Pilot Research Grants

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:

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JAEHWAN KIM

University of Toronto

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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:

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LOURDES PEREZ-CHADA

Harvard

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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:

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TEJPAL GILL

OHSU, Portland

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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:

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MARIA SHUTOVA

University of Geneva

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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:

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DAVID SIMON

University Hospital Erlangen, Germany

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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

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