RESEARCH SUPPORT (Present)

• Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation Grant
  Role: Principal Investigator
  Career Development Award (Peer-Reviewed)
  Period: July 1st, 2006 – June 30th, 2009

• National Institute of Health (NIH)
  Role: Principal Investigator
  National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Biomedical Engineering (NIBIB)
  NIH R01EB006834-01
  Title: Mechanobiological Mechanism of Inflammatory Bone Loss
  Period: June 1st, 2007 – May 31st, 2011

• Columbia University Venture Fund
  Role: Principal Investigator
  Title: Innovative Sarcoma Research (Stem Cell-based Delivery of siRNA to Sarcoma Cells)
  Period: January 1st, 2007 – December 31st, 2007

• Unrestricted Research Grant (Donor: David E. Shaw, Ph.D)
  Role: Principal Investigator
  Period: November 25, 2005 – Present

• Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation Grant
  Role: Mentor (Co-PI)
  Resident Research Grant (PI: Sam K. Cho, M.D., Orthopaedic Resident)
  Title: The role of ERK signaling in titanium-induced inflammatory bone loss
  Period: July 1st, 2007 – June 30th, 2008

• Orthopaedic Science Research Foundation (OSRF)
  Role: Principal Investigator
  Title: In vivo Biomolecular Imaging Core Grant
  Period: July 1st, 2007 – June 30th, 2008

RESEARCH SUPPORT (Past)

• Orthopaedic Research & Education Foundation
  Role: Principal Investigator
  Resident Research Award / Research Grant (Peer-Reviewed)
  Title: The fate of chondrocyte during fracture healing
  Period: January 1st, 1995 – December 31st, 1995

• American Fracture Association
  Role: Principal Investigator
  Title: The effect of nicotine on fracture healing
  Period: July 1st, 1996 – December 31st, 2006

• National Orthopaedic Surgery Fellowship Foundation
  Role: Principal Investigator
  Title: The effect of rhBMP-2 on allograft fracture repair
  Period: January 1st, 1998 – June 30th, 1998

• Hospital for Sick Children Start-up Research Grant
  Role: Principal Investigator
  Title: Vitamin D3  pathway activation in chondrosarcoma
  Period: January 1st, 1999 – June 30th, 1999

• American Cancer Society Pilot Award
  Role: Principal Investigator
  Title: Molecular Pathways in Cartilage Tumors
  Period: January 1st, 2002 – December 31st, 2002

• Woman-at-Risk, Breast Cancer Program
  Role: Principal Investigator
  Title: Molecular mechanisms of osteolytic metastatic breast cancer
  Period: July 1st, 2002 – June 30th, 2003

• Howmedica, Rutherford, NJ
  Role: Principal Investigator
  Title: Developing Novel Implants
  Period: January 1st, 2003 – June 30th, 2004

• Aircast Foundation Research Grant
  Role: Principal Investigator
  Title: Targeting Cell Survival Genes of Chondrosarcoma (Peer Reviewed)
  Period: January 1st, 2005 – December 31st, 2006

• Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation
  Role: Principal Investigator
  Title: The Beneficial Effect of Topical Bisphosphonate on Trabecular Bone Allograft
  Period: Jan 1, 2005 – Dec 31, 2005

• Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation
  Role: Principal Investigator
  Title: SDF-1 Regulation in Osteoclastogenesis
  Period: July 1, 2004-June 30, 2006

• TissueGene, Inc., Gaithersburg, MD
  Role: Principal Investigator
  Sponsored Research Grant through Columbia University
  Title: Gene Expression Profiling of Cartilage
  Period: 2003-2006

• Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation Grant
  Role: Mentor
  Resident Research Grant (PI: Sanjeev Suratwala, M.D., Orthopaedic Resident)
  Title: The role of topical bisphosphonate on orthopaedic implants
  Period: Jan 1st, 2006 – June 30th, 2006

• Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation Grant
  Role: Mentor
  Resident Research Grant (PI: Steve Storer, M.D., Orthopaedic Resident)
  Title: The role of bisphosphonate on allograft bone healing
  Period: Jan 1st, 2004 – June 30th, 2004

• Orthopaedic Science Research Foundation
  Role: Center Director
  Center for Orthopaedic Research Infrastructure Grant
  Period: 2004 – 2006