Bugher Foundation Past Awardees
Bugher IV: American Stroke Association/Bugher Foundation Centers of Excellence in Stroke Collaborative Research for Regeneration, Resilience and Secondary Prevention
Award Activation: April 1, 2014
University of California, Los Angeles
S. Thomas Carmichael, MD, PhD, FAHA - Center Director
Center Title: University of California, Los Angeles ASA/Bugher Foundation Center of Excellence in Stroke Collaborative Research
Award start date: 4/1/2014 Award End Date: 3/31/2018 Total Award Amount: $2,416,000
Bruce Dobkin, MD - Project 1 PI
Institution: University of California, Los Angeles
Project Title: Feedback from daily activity sensing to enhance exercise for secondary prevention and rehabilitation after stroke
S. Thomas Carmichael, MD, PhD, FAHA - Project 2 PI
Institution: University of California, Los Angeles
Project Title: Discovery of Molecular Mechanisms of White Matter Repair after Stroke
Latisha Ali, MD, FAHA - Project 3 PI
Institution: University of California, Los Angeles
Project Title: REMote PReconditioning Over Time to Empower Cerebral Tissue (REM-PROTECT)
University of Colorado, Denver
Richard Traystman, PhD - Center Director
Center Title: University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus ASA/Bugher Foundation Center of Excellence in Stroke Collaborative Research
Award start date: 4/1/2014 Award End Date: 3/31/2018 Total Award Amount: $2,416,000
Timothy Bernard, MD - Project 1 PI
Institution: University of Colorado, Denver
Project Title: Childhood Stroke Neuropsychological and Quality of Life Outcomes: Exploring lesion-specific plasticity
Paco Herson, PhD - Project 2 PI
Institution: University of Colorado, Denver
Project Title: Neuronal Injury and Functional Recovery following Experimental Pediatric Arterial Ischemic Stroke
Wendy Macklin, PhD - Project 3 PI
Institution: University of Colorado, Denver
Project Title: Glial responses in pediatric stroke
University of Miami
Ralph Sacco, MD, MS, FAHA, FAAN - Center Director
Center Title: University of Miami ASA/Bugher Foundation Center of Excellence in Stroke Collaborative Research
Award start date: 4/1/2014 Award End Date: 3/31/2018 Total Award Amount: $2,416,000
Clinton Wright, MD - Project 1 PI
Institution: University of Miami
Project Title: The Effects of Exercise, Cognitive Training, or Both on Cognition and Quality of Life Post-stroke
Miguel Perez-Pinzon, PhD, FAHA - Project 2 PI
Institution: University of Miami
Project Title: Enriched Environment, Exercise and Neurotherapeutics to Enhance Functional Recovery Following Stroke
Bugher III: American Stroke Association/Bugher Foundation Centers for Stroke Prevention Research
Award Activation: July 1, 2007
Duke University
Larry Goldstein, MD - Center Director
Center Title: Bugher Foundation Center for Stroke Prevention Research
Award start date: 7/1/2007 Award End Date: 6/30/2011 Total Award Amount: $2,660,000
Larry Goldstein, MD - Project 1 PI
Institution: Duke University
Project Title: Small Vessel-Type Intracranial Disease Risk: Whole Genome Association Studies
Cheryl Bushnell, MD - Project 2 PI
Institution: Wake Forest University
Project Title: Biomarkers and Nitric Oxide Synthase Genotypes in African Americans with Intracranial Small Vessel-Type Disease
Massachusetts General Hospital
Karen Furie, MPH, MD - Center Director
Center Title: Harvard ASA-Bugher Center for Stroke Prevention & Genetic Research
Award start date: 7/1/2007 Award End Date: 6/30/2011 Total Award Amount: $2,101,280
Jonathan Rosand, MD, MSc - Project 1 PI
Institution: Massachusetts General Hospital
Project Title: Genetic Determinants and Outcomes of White Matter Hyperintensity
Dong Kim, MD - Project 2 PI
Institution: University of Texas, Houston
Project Title: Identification of Coding Variants Associated with Cerebral Aneurysm Pathogenesis
University of California, Davis
Frank Sharp, MD - Center Director
Center Title: ASA-Bugher Foundation Center for Stroke Prevention Research: Genomics and Genetics of TIA's and Stroke in Humans
Award start date: 7/1/2007 Award End Date: 6/30/2011 Total Award Amount: $2,660,000
Piero Verro, MD - Project 1 PI
Institution: University of California, Davis
Project Title: Genomics and Genetics of TIAs and Stroke in Humans. Project #1: Genomic Prediction of Causes of Ischemic Stroke
