Culpeper Scholar Program Research

The Charles E. Culpeper Scholars program in medical science, established in 1988, nurture the career development of exceptionally promising young scientists as they transition to independent researchers at the best academic medical institutions Over the last 20 years these "young physician-scientist" awards totaling almost $20 million have supported innovative research at 59 institutions. In 2005 Partnership for Cures was selected by the Rockefeller Brothers to manage this program because of our broad disease expertise and business rigor.

Stephen Tsang, MD, PhD, "Can Neuronal Function be Recovered After Degeneration has Started?"

Loren D. Walensky, MD, PhD, "Activating Apoptosis in Cancer Using Hydrocarbon-Stapled Helices"

Sharon Maynard, MD, "Treatment of Preeclampsia by SFltl Knock-Down Using RNA Interference"

Bradley Bernstein, MD, PhD "Epigenetic Regulation of Development and Disease by the MLL Oncoprotein"

Vamsi Mootha, MD, entitled "Functional Genomic Dissection of Human Mitochondrial Disorders"

Cammie Lesser, MD, PhD, "Characterization of Pathogenic Mycobacterial Proteins in Yeast"

Karl Deisseroth, MD, PhD, "Mechanism and Significance of Adult Excitation-Neurogenesis Coupling"

Ajay Chawla, MD, PhD, "Metabolic Control of Aging by Peroxisome Proliferator ActivatedReceptor"

Jayanta Debnath, MD, entitled "The Role and Regulation of Autophagy in Epithelial Cell Homeostatis and Cancer"

Christine Kim Garcia, MD, PhD, "The Genetics of Emphysema"

Kevin Niswender, MD, PhD, entitled "Therapeutic Discovery for Obesity"