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↕ AWARDEE | ↕ Location | ↕ PROJECT TITLE |
| Stauffer, Christopher | San Francisco, CA | 6-week trial of oxytocin for co-occurring cocaine and opioid use disorders |
| Kumar, Anoop | Chicago, IL | A Novel Role of DRA in IBD Pathogenesis |
| Presciutti, Steven M. | Decatur, GA | A Novel Small Molecule Inhibitor of Sclerostin to Improve Surgical Spine Fusions In Vivo |
| Richards, Anne | San Francisco, CA | A Study of Sexual Dimorphism in PTSD-Related Sleep Disturbance: A Focus on REM |
| Lindheimer III, Jacob B. | Madison, WI | Acute exercise tolerance among Veterans with Gulf War Illness |
| Orr, Miranda | San Antonio, TX | Alzheimer's disease-associated tau toxicity induces cellular senescence in the brain. |
| Thompson-Hollands, Johanna | Boston, MA | An adjunctive family intervention for individual PTSD treatment |
| Shah, Binita | New York, NY | Anti-inflammatory therapy during percutaneous coronary intervention |
| Gepner, Adam D. | Madison, WI | Assessing Functional Arterial Stiffness in Older Hypertensive Veterans |
| Gregg, Lucile | Dallas, TX | Association of diuretics with change in extracellular volume, natriuretic peptides, symptoms, and cardiovascular outcomes in CKD |
| Harle, Katia | San Diego, CA | Bayesian modeling of mood-driven decision biases for predicting clinical outcome |
| McNerney, Magaret W. | Palo Alto, CA | BDNF-mediated effects of rTMS on cognitive dysfunction in Veterans |
| Lehrner, Amy | Bronx, NY | Biological and Psychological Correlates of Sexual Dysfunction in PTSD |
| ONeil, Richard T. | Nashville, TN | Blocking lung cancer progression with peptide delivering cell therapy platforms |
| Baker, Joshua | Philadelphia, PA | Body composition, bone structure, and joint damage in rheumatoid arthritis |
| Kim, Tiffany | San Francisco, CA | Bone marrow fat and skeletal health in type 2 diabetes |
| Kohno, Milky | Portland, OR | Brain Function and Connectivity in Methamphetamine Dependence: The Link to Neuroinflammation and the Effects of Ibudilast |
| May, Anna | Cleveland, OH | Breathing patterning in obstructive sleep apnea |
| Loflin, Mallory J. | San Diego, CA | Cannabidiol as an Adjunctive to Prolonged Exposure for the Treatment of PTSD |
| Kotagal, Vikas | Ann Arbor, MI | Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Rapid Disease Progression in Parkinson Disease |
| Mills-Finnerty, Colleen | Palo Alto, CA | Causal brain mechanisms of value-based attentional capture in depression |
| Miller, Katherine E. | Philadelphia, PA | Characterization of sleep with trauma nightmares using ambulatory sleep measurement |
| Thomas, Sandhya | Houston, TX | Chronic Kidney Disease and Impaired Actions of Insulin |
| Krefft, Silpa | Denver, CO | Clinical Markers and Monitoring for Post-9-11 Deployment Lung Diseases |
| Vassy, Jason L. | Boston, MA | Clinical safety and efficacy of pharmacogenetics in Veteran care |
| Edmonds, Emily | San Diego, CA | Cognitive and Biomarker Profiles of Accurate and Inaccurate MCI Diagnosis |
| Bomyea, Jessica A. | San Diego, CA | Cognitive Training as a Novel Neuroscience-based Treatment for PTSD |
| Hamilton, Holly K. | San Francisco, CA | Deficient Neural Plasticity and its Functional Consequences in Schizophrenia |
| Alday, Phil | Portland, OR | Development of new drugs for Toxoplasma by advancing hits from the Global Health Chemical Diversity Library |
| Jimenez, Amy M. | West Los Angeles, CA | Disrupted Neural Connectivity in Empathy Deficits in Schizophrenia |
| Yang, Kai-Chun (Daniel) | Seattle, WA | Dissecting the mechanism of how dominant negative MYH7 mutations lead to genetic cardiomyopathies |
