Pilot Research Grants
Each year, GRAPPA invites trainees and junior faculty—assistant professor level, medical/non-medical PhD students, junior post-docs, residents, and fellows—to submit proposals to GRAPPA to fund pilot projects related to psoriasis or psoriatic arthritis. Projects can be in any branch of science: laboratory based, clinical, or epidemiological.
Congratulations to the Pilot Research Grant Recipients for 2022
COLLABORATIVE GRANTS - $35,000
Study Principal Investigators:
JAEHWAN KIM
University of Toronto
SIBA RAYCHAUDHURI
Mentor
Jaehwan Kim, VA Northern California Health Care System
Comparative single-cell genomic profiling of synovial fluid versus skin lesions in psoriatic arthritis
Mentor: Siba Raychaudhuri
Study Principal Investigators:
LOURDES PEREZ-CHADA
Harvard
JOE MEROLA
Mentor
Lourdes Perez-Chada, Harvard
Longitudinal relationships between sleep and symptoms in patients with Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis
Mentor: Joe Merola
STANDARD GRANTS - $25,000
Study Principal Investigators:
TEJPAL GILL
OHSU, Portland
ATUL DEODHAR
Mentor
Tejpal Gill, OHSU, Portland
Characterizing the effect of HLA-B27 on gut microbial dysbiosis in axial psoriatic arthritis
Mentor: Atul Deodhar
Study Principal Investigators:
MARIA SHUTOVA
University of Geneva
WOLF-HENNIG BOEHNCKE
Mentor
Maria Shutova, University of Geneva
The role of mechanotransduction in hyperactivation of TGF-β via αVβ6 integrin in psoriatic epidermis
Mentor: Wolf-Henning BOEHNCKE
Study Principal Investigators:
DAVID SIMON
University Hospital Erlangen, Germany
GEORG SCHETT
Mentor
David Simon, University Hospital Erlangen, Germany
Assessing the impact of different treatment strategies on damage progression and functional decline in Psoriatic Arthritis – the RAPPORT study
Mentor: Georg Schett