RESEARCH SUPPORT (No Conflict of Interest with Industry)

Present Research Support (Principal Investigator: Francis Y. Lee, M.D.)

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

• National Institute of Health (NIH)
  Role: Principal Investigator
  National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Disorders (NIAMS)
  Title: ERK Signaling in Inflammatory Bone Loss
  Period: Feb 2009 – Jan 2013

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

• 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, 2010

• AO Foundation (Lou Amorosa, MD Resident PI/ Francis Y. Lee, MD Faculty PI)

          Title: Segmental Bone Defect Healing using Anatomically Matched Scaffold

          Period: 2009-2010                

Past Research Support (Principal Investigator: Francis Y. Lee, M.D.)

• 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