Research Grants

The NFED has focused research priorities in 2010. Therefore, there the NFED Research Program will not award any extramural financial grants in 2010.

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The following investigators received 2009 NFED research grants.

Dr. Hans van Bokhoven, Dr. Jo Huiqing Zhou, Mrs. Emine Bolat
Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre
Genome-wide Identification of p63 Target Genes in Ectodermal Dysplasia
$25,000

Maranke I. Koster, Ph.D.
University of Colorado Denver
Is AEC Caused by Defective Stem Cells?
$25,000

Caterina Missero, Ph.D.
CEINGE - Center for Genetic Engineering
Molecular Pathogenesis of the AEC Syndrome and Its Treatment with Therapeutic RNAi
$25,000

The following investigators received 2008 NFED research grants.

Margret L. Casal, Dr med vet, PhD
University of Pennsylvania
Novel Approaches to the Treatment of X-Linked Hypohidrotic Ectodermal Dysplasia
$25,000

Sylvia A. Frazier-Bowers, DDS, PhD and J. Timothy Wright, DDS, MS
University of North Carolina
Genetic Determinants of the Phenotypic Variance in Ectodermal Dysplasias and Non-Syndromic Tooth Agenesis
$24,000

Clark Stanford, DDS, PhD
University of Iowa
Oral Health Related Quality of Life in Children with Ectodermal Dysplasias
$16,000

Dr. Abigail S. Tucker, Dr. Denis Headon, and Professor Paul Sharpe
King’s College
Rescue of the salivary gland defect in a murine model of Hypohidrotic Ectodermal Dysplasia
$10,000

Ignatia B. Van den Veyver, MD
Baylor College of Medicine
Pathogenesis of Focal Dermal Hypoplasia (FDH) or Goltz syndrome and Related Disorders
$25,000