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Grants of up to $100,000 for 1-year projects. All qualified investigators within Missouri who are employees or staff members of any public or private educational, health care, voluntary health associations or research institutions are eligible to apply.

Proposal deadline: November 15, 2024. Awards announced Spring 2025.
Current recipients of active SCIDRP awards are not eligible for additional SCIDRP funding.

Director

Christian Lorson, PhD (Curators' Distinguished Professor, Associate Vice Chancellor for Research)

Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, College of Veterinary Medicine

471G Bond Life Sciences Center (office)

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Columbia, MO 65211

(573) 884-2219 or 573-884-2680 (lab)

lorsonc@missouri.edu

Advisory Board

Active M.D.s

Richard J. Barohn, MD (Executive Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs)

1100 Carrie Francke Drive

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Columbia, MO 65211

rbarohn@health.missouri.edu

Jeffrey M. Statland, MD (Professor, Neurology)

3901 Rainbow Boulevard

University of Kansas Medical Center

Kansas City, KS 66160

jstatland@kumc.edu

Active Researchers

Donsheng Duan, PhD (Curators' Distinguished Professor)

Molecular Microbiology and Immunology

M609 Medical Sciences Building, DC044

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Columbia, MO 65211

(573) 884-9584

duand@health.missouri.edu

Joseph Klaesner, PhD (Professor of Biomedical Engineering)

Whitaker Hall, Room 390C

Washington University in St Louis

St Louis, MO 63130

(314) 935-9561

klaesnerjw@wustl.edu

Robin Parks, PhD (Professor of Medicine)

University of Ottawa

Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Ottawa, Ontario Canada K1H 8L6

(613) 737-8123

rparks@ohri.ca

Non-Physician Professional

Kerri Morgan, PhD (Assistant Professor, Occupational Therapy and Neurology)

MCS 8505-66-1

Washington University in St Louis

St Louis, MO 63108

(314) 286-1659

morgank@wustl.edu

Non-Researchers in Organizations that support SCIDRP Priorities

Jackie Glascock, PhD (Vice President, Research)

Cure SMA

925 Busse Road

Elk Grove Village, IL 60007

(800) 886-1762

jackie@curesma.org

Eloise Schlafly, (Young Professionals Board)

CMT Research Foundation

Atlanta, GA 30319

(314) 244-3417

eschlafly@monetagroup.com

Other Reviewers

Emanuela Gussoni, PhD (Associate Professor of Pediatrics)

Genetics - CLS15021, 320 Longwood Ave

Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School Teaching Hospital

Columbia, MO 65211

(617) 355-7572

emanuela.gussoni@enders.tch.harvard.edu

Rashmi Kothary, PhD (Professor of Medicine)

Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

501 Smyth Road

Ottawa, ON K1H8L6 Canada

(613) 737-8707

rkothary@ohri.ca

Advisory Board Staff

Sherri Oliver, PhD, PMP

Senior Research Consultant l Proposal Development

College of Veterinary Medicine

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(573) 882-2081

soliver@missouri.edu

Reviewed 2023-09-25

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