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Funding
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| Our research is funded by a variety of sources,
including extramural grants, private donations, local support
groups, departmental money, and Wayne State University. While
our studies have been funded continuously for 17 years, current
support comes from the following: |
| ACTIVE |
| $103,400; BrainChild Foundation; Development of
Experimental Communicating Hydrocephalus 6/5/05 - 12/31/07 |
| $75,000; STARS Support Group; Inhibition of Glial
Scar Formation in Neonatal Hydrocephalus 12/1/04 – 12/31//07 |
| $60,000; Aesculap, Inc.; Clinical Study of the Miethke
PAEDI-GAV Shunt Valve in Pediatric Hydrocephalus 6/15/05 –
present |
| $5,000 ($430,000 initially); Hydrocephalus Patient
Support Group; Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Hydrocephalus
Research, Co-PI with Steven D. Ham, DO, Division of Pediatric
Neurosurgery, 10/1/97 – present |
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| PENDING |
| $1,450,000; Michigan 21st Century Jobs Fund; Design
and Development of Chronic Neural Microelectrode Arrays; Co-PI
with Golam Newaz, Ph.D.; Submitted 3/24/06; 9/1/06 – 8/31/09 |
| $275,000; NIH NINDS; Pathophysiology of Communicating
Hydrocephalus; Submitted February 1, 2006; 12/1/-6 – 11/30/07 |
| $5,606,257; NIH Bioengineering Research Partnership;
Functionally Active Bioencapsulation for Neural Implants; Co-PI
with Gregory Auner, Ph.D., Department of Electrical and Computer
Engineering, Wayne State University; pending, revision submitted
9/12/05; 9/1/06 –8/30/08 |
| $400,000; NIH R01 (PAR-03-153); Integrated Therapy Approach
to Treating Upper Extremity Repetitive Injuries; Consultant to
IT Works, Inc. (PI); submitted 2/1/06. |
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| PAST/INACTIVE |
$238,856; Wayne State University Research Enhancement
Program; Technological Advances to Aid Children with Brain Injury:
Smart
Shunts for the Improved Treatment of Hydrocephalus 5/1/04 –
7/15/06 |
| $344,274; Novel Detachment Mechanisms for Implantable
Coils; Co-PI with Gregory W. Auner, Ph.D., Department of Electrical
and Computer Engineering, Wayne State University, and Richard
Fessler, M.D., Department of Neurological Surgery 10/1/04 –
9/31/06 |
| $91,000; STARS Support Group; Development of Laser
Ablation for Clearing Shunt Obstructions in Hydrocephalus; with
Mohammed Islam, Ph.D., University of Michigan Department of Electrical
Engineering 12/1/04 – 12/31//06 |
| $50,000; Wayne State University OVPR; Nanobiocompatibility
Research Group (NRG); Co-Investigator with Golam Newaz, Ph.D.
(PI) 10/1/05 - 9/30/06 |
| $2,700; Wayne State University OVPR; Grant Writing
Workshop 5/23/05 – 2/1/06 |
| $50,000 (McAllister portion of project); $150,000;
Michigan Universities Commercialization Initiative; Mid-Infrared
Light Source for Selective Laser Ablation; Co-PI with Mohammed
N. Islam, PhD, PI, University of Michigan Department of Electrical
Engineering 3/1/04 – 12/31/05 |
$40,000 per year; Ligon Center for Artificial Vision;
Department of Ophthalmology, Kresge Eye Institute and Wayne State
University
School of Medicine; Retinal and Cortical Implants for Artificial
Vision; Co-Investigator with Gary Abrams, M.D. 7/1/03 - present |
| $32,000 ($177,000 initially); WOMC Christmas Is
for Kids; Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Pathophysiology
of Hydrocephalus and Spina Bifida 1/1/99 - present |
| $582,263 (McAllister portion of project); $2,651,826;
Michigan Life Sciences Corridor Fund; Functionally Active Biocompatible
Encapsulation (FABE) for Neural Stimulation; Co-PI with Gregory
W. Auner, Ph.D., Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Wayne State University; 9/15/02 – 9/14/05 |
| $25,000 per year; Pathophysiology of Hydrocephalus;
from Ligon Center for Artificial Vision; Department of Ophthalmology,
Kresge Eye Institute and Wayne State University School of Medicine
6/20/99 – 8/1/02 |
| $2,100; Inner Vision Imaging, Inc.; Development
of Endoscopic Real-Time Imaging 1/5/01 – 8/1/02 |
| $35,000; Diabetes Research Grant; Diabetes Center;
Wayne State University School of Medicine; Effects of Diabetes
on C-peptide Function in the Central Nervous System; Co-Investigator
with Zhen-quo Li, M.D., Ph.D. 5/15/99 - 5/14/00 |
| $10,000; Research Incentive Fund; 1 year; Wayne
State University School of Medicine; Learning and Memory Formation
of Motor Skills in Clinical Hydrocephalus; Co-Investigator with
Yuchuan Ding, M.D., Ph.D. & Qin Lai 5/15/99 - 5/14/00 |
| $35,000; Research Stimulation Grant; 1 year; Wayne
State University School of Medicine Dean’s Office; Pathological
Relations to Visual Impairment in Hydrocephalus; Co-Principal
Investigator with Yuchuan Ding, M.D., Ph.D. 1/1/99 - 12/30/99 |
| $175,000 total costs; 5 years; Children’s
Hospital of Michigan; Pathophysiology of Infantile Hydrocephalus;
10/1/97 - 9/30/02 |
| $100,000 total costs; 2 years; Wayne State University
School of Medicine Dean’s Startup Account; Pathophysiology
of Hydrocephalus 10/1/97 - 9/30/99 |
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