| Forster, Sarah E. | Pittsburgh, PA | Electrophysiological Predictors and Indicators of Contingency Management Treatment Response |
| Rosenbaum, Michael | Cleveland, OH | Endothelial Healing is Inhibited by PI3 Kinase-Induced Activation of TRPC6 |
| Posey, Avery D. | Philadelphia, PA | Engineered T Cells Targeting Abnormal Glycans in Metastatic Prostate Cancer |
| Yamasaki, Tritia | Lexington, KY | Enhancing diagnosis of Parkinsons disease and multiple system atrophy via detection of alpha-synuclein seeding activity |
| Ramanathan, Dhakshin | San Diego, CA | Enhancing Neural Circuit Plasticity to Promote Recovery After TBI |
| Muegge, Brian | St. Louis, MO | Enteroendocrine cell reprogramming during intestinal injury |
| Pragman, Alexa A. | Minneapolis, MN | Evaluation of the Oral and Lung Microbiota and Inflammation in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Frequent Exacerbators |
| Merritt, Victoria C. | San Diego, CA | Examination of Biological Markers Associated with Neurobehavioral and Neuropsychological Outcomes in Military Veterans with a History of Traumatic Brain Injury |
| Straus, Laura | San Francisco, CA | Examining the Effect of Sleep Disruption on Emotion Regulation and Trauma-Related Symptoms in Veterans |
| Skupsky, Jonathan | Long Beach, CA | Functional Immunoimaging in the GI Tract |
| Ormseth, Michelle | Nashville, TN | Functional impact of HDL transport of microRNA in rheumatoid arthritis |
| Risher, Mary-Louise | Huntington, WV | Glial mechanisms of ethanol-induced damage: plasticity and pathology |
| Tkaczyk, Eric | Nashville, TN | GVHD quantitative assessment in skin of Veterans post-HCT |
| Moradi, Hamid | Long Beach, CA | HDL function and mortality in end stage renal disease |
| Leeman, Beth A. | New York, NY | Hippocampal oscillations, interictal discharges, and memory formation |
| Beliakova-Bethell, Nadejda | San Diego, CA | HIV reactivation from latency - role of CD4 T cell maturation phenotype |
| Lee, Justine C. | Sepulveda, CA | Human Bone Engineering and Resorption in a Novel Mineralized Collagen Scaffold |
| Barredo, Jennifer | Providence, RI | Identification of Veterans at-risk for Suicide: a Multidisciplinary Approach |
| Montalvo-Ortiz, Janitza | West Haven, CT | Identifying Biomarkers of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in U.S. Veterans using an Integrative Multi-Omics Approach |
| Stout, Daniel M. | San Diego, CA | Identifying integrated circuit mechanisms of PTSD: Multimodal neuroimaging fusion of fear inhibition and cognitive control |
| Greenland, John | San Francisco, CA | Immune Mechanisms of Large-airway Lymphocytic Bronchitis |
| Templin, Andrew | Seattle, WA | Immune responses to islet amyloid in beta-cell death |
| Thomas, Kelsey R. | San Diego, CA | Impact of Diabetes on Cognitive and Perfusion Inefficiencies in Preclinical AD |
| Woodard, Lauren E. | Nashville, TN | In Situ Reprogramming of Induced Nephron Progenitor Cells for Kidney Regeneration |
| Dunn, Julia P. | St. Louis, MO | Insulin Resistance and Reward Signaling in Obesity |
| Pan, Jenny S. | Houston, TX | Kidney Protection by AMPK |
| Streja, Elani | Long Beach, CA | Lipid Profiles and Management in Veterans with Chronic Kidney Disease |
| Raghavan, Sridharan | Denver, CO | Machine Learning and Longitudinal Analyses of Metformin Response Among Veterans |
| Nguyen, Khanh | Portland, OR | Mechanisms of Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) and Vein Wall Fibrosis |
| Parlet, Corey | Iowa City, IA | Mechanisms of Staphylococcus aureus-induced changes in cutaneous T cell networks |
