2008 Coulter Translational Research Award Recipients
Career Awardee: Cory Berkland Clinical CO-Investigator: Amy O'Brien Ladner Institution: University of Kansas Project Title: Drug Nanoparticle Powders in Pulmonary Medicine
Career Awardee: Jason Burdick Clinical CO-Investigator: Robert Gorman Institution: University of Pennsylvania Project Title: Injectable and Biodegradable Elastomers to Alter Early Infarct Expansion
Career Awardee: Rafael Davalos Clinical CO-Investigator: Waldemar Debinski Institution: Virginia Tech Project Title: Irreversible Electroporation Devices to Treat Cancer
Career Awardee: Joseph Freeman Clinical CO-Investigator: Cato Laurencin Institution: Virginia Tech Project Title: Novel Composite Nanostructured Scaffolds for Cartilage Regeneration
Career Awardee: Andre Gobin Clinical CO-Investigator: Joesph Buell Institution: University of Louisville Project Title: Chitosan Modified NIR Absorbing Gold Nanoparticles for Increasing Efficacy of Treatment for Hepatocellular Cancer Through Combination of NIR and Radio Frequency Ablation
Career Awardee: Carl Griswold Clinical CO-Investigator: Laurie Whittaker Institution: Dartmouth College Project Title: Genetically Engineered Lysozyme for Treatment of Pulmonary Infections
Career Awardee: Dean Ho Clinical CO-Investigator: Patrick McCarthy Institution: Northwestern University Project Title: Nanodiamond-Based Patch Device for Pericardial Drug Delivery
Career Awardee: Ellis Meng Clinical CO-Investigator: Rajat Agrawal Institution: University of Southern California Project Title: Implantable MEMS Drug Delivery Device for Sustained Administration of Neurotrophic Factors to Treat Retinitis Pigmentosa
Career Awardee: W. Merryman Clinical CO-Investigator: G. Neal Kay Institution: University of Alabama at Birmingham Project Title: Radiofrequency Ablation to Treat Mitral Valve Disease
Career Awardee: Zheng Ouyang Clinical CO-Investigator: Sunil Badve Institution: Purdue University Project Title: Compact Mass Spectrometry Device for On-Site Clinical Diagnoses
Career Awardee: Wei Shen Clinical CO-Investigator: Shelwin Vickers Institution: University of Minnesota Project Title: Targeted Nanocarriers of Retinoic Acid for Cancer Treatment
Career Awardee: Glen Walker Clinical CO-Investigator: Ravish Sachar Institution: North Carolina State University Project Title: A MEMS-Based Adjustable Stiffness Catheter
Career Awardee: Ning Zhang Clinical CO-Investigator: Sunil Patel Institution: Clemson University Project Title: An Injectable Hydrogel-based Delivery System for the Treatment of Stroke