ICA Efforts Pay Off

ICA Efforts Pay Off!

NIH Funds New IC Research

Since the ICA’s founding in 1984, our advocacy efforts have been directly responsible for allocation by Congress of nearly $100 million in funding to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for IC research. The ICA has been persistent in its efforts to ensure that the NIH continues to direct more funding towards much-needed IC research on a yearly basis. As a result of the ICA’s efforts and the support of key Congressional representatives, in 2003 the NIH allocated over $5 million towards IC basic science research. This month the NIH announced the following grant recipients whose IC projects will receive NIH funding. Over twenty IC-related studies have received funding during this yearly funding cycle.

THANK YOU FOR HELPING US TO ACHIEVE THIS CRUCIAL GOAL!

Neurogenic Pathogenesis of Interstitial Cystitis, Michael Pezzone, University of Pittsburgh

Effects of Early-Life Bladder Stimulation on Adults, Alan Randich, University of Alabama

<Bladder Transcriptome in Experimental Inflammation, Ricardo Saban, University of Oklahoma

Urothelial Differentiation in IC, Monica Liebert, University of Michigan

Regulation of Urothelial Growth, Tung-Tien Sun, New York University

Epithelially-derived Factors in IC, John W. Hanrahan, McGill University

Neurovascular and Behavioral Response in IC, Dale Bjorling, University of Wisconsin

PLA2 Activation by Mast Cell Tryptase in IC, Jane McHowat, St. Louis University

Proteomics Approaches to IC, Brian Liu, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

BCG in Endogenous and Exogenous Antigen-induced T Cell, Li Luo, University of Iowa

The Role of NF-kappaB Signaling Pathway in IC, Raymond Rackley, Cleveland Clinic

PACAP Over-expression and Voiding Function, Edward Schwarz, University of Rochester

Urothelial Barrier Function and IC, Jennifer Southgate, University of York

An in vitro Model for Evaluation of IC Therapies, Peter Mundel, Yeshiva University Genetics of IC, John Warren, University of Maryland

Sensory Testing in Subjects with IC, Mary Pat Fitzgerald, Loyola University, Chicago

Bladder Pain Gene Therapy with Pro-opiomelanocortin cDNA, Naoki Yoshimura, University of Pittsburgh

Glycosaminoglycans for IC Pathophysiology and Prognosis, Vinata Lokeshwar, University of Miami

Diagnostic Challenges and IC, Jordan Dimitrakov, Queen’s University

Pain and IC, Ursula Wesselmann, Johns Hopkins University

Proteomics Characterization of IC Bladder, Fernando DeMiguel, University of Pittsburgh

Role of TNF in Bladder Inflammation, David J. Klumpp, Northwestern University