Funding Innovative Medical Research
The Feldstein Medical Foundation has funded over $3 Million of research through the following projects:
| Year | Institution | Principal Investigator | Project Title | Research Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Shriners Hospitals for Children Northern California | Dr. Wenbin Deng | Pathogenesis of Periventricular Leukomalacia | Basic Science |
| 2009 | Stony Brook University | Dr. Roman Kotov | New Classification of Bipolar, Depressive, and Anxiety Disorders | Translational |
| 2009 | Henry Ford Health System | Dr. Ganesa Wegienka | The role of hormones in asthma exacerbation in adult women | Translational |
| 2009 | SUNY Downstate Medical Center | Dr. Stacy Blain | Development of a Gene Therapy Vector that Kills Metastatic Breast Cancer | Basic Science |
| 2011 | Hospital for Special Surgery | Dr. Qiu Guo | MicroRNA Regulation of the Interferon Pathway in SLE | Basic Science |
| 2011 | Stony Brook University | Dr. Balaji Sitharaman | Multicolor Nanoprobes to Detect Infectious Agents in Neglected Diseases | Basic Science |
| 2011 | NYU Langone Medical Center | Dr. Lawrence Gardner | Nonsense mediated RNA decay regulation of cancer pathways | Basic Science |
| 2011 | Columbia University Medical Center | Dr. Hui Zhang | Regulation of Dopamine Transmission by GABAa Receptors | Basic Science |
| 2012 | UMDNJ - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School | Dr. Henry Hsia | Developing new and personalized approaches for healing challenging wounds | Basic Science |
| 2012 | Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University | Dr. Ulrich Steidl | Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Myelodysplstic Syndrome | Basic Science |
| 2012 | Stony Brook University | Dr. Shaoyu Ge | A role for primary cilia of adult-born neurons in hippocampal behavior | Basic Science |
| 2012 | Weill Medical College of Cornell University | Dr. Mirella Salvatore | Targeted vector delivery for rapid protection from infectious diseases | Basic Science |
| 2013 | Rutgers - NJMS | Dr. Amariliz Rivera | Distinct contributions of human monocyte subsets to antifungal defense | Basic Science |
| 2013 | Columbia University Medical Center | Dr. Filippo Mancia | A novel mRNA display platform to evolve stable mutants of human membrane proteins for structure determination by X-ray crystallography | Basic Science |
| 2013 | Stony Brook University | Dr. Markus Seeliger | New tools to hit moving targets in cancer therapy | Basic Science |
| 2013 | lcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | Dr. Jonathan Ripp | A Support Group Intervention to Decrease Job Burnout in First-Year Internal Medicine Residents | Education |
| 2014 | Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University | Dr. Adam Friedman | Curcumin Nanoparticles as an Innovative, Multi-mechanistic Antimicrobial and Wound Healing Accelerant | Translational |
| 2014 | Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University | Dr. Deepa Rastogi | The role of metabolic dysregulation in pediatric obesity-related asthma | Basic Science |
| 2014 | Columbia University Medical Center | Dr. Christine Hendon | Three-dimensional correlated electrical conduction and tissue microstructure | Basic Science |
| 2014 | Weill Medical College of Cornell University | Dr. Hector Peinado Selgas | Characterization of lymphatic fluid circulating vesicles as novel biomarkers of metastasi | Translational |
| 2015 | Stony Brook University | Dr. Chia-Hsin Chan | New strategies and agents to tackle tumor heterogeneity | Basic Science |
| 2015 | Rutgers - New Jersey Medical School | Dr. Mona Batish | Development of new diagnostic assays and identification of novel therapeutic targets for Ewing’s Sarcoma using single molecule RNA imaging | Basic Science |
