Research Portfolio
We invite you to learn about the Foundation's research grants. The search feature and the table below represent the Foundation's complete research portfolio. You may search the complete list of grants by status (open/active or closed/inactive), research program area, and disease.
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Title |
Institution |
Investigator |
Status |
Research Program Area |
| 02992-A: Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping for Dogs with Lung Tumors | University of Guelph | Michelle Oblak, DVM, DVSc | Open | Oncology |
| 03036-A: Mapping Microstructural Myelin and Axonal Damage in Dogs with Idiopathic Epilepsy using Diffusion MRI and Tract-Based Spatial Statistics | Cornell University | Philippa Johnson, BVSc | Open | Epilepsy Initiative |
| 03020: Novel Biomarker and Therapeutic Target for Chronic Kidney Disease in Dogs | University of Florida | Autumn Harris, DVM, Andrew Specht, DVM, and Kristen Cooke, DVM | Open | Kidney & Urological Disease |
| 03021: Judicious Antibiotic Use in Cases of Canine Pyelonephritis | University of Montreal | Marilyn Dunn, DVM, MS | Open | Kidney & Urological Disease |
| 03031: Tolerability and Clinical Efficacy of Acetazolamide for Treatment of Hypochloremia in Canine Congestive Heart Failure | University of Florida | Darcy B. Adin, DVM, MS | Open | Cardiology |
| 03026: Evaluation of the Efficacy of Antioxidant Treatment on Active Kidney Damage and Oxidative Stress | The Koret School of Veterinary Medicine | Gilad Segev, DVM and Hilla Chen, DVM | Open | Kidney & Urological Disease |
| 02986: Catechol O-Methyltransferase as a Molecular Drug Target in Heartworm | University of Illinois | William Witola, BVetMEd, PhD | Open | Cardiology, Immunology and Infectious Disease |
| 03032-MOU: Early Detection of Canine Osteosarcoma | University of Minnesota | Jamie Modiano, VMD, PhD | Open | Oncology - Osteosarcoma |
| 03019: Evaluation of a Targeted Anti αvβ3 Integrin Near-InfraRed (NIR-) Dye for Controlled Resection of Naturally Occurring Soft Tissue Sarcomas in Dogs | University of Zurich | Mirja Nolff, Dr. med. vet., DVM | Open | Oncology - Osteosarcoma, Oncology |
| 03009: Evaluating Accuracy for Identification of Sentinel Lymph Nodes in Dogs with Cutaneous MCT: A Comparison | University of Florida | Judith Bertran, DVM, MS and Natalie Worden, DVM | Open | Oncology |
| 03003: Suppression of Extracellular Glutamate Efflux & mGluR1 Signaling to Impede Canine Hemangiosarcoma Cell Growth | University of Illinois | Timothy Fan, DVM, PhD | Open | Oncology - Hemangiosarcoma |
| 03000: Characterizing the Immunomodulatory Response of Histotripsy in Canine Osteosarcoma | Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine | Joanne Tuohy, DVM, PhD | Open | Oncology - Osteosarcoma |
| 02998: Whole-Exome and Transcriptome Sequencing of Canine Small Cell B Cell Lymphoma and Comparative Analysis to Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma | Colorado State University | Anne Avery, DVM, PhD | Open | Oncology - Lymphoma |
| 03015: The Immune and Molecular Landscape of Canine Osteosarcoma at the Single-Cell Level | University of Minnesota | Jaime F Modiano, VMD, PhD | Open | Oncology - Osteosarcoma |
| 02991-A: Investigating Extracellular Crosstalk Between Canine Osteosarcoma and Macrophages | North Carolina State University | Erika Gruber, DVM, PhD | Open | Oncology - Osteosarcoma |
| 03011: A GD3 Nano-scaled Liposomal Cancer Vaccine Clinical Trial for Canine Hemangiosarcoma | University of Florida | Rowan Milner, BVSc, MMedVet, PhD, Keijiro Shiomitsu, DVM, and Sandra Bechtel, DVM | Open | Oncology - Hemangiosarcoma |
