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Research Program
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ASAP Research Grants Currently Underway |
Project Title:
Prospective evaluation of cognitive function (brain fog) among
individuals with or without syringomyelia before decompression surgery
as compared to post surgery
Grant Recipient: Dr. Cammy Chicota, Spalding Rehabilitation Hospital, Aurora, Colorado
Project Title: Investigation of the disease progression of pediatric patients with incidental Chiari I malformation
Grant Recipient: Kerri Thorn, PA-C, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC
Project Title: The Genetics of Chiari Type I Malformation (CMI) with or without Syringomyelia
Grant Recipient: Dr. Allison Ashley-Koch, Center for Human Genetics, Duke University Medical School, Durham, North Carolina
Funding for this study is provided by the Marcy Speer Research Memorial Fund
Project Title: Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Surgical Intervention for Chiari Type I Malformation with Syringomyelia
Grant Recipient: Bermans J. Iskandar, MD, University of Wisconsin at Madison, Tim M. George, MD, University of Texas at Austin
Funded in part by the Kids For A Cure Club |
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Completed Grants |
Project Title: Importance of the Mechanical Forces in the
Pathogenesis of Syringomyelia
Grant Recipient: Francis Loth, PhD, Department of Mechanical
and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago
Read final report
Project Title: Investigation on the pathogenesis of
post-traumatic syringomyelia (PTS): the roles of central canal
occlusion and focal arachnoiditis on the contused and intact rat
spinal cord
Grant Recipient: Christopher Shields, M.D., Professor and
Chairman, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville,
KY Read final report
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Project Title: Pre-Clinical Development of GABA cell therapy
for chronic pain after SCI
Grant Recipient: Mary Eaton, PhD, University of Miami School
of Medicine, Miami, FL |
Project Title: Pre-Clinical Development of GABA Cell Therapy
for Chronic Pain after Spinal Cord Injury
Grant Recipient: Mary Eaton, PhD, Miami Project to Cure
Paralysis at the University of Miami School of Medicine
Project Title: Spatial and Temporal CSF Flow Patterns in
Chiari I Malformation and the Development of Syringomyelia
Grant Recipient: Victor Haughton, MD and Bermans Iskandar,
MD, University of Wisconsin Medical School |
Project Title: Pre-clinical Development of GABA Cell Therapy
For Chronic Pain After Spinal Cord Injury
Grant Recipient: Mary Eaton, PhD, Assistant Professor of
Neurological Surgery, University of Miami
Project Title:
Cytokines and Neuropathic Pain in Syringomyelia
Grant Recipient: Joshua Adler, MD, Associate Professor of
Neurology, Wayne State University
Project Title: Importance of the Mechanical Forces in the
Development of Syringomyelia for Patients With Chiari Malformation
Grant Recipient: Francis Loth, PhD, Assistant Professor,
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of
Illinois-Chicago
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Project Title: Chiari I Malformation and Syringomyelia in
Identical Twins Discordant
for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Grant Recipient: Dedra Buchwald, MD, Director, Chronic
Fatigue Syndrome Cooperative Research Center, University of
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Project Title: Chiari Malformation I/Syringomyelia Genetic
Research Study
Grant Recipient: Marcy C. Speer, PhD, Associate Research
Professor, Department of Medicine, Center for Human Genetics, Duke
University
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Publications Resulting From ASAP Sponsored Research
Phenotypic
definition of Chiari type I malformation coupled with high-density SNP
genome screen shows significant evidence for linkage to regions on
chromosomes 9 and 15. Boyles AL, Enterline DS, Hammock PH,
Siegel DG, Slifer SH, Mehltretter L, Gilbert JR, Hu-Lince D, Stephan D,
Batzdorf U, Benzel E, Ellenbogen R, Green BA, Kula R, Menezes A,
Mueller D, OrĂ³ JJ, Iskandar BJ, George TM, Milhorat TH, Speer MC. Asymptomatic
Chiari Type I malformations identified on magnetic resonance
imaging.
Meadows J, Kraut M, Guarnieri M, Haroun RI, Carson BS
A
genetic hypothesis for Chiari I malformation with or without
syringomyelia.
Marcy C. Speer, Timothy M. George, David S. Enterline, Amy Franklin,
Chantelle M. Wolpert, and Thomas H. Milhorat
Syringomyelia hydrodynamics: an in vitro study based on in vivo
measurements.
Martin BA, Kalata W, Loth F, Royston TJ, Oshinski JN
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