Extramural Funding

2007 Spinal Cord Injury Research Program Collaborations to Accelerate Research Translation (CART) and Innovative, Developmental or Exploratory Activities (IDEA) Award Recipients

CART Recipients - 4 year awards

Victor L. Arvanian, Ph.D., D.Sc., PI, SUNY - Stony Brook
Neurotrophins and Function of the Injured Spinal Cord
$1,203,895 total

Urs S. Rutishauser, Ph.D., PI, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Center
Damien D. Pearse, Ph.D., Co-PI, University of Miami
Manipulation of Glycans in Repair of Spinal Cord Injury
$951,768 total

IDEA Recipients - 2 year awards

Ronald G. Emerson, M.D., PI, Columbia University
Joshua Cappell, M.D., Ph.D., Co-PI, Columbia University
Decoding Motor Intention from Human Microelectrode Grid Data
$295,160 total

Robert J. Linhardt, Ph.D., PI, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Chondroitinase in Treatment of Spinal Cord Injury
$294,952 total

John H. Martin, Ph.D., PI, Columbia University
Jason B. Carmel, M.D., Ph.D., Co-PI, Columbia University
Harnessing Corticospinal Activity to Promote Motor Recovery
$264,085 total

Brian A. Pierchala, Ph.D., PI, SUNY - Buffalo
Investigation of GDNF in Neural Survival and Maintenance
$283,200 total

Renato Rozental, M.D., Ph.D., PI, New York Medical College
Spontaneous Spreading Depression Enhances Ischemic Spinal Cord Injury
$300,000 total

Helen E. Scharfman, Ph.D., PI, Helen Hayes Hospital
Devin K. Binder, M.D., Ph.D., Co-PI, University of California - Irvine
Aquaporin-4 Water Channels in Spinal Cord Injury
$264,664 total

Dennis J. Stelzner, Ph.D., PI, SUNY Upstate Medical University
Frank A. Middleton, Ph.D., Co-PI, SUNY Upstate Medical University
Intrinsic neuronal response of propriospinal neurons to SCI
$300,000 total

Deanna M. Thompson, Ph.D., PI, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Jan P. Stegemann, Ph.D., Co-PI, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Guided Neuronal and Glial Migration in Electrically Conductive Collagen-Carbon Nanotube Scaffolds
$212,570 total

Guo-Feng Tian, M.D., Ph.D., PI, University of Rochester
Maiken Nedergaard, M.D., D.M.Sc., Co-PI, University of Rochester
Interactions between Glial Cells in Spinal Cord Injury
$300,000 total