Tulane University and LSUHSC-NO currently funded pilot projects include a variety of research topics.
Protocol Title: Adipose-Derived Stem Cells on Naturally Derived Scaffold as a New Horizon in Bioengineered Cornea: A Pre-Clinical Pilot Project
Principal Investigator: Bruce A. Bunnell, Ph.D.
Co-Principal Investigator: Ladan Espandar, M.D.
Protocol Title: Investigation of the Therapeutic Potential of 4-DDP, a New Antibacterial Drug
Principal Investigator: David Mullin, Ph.D.
Protocol Title: RAS Gene Mutations in Human Renal Hypodysplasia
Principal Investigator: Ihor V. Yosypiv, M.D.
Co-Principal Investigator: Renfang Song, Ph.D.
Protocol Title: Health Disparity of Type 2 Diabetes in New Orleans Vietnamese Americans
Principal Investigator: William T. Cefalu, M.D.
Co-Principal Investigators: LanChi T. Luu, Leonard R. Bok
Protocol Title: Targeted Therapeutics Toward Src Kinase for Triple Negative Breast Cancer in African American Women
Principal Investigator: Brian Rowan, Ph.D.
Protocol Title: Cytokine Networks Underlying Continuum of Affective Disorders
Principal Investigator: Allan Kalueff, Ph.D.
Protocol Title: Interdisciplinary Research to Improve Glaucoma Drainage Devices
Principal Investigator: Diane Blake, B.S., Ph.D.
Co-Principal Investigators: Ramesh Ayyala, M.D., Scott Grayson, Ph.D.
Protocol Title: Role of IL-2 in Children with Steroid Resistant Nephrotic Syndrome
Principal Investigator: Diego Aviles, M.D.
Co-Principal Investigators: Jovanny Zabaleta, Ph.D., Arnold Zea, Ph.D.
Protocol Title: Variation in Plasma Cortisol Concentration Underlies Metabolic Abnormalities in Pediatric Obesity
Principal Investigator: Stuart Chalew, M.D.
Co-Principal Investigator: Arlette Soros, M.D.
Protocol Title: Serum Prosaposin: A Prostate Cancer Marker of Aggressiveness in African Americans
Principal Investigator: Shahriar Koochekpour, M.D., Ph.D.
Co-Principal Investigator: Siyi Hu, Ph.D.
Protocol Title: Physiologic Detection of Malingering in Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures
Principal Investigator: Nicole Villemarette-Pittman, Ph.D.
Co-Principal Investigator: Deidre Devier, M.S.W., Ph.D.
Protocol Title: Cognitive Effects of Electrical Stimulation of the Subthalamic Nucleus
Principal Investigator: Erich Richter, M.D.
Protocol Title: Coemzyme-Q10 as an Adjunct to Standard Therapies in Elderly Patients with Chronic Heart Disease
Principal Investigator: Shanker Japa, Ph.D.
Protocol Title: Pilot Study Evaluating the Expression of Erb-B4 after Treatment with Hdac Inhibitor Zolinza (Vorinostat Saha) in Er+, Tamoxifen Refractory Breast Cancer
Principal Investigator: Bridgette Collins-Burrow, M.D., Ph.D.
Protocol Title: Urinary Agt as a Novel Marker of Intrarenal Ras Activity in Hypertensive Patients
Principal Investigator: Hiroyuki Kobori, M.D., Ph.D.
Protocol Title: Genital HIV Expression in Women during the Ante-partum and Post-partum Period
Principal Investigator: Angela M. Amedee, Ph.D.
Protocol Title: Development of HPV Serological Assays for Clinical Use
Principal Investigator: Michael Hagensee, M.D.
Protocol Title: Non-Invasive Imaging for Diabetic Retinopathy using Hyper-spectral Imaging
Principal Investigator: Bahram Khoobehi, Ph.D.
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