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Airway Lab Funding
Research at the Airway Biomechanics Laboratory receives ongoing support from the Medical College of Wisconsin and additional support on a per-project basis from various organizations. We are grateful for current and past funding from the following agencies:
- National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences—National Institutes of Health (NCATS)
- U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
- Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment (AHW)
- Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium—NASA (WSGC)
Current Grants
- Jeffry Schroeter (Principal Investigator, Applied Research Associates, Inc.), William Bennett (Co-Investigator, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Julia Kimbell (Co-Investigator, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Guilherme Garcia (Co-Investigator), and other collaborators, “Modifications and Improvements to Hybrid CFD-PBPK Models for Predictions of Nasal Corticosteroid Deposition, Absorption and Bioavailability" (BAA-PMQWP#220). Sponsored by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA); July 1, 2020–September 30, 2022.
Past Grants
- Guilherme Garcia (Principal Investigator), John Rhee (Co-Investigator), Tucker Woodson (Co-Investigator),“Determining the phenotype of airway collapse in obstructive sleep apnea.” Sponsored by the Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment; January 1, 2019–December 31, 2020.
- Andinet Enquobahrie (Principal Investigator, Kitware Inc.), John Rhee (Co-Investigator, MCW), Guilherme Garcia (Co-Investigator), and other collaborators, “An Interactive, Patient-Specific Virtual Surgical Planning System for Upper Airway Obstruction Treatments” (R44 EB023121). Sponsored by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB); September 23, 2019–September 22, 2020.
- Julia Kimbell (Principal Investigator, UNC Chapel Hill), Guilherme Garcia (Co-Investigator), "Improving Topical Drug Delivery for Treatment of Chronic Rhinosinusitis" (R01 HL122154). Sponsored by the National Institute of Health (NIH/NHLBI—R01); April 1, 2015–March 31, 2019.
- John Rhee (Principal Investigator, Medical College of Wisconsin), Guilherme Garcia (Co-Investigator), "Creating Virtual Surgery Targets & Methods to Improve Outcomes of Nasal Surgery" (R01 EB009557). Sponsored by the National Institute of Health (NIH/NIBIB—R01); September 15, 2014–June 30, 2018.
- John Rhee (Principal Investigator, Medical College of Wisconsin), Guilherme Garcia (Co-Investigator), "Computer modeling of surgical outcomes for nasal airway obstruction (R01 EB009557). Sponsored by the National Institute of Health (NIH/NIBIB—R01); October 1, 2012–March 31, 2014.
- Rodney Schlosser (Principal Investigator, Medical University of South Carolina), Guilherme Garcia (Co-Investigator), "Age-related olfactory dysfunction: Deposition of odorant particles in the olfactory cleft studied with computational fluid dynamics." Sponsored by the Center on Aging at the Medical University of South Carolina; June 1, 2017–May 31, 2018.
- Richard Voegels (Principal Investigator, Universidade de São Paulo), Guilherme Garcia (Co-Investigator), "Rhinomanometry performed via computational fluid dynamics" (in Portuguese, project 12/20823-9). Sponsored by the Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP); October 1, 2013–March 31, 2016.
- Guilherme Garcia (Principal Investigator), "Role of pharyngeal compliance in the pathophysiology of obstructive sleep apnea." Sponsored by the Clinical & Translational Science Institute (CTSI) of Southeast Wisconsin; April 1, 2014–March 31, 2016.
