Funding
We utilize a number of sources to fund our research.Current Funding Sources |
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| Funding Source | Goal of Funding | Principal Investigator |
| National Institutes of Health Director's Early Independence Award: DP5-OD012132 | Use magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to comprehensively investigate the role of cardiac dyssynchrony in patients with tetralogy of Fallot. See press release. | Brandon Fornwalt, MD, PhD |
| National Institutes of Health COBRE Grant: P20-GM103527 | Use magnetic resonance imaging in humans and mouse models to understand the effects of obesity and comorbid hypertension on cardiac function. See press release. | Brandon Fornwalt, MD, PhD |
| Faculty Startup Funds, Geisinger Health System | To improve the lives of patients with cardiovascular disease through the development, implementation, and utilization of state-of-the-art imaging and image processing technologies | Brandon Fornwalt, MD, PhD |
Potential/Pending Funding Sources |
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| Funding Source | Goal of Funding | Principal Investigator |
| Several National Institutes of Health Grants | Various topics using imaging to improve clinical practice | Brandon Fornwalt, MD, PhD |
Completed Funding Sources |
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| Funding Source | Goal of Funding | Principal Investigator |
| Pilot project from the NIH (Grants 5P20RR021954-05 and 8P20GM103527-05) Center of Research in Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease | Develop and validate techniques using magnetic resonance imaging to understand the cardiovascular effects of obesity in mouse models | Brandon Fornwalt, MD, PhD |
| Friends Research Fund, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta | To determine the best method for diagnosing left ventricular dyssynchrony in children | Brandon Fornwalt, MD, PhD |
| Children's Miracle Network, University of Kentucky | To determine the best method for diagnosing left ventricular dyssynchrony in children | Brandon Fornwalt, MD, PhD |
| Children's Miracle Network, University of Kentucky | To integrate cellular-level data into age-specific computational models that predict global measures of ventricular function in young rats | Kenneth Campbell, PhD |
| Faculty Startup Funds, University of Kentucky | Create an independent research program which uses cardiovascular imaging in children with heart disease to help understand physiology and inform clinical decisions | Brandon Fornwalt, MD, PhD |
| NIH (UL1TR000117-02) KL2 Career Development Award | Use magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to comprehensively investigate the role of cardiac dyssynchrony in patients with tetralogy of Fallot | Brandon Fornwalt, MD, PhD |
| Pilot project from the NIH (Grants 5P20RR021954-05 and 8P20GM103527-05) Center of Research in Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease | Define the microscopic and macroscopic effects of obesity on contraction and relaxation in the heart | Brandon Fornwalt, MD, PhD |
| American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship | Develop new echocardiographic methods to diagnose cardiac dyssynchrony | Brandon Fornwalt, MD, PhD |
| National Institutes of Health R21 HL089160 | Use signal processing methods on tissue Doppler data to diagnose left ventricular dyssynchrony | John Oshinski, PhD |
| American Heart Association Grant in Aid | Use MRI to select patients who will respond to cardiac resynchronization therapy | John Oshinski, PhD |
Cardiac Imaging Research Lab
Center for Health Research
Geisinger Clinic
100 North Academy Avenue
Danville, PA 17822-4400
Email: bkfornwalt@geisinger.edu
Center for Health Research
Geisinger Clinic
100 North Academy Avenue
Danville, PA 17822-4400
Email: bkfornwalt@geisinger.edu