Current Neurosurgery Research Grants
Principal Investigator
NACTN: North American clinical trials network for treatment of spinal cord injury
Sponsor: Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation
Date: 2004 - present
Principal Investigator
RISCIS: Multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial of efficacy and safety of Riluzole in acute spinal cord injury started within 12 hours of injury
Sponsors: AOSpine International, Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation, and Rick Hansen Institute
Date: 2013 – present
Principal Investigator for the Clinical Site
SHINE: Stroke hyperglycemia insulin network effort (SHINE) trial protocol
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health, NINDS
Date: 2013 – present
Principal Investigator
Tremor: ExAblate MRI for essential tremor
Sponsor: InSightec
Date: Pending
Principal Investigator
Role of TRP channels in secondary injury after brain edema
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health, NINDS
Date: 2011 - present
Principal Investigator
TRPM4 channel in spinal cord injury
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health, NINDS
Date: 2008 - present
Co-Principal Investigator
Sulfonylurea receptor 1 (SUR1) – A novel therapeutic target in ischemic stroke
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health, NHLBI
Date: 2006 – present
Co-Principal Investigator
RISCIS: Multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial of efficacy and safety of Riluzole in acute spinal cord injury started within 12 hours of injury
Sponsors: AOSpine International, Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation, and Rick Hansen Institute
Date: 2013 – present
Principal Investigator
Spinal cord injury, progressive hemorrhagic necrosis and the NC(Ca-ATP) channel
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health
Dates: 2007-2019
Principal Investigator
Astrocyte regulation of the blood-brain barrier in intracerebral hemorrhage
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health
Dates: 2006-2021
Principal Investigator
Non-canonical NF-kappaB signaling and the Sur1-Trpm4 in traumatic brain injury
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health
Dates: 2017-2022
Principal Investigator
Gulf War neurotoxicants and acquired cognitive and neuropsychological dysfunction
Sponsor: Department of Veterans Affairs
Dates: 2016-2020
Co-Investigator
TRPM4 channel in spinal cord injury
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health
Dates: 2008-2019
Co-Principal Investigator
MRgFUS-enabled non-invasive interrogation of malignant glioma via circulating tumor DNA
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health
Date: 2019 - present
Principal Investigator
Nanotherapeutic treatment of the invasive glioblastoma microenvironment
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health
Date; 2019 - present