| 2015 | Albert Einstein College of Medicine / NYU School of Medicine | Dr. Jeanette Beasley | The relationship between cardiometabolic risk factors and enterolignans (enterolactone and enterodiol) | Basic Science |
| 2015 | New York University School of Medicine | Dr. Michael Halassa | New circuit-based targets for sleep and attentional disorders | Translational |
| 2015 | Hospital for Special Surgery | Dr. George Kalliolias | TNFa confers pathogenic memory to RA FLS by inducing super-enhancers | Basic Science |
| 2016 | Albert Einstein College of Medicine | Dr. Qibin Qi | Gut microbiota, metabolites and diabetes in HIV infection | Translational |
| 2016 | NYU School of Medicine | Dr. Jori Fleisher | Vaccination Uptake in an Interdisciplinary Home Visit Program for Advanced Parkinson's Disease | Translational |
| 2016 | Rutgers University - New Jersey Medical School | Dr. Karen Edelblum | Microbial associated molecular pattern regulation of IEL/epithelial interactions | Basic Science |
| 2016 | Weill Medical College of Cornell University | Dr. Jihye Paik | Transdifferentiation is the molecular underpinning of targeted therapy resistance in gliomas | Basic Science |
| 2017 | Stony Brook University | Dr. Flaminia Maria Talos | Direct conversion of fibroblasts into bladder epithelia | Basic Science |
| 2017 | Albert Einstein College of Medicine | Dr. Britta Will | Chaperone-mediated autophagy in premalignant hematopoietic stem cells | Basic Science |
| 2017 | Hospital for Special Surgery | Dr. Miguel Otero | Functional Genomics and Clinical Outcomes to Assess the Efficacy of Platelet-Rich Plasma as a Treatment for Knee Osteoarthritis | Translational |
| 2017 | NYU School of Medicine | Dr. Anli Liu | Low frequency acoustic stimulation during sleep for seizure suppression | Translational |
| 2018 | Hospital for Special Surgery | Dr. Xu Yang | Enhancement of Osseointegration by Targeting Osteoblast-Mediated Angiogenesis | Basic Science |
| 2018 | Rutgers - New Jersey Medical School | Dr. Tessa Bergsbaken | Tissue IL-33 programs resident memory CD8+ T cells during infection | Basic Science |
| 2018 | Columbia University Medical Center | Dr. Daniel Freedberg | Dietary Fiber to Prevent Loss of Gastrointestinal Colonization Resistance and Pathogen Colonization in the Intensive Care Unit | Translational |
| 2018 | NYU School of Medicine | Dr. Stacy Loeb | Educational Intervention on Active Surveillance for Prostate Cancer | Translational |
| 2019 | Rutgers - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School | Dr. Pingyue Pan | Protective Signaling Mechanisms of Nicotine in Dopamine Neurons | Basic Science |
| 2019 | Weill Cornell Medical College | Dr. James Lo | Targeting a Transcriptional Pathway to Improve Fat Cell Health and Treat Diabetes | Basic Science |
| 2019 | Hospital for Special Surgery | Dr. Laura Donlin | Precise diagnosis of prosthetic joint infections using next-generation sequencing | Translational |
| 2019 | Stony Brook University | Dr. Jignesh Patel | The Role of Inflammatory Cytokines in Adults with Cardiac Arrest | Translational |
| 2020 | NYU Grossman School of Medicine | Dr. Kevin Chan | Role of insulin resistance in the eye and brain | Basic Science |
| 2020 | Albert Einstein College of Medicine | Dr. Meelad Dawlaty | Epigenetic regulation of mammalian embryonic hematopoiesis by Tet enzymes | Basic Science |
| 2020 | Columbia University Medical Center | Dr. Angela Gomez-Simmonds | Long-range sequencing to elucidate multispecies, plasmid-mediated transmission of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase resistance in an intensive care unit | Translational |
| 2020 | Weill Cornell Medical College | Dr. Elena Piskounova | The role of the selenocysteine proteome in melanoma metastasis | Basic Science |
