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NIAMS Building Interdisciplinary Research Teams (BIRT) Awards Index

Updated September 30, 2008

In response to the first National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) Building Interdisciplinary Research Teams (BIRT) announcement ( AR08-001), eleven (11) applications have been funded and are listed below.

Investigator	Parent Grant Title	BIRT Revision Abstract
Cheng, Keith C.	Function of Calcium Exchangers in Vertebrate Pigmentation	Abstract
Chu, Constance R.	Enhanced Clinical Diagnosis of Early Osteoarthritis	Abstract
Dai, Xing and Nie, Qing	Role of Ovol Genes in Epidermal Development	Abstract
Farnum, Cornelia E. and Williams, Rebecca M.	In Vivo Imaging of Growth Plate Dynamics	Abstract
Kushmerick, Martin J.	MR & Optical Diagnosis of Mitochondrial Metabolism and Dysfunction	Abstract
Levenston, Marc E.	Spatiotemporal Progression of Meniscal Degradation	Abstract
Nepom, Gerald T.	HLA Susceptibility Genes in Rheumatoid Arthritis	Abstract
Sah, Robert L.	Mechanisms of Articular Cartilage Lubrication	Abstract
Serra, Rosa A.	TGF-beta in the Pathology and Development of the Spine	Abstract
Soslowsky, Louis J.	Rotator Cuff Tendon to Bone Insertion Site Healing	Abstract
Wang, James H-C.	Defining the Role of Tendon Stem Cells in the Development of Tendinopathy	Abstract