Orthopedics Department Total Funded Grant Amount:

$5,698,786.00

List of Projects:

David Ayers, PI (Principal Investigator)
Title: Prospective randomized comparison of titanium vs. tantalum acetabular components in cementless THR
Sponsor: Zimmer, Inc.
Funding Period: 1/1/2004 - 12/31/2009


David Ayers, PI (Principal Investigator)
Patricia Franklin, CO-I (CO-Investigator)
Title: Geriatric education for specialty residents
Sponsor: American Geriatrics Society
Funding Period: 1/1/2007 - 12/31/2008


David Ayers, PI (Principal Investigator)
Jie Song, CO-I (CO-Investigator)
Title: Opportunities and challenges for Total Knee & Hip Replacement surgery - A collaborative Research of University of Massachusetts at Amherst and Worcester (Ayers/Crosby)
Sponsor: Umass President's Science & Technology Award
Funding Period: 7/1/2008 -6/30/2010


David Ayers, CO-PI (CO-Principal Investigator)
Patricia Franklin, CO-PI (CO-Principal Investigator)
Title: Patient outcomes registry for clinical and translational research
Sponsor: UMMHC
Funding Period: 1/1/2006 - 12/31/2015


David Ayers, CO-I (CO-Investigator)
Patricia Franklin, CO-I (CO-Investigator)
Title: International Total Joint Outcomes - Evaluation of Practice Variation and DVT Prophylaxis
Sponsor: Ortho McNeil - UMass COR
Funding Period: 4/1/2008 -3/31/2011


Patrick Connolly, PI (Principal Investigator)
Title: Retrospective review of fusion rate and clinical outcomes using Actifuse synthetic bone graft in traumatic and degenerative cases
Sponsor: Apatech
Funding Period: 1/1/2006 - 12/31/2008


Patrick Connolly, PI (Principal Investigator)
Anthony Lapinsky, CO-I (CO-Investigator)
Title: Study of clinical & radiographic outcomes of spine surgery for spinal deformity
Sponsor: K2-M Complex spine study group
Funding Period: 9/1/2008 -8/31/2011


Paul Fanning, PI (Principal Investigator)
David Ayers, CO-PI (CO-Principal Investigator)
Title: Efficacy of a disease-modifying osteoarthritis drug (doxycycline) using (Dgemric) MRI imaging in women with osteoarthritis in a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial
Sponsor: Shields MRI
Funding Period: 1/1/2008 - 12/31/2011


Paul Fanning, PI (Principal Investigator)
Title: The tetracycline family as disease-modifying osteoarthritis drugs in surgically-induced osteoarthritis in mice
Sponsor: OREF/DePuy Orthopaedic Resident Research Grant
Funding Period: 1/1/2008 - 12/31/2009


Patricia Franklin, PI (Principal Investigator)
David Ayers, CO-I (CO-Investigator)
Title: Use of step activity monitor to measure perioperative activity in patients undergoing total knee replacement surgery (TKR)
Sponsor: Department of Orthopedics
Funding Period: 1/1/2005 - 12/31/2008
 

Patricia Franklin, PI (Principal Investigator)
David Ayers, CO-I (CO-Investigator)
Wenjun Li, CO-I (CO-Investigator)
Title: Telephone support program for optimal post-TKR activity and function (RO1)
Sponsor: NIAMS
Funding Period: 1/1/2007 - 12/31/2011


Patricia Franklin, PI (Principal Investigator)
Title: Total Joint Patient Education Website: Transforming patient access and quality of care for osteoarthritis treatment through e-health technology
Sponsor: National Library of Medicine
Funding Period: 1/1/2007 - 12/31/2008


Patricia Franklin, PI (Principal Investigator)
David Ayers, CO-I (CO-Investigator)
Wenjun Li, CO-I (CO-Investigator)
Title: Patient eHeath tools to guide treatment choice and assess outcome: answering the patient's question: how will I benefit from TKR?
Sponsor: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Funding Period: 1/1/2008 - 12/31/2010
 

Marci Jones, PI (Principal Investigator)
Title: Trigger Finger Treatment: An Outcomes study
Sponsor: Department of Orthopedics
Funding Period: 10/1/2007 - 9/30/2009
 

Jie Song, PI (Principal Investigator)
David Ayers, CO-I (CO-Investigator)
Title: New therapeutic strategy for the treatment of osteoporotic bony lesions
Sponsor: UMMS Clinical and Translational Research Pilot Program Project (PPP Grant)
Funding Period: 7/1/2007 -6/30/2009


Jie Song, PI (Principal Investigator)
David Ayers, CO-I (CO-Investigator)
Title: Synthetic periosteum promoting the healing of cortical bone allografts
Sponsor: Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation
Funding Period: 1/1/2008 - 12/31/2008
 

Jie Song, PI (Principal Investigator)
Title: Biodegradable Shape Memory Polymenr (SMP) Bone Substitutes
Sponsor: Massachusetts Technology Transfer Center (Investigation Award)
Funding Period: 3/1/2008 -2/28/2009


Jie Song, PI (Principal Investigator)
Title: Resorbable Shape Memory Biopolymer for Spine Fusion Applications
Sponsor: 2008 CVIP Technology Development Fund / Office of Technology Transfer
Funding Period: 4/1/2008 -6/1/2009
 

Jie Song, PI (Principal Investigator)
David Ayers, CO-I (CO-Investigator)
Title: Osteogenic synthetic bone grafts for the repair of musculoskeletal defects (RO1)
Sponsor: NIH-NIAMS
Funding Period: 6/10/2008 -5/31/2013
 

Jie Song, PI (Principal Investigator)
Title: A new therapeutic strategy towards the repair of hard-to-heal skeletal lesions
Sponsor: ASBMR Career Enhancement Award
Funding Period: 12/1/2008 - 11/30/2009
 

John Wixted, PI (Principal Investigator)
Title: Aggrecenase mmp expression in fracture callous: Identifying markers for non-union
Sponsor: AO North America Foundation
Funding Period: 1/1/2007 - 12/31/2008
 

John Wixted, PI (Principal Investigator)
Title: SINGULAIR Investigator Initiated studies program proposal #32056: "Enhancing Fracture Repair by Montelukast Sodium"
Sponsor: Merck
Funding Period: 1/1/2007 - 12/31/2009