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#NIHAI75N93023R00003 Master Title: PRE-CLINICAL MODELS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES Task Area A: Small Animal Models of Infectious Diseases Sample Task Order A01
Start: 2024-07-15 / End: 2031-07-14 Primary Investigators: Cushion, Melanie PhD Investigators: Desai, Pankaj PhD Grant Sponsor: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Grant Amount: $2,500.00 (level: Federal)

#BWF 1011031 Title: Maternal Regulatory T cells Control the Immune Pathogenesis of Prenatal Infection
Start: 2012-10-01 / End: 2030-06-30 Primary Investigators: Reyes, Teresa PHD Investigators: Ball, William MD; Cushion, Melanie PhD; Way, Sing Sing MD,PhD Grant Sponsor: Burroughs Wellcome Fund Grant Amount: $500,000.00 (level: Non Profit)

#1017289 Title: Genomic study of gestational length and preterm birth
Start: 2017-06-01 / End: 2029-03-31 Investigators: Ball, William MD; Cushion, Melanie PhD; Zhang, Ge PhD Grant Sponsor: Burroughs Wellcome Fund Grant Amount: $600,000.00 (level: Non Profit)

#90DDUC0111 Title: University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education Research and Service
Start: 2022-07-01 / End: 2027-06-30 Primary Investigators: Reyes, Teresa PHD Investigators: Cushion, Melanie PhD; McMahon, Amy MSW; Reyes, Teresa PHD Grant Sponsor: Administration for Community Living Grant Amount: $1,804,740.00 (level: Federal)

#1019095 Title: Dietary regulation of innate intestinal immunity
Start: 2019-07-01 / End: 2026-06-30 Investigators: Cushion, Melanie PhD Grant Sponsor: Burroughs Wellcome Fund Grant Amount: $500,000.00 (level: Non Profit)

#T73MC00032 Title: University of Cincinnati Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Other Related Disabilities
Start: 2021-07-01 / End: 2026-06-30 Primary Investigators: Reyes, Teresa PHD Investigators: Cushion, Melanie PhD; Raisor-Becker, Lesley PhD; Reyes, Teresa PHD Grant Sponsor: Health Resources and Services Administration Grant Amount: $3,004,399.00 (level: Federal)

#CCHMC Billing Agreement - Angela Cannata - F31HL167596 Title: Mucosal Associated Invariant T cells in the Obese-asthma endotype
Start: 2023-01-23 / End: 2026-01-22 Primary Investigators: Cannata, Angela ; Cushion, Melanie PhD Grant Sponsor: National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Grant Amount: $73,250.00 (level: Federal)

#75N93019D00017 Title: In Vitro Assessments of Antimicrobial Activity
Start: 2019-01-15 / End: 2026-01-14 Primary Investigators: Cushion, Melanie PhD Grant Sponsor: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Grant Amount: $30,000.00 (level: Federal)

# Title: Targeting the Sexual Cycle of Pneumocystis for Treatment, Prevention, and Diagnosis of Pneumocystis Pneumonia
Start: 2023-11-30 / End: 2025-11-30 Primary Investigators: Cushion, Melanie PhD Grant Sponsor: Dr. Ralph and Marian Falk Medical Research Trust Grant Amount: $349,958.00 (level: Non Profit)

#CCHMC Billing agreement for Stefan 315369/ F30AI157421-02 Title: CCHMC Billing Agreement for Kurtis Stefan F30AI157421-02 - Title: Silencer Control of T cell Homeostasis
Start: 2022-11-19 / End: 2025-10-31 Primary Investigators: Cushion, Melanie PhD; Stefan, Kurtis Investigators: Cushion, Melanie PhD Grant Sponsor: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Grant Amount: $134,494.00 (level: Federal)

#90UCPH0030 Title: Expanding the Public Health Workforce within the Disability Network Program
Start: 2022-04-01 / End: 2025-09-30 Investigators: Cushion, Melanie PhD Grant Sponsor: Administration for Community Living Grant Amount: $162,470.00 (level: Federal)

#Billing Agreement-Paulding / F31DE032261 Title: David Paulding - CCHMC Billing Agreement for F31DE032261-01
Start: 2022-07-01 / End: 2025-06-30 Primary Investigators: Cushion, Melanie PhD; Paulding, David Grant Sponsor: National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research Grant Amount: $161,754.00 (level: Federal)

#NGP10115 Title: The Role of HLA-G+/C+ Extravillous Trophoblasts in Placental Inflammation
Start: 2021-06-01 / End: 2025-03-31 Primary Investigators: Reyes, Teresa PHD Investigators: Cushion, Melanie PhD Grant Sponsor: Burroughs Wellcome Fund Grant Amount: $500,000.00 (level: Non Profit)

#CCHMC Billing Agreement - Omar Brito-Estrada AHA 1020028 Title: Elucidating the Molecular Mechanisms of Actions of DWORF and assessing its Therapeutic Potential CCHMC BA Brito-Estrada AHA 1020028
Start: 2023-01-01 / End: 2024-12-31 Primary Investigators: Brito-Estrada, Omar ; Cushion, Melanie PhD Grant Sponsor: American Heart Association - National Chapter Grant Amount: $61,897.00 (level: Non Profit)

#Pek; CCHMC Billing agreement for Nicole Pek; AHA 1013861 Title: Elucidating the role of FOXF1 in the development of alveolar capillaries; CCHMC BA for Nicole Pek
Start: 2023-01-01 / End: 2024-12-31 Primary Investigators: Cushion, Melanie PhD; Pek, Nicole Grant Sponsor: American Heart Association - National Chapter Grant Amount: $61,897.00 (level: Non Profit)

