2009 ALR Pilot Grant Awardees

In 2009, the ALR committed funding to 4 projects under our Pilot Grant initiative. These projects are listed below.

Vikki Abrahams, PhD
Yale University
Effects of Antiphospholipid Antibodies on Trophoblast Function in Pregnancy

Dominique Gatto, PhD
Garvan Institute of Medical Research (Australia)
Role of EBI2 in the Development of Murine Lupus

Jessica Hamerman, PhD
Beneroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason
Regulation of TLR Responses as a Mechanism for ITGAM Association with SLE

David Pisetsky, MD, PhD
Duke University
The Role of Microparticles in the Pathogenesis of SLE

2008 Pilot Grant Awardees