S. Claiborne Johnston, MD, Ph.D.
Institution: University of California, San Francisco
Project Title: Genomics and Genetics of TIAs and Stroke in Humans. Project #2:Genomic Diagnosis and Assessment of Causes of TIAs
AHA-ASA Bugher Foundation Award for the Investigation of Stroke
Award Activation: July 1, 2005
Massachusetts General Hospital
Eng Lo, PhD
Project Title: Matrix metalloproteinases in stroke recovery
Award start date: 7/1/2005 Award End Date: 6/30/2009 Total Award Amount: $400,000
Oregon Health & Science University, Portland
Stephen Back, MD, PhD
Project Title: Role of Extracellular Matrix in Hypoxic-ischemic Perinatal White Matter Injury
Award start date: 7/1/2005 Award End Date: 6/30/2009 Total Award Amount: $400,000
Oregon Health &Science University, Portland
Patricia Hurn, PhD
Project Title: Sex Specific Ischemic Cell Signaling
Award start date: 7/1/2005 Award End Date: 12/30/2009 Total Award Amount: $400,000
University of Cincinnati
Stephen Page, PhD
Project Title: Electrical stimulation dosing and neural mechanisms of recovery in subacute stroke
Award start date: 7/1/2005 Award End Date: 6/30/2009 Total Award Amount: $397,464
University of Iowa, Iowa City
Frank Faraci, PhD
Project Title: Role of Oxidative Stress in Cerebral Circulation During Aging
Award start date: 7/1/2005 Award End Date: 6/30/2009 Total Award Amount: $400,000
University of Kentucky
Award start date: 7/1/2005 Award End Date: 6/30/2009 Total Award Amount: $400,000
Wayne State University
Kenneth Maises, MD
Project Title: Mobilizing the Wnt Gene Against Oxidative Stress During Stroke
Award start date: 7/1/2005 Award End Date: 6/30/2009 Total Award Amount: $400,000
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Susan Vannucci, PhD
Project Title: Substrate Intervention and Ischemic Neuroprotection in Developing Brain
Award start date: 7/1/2005 Award End Date: 6/30/2009 Total Award Amount: $400,000
Bugher Foundation Awards for the Investigation of Stroke
Award Activation: Jan. 1, 2002
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston
Robert Bryan, PhD
Project Title: Endothelium-Derived Hyperpolarizing Factor in Cerebral Vessels Involves Arachidonic Acid
Award start date: 1/1/2002 Award End Date: 12/31/2005 Total Award Amount: $400,000
Henry Ford Health Systems
Robert Knight, DSc
Project Title: Evaluation of Blood Barrier Disruption in Acute Cerebral Ischemia
Award start date: 1/1/2002 Award End Date: 12/31/2005 Total Award Amount: $398,660
Johns Hopkins University
Rafael Tamargo, MD
Project Title: The Inflammatory Hypothesis of Cerebral Vasospasm: Leukocytes as Mediators and Therapeutic Targets
Award start date: 1/1/2002 Award End Date: 12/31/2005 Total Award Amount: $400,000
Nemours Children's Clinic, Wilmington
N. Carolyn Schanen, MD, PhD
Project Title: Determining the Role of Notch3 in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Homeostasis
Award start date: 1/1/2002 Award End Date: 12/31/2005 Total Award Amount: $400,000
Stanford University School of Medicine
Pak Chan, PhD
Project Title: Oxidative Stress and Metalloproteinases in Blood- Brain Barrier Injury in the Ischemic Brain
Award start date: 1/1/2002 Award End Date: 12/31/2005 Total Award Amount: $400,000
University of Chicago Hospitals
Robert Macdonald, MD, PhD
Project Title: Role of Potassium Channels in Cerebral Vasospasm
Award start date: 1/1/2002 Award End Date: 12/31/2005 Total Award Amount: $400,000
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center
David Busija, PhD
Project Title: Effects of Insulin Resistance on Cerebrovascular Responsiveness and Stroke in Rats
Award start date: 1/1/2002 Award End Date: 12/31/2005 Total Award Amount: $400,000
Bugher Foundation Awards for the Investigation of Stroke
Award Activation: Jan. 1, 2001
Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix
Eric Johnson, PhD
Project Title: Genetics of Neurovascular Disease
Award start date: 1/1/2001 Award End Date: 12/31/2004 Total Award Amount: $400,000
Brigham and Women's Hospital
James Liao, MD
Project Title: Rho-Induced Cytoskeletal Regulation of Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase
Award start date: 1/1/2001 Award End Date: 12/31/2004 Total Award Amount: $400,000
Mayo Clinic, Rochester
Irene Meissner, MD
Project Title: Metabolic and Inflammatory Mechanisms in Atherosclerosis
