Research Grant Committee Update
Virginie Lafage, PhD
Research Grant Committee Chair
Under the leadership of Ivan Chen, Past Chair, a new process for grant submission was implemented in 2020. The SRS now offers a single annual cycle for grant submission. It is my pleasure to announce that for the 2020 cycle the Research Grants Committee reviewed 63 letters of intent, and 29 full submissions. We had four team leaders who performed an admirable job in reviewing each submission in a timely manner while providing quality feedback. Thank you to Jwalant Mehta, Justin Smith, John Vorhies, and Donita Bylski-Austrow.
As a result of this team effort, 13 grants were funded for a total of $374,160. Congratulations to the winners listed below.
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Type |
PI |
Title |
Amount Funded |
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Standard |
Miranda van Hooff MSc PhD |
Development and measurement properties of a patient-reported outcome measure of pulmonary function in patients with spinal deformity |
$49,666 |
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Parham Rasoulinejad |
Effect of mixing dissimilar metals on serum metal ion levels and spinal implant performance in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis and neuromuscular scoliosis |
$50,000 |
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Carla Pugh MD, PhD, FACS |
Leveraging Embedded Haptic Sensor Technology for Force Vector Mapping in Orthoses for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis |
$50,000 |
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New Investigator |
Antonia Matamalas MD, PhD |
Self-perceived health status and healthcare consumption of operated AIS patients (minimum follow-up>25 years) compared with normal,age and gender, matched controls.How much do operated AIS patients differ from the general population? |
$30,000 |
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John Vorhies MD |
Does Health Mindset predict Early Postoperative Outcomes after Posterior Spinal Fusion for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis? |
$30,000 |
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Craig Birch MD |
Postoperative pain control using local wound infiltration in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis surgery: a randomized control trial |
$29,594 |
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SRS-Cotrel Basic Science |
Nancy Hadley Miller MD |
Expanding Mechanistic Discoveries of IS Using a Hypomorphic kif7 Zebrafish Model |
$50,000 |
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Biedermann Innovation Award |
Kenny Kwan BMBCh FRCSEd(Orth) FHKCOS FHKAM(Orth) |
Effectiveness of three-dimensional correction during bracing in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a prospective randomised clinical trial of Rigo Chêneau versus Boston-style orthoses |
$50,000 |
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Resident Fellow |
Karan Patel MD |
Can Disease Related and Aged Related Inflammation Predict Disease Severity and Surgical Outcomes Following Adult Spinal Deformity Corrective Surgery? |
$10,000 |
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Anna C. Rienmüller M.D. Dipl. Ing. C.O. |
The importance of restoring harmonious sagittal alignment in AIS surgery for clinical and radiological outcome as well as prevention of PJK- a new classification of sagittal alignment in AIS |
$10,000 |
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Asham Khan MD |
Cerebrospinal fluid pressures at the Craniovertebral Junction in Patients with Chiari Malformation that develop Scoliosis |
$10,000 |
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Exploratory Micro-grants |
Niek Hennepe MD |
‘Smart vest’ as a measurement instrument for pulmonary function in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis; An exploratory study. |
$2,500 |
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Xu Fulong |
Effect of posterior hemivertebra resection on spinal sagittal alignment of children with congenital scoliosis |
$2,400 |
Chair: Virginie Lafage Committee: Ivan Cheng, Past Chair; Juan Rodriguez-Olaverri; Theodore J. Choma; James S. Harrop; Lukas P. Zebala; James Barsi (C); Saba Pasha (C); Alexander A. Theologis (C); Walter H. Truong (C); John Vorhies (C); Michelle C. Welborn (C); Donita I. Bylski-Austrow; René Castelein; Jean-Christophe A. Leveque; P. Justin Tortolani; Michael D. Daubs; Siavash S. Haghighi; Ahmad Nassr; Justin S. Smith; Eric C. Parent; Peter G. Passias; Yong Qiu; Mitsuru Yagi, Chair Elect; Serena S. Hu, Treasurer, Ex Oficio