The Strides for CJD Research Grant

Contributed by: The Families of the CJD Foundation

Funds raised by the annual Strides for CJD run/walk have been applied to research grants awarded since 2016.

Research Grants Supported

Zuzana Krejciova, Ph.D.

Grant Title:
Human stem cell derived neural models for sCJD prion propagation and drug discovery

Location:
Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of California, San Francisco

Grant Year:
2016

Roberto Chiesa, Ph.D.

Grant Title:
A new anti-prion compound that reduces PrPc levels and inhibits PrPsc replication. [Awaiting permission to release from Dr. Chiesa.]

Location:
Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milano, Italy

Grant Year: 2016

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

Grant Title:
Assessing Prions in Sporadic CJD Patients

Location:
National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio

Grant Year:
2017

Gianluigi Zanusso, MD, PhD

Grant Title:
RT-QuIC assay on olfactory brushings in asymptomatic carriers of E200K mutation: An explorative study for establishing when a preventive therapy should be started

Location:
University of Verona, Italy

Grant Year:
2017

Stéphane Haik, M.D., Ph.D.

Grant Title:
Worms: A novel genetic model for therapeutic research in prion disease

Location:
Alzheimer’s and Prion diseases Lab at the Brain & Spine Institute (ICM) of the Salpêtrière Hospital, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France

Grant Year:
2017

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