Current Grants

Role in project: Principal Investigator
Funding agency: NIH-NIDCD
Title: “Outer and Inner Hair Cell Development”
Type of award: R01 DC015903
Period of support: 07/01/17 – 06/30/22
Total direct cost: $2,289,188
Total cost: $3,579,353
Priority Score (10-90): 10
Percentile: 1
              The goal of this grant is to elucidate developmental mechanisms responsible for the formation of outer vs inner cochlear hair cells.
 
Role in project: Principal Investigator
Funding agency: NIH-NIDDK
Title: “Lysosomes in neonatal enterocytes and their pathologies”
Type of award: R01 HD086719
Period of support: 08/06/16 – 05/31/20
Total direct cost: $900,000
Total cost: $1,380,712
Priority Score (10-90): 23
Percentile: 8
              The goals of this grant are to explore the roles of specialized lysosomes in nutrient absorption by neonatal enterocytes and to determine whether these organelles are involved in infant intestinal pathologies.