The following faculty of the Department of Anesthesiology has received research awards from corporations and the government. The revenue helps maintain the research effort, but more importantly, the grants recognize the value of the recipient as an academic investigator.
Helen Baghdoyan
$1,044,753 – NIH: Cholinergic Mechanisms of REM and Sleep Generation
James Colson
$167,115 – Alza: Transdermal Patch for Treatment of Postop Pain
$148,480 - SkyePharma, Inc: Single Epidural Dose of Sustained-Released Encapsulated Morphine for Postoperative Pain
$171,535 – Alza: Fentanyl Patch for Postoperative Pain
Marie Csete
$358,274 – NIH: Erythropoietin Therapy for Parkinson’s Disease
$720,000 – NIH: Reactive Oxygen Species: Stress and Damage in Old Muscle
Carmen Green
$149,997 – Aetna: Health Outcomes and Quality of Care of African Americans Living with Chronic Pain
Wei Lau
$25,000 - Foundation for Anesthesia: Atorvastatin (Lipitor) Diminishes the Ability of Clopidogrel to Interfere with Platelet Aggregation
Ralph Lydic
$1,788,265 – NIH: Opioid Induced REM Sleep Inhibition
$983,480 – NIH: Cholinergic Phenotype in Murine Models of Sleep
$1,468,529 – NIH: Cholinergic Mechanisms of Breathing During Sleep
Shobha Malviya
$34,610 - RW Johnson Pharmaceutical: Dosing Levels of Oral Tramadol Hydrochloride Acetaminophen for Postop Pain in Adolescents 12-16 Years
$10,961 - Janssen Research Foundation: Study # FEN-USA-87
Audrey Mitchell
$68,860 - Abbott Labs: Corlopam Study
Mark Opp
$4,817 – NIH: Humoral Regulation of Waking: The Role of CRH
$1,451,995 – NIH: Cytokine - Neurotransmitter Interactions and Sleep Regulation
$204,744 – NIH: Mechanisms of HIV - Induced Alterations in Sleep
Uma Pandit
$25,000 - Organon Teknika, Inc/Azko Novel: Raplan Under Sevoflurane for Pediatric Subjects
Jeff Rosenthal
$132,400 - Roxanne Laboratories: Oral Naloxone for the Treatment of Opioid-Induced Constipation
Satwant Samra
$9,580 - Somanetics Corp: Cerebral Oximetry Before and after Craniotomy
in Patients with Intracranial Aneurysms
$200,000 - NIH/University of Iowa - NIH Sub project: Intraoperative Hypothermia for Aneurysm Surgery
Alan Tait
$680,520 – NIH: Informed Consent for Studies Involving Surgical Patients
Joyce Wahr
$142,720 – Pfizer: Effect of Zonipride on Cardiac Events
$160,766 – Pfizer: Effect of Zonipride on Cardiac Events
Lucy Waskel
$830,391 – NIH: Participation of Cytochrome B5 in Anesthetic Metabolism
Ronald Wasserman
$100,750 - Conjuchem, Inc.: Opioid Analgesic for Post Herpetic Neuralgia