| 03017: Molecular Characterization of Canine Soft Tissue Sarcomas Using Spatially Defined Proteomics and Transcriptomics | University of Zurich | Enni Markkanen, Dr. med. vet., Dr. sc. nat. | Open | Oncology |
| 02999: Evaluating Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Quantifying Histotripsy Ablation in Canine Osteosarcoma | Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine | Joanne Tuohy, DVM, PhD | Open | Oncology - Osteosarcoma |
| 03007: Chimeric BiTE-redirected Anti-viral T Cells for Fratricide of Minimal Residual Disease in T-cell Malignancies | North Carolina State University | Paul Hess, DVM, PhD | Open | Oncology - Lymphoma |
| 03028-A: Characterizing Immunohistopathology and Serum Immunoglobulin G in Immune-Mediated Chronic Hepatitis Dogs | Colorado State University | Sarah Shropshire, DVM, PhD | Open | Hepatic Disease |
| 02981: Genome-wide Identification and Characterization of Peptide Epitopes from Ehrlichia canis and Anaplasma platys with Potential to be Used as Vaccine Candidates | University of Tennessee | Sreekumari Rajeev, BVSc, PhD | Open | Tick-Borne Disease Initiative |
| 03030-A: Evaluation of Serum C-reactive Protein as a Noninvasive Biomarker of Inflammation and Disease Severity in Dogs with Gallbladder Mucocele | Tufts University | Cynthia Leveille-Webster, DVM | Open | Hepatic Disease |
| 02966: Corneal Cross-linking as Treatment for Corneal Ulceration - “Using Light to Save Sight” | University of Zurich | Simon Pot, DVM | Open | Ophthalmology |
| 02980: Canine Systemic Insecticides as a Novel Intervention to Protect Dogs from Triatomine Insect Vectors of Chagas Disease | Texas A&M AgriLife Research | Sarah A Hamer, DVM, PhD | Open | Immunology and Infectious Disease |
| 02983: Enhanced Detection and Characterization of Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia Species in Dogs and Ticks with Focus on a Novel Rickettsia Species Infecting Clinically Ill Dogs in the U.S. | North Carolina State University | Barbara Qurollo, DVM, MS | Open | Tick-Borne Disease Initiative , Immunology and Infectious Disease |
| 02987: It’s All In The Genes: The Mutational Landscape of Acute Myeloid Leukemia in Dogs | Cornell University | Tracy Stokol, BVSc, PhD | Open | Blood Disorders, Oncology |
| 02988: Plasminogen-activator Inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) and Impaired Fibrinolysis in Immune-Mediated Hemolytic Anemia | Cornell University and University of Minnesota | Tracy Stokol, BVSc, PhD and Steven Friedenberg, DVM, PhD | Open | Blood Disorders |
| 02952: Genetics of X-linked Progressive Retinal Atrophy in Greyhounds | University of California, Davis | Sara Thomasy, DVM, PhD | Open | Ophthalmology |
| 02946: Towards Curative Outcomes in Canine Hemangiosarcoma | Ethos Discovery | Chand Khanna, DVM, PhD | Open | Oncology - Hemangiosarcoma |
| 02955: Towards Precision Medicine for Canine Cardiac Disease: A Genomic and Machine-Learning Approach to Prediction of Risk and Outcomes in Canine Myxomatous Mitral Valve Disease | Royal Veterinary College, University of London | Lucy Davison, VetMB, PhD | Open | Cardiology |
| 02978-A: Babesia Species in Thrombocytopenic Dogs in the Upper Midwest, USA | University of Wisconsin, Madison | Erin W. Lashnits, DVM, PhD | Open | Tick-Borne Disease Initiative |
| 02959: Genetic Basis of non-HSF4 Hereditary Cataracts in a Family of Miniature American Shepherds | Purdue University | Kari Ekenstedt, DVM, PhD | Open | Ophthalmology |
