Reprogramming rod photoreceptors to treat retinal degeneration
2018 Award
Principal Investigator: Joseph Corbo (WashU Pathology & Immunology)
Collaborator: Vladimir Kefalov (WashU Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences)
Developing Biomarkers for chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy
2018 Award
Principal Investigator: Stefanie Geisler (WashU Neurology)
Collaborator: Amanda Cashen (WashU Medicine), Anne Fagan (WashU Neurology)
Defining the mechanisms by which MS4A4A regulates TREM2 in Alzheimer disease
2018 Award
Principal Investigator: Celeste Karch (WashU Psychiatry)
Collaborator: Thomas Brett (WashU Medicine), Laura Piccio (WashU Neurology)
Utilizing Human Embryonic Stem Cell-Based Disease Models to Identify the Malignant Epigenetic State in Glioblastoma
2018 Award
Principal Investigator: Albert Kim (WashU Neurosurgery)
Collaborator: Andrew Yoo (WashU Developmental Biology), Jeffrey Millman (WashU Medicine)
Identification of Repurposed Prescription Medications as Neuroprotective Therapy for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
2018 Award
Principal Investigator: Brad Racette (WashU Neurology)
Collaborator: Timothy Miller (WashU Neurology)
Unraveling the Mechanisms of Neuroma Prevention with the Use of Acellularized Nerve Allografts
2017 Award
Principal Investigator: Valeria Cavalli (WashU Dept. of Neuroscience)
Collaborator: Amy Moore (WashU Surgery)
Regulation of stop codon readthrough of Aqp4 and role in Aβ clearance
2017 Award
Principal Investigator: Joseph Dougherty (WashU Genetics)
Collaborators: John Cirrito (WashU Neurology), Carla Yuede (WashU Psychiatry)
Eliciting Sensory Percepts by Macrosieve Stimulation of the Rat Sciatic Nerve
2017 Award
Principal investigator: Wilson (Zack) Ray (WashU Neurosurgery)
Collaborator: Dan Moran (WashU Biomedical Engineering)
Role of Lysosomal Dysfunction in Aggregation and Spreading of Alpha-synuclein in vitro and in vivo
2017 Award
Principal Investigator: Mark Sands (WashU Medicine)
Collaborators: Albert (Gus) Davis (WashU Neurology), Bruno Benitez (WashU Psychiatry)
Previous Pilot Awards
Hope Center Pilot awards are two-year projects. Click below to learn details about past pilot projects.
