environment Interactions
LYNCH, JOHN P	UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA	Modeling oxidative stress and DNA damage using GI organotypic culture systems
NICHOLS, JOAN E	UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BR GALVESTON	3D human lung model to study lung disease and formation of fibrosis
TUAN, ROCKY S	UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH	3-D Osteochondral Micro-tissue to Model Pathogenesis of Osteoarthritis
WELLS, JAMES M	CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSPITAL MED CTR	Generating Human Intestinal Organoids with an ENS

Integrated Microphysiological Systems for Drug Efficacy and Toxicity Testing in Human Health and Disease (UH2/UH3) RFA-RM-11-022
PI Name	Institution Name	Title
GEORGE, STEVEN CARL	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE	An integrated in vitro model of perfused tumor and cardiac tissue
GRIFFITH, LINDA G	MASSACHUSETTS INST OF TECH	All-Human Microphysical Model of Metastasis Therapy
HEALY, KEVIN EDWARD (contact) LEE, LUKE P.	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY	Disease-Specific Integrated Microphysiological Human Tissue Models
HIMMELFARB, JONATHAN	UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON	A Tissue Engineered Human Kidney Microphysiological System
PARKER, KEVIN KIT	HARVARD UNIVERSITY	Human Cardio-Pulmonary System on a Chip
SHULER, MICHAEL L (contact) HICKMAN, JAMES J	CORNELL UNIVERSITY	Microphysiologial systems and low cost microfluidic platform with analytics
TAYLOR, D. LANSING LANSING (contact) YARMUSH, MARTIN L	MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL	A 3D biomimetic liver sinusoid construct for predicting physiology and toxicity
THOMSON, JAMES ALEXANDER	MORGRIDGE INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH	Human iPS/ES Cell-Based Models for Predictive Neural Toxicity and Teratogenicity
TRUSKEY, GEORGE A	DUKE UNIVERSITY	Circulatory system and integrated muscle tissue for drug and tissue toxicity
VUNJAK-NOVAKOVIC, GORDANA	COLUMBIA UNIV NEW YORK MORNINGSIDE	Integrated heart-liver-vascular systems for drug testing in human health and dise
WIKSWO, JOHN PETER (contact) NISWENDER, KEVIN D WEBB, DONNA J	VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY	Neurovascular Unit on a Chip: Chemical Communication, Drug and Toxin Responses
WOODRUFF, TERESA K	NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO	Ex Vivo Female Reproductive Tract Integration In a 3D Microphysiologic System

Advancing Regulatory Science through Novel Research and Science-Based Technologies (U01)
RFA-RM-10-006
PI Name	Institution Name	Title
BARSAN, WILLIAM G (contact) BERRY, DONALD A LEWIS, ROGER J	UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR	Accelerating Drug and Device Evaluation through Innovative Clinical Trial Design
CERVEN, DANIEL R (contact) DEGEORGE, GEORGE L.	MB RESEARCH LABORATORIES, INC.	Replacement Ocular Battery (ROBatt)
HOURCADE, DENNIS E.	WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY	Characterization/Bioinformatics-modeling of Nanoparticle: Complement Interactions
INGBER, DONALD E	HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL)	Heart-Lung Micromachine for Safety and Efficacy Testing