Grants Funded by the Foundation for Prader Willi Research

Year Grant Investigator Institution Grant Amount
2008 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
2008 Activation of the maternal allele at the PWS/AS domain as a potential therapeutic approach (year 2) Aharon Razin, Ph.D. Hebrew University Medical School $50,000
2008 Exploring the potential mitochondrial dysfunction in mouse models of Prader-Willi syndrome Virginia Kimonis, M.D. University of California, Irvine $50,000
2008 Behavioral treatment of obsessive-compulsive symptoms in youth with Prader-Willi syndrome: A pilot project Eric Storch, M.D. University of South Florida $49,855
2008 R-Loop structures maintain epigenetic imprints at the Prader-Willi imprinting center Frederic Chedin, Ph.D. University of California, Davis $49,750
2008 An improved mouse model of Prader-Willi syndrome James Resnick, Ph.D. University of Florida $49,322
2008 The risk of early onset Alzheimer's disease in Prader-Willi syndrome Prof. Anthony Holland University of Cambridge, UK $28,136
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