CFIDS Association of America Research Awards
2002-2003
Total grant support: $450,000

Jian Ding, MD, PhD
Eastern Carolina University
Greenville, North Carolina
“Cytokine dysregulation of circadian rhythms: Potential implications for CFS”
$79,974

Theodore C. Friedman, MD, PhD
UCLA School of Medicine
Los Angeles, California
“Decreased cerebral bloodflow and orthostasis in CFS”
$79,996

Sidney Grossberg, MD
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
“Dysregulation of the 2-5A pathway in CFS”
$79,120

Giris Jacob, MD, DSc
Rambam Medical Center
Haifa, Israel
“Interaction between the cytokine immune system and autonomic nervous system in CFS”
$75,250

Nancy Klimas, MD
University of Miami
Miami, Florida
“A phase I trial of autologous ex-vivo expanded lymph node derived cells as immunomodulatory therapy in CFS”
$5,044 (supplemental funding)

Mark Ovadia, MD
University of Illinois
Champaign, Illinois
“Pediatric CFS: Characteristic head-up tilt response, pathophysiology and midodrine trial”
$5,000 (supplemental funding)

Dimitris Papanicolaou, MD
Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia
“Dose-response effects of corticotrophin-releasing hormone infusion on mood, cognition, hormonal and cytokine rhythms and adipose tissue cytokine production”
$66,800

Ronald Schondorf, MD, PhD
McGill University
Toronto, Canada
“Do patients with CFS have widespread autonomic dysfunction?”
$58,594