Biomedical Sciences

Career Awards for Medical Scientists (CAMS)

Grant Recipients

2007

Jonathan Paul Alexander, M.D., Ph.D.
University of California-San Francisco
Isolation of a putative alveolar stem cell population and analysis of its role in development, maintenance, and repair of the lung epithelium

Robert Baloh, M.D., Ph.D.
Washington University
Mechanism of peripheral neuropathy from Mitofusin 2 mutations

James Elliott Bradner, M.D.
Harvard University
Design and characterization of highly potent inhibitors of HDAC6

Clark C. Chen, M.D., Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School
The molecular basis and therapeutic implications of genome instability during brain tumor progression

Arlene Dent, M.D., Ph.D.
Case Western Reserve University
Acquisition of immunity to blood stage Falciparum malaria in infants

Mahalia Sabrina Desruisseaux, M.D.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University
Neuroparasitology: neurological complications of cerebral malaria

Jay F. Dorsey, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania
Identification of mSin3b and Mad4 as novel p53 target genes directing p53-mediated transcriptional repression

Benjamin Levine Ebert, M.D., Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School
Genomic approaches to disorders of erythroid differentiation

Brian Todd Edelson, M.D., Ph.D.
Washington University
Macrophage and dendritic cell development

Rene L. Galindo, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center-Dallas
Genetic dissection of the Rhabdomyosarcoma initiator PAX-FKHR and PAX-related signaling in skeletal muscle development

Darnell Kaigler, D.D.S., Ph.D.
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Cell therapy for the treatment of alveolar bone defects

Michael Z. Lin, M.D., Ph.D.
University of California-San Diego
Elucidating mechanisms of synaptic plasticity and learning by visualizing and controlling local protein turnover

Roger Lo, M.D., Ph.D.
University of California-Los Angeles
Melanoma in the skin: initiation, progression, and crosstalk with dermal fibroblasts

Emanual Maverakis, M.D.
University of California-Davis
gC399tr an inhibitor of autoimmunity

Eric Matthew Morrow, M.D., Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School
Identification of autism genes in special founder populations using high-density SNP microarrays

Christopher Newton-Cheh, M.D.
Harvard Medical School
Genomic dissection of QT interval duration and sudden death

Dao Nguyen, M.D.
University of Washington
Stringent response in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm formation and antibiotic tolerance

Anil Potti, M.D.
Duke University
Gene expression patterns coupled with signatures of oncogenic pathway deregulation provide a novel approach to targeted therapeutics in non-small cell lung carcinoma

Frank J. Probst, M.D., Ph.D.
Baylor College of Medicine
Generation of mouse models for X-linked diseases

Alice Shaw, M.D., Ph.D.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Novel biomarkers and targeted therapies for human lung cancer:  translation from a mouse model

Joseph C. Wu, M.D., Ph.D.
Stanford University
Molecular and cellular mechanisms of cardiac regeneration

Mark Nan Wu, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania
Identification of novel genes that regulate sleep in Drosophila melanogaster