| 2021 | Stony Brook University | Dr. Michael Airola | Targeting sterol glucosidase for the treatment of fungal infections | Basic Science |
| 2021 | Albert Einstein College of Medicine | Dr. Lucas Sjulson | Preclinical validation of a novel gene-based therapeutic strategy for opioid use disorder | Translational |
| 2021 | NYU Grossman School of Medicine | Dr. Nicolas Tritsch | Discovering novel molecular targets to prevent levodopa-induced dyskinesia | Basic Science |
| 2021 | Columbia University Medical Center | Dr. Yuichi Shimada | Transcriptomics to Reveal Signaling Pathways Associated with Pathogenesis and Cardiac Events in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy | Translational |
| 2022 | Weill Cornell Medical College | Dr. David Simon | Neural regulation of cancer | Basic Science |
| 2022 | NYU Grossman School of Medicine | Dr. Biyu He | Elucidating neural mechanisms of visual hallucinations in Lewy body diseases | Basic Science |
| 2022 | Rutgers - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School | Dr. Ankit Shah | Tracing Glucose and Triglyceride Metabolism in Individual With and Without SLC16A11 Gene Variants | Translational |
| 2022 | Stony Brook University | Dr. Gurtej Singh | Developing Tissue-Engineered Human Skin Equivalents for Trauma and Burns, Skin Cancer Reconstruction and Diabetic Wounds | Translational |
| 2022 | Hospital for Special Surgery | Dr. Alberto Carli | Investigating the role of malnutrition on post-operative complications in revision total joint arthroplasty | Translational |
| 2023 | NYU Grossman School of Medicine | Dr. Shruti Naik | Modulating Inflammatory Memory in Tissue Stem Cells | Basic Science |
| 2023 | Weill Cornell Medical College | Dr. Nicholas Collins | Harnessing the impact of dietary restriction on the immune system to engineer novel vaccines | Basic Science |
| 2023 | Albert Einstein College of Medicine | Dr. Shanye Yin | A novel approach to improve molecular diagnosis of HPV-associated cancers | Translational |
| 2023 | Hospital for Special Surgery | Dr. Brett Steineman | Association of 3D Measurements from Weightbearing Computed Tomography to Simulated Gait Kinematics in a Cadaver Model of Progressive Collapsing Foot Deformity | Translational |
| 2023 | Rutgers - New Jersey Medical School | Dr. Keri Lunsford | Assessment of immune Exhaustion in Severe Pre-Transplant Immune Dysfunction Resulting in Early Post-Liver Transplant Mortality | Translational |
| 2024 | Columbia University Medical Center | Dr. Eunhee Choi | Beyond insulin, de novo insulin receptor activators | Basic Science |
| 2024 | Weill Cornell Medical College | Dr. Jingli Cao | Targeting macrophages for cardiac repair after a heart attack | Basic Science |
| 2024 | Rutgers - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School | Dr. Lea Ann Chen | Evaluating microbiomes that protect against inflammatory bowel disease using IL-10 deficient mice | Translational |
| 2024 | Stony Brook University | Dr. Neil Nadkarni | Determining how Risk Factors Modify Day 1 Stroke Inflammation and Clot to Affect 90-Day Clinical Outcome in Stroke | Translational |
| 2025 | Rutgers - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School | Dr. Gaetan Barbet | Improving intestinal immunization by counteracting inflammatory pathways. | Basic Science |
| 2025 | Weill Cornell Medical College | Dr. Logan Grosenick | Localizing Neural Oscillations to Cells and Ensembles with Rapid Volume Imaging | Basic Science |
| 2025 | Albert Einstein College of Medicine | Dr. Sandra Aleksic | Hypothalamic Gliosis: A Player in Cognitive Decline in Older Adults with Prediabetes and Diabetes? | Translational |
| 2025 | Stony Brook University | Dr. Sima Mofakham | Personalized Communication Platform for Patients with Disorders of Consciousness | Translational |