Grant Recipients



Grant recipients will be posted here for yearly-awarded grants.

2012

ARS New Investigator Award
Benjamin Bleier, MD
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA
Project: MDR1/P-gp Overexpression and Negative Feedback Insensitivity in CRSwNP ($25,000)

ARS Resident Research Grants
Adrienne M. Laury, MD 
Emory University, Atlanta, GA 
Project: Periostin and RANKL Expression in Allergic Fungal Rhinosinusitis ($8,000)

Henry P. Barham, MD
University of Colorado, Denver, CO
Project: Periostin and RANKL Expression in Allergic Fungal Rhinosinusitis ($8,000) 

2011
2011 Resident Research Grants
"Manuka Honey for Management of CRS - an in vitro and in vivo analysis"
$8,000
Nicholas Sorrell, M.D.

"Inflammatory role of fibroblasts in chronic rhinosinusitis"
Samuel Oyer, M.D.
$8,000
Medical University of South Carolina

2011 ARS New Investigator Award
"Office Sclerotherapy for epistaxis due to hereditary hemorrhagic telangectasia"
Holly Boyer, M.D.
University of Minnesota


2010
2010 Resident Research Grants
"Nasal packing as a drug-delivery system post-operatively in chronic sinusitis"
$8,000
Garrett Griffin, MD
University of Michigan

"Inflammatory cytokine modulation of sinonasal ciliary dynamics"
$8,000
Jessica Shen, MD
University of Pennsylvania

"Single vs. combined anti-leukotriene therapy in the treatment of CRS"
$8,000
Marika Russell, MD
University of California, San Francisco

2010 New Investigator Award
"Characterization of human sinonasal intercellular junctional proteins"
$25,000
Sarah Wise, M.D.
Emory University



2009
2009 New Investigator Award
"Novel Flavonoid Compounds for Cystic Fibrosis Chronic Rhinosinusitis"
$25,000
Brad Woodworth, M.D.

"Mucin Expression in Paranasal Respiratory Epithelial Cell Culture"
$16,000
David Poetker, M.D.



2008
2008 Resident Research Grant
"Microarray Analysis of Chronic Rhinosinusitis"
$8,000
Frederick Roedinger, MD
University of California San Fransisco School of Medicine

2008 Resident Research Grant
"Mechanisms of B-cell Recruitment in Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyps"
$8,000
Monica Patadia, MD
Northwestern University School of Medicine

2008 New Investigator Award
"The Role of Epithelial Cells in Chronic Rhinosinusitis"
$25,000
Bradley Otto, MD
University of Pittburgh Medical Center



2007
2007 Resident Research Grant
"Virtual Surgical Rehearsal for Pre-op Planning in Frontal Recess Sinus Surgery"
$8000
Sachin Parikh, MD
Stanford University School of Medicine

2007 Resident Research Grant
"In Vivo Laser Tissue Welding in the Rabbit Paranasal Sinus"
$8000
Benjamin Bleier, MD
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

2007 New Investigator Award
"Regulatory T-cells in Chronic Rhinosinusitis"
$25,000
Jayant Pinto, MD
University of Chicago School of Medicine



2006
2006 Resident Research Grant
"The Electro-olfactogram in the Diagnosis of Olfactory Dysfunction"
$8000
Sumana Jothi, MD
University of California San Diego School of Medicine

2006 Resident Research Grant
"The role of Non-IgE Inflammatory Pathways in Allergic Fungal Rhinosinusitis"
$8000
Amber Luong, MD
University of Texas Southwestern



2005
2005 Resident Research Grant
"Role of Toll-like Receptors in Chronic Sinusitis"
$8000
Murugappan Ramanathan Jr, MD
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

2005 Resident Research Grant
"Nasal Airway Physiology During Stages of Sleep"
$8000
Luc G. T. Morris, MD
New York University School of Medicine