Award start date: 1/1/2001 Award End Date: 12/31/2004 Total Award Amount: $400,000
Medical University of South Carolina
Ling Wei, MD
Project Title: Effects of bFGF and VEGF on Angiogenesis and Long-term Functional Recovery after Ministroke in the Mouse
Award start date: 1/1/2001 Award End Date: 12/31/2004 Total Award Amount: $400,000
Medical University of South Carolina
Shan Yu, MD, PhD
Project Title: Potassium Channel Modulation in Apoptosis and Effects of Potassium Channel Blockers on Ischemic Cell Death
Award start date: 1/1/2001 Award End Date: 12/31/2004 Total Award Amount: $400,000
University of California, Los Angeles
Chelsea Kidwell, MD
Project Title: Characterizing the Ischemic Penumbra and Response to Intra-arterial Thrombolytic Therapy in Humans Using Diffusion/Per…
Award start date: 1/1/2001 Award End Date: 12/31/2004 Total Award Amount: $400,000
University of Chicago Hospitals
Richard Kraig, PhD, MD
Project Title: Cyclooxygenase, Interleukin-1 & Spreading Depression-Induced Modulation of Excitoxic Brain Injury
Award start date: 1/1/2001 Award End Date: 12/31/2004 Total Award Amount: $400,000
University of Iowa, Iowa City
Steven Lentz, MD, PhD
Project Title: Methionine Metabolism, Cerebral Vascular Dysfunction, and Thrombosis
Award start date: 1/1/2001 Award End Date: 12/31/2004 Total Award Amount: $400,000
University of Kansas Medical Center
Randolph Nudo, PhD
Project Title: Neural Bases for Effects of Amphetamine on Motor Recovery After Stroke
Award start date: 1/1/2001 Award End Date: 12/31/2004 Total Award Amount: $400,000
University of Pennsylvania
Vladimir Muzykantov, MD, PhD
Project Title: Thromboprophylaxis for Cerebral Microembolism
Award start date: 1/1/2001 Award End Date: 12/31/2004 Total Award Amount: $400,000
Bugher Foundation Awards for the Investigation of Stroke Award
Award Activation: Jan. 1, 2000
Allegheny-Singer Research Institute
Stephen Jones, PhD
Project Title: Cerebral Blood Flow Regulation in Hypotension and Ischemia
Award start date: 1/1/2000 Award End Date: 12/31/2003 Total Award Amount: $400,000
Duke University
Douglas Marchuk, PhD
Project Title: Molecular Genetic Analysis of Cerebral Cavernous Malformations
Award start date: 1/1/2000 Award End Date: 12/31/2003 Total Award Amount: $400,000
Indiana University, Bloomington
Zao Xu, M.D., PhD
Project Title: Mechanisms of Neuronal Injury in Hippocampus After Cerebral Ischemia
Award start date: 1/1/2000 Award End Date: 12/31/2003 Total Award Amount: $388,188
Louisiana State University, Shreveport
John (He) Zhang, MD, PhD
Project Title: Signal Transduction in Cerebral Vasospasm
Award start date: 1/1/2000 Award End Date: 12/31/2003 Total Award Amount: $400,000
Mayo Medical School, Rochester
Zvonimir Katusic, MD, PhD
Project Title: Expression and Function of Recombinant Nitric Oxide Synthase Gene in Human Cerebral Arteries
Award start date: 1/1/2000 Award End Date: 12/31/2003 Total Award Amount: $389,385
Stanford University School of Medicine
Rona Gifford, PhD, MD
Project Title: Brain Cell Vulnerability to Cerebral Ischemia and Acidosis-The Sodium Bicarbonate Cotransporter
Award start date: 7/1/2000 Award End Date: 6/30/2004 Total Award Amount: $400,000
University of Cincinnati
Frank Sharp, MD
Project Title: Role of Hypoxia Inducible Factor in Stroke
Award start date: 1/1/2000 Award End Date: 12/31/2003 Total Award Amount: $400,000
University of Maryland, Baltimore
J. Marc Simard, MD, PhD
Project Title: Regulation of Cerebrovascular Smooth Muscle Gap Junction Channels by Endothelium and Second Messengers
Award start date: 1/1/2000 Award End Date: 12/31/2003 Total Award Amount: $383,341
University of Pennsylvania
Mark Kahn, MD
Project Title: Molecular Identification and Characterization of the Signaling Receptor for Collagen on Human Platelets
Award start date: 1/1/2000 Award End Date: 12/31/2003 Total Award Amount: $400,000
Washington University School of Medicine
Colin Derdeyn, MD
Project Title: The Effect of HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitors on CBF in Humans
Award start date: 1/1/2000 Award End Date: 12/31/2003 Total Award Amount: $399,422
Yale University
Pasko Rakic, MD, PhD
Project Title: The Role of Jun Kinase and Caspase in Neuronal Apoptosis Induced by Ischemia-Hypoxia
Award start date: 1/1/2000 Award End Date: 12/31/2003 Total Award Amount: $379,328