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The Robert Vitanza Memorial Grant

Contributed by: Michael Vitanza

This grant was established in 2022.

Research Grants Supported

Dr. Surabhi Mehra

Grant Title:
Understanding the molecular mechanism of spontaneous prion emergence in knock-in mouse models

Location:
Tanz Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of Toronto

Grant Year: 2024

Qingzhong Kong, PhD

Grant Title:
Development of ADAM8-based Gene Therapy for CJD

Location:
NPDPSC, Case Western Reserve University

Grant Year: 2024

Satish Nemani, PhD and Valerie L Sim, MD, FRCPC

Grant Title:
Contribution of oligomeric prion populations to phenotypic heterogeneity in variably protease-sensitive prionopathy (VPSPr) versus silent prions

Location:
Centre for Prions and Protein Folding Diseases, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Grant Year: 2023

Shashirekha Shetty, PhD

Grant Title:
Examining copy number variants as a possible phenotype modifier in prion disease

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

Grant Year: 2022