The Ernie Donahue III Memorial Research Grant

Contributed by: Ernie’s Gift 4 CJD Foundation

Established in 2017

Research Grants Supported

Qingzhong Kong, PhD

Grant Title:
The RAP approach for effective prevention and treatment of prion diseases

Location:
Case Western Reserve University

Grant Year:
2020

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

David A. Harris, MD, PhD

Grant Title: Using a Kuru-Protective PrP Mutation as a Novel Prion Therapy

Location: Edgar Minas Housepian Professor & Chair, Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology, Boston University/Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Grant Year: 2026