|
INITIAL DATE AWARDED |
RECIPIENT/LOCATION |
PWS RESEARCH TOPIC |
|
2010 |
Rachel Wevrick, Ph.D. Department of Medical Genetics, University of
Alberta |
Leptin resistance in mouse models of hyperphagia |
|
2010 |
Joan C. Han, M.D., Senior Clinical Fellow, Unit on Growth and Obesity
Jack A. Yanovski, M.D., Ph.D., Head, Unit on Growth and Obesity Program
in Developmental Endocrinology and Genetics
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human
Development, NIH |
Brain-Derived
Neurotrophic Factor in Prader-Willi Syndrome
and MC4R Function-Altering Mutations |
|
2009 |
Theresa Strong, PhD University Alabama at Birmingham |
PWS Research Strategy Workshop |
|
2009 |
International
Hyperphagia Conference, Baltimore, MD |
To bring together researchers from multiple rare disorders around the
world dealing with the hunger and tremendous drive to consume food |
|
|
PWS consortium for the RDCRN at NIH |
Rare Disease Clinical Research Consortium
– a five year commitment to support this major research effort to
supplement the reduction of NIH funding and ensure the second five years
of the natural history study of PWS. |
|
2009 |
Stefan Stamm, Ph.D. Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
University of Kentucky, College of Medicine |
Role of snoRNAs in Prader-Willi
Syndrome |
|
2008 |
Mary Mazaheri, MS, PhD candidate |
Impact of PWS on Healthy siblings & Quality of Life for
Caregivers |
|
2008 |
Anastasia Dimitropoulos, Ph.D. |
Autistic
Symptomatology in PWS: Examining Behavioral and Neurobiological
Similarities between PWS and Autism Spectrum Disorders
–
Principal investigator is Anastasia Dimitropoulos, Ph.D. |
|
December 2007 |
Heather Newkirk, Ph.D. |
Development of a Microsphere Suspension Assay for the
High Throughput Screening of Prader-Willi Subjects -
click here for expected outcomes |
|
December 2007 |
Soo-Jeong Kim, M.D. |
Genetic Underpinnings of Restricted Repetitive Behavior
click here for expected outcomes |
|
January 2007
& March 2008
|
Douglas Bittle, Ph.D.
Merlin Butler, M. D.
Children’s Mercy Hospital
Missouri |
Expressions of Four Genes Between Chromosome 15 Breakpoints BP1
and BP2 in Subjects with PW. |
|
January 2007 |
Roja Montaghedi, M.D.
Moris Angulo, M.D.
Weill
College of Cornell University, New York |
The Effect of Rimonabant on Weight Gain and Body Composition in
Children with PWS |
|
January 2007
|
Varda Gross-Tsur, M.D.
Israel Hirsch,
Shaare
Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem |
Gonadal Function in Infants, Adolescents and Young Adults with
Prader-Willii Syndrome |
| December 2005 |
Drs. Wm. Klish and
Ann Scheimann
Baylor College of Medicine, TX |
Impact of Dietary Content upon
Gastrointestinal Motility in Individuals with PWS |
| December 2005 |
Dr. Teresa Reyes
Scripps Research Institute, FL |
The Expression and Regulation of
Necdin in the Mouse Central Nervous System: Relation to Hyperphagia |
| March 2005 |
Dr. Daniel J. Driscoll, Ph.D.,
Dr. Anthony Goldstone, Ph.D.,
Dr.
Jennifer Miller
University of Florida |
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Reduced Satiety in
Prader-Willi Syndrome and Obesity |
| December 2004 |
Dr. David A. Stevenson
University of Utah |
Causes of Death in Prader-Willi Syndrome |
| September 2004 |
Elisabeth M. Dykens Ph.D.
Vanderbilt University, TN |
The Use of Psychotropic Medications in Prader-Willi Syndrome |
| December 2003 |
Dr. Jean-Pierre Chanoine |
Effect of Somatostatin on Ghrelin Concentrations, Food Seeking
Behavior, and Weight in Patients with PWS |
