Recent Recipients

2008 Research Grant Awards

Innovative Concept Grant Winner: Umesh Deshmukh, PhD University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia Adenosine receptor agonists: Novel therapeutic agents for Sjögren’s syndrome Abstract Innovative Concept Grant Winner: Patricia Mongini, PhD The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, North Shore — LIJ Health System, Manhasset, New York B cell-expressed COX-2 and Sjögren's syndrome development Abstract
Research Grant Winners: Seunghee Cha, DDS, PhD University of Florida Gainesville, Florida Receptor-mediated siRNA delivery in Sjögren’s syndrome Abstract Natalia V. Giltiay, PhD Cleveland Clinic, Department of Immunology Cleveland, Ohio Role of Act1 in development of Sjögren’s syndrome Abstract Patrizio Caturegli, MD* Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland Role of IL-12 in the inducible BALT found in Sjögren's lungs Abstract Lynn C. Epstein, MD (PI) and Athena Papas, DMD, PhD (Co-PI)* Tufts University, School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts Characterizations of cognitive dysfunction in Sjögren's syndrome patients Abstract Denise Faustman, MD, PhD* Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University, Charlestown, Massachusetts Examination of human spleens for a Hox11 expressing stem cell involved in salivary epithelial regeneration Abstract * - Signifies grants that were first awarded in 2007-08 and have been renewed for a second year in 2008-09.
2007 Research Grant Awards
Innovative Concept Grant Winner: Patricia Mongini, PhD The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, North Shore — LIJ Health System, Manhasset, New York B cell-expressed COX-2 and Sjögren's syndrome development Abstract
Olga J. Baker, DDS, PhD* University of Missouri Effects of pro-inflammatory cytokines on polarized salivary epithelium Abstract * - This grant was first awarded in 2006-07 and has been renewed for a second year in 2007-08. Patrizio Caturegli, MD Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland Role of IL-12 in the inducible BALT found in Sjögren's lungs Abstract Lynn C. Epstein, MD (PI) and Athena Papas, DMD, PhD (Co-PI) Tufts University, School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts Characterizations of cognitive dysfunction in Sjögren's syndrome patients Abstract Denise Faustman, MD, PhD Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University, Charlestown, Massachusetts Examination of human spleens for a Hox11 expressing stem cell involved in salivary epithelial regeneration Abstract
2006 Research Grant Awards
Olga J. Baker, DDS, PhD University of Missouri Effects of pro-inflammatory cytokines on polarized salivary epithelium Abstract Yongmei Li, PhD* University of Pennsylvania Cellular dynamics in mouse models of Sjögren's syndrome Abstract * - This grant was first awarded in 2005 and has been renewed for a second year in 2006. Cristian A. Perez, PhD The Rockefeller University Characterizations of brain areas innervating salivary and lacrimal glands Abstract Robert M. Clancy, PhD NYU Hospital for Joints Diseases Molecular mechanisms of cardiac injury by anti-SSA/Ro — SSB/La antibodies Abstract
2005-2006	Yongmei Li, PhD University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA Cellular dynamics in mouse models of Sjögren's syndrome Cristian A. Perez, PhD The Rockefeller University, New York, NY Characterization of brain areas innervating salivary and lacrimal glands Saadia Rashid, MD Schepens Eye Research Institute, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA Corneal immunity in ocular surface disease in Sjögren’s syndrome and its treatment by topical application of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids.
2004-2005	Shohta Kodama, MD, PhD Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA "Evaluation of salivary and lacrimal gland regeneration during the reversal of autoimmunity in NOD mice" Chuanqing Ding, MD, PhD University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA "Lacrimal gland and nitric oxide in a rabbit model of Sjögren's syndrome" Second year grant
2003-2004	Chuanqing Ding, MD, PhD University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA "Lacrimal gland and nitric oxide in a rabbit model of Sjögren's syndrome" Seunghee Cha, DDS, PhD University of Florida, Gainesville, FL "Anti-type 3 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor autoantibody-mediated alterations of cytosolic calcium concentration and Aquaporin 5 translocation in Sjögren's syndrome patients"
2001-2003	Vidya Sankar, DMD National Institute for Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH SSF-NIDCR Clinical Fellowship Abha Sood, MD Schepens Eye Research Institute, Boston, MA "The Relationship between Mucin Expression, Glycosylation and Ocular Surface Inflammation in Sjögren's Syndrome"
2000-2001	Jason Brayer, PhD La Jolla Institute of Allergy and Immunology, San Diego, CA "Immunomodulation of T lymphocytes by anti-muscarinic antibodies associated with Sjögren's syndrome" Kirsten Limesand, PhD University of Colorado, Health Sciences Center "Suppression of Salivary Gland Apoptosis by Akt"
1999-2000	Hiroko Yamagami, MD, PhD Schepens Eye Research Institute, Boston, MA "Sjögren's Syndrome: Androgen deficiency and evaporative dry eye"
1998-99	Eva Rorer, MD Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD "Cytokine production in autoimmune dacryoadenitis" Toshiaki Maruyama, MD, PhD Scripps Research Clinic, La Jolla, CA "Generation of recombinant anti-120K anti-fodrin antibodies from Sjögren's syndrome patients"
1997-98	Jyrki Tornwall, DDS, MD, PhD Scripps Research Clinic, La Jolla, CA "Pathomechanisms of the glandular atrophy in Sjögren's syndrome"
1996-97	Gallya Gannott, DDS National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD "Development of a non-invasive method for the diagnosis of Sjögren's syndrome in the minor salivary gland"
1995-96	Ikuko Toda, MD Schepens Eye Research Institute, Boston, MA "Role of epithelial cell cytokines in the androgen-induced suppression of autoimmune disease in lacrimal glands of a mouse model of Sjögren's syndrome"
1994-95	Jianhua Cheng, MD University of Alabama at Birmingham "Modulation of human Fas apoptosis gene expression in Sjögren's syndrome" Noriyoshi Ogawa, MD University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio "Cytokine profiles in Sjögren's syndrome and guides to new therapy"
1993-94	Donald B. Bloch, MD Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA "Characterization of a novel Sjögren's syndrome autoantigen"
1992-93	Peter Girow, MD Doheney Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA "The pathophysiology of lacrimal gland disease" Zhiyan Huang, MD Schepens Eye Research Institute, Boston, MA "The role of viruses and hormones in Sjögren's syndrome and lacrimal gland disease"
1991-92	Peter Girow, MD Doheney Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA "The pathophysiology of lacrimal gland disease"

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