2011 Research Grant Awards

Innovative Concept Grant Winner:

Michael J. Passineau, PhD
Allegheny-Singer Research Institute
West Penn Allegheny Health System
Pittsburgh, PA
Ultrasound-assisted gene transfer of IL17R:Fc to the salivary glands as a gene therapy for Sjögren's Syndrome
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Research Grant Winners:

Sunil Chuahan, DVM, PhD*
Schepens Eye Research Institute
Boston, Massachusetts
Mechanism and Functional Relevance of Corneal Lymphangiogenesis in Dry Eye Disease
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Lindsey Criswell, MD, MPH, Dsc*
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California
Epigenetic Profiling of Multiple Cell and Tissue Types in Sjögren’s Syndrome
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Shen S. Hu, PhD
UCLA School of Dentistry
Los Angeles, CA
Interferon-Y induces immunoproteasome in human salivary gland cells  
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Melinda Larsen, PhD
The Research Foundation of SUNY
University at Albany,
Department of Biological Sciences
Albany, NY
Application of Multiplexing Technology to the Study of Sjögren’s Syndrome 
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Kathy L. Moser, BS, PhD*
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
The Genetic Basis of Human Sjögren’s Syndrome
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Cuong Nguyen, BS, PhD*
University of Florida, Gainesville
Gainesville, Florida
Suppression of TH17 cells using IL-27 gene therapy: A potential therapeutic approach for the treatment of Sjögren’s syndrome patients
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* - Signifies grants that were first awarded in 2010 and have been renewed for a second year in 2011.