Three Department of Neurology principal investigators have been awarded research grants from prominent funding sources. The recipients, grant titles and sources are:
Edward A. Burton, MBChB, MD, DPhil, Assistant Professor of Neurology, Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry: Dystonia Medical Research Foundation for Dopamine neuron development in a novel zebrafish model of DYT1 dystonia
Guodong Cao, PhD, Research Assistant Professor of Neurology: National Institutes of Health (R21) for Novel modified erythropoietins for the treatment of ischemic brain injury
J. Timothy Greenamyre, MD, PhD, Professor of Neurology and Chief, Movement Disorders Division: 1) Michael J. Fox Foundation for Characterization of E46K and A53T alpha-synuclein BAC transgenic rats and 2) the Parkinson's Disease Foundation for Modeling gastrointestinal dysfunction in PD. (5/09)