| Johnson, Anthony C. | Oklahoma City, OK | Mechanisms of Stress-Induced Pain in Veterans |
| Redente, Elizabeth | Denver, CO | Mechanisms of TNF-alpha Mediated Resolution of Pulmonary Fibrosis |
| Bachmann, Katherine | Nashville, TN | Metabolic Effects of Natriuretic Peptide Hormones |
| Warren, Kristi J. | Omaha, NE | Migration and signaling in ILC2 in asthma: Male and female differences |
| Kachadourian, Lorig | West Haven, CT | Mindfulness Treatment for Anger in Veterans with PTSD |
| Jacobs, Jonathan P. | West Los Angeles, CA | Modulation of the Intestinal Microbiome in Obesity by a High Protein Diet |
| Terry, Garth | Seattle, WA | Molecular imaging of neuroinflammation in repetitive mild traumatic brain injury |
| Fryer, Susanna L. | San Francisco, CA | Multimodal Neural Investigation of Reward Processing in Schizophrenia |
| Padula, Claudia B. | Palo Alto, CA | Neural Circuitry Underlying Alcohol Use Disorders in Men and Women Veterans |
| Pennington, David L. | San Francisco, CA | Neural Links of Approach Bias Modification in Heavy Drinking Veterans |
| Schindler, Abigail G. | Seattle, WA | Neural Mechanisms of Impulsivity and Attention Following Traumatic Brain Injury |
| Sullivan, Danielle R. | Boston, MA | Neural Metabolic Stress in mTBI and PTSD |
| Sorg, Scott F. | San Diego, CA | Neurocircuitry of Prospective Memory in Veterans with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury |
| Bangen, Katherine | San Diego, CA | Neuroimaging and Vascular Correlates of Mild Cognitive Impairment Subtypes |
| Gordon, Evan M. | Temple, TX | Neuroimaging-based identification of Traumatic Brain Injury subtypes |
| Yang, Yvonne | West Los Angeles, CA | Neuroinflammation and Oxidative Stress in Veterans with Schizophrenia |
| Szabo, Steven T. | Durham, NC | Neurosteroids in PTSD - Biomarkers to Therapeutics |
| Hendrickson, Rebecca | Seattle, WA | Noradrenergic biomarkers in PTSD: precision medicine & mechanisms |
| Bunney, Patricia E. | Minneapolis, MN | Novel Plant Alkaloids for the Treatment of Obesity |
| Fournier, Christina N. | Decatur, GA | Novel Prediction Tools for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis |
| Mitchem, Jonathan B. | Columbia, MO | Optimizing anti-tumor immunity for maximal therapeutic efficacy in Colorectal Cancer |
| Yarns, Brandon C. | West Los Angeles, CA | Optimizing Psychotherapy for Older Veterans with Chronic Pain |
| McMillin, Matthew | Temple, TX | Pathogenic role of thrombospondin-1 in acute and chronic liver failure |
| Ozburn, Angela | Portland, OR | Pharmacogenetic manipulation of brain regions to reduce alcohol binge drinking |
| Jovanovich, Anna | Denver, CO | Phosphate Lowering to Treat Vascular Dysfunction in Chronic Kidney Disease |
| Bain, William | Pittsburgh, PA | Platelet factors attenuate alveolar injury during severe pneumonia |
| Damrauer, Scott | Philadelphia, PA | Precision Cardio-Metabolic Phenotyping for Genetic Discovery and Risk Prediction |
| Hubbard, William | Lexington, KY | Psychological deficits after low level blast exposure: role of neurovascular disruption |
| McEnaney, Ryan M. | Pittsburgh, PA | Purinergic signaling and arteriogenesis |
| Thompson, Reid | Portland, OR | Quantifying and improving radiotherapy outcomes among Veterans |
| Keller, Amy | Denver, CO | Repair of Vascular Contractility and Mitochondrial Function by NOS Recoupling |
| Napier, Ruth J. | Portland, OR | Reprogramming T Cells in Rheumatoid Arthritis |
| Shive, Carey | Cleveland, OH | Role of IL-6 and IL-1b in immune dysfunction during aging, HIV, and HCV infection |
| Turner, Matthew J. | Indianapolis, IN | Role of keratinocyte-derived cytokines in epidermal injury and atopic dermatitis |
