The Gloria Pennington Research Award
Congratulations to Peggy Myung, MD PhD of Yale University. Dr. Myung was awarded the Gloria Pennington Research Award at the Fifth Annual Global Fibrosis Foundation Research Award Dinner on April 23, 2015. These funds, totalling $20,000, will support a project entitled: "Regulation of dermal Wnt activation to promote tissue regeneration and scarless wound healing."
How to apply
Grant applications are not currently being accepted. Please watch for announcements for the next grant cycle.
Potential future applicants: If you meet the requirements outlined in the application instructions below, and wish to be notified when the next grant cycle is announced, please contact the grant administrator at the email below and provide your email address.
Additional information: grants.globalfibrosis@gmail.com
past grant recipients
Gloria Pennington Research Grant (spring 2015)
$20,000 AWARD
Peggy Myung, MD PhD
Assistant Professor of Dermatology and Pathology
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut
"Regulation of dermal Wnt activation to promote tissue regeneration and scarless wound healing"
Gloria Pennington Research Grant (Fall 2013)
$30,000 Award
Rafaz Hoque, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut
"GPR109a and GPR81 agonists as novel terapies for pancreatic injury and fibrosis"
Global Fibrosis Foundation Research Grant (Fall 2012)
$25,000 Award
Radhika Atit, PhD
Assistant Professor of Biology
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio
"Role(s) of beta-catenin activation in skin fibrosis"
Global Fibrosis Foundation Junior Research Grant (Spring 2011)
$10,000 Award
Rosalynn Nazarian, MD
Assistant in Pathology
Dermatopathology Unit
Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard University School of Medicine
"Wnt and Hedgehog signaling pathway activation in cutaneous fibrosing disorders: a tissue microarray study"
Global Fibrosis Foundation Travel Grant (Spring 2010)
$5,000 Award
April Cox, MS