Funded Research
 

  • Dr. Robert Morecraft, Ph.D., Professor - Sanford School of Medicine of The University of South Dakota - for his work on mapping the damage during a brain injury and how proteins can play a positive role in lessening the damage and possibly reversing it. This is a multi-state, multi-center collaboration bringing more resources together with the hope of success. This is a major 3 year grant we provide approximately $77,000.00 to annually, dependant on Council approval.
  • Dr. James Sears, Ph.D., Director - Additive Manufacturing Center - South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Direct Write Technology in Application to Nerve Cell Research - $25,000.00 - February 1, 2006/ February 1, 2007. Collaborators include: nScrypt, Inc., Dr. Stephen Armstrong, Ph.D of the South Dakota Health Research Foundation and Dr. Daniel A Neufeld, Ph.D., Professor - Sanford School of Medicine of The University of South Dakota
  • Dr. Da-Qing Yang, Ph.D., Assistant Professor - Sanford School of Medicine of The University of South Dakota - Reprogramming Healthy Donor Cells into Neuronal Cells for Treatment of Spinal Cord Injury - $24,200.00 - February 1, 2006/ February 1, 2007.
  • Dr. Thomas Ripperda, M.D. - Avera McKennan Hospital/Avera Research Institute - Evaluating the Effect of Partial Weight Supportive Treadmill Gate Training Following Traumatic Brain Injury - $24,530.00 - February 1, 2006/ February 1, 2007.
  • Title: Protection from Excitotoxicity by Simultaneous Inhibition of Glutamate Receptors and Gap Junction Proteins Principal Investigator: Dr. Brian D Burrell, Assistant Professor, Division of Basic Biomedical Sciences, Sanford School of Medicine of The University of South Dakota. Amount: $24,965 Grant Period: March 1, 2007 to February 28, 2008
  • Title: Role of SynGAP in the Modulation of Traumatic Neuronal Injury In Vivo Principal Investigator: Dr. Pasquale Manzerra, Assistant Professor, Basic Biomedical Sciences, Sanford School of Medicine of The University of South Dakota. Amount: $25,000 Grant Period: February 1, 2007 to January 31, 2008
  • Title: Improving Hand Function in Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury and Traumatic Brain Injury using a Neuroprosthesis
    Principal Investigator: Peter Johnson, M.D., Medical Director, Sanford Health Rehabilitation Unit.  Amount: $22,276 Grant Period: March 1, 2007 to February 28, 2008