2001 Hillblom
Foundation Grant Recipients
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Endowed Chairs
Karin Vargervik,
DDS
Larry L. Hillblom Professor in Craniofacial Anomalies
Chair - Department of Growth & Development
Director - Center for Craniofacial Anomalies
University of California, San Francisco
Title: "Larry L. Hillblom Professor in Craniofacial Anomalies"
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Endowment: $2,000,000 lifetime
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Endowed Chair in Aging - to be named
University of California, San Diego
Title: "The Larry L. HIllblom Endowed Chair in Aging"
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Network Grants
Inder Verma,
PhD
Jerrold Olefsky, MD
The Salk Institute
La Jolla,
CA
Project Title: "The Larry L. Hillblom Center for Diabetes"
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Amount Granted: $500,000 per year for
4 years
Alberto Hayek, MD
Director - Islet Cell Research Laboratory
The Whittier Institute for Diabetes
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA
Project Title:
"Diabetes Mellitus - Induction of Insulin Biosyntheses and
Release from Endocrine Progenitor Cells"
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Amount Granted: $499,705 per year for
4 years
Charles Glabe, PhD
Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
University of California, Irvine
Project Title:
"Interaction of Amyloid Aß and a-synuclein with Membranes
- Implications for their Pathogenesis in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's
Diseases"
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Amount Granted:
$233,369
per year for 4 years
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Start-Up Grants
Ulupi Jhala,
PhD
Assistant
Research Scientist
The Whittier Institute for Diabetes
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA
Project Title: "Regulation of Insulin Gene Transcription:
Role of Beta2/Neuro D"
Amount Granted: $60,000 per year for 3 years
Anil Bhushan, PhD
Assistant Professor
Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California
Developmental Biology Program
Children's Hospital Los Angeles - Saban Research Institute
Los Angeles, CA
Project Title: "Proliferation and Differentiation of Pancreatic
Progenitor Cells"
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Amount Granted: $60,000 per year for
3 years
S. Thomas Carmichael, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology
UCLA School of Medicine
Los Angeles, CA
Project Title: "Mechanisms of Neural Repair in the Aged
Brain After Stroke"
Amount Granted: $60,000 per year for 3 years
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Fellowship Grants
Bjorn Tyrberg
University of California, San Diego
Cancer Center at Burnham Institute
La Jolla, CA
Project Title:
"T-cadherin in the Pancreas:
Role in Islet Development, Regeneration and the Pathogenesis
of Type 2 Diabetes"
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Amount Granted: $53,000 per year for
3 years
Linda Ercoli, PhD
University of California, Los Angeles
Neuropsychiatric Institute and Hospital
Los Angeles, CA
Project Title: "A Comprehensive Biomedical Model for Early
Detection of Alzheimer's Disease"
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Amount Granted: $53,000 per year for
3 years
Martin Margittai, PhD
Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute
University of Southern California
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Los Angeles, CA
Project Title: "Structure and Dynamics of Tau in the Formation
of Neurofibrillary Tangles"
Amount Granted: $53,000 per year for 3 years
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Clinical Research Grants
Sharon Ogbor
- Executive Director
Diabetes Society of Santa Clara Valley
San Jose, CA
Project Title: "The Larry L. Hillblom Diabetes Camps"
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Amount Granted: $250,000 per year for
3 years
Alan Kerzin - Executive Director
Matrix Parent Network and Resource Center
Novato, CA
Project Title: "Parent to Parent Partnership Project"
Amount Granted: $100,000 for year one, $80,000 for year
two
Amy Rassen - Executive Director
Jewish Family and Children's Services
San Francisco, CA
Project Title: "Early Childhood Mental Health Project"
Amount Granted: $110,000 per year for 3 years
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