Grants Funded by the Foundation for Prader Willi Research
| Year | Grant | Investigator | Institution | Grant Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | PWS mouse model with deleted snoRNA cluster | Uta Francke, MD | Stanford University | $50,000 |
| 2007 | The role of the midbrain dopaminergic reward circuitry in ghrelin's effects on food intake and body weight | Jeffrey Zigman, MD, PhD | University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center | $50,000 |
| 2007 | Synaptology in Prader-Willi syndrome | Tamas Horvath, DVM, PhD | Yale University | $50,000 |
| 2007 | The effect of growth hormone replacement therapy on physical and behavioral sexual development in persons with PWS | Susan Myers, MD and Barbara Whitman, PhD | St Louis University | $50,000 |
| 2007 | The autonomic nervous system in necdin-null mice | Rachel Wevrick, PhD | University of Alberta, Canada | $50,000 |
| 2007 | Exploring the potential of using demethylation drugs to treat PWS | Yong-hui Jiang, MD, PhD | Baylor College of Medicine | $35,000 |
| 2007 | Activation of the maternal allele at the PWS/AS domain as a potential therapeutic approach | Prof Ahron Razin and Ruth Shemer, PhD | Hebrew University Medical School, Israel | $25,000 |
| 2006 | Linking learning with neurodevelopmental functioning: Management strategies for children with Prader-Willi syndrome | J. Greg Olley,Ph.D. Associate Director, Children's Center for Development and Learning | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | $40,000 |
| 2006 | Regulation of expression of Prader-Willi syndrome region genes in the hypothalamus by nutritional and hormonal signals | Stephen O'Rahilly, Ph.D. Professor and Head, Department of Clinical Biochemistry | University of Cambridge | $40,000 |
| 2006 | snoRNAs located in the PWS critical region regulate alternative splicing of pre-mRNAs | Stefan Stamm, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine | University of Erlangen, Germany | $40,000 |
| 2006 | The sympathetic and enteric nervous systems in necdin-null mice | Rachel Wevrick, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Medical Genetics | University of Alberta, Canada | $40,000 |
| 2006 | Evaluation of sensory processing in inividuals with PWS | Lucy Jane Miller, Ph.D., OTR | KID Foundation | $40,000 |
| 2005 | The orexin system in Prader-Willi syndrome | Harpal S. Randeva, M.R.C.P., Ph.D., Molecular Medicine Research Group | University of Warwick | $40,000 |
| 2005 | Understanding the action of ghrelin in the brain: Identification of novel treatments for hyperghrelinaemia | David Spanswick, Ph.D | Department of Neuroscience, University of Warwick, UK | $20,000 |
| 2005 | Endocrine and molecular basis for Prader-Willi syndrome | Robert D. Nicholls, D.Phil. Professor of Genetics in Psychiatry | University of Pennsylvania | $20,000 |
