Pilot Projects 2005 - Present
Year 7 (2011-2012) Pilot Project Awardees:
Kyle Steenland, PhD, School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health
Proposal to measure chlorinated pesticides in Costa Rican subjects participating in a screening program for neurologic disorders of aging
Xianyang Tang, PhD, Department of Radiology
Quantitative imaging of amyloid plaques in Alzheimer's disease via x-ray phase CT
Xiaoping Hu, PhD, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Establishing MRI measures of Locus coeruleus for early detection of neurodegeneration during aging
Yi-Luen Ellen Do, PhD, Georgia Tech, College of Architecture
iMC System: INtelligent Mini-Cog Test for Mild Cognitive Impairment screening (funded through ADRC/ACTSI)
Year 6 (2010-2011) Pilot Project Awardees:
Ranjita Betarbet, PhD, Department of Neurology
Efficacy & Interactions Between Beta Amyloid and Alpha Synuclein Seeding
William Hu MD, PhD, Department of neurology
A Cerebrospinal Fluid Predictor of Decline in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer's Disease - A Multi-modal Approach
Hui Mao, PhD, Department of Radiology
Atherosclerosis, Cerebral Vascular Abnormalities and their Association with Dementia
Thomas Wingo, MD, Department of neurology
Rare Variants in Early-Onset Alzheimer's Disease
James Zheng, PhD, Department of Cell Biology and Neurology
Trafficking Defects Leading to Synaptic Dysfunction in Neurodegenerative Diseases
Fanxing Zeng, PhD, Department of Radiology
In Vivo PET Imaging of the Norepinephrine Transporter in Alzheimer's Disease
Year 5 (2009 - 2010) Pilot Project Awardees:
Beth Buffalo, PhD, Department of Neurology and Yerkes National Primate Research Center
Eugene Agichtein, PhD, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
Automated Web-Based Systems for Early Mild Cognitive Impairment Detection
James Zheng, PhD, Department of Cell Biology
Trafficking Defects Leading to Synaptic Dysfunction in Neurodegenerative Diseases
Peng Jin, PhD, Department of human Genetics
Role of MicroRNAs in Alzheimer's Disease
Zhou Yang, PhD, Department of Health Policy and Management, Rollins School of Public Health
Public Health Impact of Alzheimer's Disease in the United States
Year 4 (2008 - 2009) Pilot Projects awardees:
Krish Sathian, MD, PhD, Dept of Neurology
Cognitive rehabilitation of patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI): A behavioral and functional neuroimaging study
Hui Mao, PhD, Dept of Radiology
Profiling Alzheimer's Disease Using NMR/MRS Based Metabolomics
Joseph Cubells, MD, PhD, Dept of Human Genetics
Fine mapping of an Alzheimer's disease associated region at DBH and association of plasma DBH with AD behavioral phenotypes
Peng Jin, PhD, Dept of Human Genetics
Role of MicroRNAs in Alzheimer's Disease
Year 3 (2007 - 2008) Pilot Projects awardees:
Timothy Duong, PhD Dept of Neurology and Yerkes National Primate Research Center
Novel Imaging Technologies for Early Detection of Alzheimer's Disease (AD)
Melanie Greenaway, PhD and Marsha Lewis, PhD, Dept of Neurology and School of Nursing
Interventions for Persons with Amnestic MCI and their Program Partners
Joseph Cubells, MD, PhD, Dept of Human Genetics
Genetic association analysis of catecholamine-cytokine interactions in Alzheimer's disease
Year 2 (2006 - 2007) Pilot Projects awardees:
Elizabeth Buffalo, PhD, Dept of Neurology and Yerkes National Primate Research Center
Neuronal Mechanisms of Memory in the Medial Temporal Lobe
David Lynn, PhD, Dept of Chemistry
Short Aß Segments as Probes to resolve Amyloid Neural Toxicity
Kerry Ressler, MD, PhD, Dept of Psychiatry and Yerkes National Primate Research Center
ß-catenin involvement in neurodegeneration and learning and memory
Year 1 (2005 - 2006) Pilot Projects awardees:
Brian Ciliax, PhD, Dept of Neurology
Developing a High Affinity Ligand for PET imaging of ß-amyloid (Aß) Deposits in Alzheimer's Disease
Felicia Goldstein, PhD, Dept of Neurology
White Matter Tract Integrity and Neuropsychological Functioning in Mild Cognitive Impairment
David Weinshenker, PhD, Dept of Human Genetics
The Influence of Norepinephrine on Human and Mouse Alzheimer's Disease