| Richmond, Bradley W. | Nashville, TN | Role of p73 in COPD Pathogenesis |
| Leong, Natalie | Baltimore, MD | Role of Perivascular Stem Cells in Ligament Healing and Regeneration |
| Zielinski, Mark R. | Boston, MA | Sleep Loss and Inflammation in the Neurovascular Unit |
| Lim, Miranda M. | Portland, OR | Sleep-wake disturbances in traumatic brain injury |
| Orkaby, Ariela R. | Boston, MA | Statins for Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease and Frailty |
| Averill, Lynnette A. | West Haven, CT | Structural and functional neural alterations in suicidality among Veterans with PTSD |
| Kiser, Philip | Long Beach, CA | Studies on visual cycles and their relevance to age-related macular degeneration |
| Prasad, Bharati | Chicago, IL | Targeted Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea to Reduce Cardiovascular Disparity |
| Owens, Philip | Denver, CO | Targeting the BMP pathway in metastatic cancer |
| McDonald, Lindsay T. | Charleston, SC | Targeting the myeloid lineage to inhibit exacerbation of pulmonary fibrosis due to chronic stress |
| Kotloski, Robert J. | Madison, WI | TBI and posttraumatic epilepsy in plasticity susceptible and resistant rats |
| DeLeon-Pennell, Kristine | Charleston, SC | T-cell regulation of cardiac remodeling |
| Blum, Andrew | Cleveland, OH | TGFβ and Smad Signaling Components in Esophageal Adenocarcinoma |
| Bjorness, Theresa E. | Dallas, TX | The Effect of Sleep Deprivation on Conditioned Place Preference to Cocaine. |
| Chakravorty, Subhajit | Philadelphia, PA | The Efficacy of CBT-I in Alcoholics & Its Effects on Remission & Relapse |
| Lang, Jennifer K. | Buffalo, NY | The Functional Role of Exosomes in Stem Cell Mediated Cardiac Repair |
| Sayre, Naomi | San Antonio, TX | The influence of ApoE4 on signaling |
| Scalzo, Rebecca | Denver, CO | The Interaction of Diabetes and Estrogen on Skeletal Muscle Bioenergetics |
| Murray, Donna | Palo Alto, CA | The neurobiological mechanisms of untreated pain and depression to relapse risk in substance dependence |
| Montford, John | Denver, CO | The Role of Bone Marrow Derived Eicosanoids in Renal Disease Progression |
| Boland, Elaine | Philadelphia, PA | The Role of Effort Discounting in the Link between Insomnia and Depression |
| Meenderink, Leslie | Nashville, TN | The role of enterocyte apical structure in inflammatory bowel disease pathogenesis |
| Choksi, Yash | Nashville, TN | The role of eosinophils and oxidative stress in esophageal malignancy |
| Taylor, Patricia | Cleveland, OH | The role of IL-17 neutrophils and lymphocytes during diabetic retinopathy |
| Hepokoski, Mark | San Diego, CA | The role of mitochondrial dysfunction in ARDS after AKI |
| Hussong, Stacy A. | San Antonio, TX | The Role of Neuronal mTORC1 in Alzheimer's Disease |
| Onyiah, Joseph | Denver, CO | Therapeutic Potential of Targeted Mucosal Heme Oxygenase-1 in Colitis |
| Takiar, Vinita | Cincinnati, OH | Translational Research Career Development: Overcoming Resistance to Radiotherapy |
| Holzhauer, Cathryn G. | Northampton, MA | Understanding and targeting stress reactivity in women Veterans with alcohol misuse |
| Kow, Rebecca | Seattle, WA | Understanding how DOPA decarboxylase modulates tau in disease |
| Davis, Marie Y. | Seattle, WA | Understanding Susceptibility to Parkinson's Disease due to GBA1 Mutations |
| Chou, Andrew | Houston, TX | Using Big-Data to Identify |
| Uygun, David | Boston, MA | Using CRISPR-Cas9 genetic abscission in vivo to study the role of GABA-A receptors of the thalamic reticular nucleus in regulating non-rapid-eye-movement sleep and drug induced sleep |