Grants Funded by the Foundation for Prader Willi Research

Year Grant Investigator Institution Grant Amount
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
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