Principal Investigators

As of September 1, 2009, the NHLBI has supported hundreds of principal investigators (PIs) with American Recovery and Reinvestment (the Recovery Act) funds, using existing mechanisms, such as expansion of the research paylines from 2008 and 2009, as well as new programs created specifically for the Recovery Act, including Challenge Grants, and Grand Opportunities (GO) grants. Learn more about the scientists who are directing projects or programs supported by grants.

Below are profiles of Recovery Act-funded scientists who provided their photographs to the NHLBI. To find out more about their projects or to see all the NHLBI-funded Recovery Act projects, use the search tool on the right. If you are a PI, please consider sharing your Recovery Act story and photograph for publication on these Web pages.

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Christina Maria Pabelick, M.D. Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota The Role of Caveolins in Lung Inflammation Administered by the NHLBI Division of Lung Diseases, Airway Biology and Disease Branch FY 2009 Recovery Act Funding: $15,896 More information about the grant Additional Funding: The Role of Caveolins in Lung Inflammation Administered by the NHLBI Division of Lung Diseases, Airway Biology and Disease Branch FY 2009 Recovery Act Funding: $255,711 More information about the grant Total funding: $271,607

Sophie Paczesny, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan Graft Versus Host Disease Biomarkers: Prediction of Onset and Response to Therapy Administered by the NHBLI Division of Blood Diseases and Resources, Transfusion Medicine and Cellular Therapeutics Branch FY 2009 Recovery Act Funding: $500,000 More information about the grant

James Parker, Ph.D. Professor, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama TRPV4 Initiates Ventilator Induced Lung Injury Administered by the NHLBI Division of Lung Diseases, Lung Biology and Disease Branch FY 2009 Recovery Act Funding: $355,200 More information about the grant Additional Funding: TRPV4 Initiates Ventilator Induced Lung Injury Administered by the NHLBI Division of Lung Diseases, Lung Biology and Disease Branch FY 2010 Recovery Act Funding: $356,100 More information about the grant Total funding: $711,300

Winston C. Patterson, M.D., M.B.A. Director of the UNC McAllister Heart Institute at the UNC School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Student and/or teacher summer research experiences Administered by the NHLBI Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Vascular Biology and Hypertension Branch FY 2009 Recovery Act Funding: $20,733 More information about the grant

Samuel Patz, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts Ventilation Stethoscope Administered by the NHLBI Division of Lung Diseases, Lung Biology and Disease Branch FY 2009 Recovery Act Funding: $499,775 More information about the grant

Daniel E. Polsky, M.P.P., Ph.D. Professor, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Market Competition and the Quality of Home Health Services Administered by the NHLBI Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Clinical Applications and Prevention Branch FY 2009 Recovery Act Funding: $25,956 More information about the grant

Igor A. Prudovsky, Ph.D. Scientist II, Maine Medical Center, Portland, Maine Release of FGF1 and Pathology of Angiogenesis Administered by the NHLBI Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Vascular Biology and Hypertension Branch FY 2009 Recovery Act Funding: $443,128 More information about the grant

Gloria S. Pryhuber, M.D. Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Environmental Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York Cell Specific Responses to TNF-Alpha in Lung Fibrosis Administered by the NHLBI Division of Lung Diseases, Lung Biology and Disease Branch FY 2009 Recovery Act Funding: $13,195 More information about the grant

Last Updated: March 16, 2010