Find Research Projects — Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Active

11/10/16 → 10/31/21

Project: Research project › Research Project

Antibodies

Pneumonia

Monoclonal Antibodies

Vaccines

Pneumococcal Pneumonia

The relation of migraine to daily hormone patterns and menopausal stage

Pavlovic, J. M.

National Institutes of Health

9/30/16 → 5/31/21

Project: Research project › Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award

Migraine Disorders

Hormones

Menstrual Cycle

Estrogens

Menopause

Near Infrared Genetically Encoded Voltage Indicators (NIR-GEVIs) for All-Optical Electrophysiology (AOE)

Verkhusha, V.

National Institutes of Health

9/30/16 → 6/30/19

Project: Research project › Research Project--Cooperative Agreements

Electrophysiology

Opsins

Light

Optogenetics

Coloring Agents

Combined Cortical and Subcortical Recording and Stimulation as a Circuit-Oriented Treatment for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Eskandar, E. N.

National Institutes of Health

9/30/16 → 12/29/22

Project: Research project › Exploratory/Developmental Cooperative Agreement Phase II

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Deep Brain Stimulation

Brain

Therapeutics

Corpus Striatum

Linking tau proteostasis with neuronal activity in FTD

Cuervo, A. M.

National Institutes of Health

9/30/16 → 8/31/21

Project: Research project › Specialized Center--Cooperative Agreements

Frontotemporal Dementia

Autophagy

Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats

Neurons

tau Proteins

Activation of Endogenous Transposable Elements by Myc During Aging

Secombe, J.

National Institutes of Health

9/30/16 → 4/30/22

Project: Research project › Research Project, High Priority, Short Term Project Award

DNA Transposable Elements

Diptera

Genome

Single-Cell Analysis

Phenotype

Support for the Rose F. Kennedy IDDRC

Dobrenis, K., Walkley, S. U. & Molholm, S.

National Institutes of Health

9/22/16 → 5/31/21

Project: Research project › Specialized Center--Cooperative Agreements

Cell Engineering

Developmental Disabilities

Intellectual Disability

leadership

Research

MAF1 Function and Metabolic Inefficiency

Willis, I. M.

National Institutes of Health

9/21/16 → 7/31/20

Project: Research project › Research Project

Energy Metabolism

RNA

Transfer RNA

RNA Polymerase III

Untranslated RNA

Developmental Impact of NICU Exposures (DINE)

Aschner, J. L.

National Institutes of Health

9/21/16 → 8/31/23

Project: Research project › Exploratory/Developmental Cooperative Agreement Phase II

Neonatal Intensive Care Units

Premature Infants

Third Pregnancy Trimester

Manganese

Lung

New York Regional Center for Diabetes Translation Research

Isasi, C. R. & Walker, E. A.

National Institutes of Health

9/20/16 → 7/31/21

Project: Research project › Center Core Grants

Translational Medical Research

Research

chronic illness

Research Personnel

Health

Interpreting human enhancer variants with a network-regularized composite model

Zhang, Z.

National Institutes of Health

9/12/16 → 7/31/19

Project: Research project › Research Project

Genes

Composite materials

Computational methods

Medical problems

Risk assessment

Ribosomes and Growth Regulation

Baker, N. E.

National Institutes of Health

9/8/16 → 8/31/20

Project: Research project › Research Project

Ribosomes

Growth

Ribosomal Proteins

Genes

Transcription Factors

Epigenetic Remodeling of NMDA Receptors

Zukin, R. S.

National Institutes of Health

9/8/16 → 6/30/21

Project: Research project › Research Project

N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptors

Epigenomics

Maternal Deprivation

Neurotransmitter Receptor

Aptitude

Effect of drugs of abuse on CNS HIV-1 reservoirs and neuropathogenesis

Prasad, V. R. & Kalpana, G. V.

National Institutes of Health

9/1/16 → 7/31/21

Project: Research project › Research Project

Street Drugs

HIV-1

HIV

Blood-Brain Barrier

Astrocytes

A multiscale model for binding kinetics of membrane receptors on cell surfaces

Wu, Y.

National Institutes of Health

9/1/16 → 7/31/21

Project: Research project › Research Project

Cell Surface Receptors

Ligands

Membranes

Costimulatory and Inhibitory T-Cell Receptors

Pharmaceutical Preparations

Maintenance and Extension of a Cohort of Career Firefighters as a Non-WTC Exposed Comparison for the FDNY Firefighter Cohort

Webber, M. P.

National Institutes of Health

9/1/16 → 8/31/21

Project: Research project › Research Project--Cooperative Agreements

Firefighters

Maintenance

Disasters

Incidence

Mental Health

Incidence, Latency, and Survival of Cancer Following World Trade Center Exposure

Hall, C. B.

