Research Funding for 2007
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Research Summary: National Fragile X Foundation Clinical Grant
Scott Hall, PhD, BCBA - $69,692
Stanford University
Evaluating an Intensive Behavioral Intervention for Children and Adolescents with FXS
Research Summary: National Fragile X Foundation Clinical Grant
Glenn Stebbins, PhD - $49,723
Rush University Medical Center
Production of a valid, useful tool for cross-sectional and longitudinal FXTAS studies: FXTAS Rating Scale
Research Summary: National Fragile X Foundation Basic Science Grant
Christina Gross, PhD - $70,000
Emory University
The role of FMRP in local translation at synapses analysis of
underlying signaling pathways and proteomic identification of new target mRNAs
Summer Student Fellowships
Awards from the National Fragile X Foundation do not just go to established researchers and institutions, they are also made to promising students who have demonstrated an interest in
Fragile X. The $2500 "Rosen Summer Student Fellowship" awardees in 2007 were:
- Eric Koenigsberg, Albert Einstein College of Medicine (ROSEN)
Characterizing novel therapeutic strategies in a Drosophila model of Fragile X syndrome
- Audra M. Sterling, University of Kansas (ROSEN)
Grammatical Development of Boys with FXS and Boys with Autism
- Vivien L. Narcisa, University of California, Davis, Medical Center (ROSEN)
GABAergic Dysfunction in Fragile X Syndrome: Targeted Treatment with Ganaxolone
- Lakshmi Menon, Duquesne University (ROSEN)
High-resolution structural studies of the G-quadruplex forming MAP1B RNA and its interactions with the RGG Box of the Fragile X Mental Retardation Protein
- Jacalyn Guy, McGill University (ROSEN)
Identifying the attentional and perceptual signatures in children with Fragile X Syndrome and children with a dual diagnosis of Autism
- Jeanine Coleman, University of Denver (ROSEN)
The relationship between the Expressed Emotion of mothers of children with fragile X syndrome and the behavioral and sensory characteristics of their children
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