Active Federal Research Grants

Faculty

Christopher Barbieri, M.D., Ph.D.

Award: R37 Award
Title: Coordinate Regulation of Oncogenic Signaling Pathways in SPOP Mutant Prostate Cancer
Sponsor: NIH/NCI
Role: Principal Investigator
 
Award: R01 Award
Title: Collaborative genomic alterations and transcriptional control in prostate cancer
Sponsor: NIH/NCI
Role: Principal Investigator

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Meenakshi Davuluri, M.D., M.P.H.

Award:  Seed Funds
Title: Prevalence of Erectile Dysfunction and Urinary Incontinence in Men Treated with Advanced Prostate Cancer
Sponsor: Weill Cornell SPORE in Prostate Cancer
Role: Principal Investigators

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Jim C. Hu, M.D., M.P.H.

Title: Prostate Cancer Comparative Outcomes of New Conceptual Paradigms for Treatment (PC CONCEPT)
Sponsor: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)
Role: Principal Investigator
 
Title: Randomized Trial Comparing Transperineal vs. Transrectal MRI-Targeted Prostate Biopsy
Sponsor: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)
Role: Principal Investigator
 
Award: R01 Award
Title: Pelvic fascia spARing radical prostatectomy TrIAL (PARTIAL)
Sponsor: NIH/NCI
Role: Principal Investigator
 
Title: Preserving Erectile Function by Quantifying the Nerve-Sparing step of the Robotic Prostatectomy
Sponsor: Cedars Sinai
Role: Subsite PI

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Richard K. Lee, M.D., M.B.A & Philip S. Li, M.D.

Title: A Training Infrastructure to Support Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision in sub-Saharan Africa
Sponsor: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Role: Principal Investigators

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Richard K. Lee, M.D., M.B.A

Title: Improving Urology Standardized Letter of Recommendation and Development of an Electronic Version
Sponsor: Society of Academic Urologists
Role: Principal Investigator

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Timothy McClure, M.D.

Award: KL2 Award through CTSC 
Title: Radiation Therapy and Irreversible Electroporation for Intermediate Risk Prostate Cancer (RTIRE)
Sponsor: WCM CTSC
Role: Primary Investigator
 
Award: Career Enhancement Project 
Title: ESCAPE - Evaluation of Prostate Specific Membrane Antigen Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography in Active Surveillance for Prostate Cancer
Sponsor: WCM Prostate SPORE
Role: Primary Investigator
 
Award: R37 awarded through NCI 
Title: ESCAPE - Evaluation of Prostate Specific Membrane Antigen Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography in Active Surveillance for Prostate Cancer
Sponsor: NIH/NCI
Role: Primary Investigator

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Unwanaobong Nseyo, M.D., M.H.S.

Award: Community ICD Project
TitleThe role of acculturation on knowledge and behaviors around pelvic floor disorders and overweight/obesity
Sponsor: Community Investigator Development Core
Role: Primary Investigator
 
Award: Research Scholar Award
Title: Characterizing provider-driven disparities in advanced therapies for overactive bladder among racial/ethnic minority women
Sponsor: American Urological Association
Role: Primary Investigator

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Larissa Rodriguez, M.D.

Award: NIH R01
Title: Motor cortical neuromodulation in women with Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome: reducing pain by improving brain and muscle activity
Sponsor: University of Southern California
Role: MPI
 
Award: NIH R01
Title: Contribution of stress induced autonomic and urothelial dysregulation to IC/BPS
Sponsor: University of Pittsburgh
Role: Subsite PI
 
Award: CAT Award
Title: Automated home Uroflowmetry and voiding diary assessment
Sponsor: Cornell University Institute of Biotechnology
Role: Principal Investigator

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Douglas Scherr, M.D.

Award: CAT Award
Title: Biodistribution of the urinary system targeted delivery of TU-1001 in animal models
Sponsor: Cornell University Institute of Biotechnology
Role: Principal Investigator

Trainees

Leo Dreyfuss, M.D.

Award: SUFU Research Foundation grant for the Study of Neuromodulation
Title: Understanding use of third-line therapy among older men with overactive bladder in the United States: utilization and predictors of success
Sponsor: Society of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine & Urogenital Reconstruction (SUFU)
Role: Primary Investigator
Mentor: Anne Suskind, M.D., M.S., F.A.C.S., University of California-San Francisco

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Brandon Wahba, M.D.

Award: Urology Care Foundation Residency Research Award
Title: Immune Microenvironment in Orthotopic Models of Prostate Cancer in Immunocompetent Mice
Sponsor: Urology Care Foundation
Role: Primary Investigator
Mentor: Christopher Barbieri, M.D., Ph.D., Weill Cornell Medicine

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Gal Wald, M.D.

Award: Urology Care Foundation Residency Research Award
Title: Outcomes of Metastatic Urothelial Cancer Patients Selected for Surgery after Immunotherapy 
Sponsor: Urology Care Foundation
Role: Primary Investigator
Mentor: Eugene Pietzak, M.D., Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

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Mary Oakley Strasser, M.D., M.B.A.

Award: Urology Care Foundation Residency Research Award
Title: Defining prostate cancer oncologic outcomes after partial gland ablation
Sponsor: Urology Care Foundation
Role: Principal Investigator
Mentor: Jim Hu, M.D., M.P.H., Weill Cornell Medicine

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Lina Posada Calderon, M.D.

Award: Urology Care Foundation Residency Research Award
Title: Investigating the role of leptin in clear cell renal cell carcinoma and the obesity paradox
Sponsor: Urology Care Foundation
Role: Principal Investigator
Mentor: A. Ari Hakimi, M.D, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
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