The CJD Foundation Grant

Contributed by: The Families of the CJD Foundation

Funds donated by supporters of the CJD Foundation have been applied to research grants awarded since 2009.

Research Grants Supported

Wen-Quan Zou, M.D., Ph.D.

Grant Title:
“Assessing long-term stability of The CJD Foundations 2009 Research Grant Renewal: Comparative Study of Prions Associated with Iatrogenic and Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease: An Update

Location:
Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University; Associate Director of National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center, Cleveland, Ohio

Grant Year:
2009

Qingzhong Kong, Ph.D.

Grant Title:
Etiology of Sporadic CJD: Somatic Mutations of the Human Prion Protein Gene in Brain Cells

Location:
The National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center, Cleveland, Ohio

Grant Year:
2009

Dr. Hermann Clemens Altmeppen

Grant Title:
Targeting the endogenous proteolytic processing of PrPc as a therapeutic strategy against prion diseases

Location:
Institute of Neuropathology, University Medical Center Eppendorf

Grant Year:
2016

Rodrigo Morales, Ph.D.

Grant Title:
“Systematic Evaluation of the Zoonotic Potential of Different CWD Isolates”

Location:
Mitchell Center for Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Brain Disorders, Department of Neurology, University of Texas-Houston Medical School

Grant Year:
2018

Jiyan Ma, PhD

Grant Title:
Determining the therapeutic potential of anti-PrP nanobody

Location: Professor, Center for Neurodegenerative Science, Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids, MI

Grant Year: 2019

Simote Totauhelotu Foliaki, PhD

Grant Title:
Cerebral neuronal dysfunction associated with human prion diseases

Location:
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH

Grant Year: 2019