National Institutes of Health

9/1/16 → 8/31/20

Project: Research project › Research Project--Cooperative Agreements

Incidence

Neoplasms

Furans

Hazardous Substances

Dioxins

A Computational Biomechanical Airway Model for Obese Children at Risk for OSAS

Arens, R.

National Institutes of Health

8/15/16 → 4/30/21

Project: Research project › Research Project

Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Pediatric Obesity

Down Syndrome

Hydrodynamics

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Understanding Alzheimer's Disease in the Context of the Aging Brain

Cuervo, A. M.

National Institutes of Health

8/15/16 → 6/30/21

Project: Research project › Multi-Year Funded Research Project Grant

Autophagy

Alzheimer Disease

Brain

Homeostasis

Proteins

Structural basis of allostery and mechanical properties of F-actin

Almo, S. C.

National Institutes of Health

8/1/16 → 7/31/20

Project: Research project › Research Project

Actins

Mechanical properties

Microfilament Proteins

Protein Subunits

Electron microscopy

Metabotropic glutamate receptor functions in autophagy

Francesconi, A.

National Institutes of Health

8/1/16 → 5/31/21

Project: Research project › Research Project

Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors

Autophagy

Fragile X Syndrome

Brain

Fasciculation

The Role of PI3Kbeta in Breast Cancer Metastasis

Bresnick, A. R., Backer, J. M. & Bresnick, A. R.

National Institutes of Health

8/1/16 → 7/31/20

Project: Research project › Research Project

Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases

Breast Neoplasms

Neoplasm Metastasis

G-Protein-Coupled Receptors

Neoplasms

Molecular aspects of CRKL in heart development and human disease

Morrow, B. E. & Zhou, B.

National Institutes of Health

7/15/16 → 6/30/20

Project: Research project › Research Project

Human Development

Heart Diseases

DiGeorge Syndrome

Exome

Neural Crest

pRb Function in Mediobasal Hypothalamus in Diet Induced Obesity

Zhu, L. & Chua, Jr., S. C.

National Institutes of Health

7/10/16 → 6/30/21

Project: Research project › Research Project

Hypothalamus

Obesity

Diet

Leptin

Neurons

Epidemiology of the gut microbiome, prediabetes and diabetes in Latinos

Burk, R. D. & Kaplan, R. C.

National Institutes of Health

7/8/16 → 2/28/21

Project: Research project › Research Project

Prediabetic State

Hispanic Americans

Epidemiology

Microbiota

Population

Broadly Protective Bispecific Antibodies for Treatment of Ebola Virus Disease

Lai, J. R.

National Institutes of Health

7/5/16 → 6/30/19

Project: Research project › Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Grants - Phase I, Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Grants - Phase II

Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever

Bispecific Antibodies

Ebolavirus

Viruses

Antibodies

Host biomarkers for M. tuberculosis infection activity in HIV-infected persons

Achkar, J. M.

National Institutes of Health

7/2/16 → 6/30/21

Project: Research project › Research Project

Mycobacterium Infections

Tuberculosis

Biomarkers

HIV

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Functional Neuroanatomy of Circuits Governing Parental Behavior

Autry-Dixon, A. E.

National Institutes of Health

7/1/16 → 5/31/21

Project: Research project › Research Transition Award, Career Transition Award

Neuroanatomy

Urocortins

Neurons

Agonistic Behavior

Infant Behavior

Promoting Asthma Guidelines and Management through Technology-Based Intervention and Care Coordination (PRAGMATIC)

Reznik, M.

National Institutes of Health

7/1/16 → 4/30/21

Project: Research project › Research Project

Asthma

Guidelines

Technology

Referral and Consultation

Research

Mechanism of Met-Induced Hepatocyte Survival

Zarnegar, R.

National Institutes of Health

6/15/16 → 5/31/21

Project: Research project › Research Project

Receptor-Interacting Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases

Protein Kinases

Hepatocytes

Hepatocyte Growth Factor

Necrosis

Novel Strategies for the Discovery of Microbial Metabolic Pathways

Almo, S. C.

National Institutes of Health

6/15/16 → 4/30/21

Project: Research project › Research Program Projects

Carrier Proteins

Ligands

Proteins

Metabolic Networks and Pathways

Microbiota

The Mediator complex in the coordinate regulation of lipogenic gene expression

Pessin, J. E. & Yang, F.

National Institutes of Health

6/15/16 → 4/30/21

Project: Research project › Research Project

Mediator Complex

Gene Expression Regulation

Liver

Insulin Resistance

Gene Expression

Dissecting Skp2 functions in pRb and p53 doubly deficient tumorigenesis

Zhu, L.

National Institutes of Health

6/3/16 → 5/31/21

Project: Research project › Research Project

Organoids

Carcinogenesis

Castration

Prostatic Neoplasms

Neoplasms

Catalytic and regulatory mechanisms of human Tryptophan Dioxygenase

Yeh, S.

