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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 22 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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