Active Grants

• "Clinical Evaluation of Stratagraft Skin Tissue"
  • Funding: National Institutes of Health - Subcontact from Stratagraft Corporation
• Principal Investigator: Michael Schurr, MD
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• "Effects of Hemorrhage and Resuscitation on Lung Inter-Alveolar Perfusion"
  • Funding: Department of Veterans Affairs, Merit Review
  • Principal Investigator: Robert Conhaim, PhD
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• "Effects of Route and Type of Nutrition on Mucosal Defense Mechanisms"
  • Funding: Department of Veteran’s Affairs, Merit Review
  • Principal Investigator: Kenneth A. Kudsk , MD
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• "Endocrine Differentiation and the Role of Notch1"
  • Funding: American Cancer Society
• Principal Investigator: Herbert Chen, MD
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• "Enteral vs. IV Feeding: Effect on Mucosal Immunity"
  • Funding: National Institutes of Health
  • Principal Investigator: Kenneth A. Kudsk , MD
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• "Estradiol and Gene Expression in Intimal Hyperplasia"
  • Funding: National Institutes of Health
  • Principal Investigator: John R. Hoch, MD
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• "Hepatic RF Ablation: Development of More Effective Devices"
  • Funding: National Institutes of Health
  • Principal Investigator: David M. Mahvi, MD
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• "Inhibition of Gastrointestinal Neuroendocrine Tumor Progression by Signal Transduction Pathways"
  • Funding: George H.A. Clowes, Jr., MD, FACS, Memorial Research Career Development Award for the American College of Surgeons
  • Principal Investigator: Herbert Chen, MD
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• "Mechanisms Regulating Lung Epithelial Barrier Function in Sepsis"
  • Funding: Department of Veterans Affairs, Merit Review
  • Principal Investigator: Bruce A. Harms, MD
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• "MHC Class IB Mismatch in Prenatal Transplantation"
  • Funding: National Institutes of Health
  • Principal Investigator: Aimen Shaaban, MD
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• "Modulating Raf-1 Signaling in Carcinoid Cancer"
  • Funding: Carcinoid Cancer Foundation
  • Principal Investigator: Herbert Chen, MD
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• "A Phase II Clinical and Biologic Study of Lithium in Patients with Neuroendocrine Tumors"
  • Funding: National Institutes of Health
  • Principal Investigator: Herbert Chen, MD
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• "A Phase II Trial Using Lithium (GSK3B inhibitor) for Patients with Neuroendocrine Cancer"
  • Funding: Society of Surgical Oncology
  • Principal Investigator: Herbert Chen, MD
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• "A Quantitive Animal Model of Tumor-Induced Immunosuppression"
  • Funding: American College of Surgeons
  • Principal Investigator: Clifford Cho, MD
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• "Regulating Neuroendocrine Phenotype in Cancer"
  • Funding: National Institutes of Health
  • Principal Investigator: Herbert Chen, MD
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• "The Role of GSK3B in Carcinoid and Other Neuroendocrine Cancers"
  • Funding: The Doctors Cancer Foundation
  • Principal Investigator: Herbert Chen, MD
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Training Grants

• "Surgery Summer Research Experience for Medical Students"
  • Funding: National Institutes of Health
  • Principal Investigator: Layton F. Rikkers, MD
  • Co-Investigator and Program Director: Herbert Chen, MD
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• "Surgical Oncology Research Training Program"
  • Funding: National Institutes of Health
  • Principal Investigator: David Mahvi, MD
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