Milstein Medical Asian American Partnership Foundation Announces 2017 Fellowship and Project Awards
NEW YORK, April 27, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today the Milstein Medical Asian American Partnership (MMAAP) Foundation announced the 2017 Fellowship and Project Awards in Geriatrics (under the Irma and Paul Milstein Program for Senior Health), Dermatology, Hematology, Translational Medicine and Reproductive Medicine. MMAAP Foundation was founded in 2011 to improve world health by developing mutually beneficial partnerships between the U.S. and China, as well as greater Asia.
Each year fellowship and research project grants are awarded in these five medical fields. A Fellowship Award supports a promising investigator in clinical or basic research from China for one-year of training at a distinguished host institution in the U.S. A Project Award supports a research project conducted in China in partnership with a prominent U.S. institution that will potentially produce a measurable effect on healthcare within two years.
Since its inception, MMAAP foundation has awarded over 40 Fellowship and Project grants to support the work of exceptional physician scientists and investigators with the vision, drive and dedication to find new and innovative ways towards advancements in the targeted medical fields. These outstanding award recipients represent more than 20 prestigious Chinese medical institutions including Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Xijing Hospital, the Fourth Military Medical University, Peking University Institute of Hematology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, and others.
"The visionary leadership of MMAAP Foundation Chairman and Founder, Howard P. Milstein, has brought together and funded exchanges between outstanding researchers, medical talent, and institutions in these regions," said Sean X. Leng, MD, PhD, President of MMAAP Foundation. "The 2017 recipients are among the most talented investigators in their fields and our support of their work is vital to both furthering medical research and strengthening relations between the U.S. and China."
Grant applications were evaluated through a two-step peer review process according to the National Institute of Health standard. Panels of Chinese and U.S. experts in their respective fields jointly reviewed all proposals, and finalists were submitted for approval by MMAAP Foundation. The U.S. panels in Geriatrics, Skin Disease, Hematology, Reproductive Medicine, and Translational Medicine include members of the American Geriatrics Society, Medical Advisory Committee of American Skin Association, New York Blood Center, Jones Foundation for Reproductive Medicine, as well as members of other leading U.S. institutions in each field.
The 2017 recipients are:
| IRMA AND PAUL MILSTEIN PROGRAM FOR SENIOR HEALTH |
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| 2017 Fellowship Award |
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| Project Name: |
Noninvasive modulation of brain network activity to improve |
| Fellowship Applicant: |
Junhong Zhou, PhD |
| Chinese Institution: |
Beijing Tiantan Hospital |
| U.S. Institution: |
Hebrew Senior Life Institute for Aging Research, |
| Harvard Medical School |
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| 2017 Project Award |
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| Project Name: |
Development of a community-based geriatric palliative home care model in Beijing |
| Principal Investigator: |
Xiaohong Liu, MD |
| Chinese Institution: |
Peking Union Medical College Hospital |
| U.S. Institution: |
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine |
| MILSTEIN MEDICAL ASIAN AMERICAN PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION |
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| AWARDS IN CUTANEOUS BIOLOGY AND SKIN DISEASE |
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| 2017 Fellowship Award |
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| Project Name: |
Danger-associated molecular patterns: the key mediators of ROS-induced immune injury on melanocytes |
| Fellowship Applicant: |
Pu Song, MD, PhD |
| Chinese Institution: |
Xijin Hospital |
| U.S. Institution: |
University of Massachusetts Medical School |
| 2017 Project Award |
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| Project Name: |
Immunologic study of the association of bullous pemphigoid with neurological diseases |
| Principal Investigator: |
Li Li, MD, PhD |
| Chinese Institution: |
Peking Union Medical College Hospital |
| U.S. Institution: |
University of Pennsylvania |
| MILSTEIN MEDICAL ASIAN AMERICAN PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION |
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| AWARDS IN HEMATOLOGY |
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| 2017 Fellowship Award |
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| Project Name: |
The influence of the CMV immune response on anti-tumor immunity in patients with hematologic malignancies |
| Fellowship Applicant: |
Xiaohua Luo, MD, PhD |
| Chinese Institution: |
The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University |
| U.S. Institution: |
Stanford University School of Medicine |
| 2017 Project Award |
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| Project Name: |
Epigenetic regulation and restoring IKAROS functions inantioncogenesis ofhigh-risk leukemia |
| Principal Investigator: |
Zheng Ge, PhD |
| Chinese Institution: |
Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University |
| U.S. Institution: |
Pennsylvania State University |
| MILSTEIN MEDICAL ASIAN AMERICAN PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION |
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| AWARDS IN TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE |
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| 2017 Fellowship Award |
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| Project Name: |
Establishing a new connection in translational medicine between the United States and China |
| Fellowship Applicant: |
Nan Shen, MD, PhD |
| Chinese Institution: |
The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University |
| U.S. Institution: |
Brigham and Women's Hospital |
| 2017 Project Award |
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| Project Name: |
The preclinical research of monoclonal antibody drug treatment for diabetic foot targeting the blood vessels |
| Principal Investigator: |
Guoquan Gao, MD, PhD |
| Chinese Institution: |
Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University |
| U.S. Institution: |
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center |
| MILSTEIN MEDICAL ASIAN AMERICAN PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION |
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| AWARDS IN REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE |
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| 2017 Fellowship Award |
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| Project Name: |
H19 lncRNA-mediated regulation of ovarian folliculogenesis, ovarian aging and ovarian hyperstimulation. |
| Fellowship Applicant: |
Xi Xia, MD, PhD |
| Chinese Institution: |
Peking University Shenzhen Hospital |
| U.S. Institution: |
Yale School of Medicine |
| 2017 Project Award |
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| Project Name: |
The relationship between sERC in human oocytes and embryo development and neonatal outcome |
| Principal Investigator: |
Xue Wang, PhD |
| Chinese Institution: |
Peking Union Medical College Hospital |
| U.S. Institution: |
The Center for Human Reproduction, New York |
ABOUT MILSTEIN MEDICAL ASIAN AMERICAN PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION
The mission of Milstein Medical Asian American Partnership Foundation (MMAAP Foundation) is to improve world health by developing mutually beneficial partnerships between the U.S. and China, as well as greater Asia. Working with some of the premier health organizations in the world, MMAAP Foundation brings together and funds exchanges among the best research, medical talent, and institutions in the regions. This strategy is a high priority for MMAAP Foundation's founder Howard P. Milstein. MMAAP Foundation is a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization. For more than 50 years, the Milstein family has been actively involved in health-related and medical philanthropy. MMAAP Foundation builds upon this distinguished history in five areas: Senior Healthcare, Skin Disease and Melanoma, Reproductive Biology, Blood Research, and Translational Medicine. MMAAP Foundation works in close collaboration with other medical organizations supported by the Milstein family, including American Skin Association, Milstein Melanoma Research Program at The Rockefeller University, Howard and Georgeanna Jones Foundation for Reproductive Medicine, New York Blood Center, and the Program for Translational Chemical Biology at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center. For more information, please visit MMAAP Foundation's website at www.mmaapf.org.
SOURCE Milstein Medical Asian American Partnership Foundation
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