#CCHMC Billing agreement - Mukhopadhyay / AHA 1029487 Title: Role for DDX3X in preservation of NK cells in virus-induced cardiovascular disease
Start: 2023-01-01 / End: 2024-12-31 Primary Investigators: Cushion, Melanie PhD; Mukhopadhyay, Eshana Grant Sponsor: American Heart Association - National Chapter Grant Amount: $61,106.00 (level: Non Profit)

#CCHMC billing agreement for Alarcon for 1F31AI169757-01 Title: Pablo Alarcon - CCHMC Billing Agreement for 1F31AI169757-01
Start: 2022-09-01 / End: 2024-08-31 Primary Investigators: Alarcon, Pablo ; Cushion, Melanie PhD Grant Sponsor: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Grant Amount: $78,718.00 (level: Federal)

#HHSN272201700034I (Master Agreement) Title: PRE-CLINICAL MODELS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES: Task Area A: Small Animal Models of Infectious Diseases
Start: 2017-07-14 / End: 2024-07-13 Primary Investigators: Cushion, Melanie PhD Investigators: Desai, Pankaj PhD; Sallans, Larry Grant Sponsor: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Grant Amount: $5,408.66 (level: Federal)

#VA Billing Agreement Title: Trainee on VA Merit
Start: 2020-08-01 / End: 2024-06-30 Primary Investigators: Albee, Aaron Investigators: Cushion, Melanie PhD Grant Sponsor: Department of Veterans Affairs Grant Amount: $62,624.00 (level: Federal)

#CCHMC billing agreement for Stevens / F30HL165594 Title: CD8+ tissue-resident immunity to primary and heterotypic Influenza A controlled by commensal microbiota
Start: 2022-09-01 / End: 2024-04-30 Primary Investigators: Cushion, Melanie PhD; Stevens, Jake Grant Sponsor: National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Grant Amount: $57,860.00 (level: Federal)

#CCHMC Billing agreement for Shi/ 1F30AI167482-01A1 Title: Billing Agreement for Tiffany Shi - Title: Single Cell Analysis of Alloreactive CD8+ T Cells in Kidney Transplant Rejection
Start: 2022-11-22 / End: 2024-04-30 Primary Investigators: Cushion, Melanie PhD; Shi, Tiffany Investigators: Cushion, Melanie PhD Grant Sponsor: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Grant Amount: $52,039.50 (level: Federal)

#Joint Faculty Program MASTER Title: UT Battelle Joint Faculty Program (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Start: 2019-04-05 / End: 2024-04-04 Primary Investigators: Cushion, Melanie PhD Grant Sponsor: Department of Energy (level: Federal)

#1 R01 HL146266-01 Title: The role of sex in the life cycle and transmission of Pneumocystis
Start: 2019-02-01 / End: 2024-01-31 Primary Investigators: Cushion, Melanie PhD Grant Sponsor: National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Grant Amount: $1,932,006.00 (level: Federal)

#CCHMC Billing agreement for Inskeep F31HD104350 Title: SMPD4: Role of a microcephaly gene in ceramide biosynthesis and human brain development
Start: 2022-09-03 / End: 2023-12-29 Primary Investigators: Cushion, Melanie PhD; Inskeep, Katherine Grant Sponsor: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Grant Amount: $51,454.34 (level: Federal)

#90DDUC0013 Title: University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research and Service
Start: 2017-07-01 / End: 2023-06-30 Primary Investigators: Cushion, Melanie PhD Investigators: Ball, William MD; Riddle, Ilka Grant Sponsor: Administration for Community Living Grant Amount: $2,836,181.00 (level: Federal)

#CHMC 308193 / AI143467 Title: Copper tolerance and homeostasis in Pneumocystis species
Start: 2019-07-05 / End: 2023-06-30 Primary Investigators: Cushion, Melanie PhD Investigators: Landero Figueroa, Julio Ph.D. Grant Sponsor: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Grant Amount: $249,224.92 (level: Federal)

# Title: A rational design of a new diagnostic method for pediatric Pneumosystis pneumonia
Start: 2021-07-01 / End: 2023-06-30 Primary Investigators: Cushion, Melanie PhD Grant Sponsor: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Grant Amount: $30,140.00 (level: Non Profit)

#CCHMC Billing agreement Toth T32HL007752 Title: T32 Billing Agreement
Start: 2022-07-01 / End: 2023-05-14 Primary Investigators: Cushion, Melanie PhD; Toth, Andrea Investigators: Cushion, Melanie PhD Grant Sponsor: National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Grant Amount: $32,559.00 (level: Federal)

#90883/2/1167284 / 5R01AI116420-07 Title: New Antifungals Targeting the Synthesis of Fungal Sphingolipids
Start: 2021-04-16 / End: 2023-04-30 Primary Investigators: Cushion, Melanie PhD Grant Sponsor: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Grant Amount: $60,034.00 (level: Federal)

#UT Battelle Subcontract 4000173601 (MASTER 012456) Title: UT Battelle Joint Faculty Program (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Start: 2019-07-28 / End: 2023-01-31 Investigators: Cushion, Melanie PhD Grant Sponsor: Department of Energy Grant Amount: $242,637.03 (level: Federal)

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Melanie T. Cushion, Ph.D.
Senior Associate Dean for Research
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Senior Research Career Scientist, VAMC
Phone: 513-558-7540
Email: cushiomt@ucmail.uc.edu