Department Rises in Ranking to Top Five NIH-Funded Anesthesiology Department in the Nation
Our department was ranked #5 in fiscal year 2022.
Research News
Tang Team Work Showing that SARS-CoV-2 Significantly Suppresses Functional Expression of the Human α7nAChR Published in ACS Chemical Neuroscience
The research team of Pei Tang, PhD, identified a helical motif in the SARS-CoV-2 spike neck that is responsible for α7nAChR downregulation.
Paper by Drs. Michael Schnetz and Aman Mahajan is February 2023 A&A Featured Article and Cover Story
The article was published as the “featured article” and was spotlighted on the cover.
Dr. Marsha Ritter Jones Awarded Grant to Study Protein’s Role in Inflammation and Wound Healing
Marsha Ritter Jones, MD, PhD, was awarded a Mentored Research Training Grant from the Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research for her project “The Role of Neuronal-Derived MD-1 in Cutaneous Inflammation.”
PNAS Publishes Taylor Lab Research on Targeting NPY Receptor-Expressing Neurons to Treat Neuropathic Pain
A research team in the laboratory of Bradley K. Taylor, PhD, uncovered a promising future therapeutic strategy to treat neuropathic pain.
Anesthesiology News Spotlights Auriculotherapy Research by Dr. Jacques Chelly and Colleagues
Two studies investigating the role that auriculotherapy (a form of acupuncture applied to points on the ear) may play as an alternative to opioids for the postoperative management of pain by Jacques E. Chelly, MD, PhD, MBA, and colleagues were recently featured in Anesthesiology News.
2022 FAER Medical Student Anesthesia Research Fellows Alice Chen and Bianca Elias
The Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research created the Medical Student Anesthesia Research Fellowship program to encourage talented medical students to consider careers in anesthesiology research and perioperative medicine.
Paper by Dr. Grace Lim, et al. Published in A&A as Featured Article of the Month with Podcast
The authors from our department were Grace Lim, MD, MS, (first author) and Anne Wanaselja, MD, an alum of our Obstetric Anesthesiology Fellowship Program.
New NIH Grant Funding in 2022
As of October 2022, our portfolio of active grant support included over $48 million from the NIH.
Projects by Drs. Gaurav Chauhan and Trent Emerick Win PInCh 2022 Awards
Dr. Chauhan’s BIONIC team project won a $25,000 award in the virtual Elevator Pitch Competition and Dr. Emerick’s Vanish project won a $100,000 award as well as a $15,000 Bonus Award for Engineering Good Health.