| 02963: Genetics of Glaucoma in the Entlebucher Mountain Dog | University of Wisconsin | Gillian J. McLellan, BVMS, PhD | Open | Ophthalmology |
| 02942: Genome-wide Molecular Interrogation of Canine Hemangiosarcoma | Cornell University | Scott Coonrod, PhD | Open | Oncology - Hemangiosarcoma |
| 02931: Assessment of Frequency of Seizures and Antiseizure Drug (ASD) Efficacy by Electroencephalography (EEG) for Dogs with Epilepsy | University of Guelph | Fiona James, DVM, MS | Open | Epilepsy Initiative |
| 02912: Adoptive Natural Killer (NK) Cell Immunotherapy for Canine Lymphoma | The Ohio State University | William Kisseberth, DVM, PhD | Open | Oncology - Lymphoma |
| 02950-A: Late-onset Hereditary Cataract in the Boston Terrier: A Whole Genome Sequencing Approach | University of Kentucky Research Foundation | Kathryn T. Graves, PhD | Open | Ophthalmology |
| 02948-A: Effect of Glycemic Control on the Onset of Cataract Development in Diabetic Dogs | The Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Michal Mazaki-Tovi, DVM | Open | Ophthalmology, Endocrinology |
| 02943-MOU: Identification of Genetic Risk Factors in Degenerative Myelopathy in German Shepherd Dogs | Broad Institute | Kerstin Lindblad-Toh, PhD | Open | Neurology |
| 02851-A: Development of Regional Anesthesia Techniques to Treat Chronic Painful Conditions of the Stifle and Elbow in Dogs | University of Florida | Diego A. Portela, DVM, PhD | Open | Musculoskeletal Conditions and Disease |
| 02907: Ultrasound-guided Histotripsy Ablation of Canine Brain Tumors through an Acoustically Transparent Cranial Window | Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine | John Rossmeisl, DVM, MS | Open | Oncology |
| 02849-A: Development and Validation of a New Body Condition Scoring System for use in Canine Athletes | University of Alaska, Fairbanks | Cristina Hansen, DVM, PhD | Open | Musculoskeletal Conditions and Disease |
| 02900: Optimizing Storage Conditions of Canine Feces for Fecal Microbiota Transplantation | University of Illinois | Arnon Gal, DVM, PhD | Open | Gastrointestinal Disease |
| 02880: Enhanced Surgical Margin Imaging with Polarization-sensitive Optical Coherence Tomography in Canine Soft Tissue Sarcoma and Mammary Tumors | The Ohio State University | Laura Selmic, BVetMed, MPH | Open | Oncology |
| 02940: Investigating Neuronal Network Connectivity in Dogs with Idiopathic Epilepsy using Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging | North Carolina State University | Karen R. Muñana, DVM, MS | Open | Epilepsy Initiative |
| 02945-MOU: Understanding the Genetic Basis of Addison’s Disease in Portuguese Water Dogs | University of Minnesota | Steven G Friedenberg, DVM, PhD | Open | Endocrinology |
| 02936: Validating Genetic Variants Underlying Canine Idiopathic Epilepsy and Exploring Their Functional Roles in the Belgian Sheepdog and Tervuren | University of California, Davis | Anita M. Oberbauer, PhD | Open | Epilepsy Initiative |
| 02930: A Dose Finding Study of Cannabidiol in Dogs with Idiopathic Epilepsy | Colorado State University | Stephanie McGrath, DVM, MS | Open | Epilepsy Initiative |
| 02875: Canine Pituitary Adenoma Organoids (CaPitO) as an in vitro Model for Canine Cushing's Disease | Utrecht University | Karin Sanders, DVM, PhD | Open | Endocrinology |
| 02838: Standardization of rLiNTPDase2 and Derived Chimeras as Antigens on Immunochromatographic Assay for Diagnosis of Canine Visceral Leishmaniasis | Federal University of Viçosa | Juliana Fietto, PhD | Open | Immunology and Infectious Disease |
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