National Institutes of Health

6/1/16 → 4/30/20

Project: Research project › Research Project

Dioxygenases

Tryptophan

Neurodegenerative diseases

Kynurenine

Enzymes

Novel Strategies for Precision T-cell Therapies

Almo, S. C.

National Institutes of Health

6/1/16 → 5/31/21

Project: Research project › Research Project

Immunological Synapses

Cell- and Tissue-Based Therapy

T-Lymphocytes

Biological Products

Peptides

Resilience in HIV infected drug users

Cunningham, C. O.

National Institutes of Health

6/1/16 → 5/31/19

Project: Research project › Small Research Grants

Drug Users

HIV

Viral Load

Cocaine

Opioid Analgesics

Molecular basis of receptor-ligand recognition in the Immunological Synapse

Fiser, A.

National Institutes of Health

6/1/16 → 4/30/20

Project: Research project › Research Project

Immunological Synapses

Ligands

Proteins

Binding Sites

B-Cell Antigen Receptors

Comprehensive Evaluation of Aging-Related Clinical Outcomes and Geroproteins

Kizer, J.

National Institutes of Health

6/1/16 → 5/31/21

Project: Research project › Research Project

Proteins

Muscle Strength

Cognition

Dementia

Skeletal Muscle

Regulation of T Cell Responses by Chaperone-Mediated Autophagy

Macian-Juan, F.

National Institutes of Health

6/1/16 → 5/31/21

Project: Research project › Research Project

Autophagy

T-Lymphocytes

T-Cell Antigen Receptor

Adaptive Immunity

Regulatory T-Lymphocytes

Deciphering Neural Circuits Underlying Hippocampal Suppression of Food Intake

Yang, Y.

National Institutes of Health

6/1/16 → 2/28/21

Project: Research project › Research Project

Anorexia Nervosa

Hippocampus

Eating

Anorexia

Optogenetics

Deciphering the roles of Nfatc1 in developmental coronary angiogenesis

Zheng, D. & Zhou, B.

National Institutes of Health

6/1/16 → 5/31/20

Project: Research project › Research Project

NFATC Transcription Factors

Gene Regulatory Networks

Coronary Vessels

Gene Expression

Developmental Biology

PC4PrEP: Integrating PrEP into Primary Care

Bauman, L. J.

National Institutes of Health

5/27/16 → 2/28/20

Project: Research project › Research Project

Primary Health Care

HIV

Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Prescriptions

Microsporidia: invasion apparatus

Weiss, L. M.

National Institutes of Health

5/16/16 → 4/30/21

Project: Research project › Research Project

Microsporidia

Infection

Organelles

Proteins

Post Translational Protein Processing

WNK KINASES IN DEVELOPMENT

Jenny, A.

National Institutes of Health

5/4/16 → 2/29/20

Project: Research project › Research Project

Phosphotransferases

Catenins

Pseudohypoaldosteronism

Sodium-Potassium-Chloride Symporters

Hereditary Sensory and Autonomic Neuropathies

Obesity and Caries in Young South Asian Children: A Common Risk Factor Approach

Karasz, A.

National Institutes of Health

4/18/16 → 12/31/20

Project: Research project › Research Project

Obesity

Health

House Calls

Translational Medical Research

Pediatric Obesity

Therapeutic targeting of glutamine metabolism in MDS

Verma, A. K. & Verma, A. K.

National Institutes of Health

4/1/16 → 3/31/21

Project: Research project › Research Project

Myelodysplastic Syndromes

Glutamine

Glutaminase

Therapeutics

Neoplasms

Causally connecting neural activity to behavior with caged compounds

Nicola, S. M.

National Institutes of Health

4/1/16 → 3/31/19

Project: Research project › Exploratory/Developmental Grants

Neurons

Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists

Light

Nucleus Accumbens

Glutamate Receptors

Evaluation of HIV-associated Cardiac Dysfunction in Women

Kizer, J. & Kaplan, R. C.

National Institutes of Health

4/1/16 → 3/31/20

Project: Research project › Research Project

HIV

Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

Triglycerides

Fibrosis

HIV Infections

Calmodulin Regulation Na Channels: From Function and Structure to Disease

Tomaselli, G. F. & Tomaselli, G. F.

National Institutes of Health

4/1/16 → 3/31/20

Project: Research project › Research Project

Calmodulin

Long QT Syndrome

Cardiac Arrhythmias

Mutation

Heart Diseases

HGF/HGFR Axis and Fatty Liver Disease

Zarnegar, R.

National Institutes of Health

4/1/16 → 3/31/20

Project: Research project › Research Project

Receptor-Interacting Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases

Hepatocyte Growth Factor

Fatty Liver

Protein Kinases

Liver Diseases