Funded Grants

FARA-Funded Research Grants

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Postdoctoral Fellowship | Mechanism or Pathway of Disease

Grant Awarded | Oct 2024

Understanding the Pathogenesis of Friedreich’s Ataxia by Single-Cell Integration of Gene Expression, Epigenetics and Connectivity in the Cerebellar Nuclei

Julian Cheron, MD, PhD
Johns Hopkins University

Postdoctoral Research Award | Gene & Stem Cell Therapy

Grant Awarded | Oct 2024

Enhancing Gene Therapy Delivery to the Brain via Human Blood-Brain Barrier Receptors

Changfan Lin, PhD
California Institute of Technology

General Research Grant | Outcome Measures & Biomarkers

Grant Awarded | Oct 2024

Mitochondrial Enzyme Activity and Biomarker Evaluation in FA Treatment (MEABET-FA)

Lucie Stovickova, MD
Charles University and Motol University Hospital, Prague

Graduate Research Fellowship | Gene & Stem Cell Therapy

Grant Awarded | Sep 2024

Shortening GAA repeats in Friedreich’s Ataxia

David Berryman
University of Florida

Graduate Research Fellowship | Lead Candidates

Grant Awarded | Sep 2024

NRF2 and MAO-Ai therapy to improve cardiac health and prevent arrhythmias in Friedreich’s ataxia

Francisco Figueroa
University of California, Davis

General Research Grant | Gene & Stem Cell Therapy

Grant Awarded | Sep 2024

Postnatal development of the cerebellar circuitry in the KIKO mouse model of Friedreich’s ataxia

Jordi Magrane, PhD
Weill Cornell Medicine

Kyle Bryant Translational Research Award | Lead Candidates

Grant Awarded | Sep 2024

Developing the novel investigational mitochondrial therapeutic SBT-589 for Friedreich’s ataxia

Laura Kropp, PhD, MPH
Stealth BioTherapeutics

Keith Michael Andrus Cardiac Award | Cardiac Research

Grant Awarded | Sep 2024

Evaluating the cardioprotective effect of omaveloxolone on Friedreich ataxia heart disease

Shiang Lim, MPharm, PhD
St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research

Award for Innovative Mindset (AIM) | Gene & Stem Cell Therapy

Grant Awarded | Sep 2024

Deliverable in vitro transcribed mRNAs of Frataxin as a therapeutic approach for Friedreich ataxia

Lefkothea Papadopoulou, PhD
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Award for Innovative Mindset (AIM) | Outcome Measures & Biomarkers

Grant Awarded | Sep 2024

Deriving Functional MRI Equivalent Biomarkers in Friedreich Ataxia solely using Brain Structure Data

Susmita Saha, PhD
Monash University

Postdoctoral Fellowship | Cell & Animal Models

Grant Awarded | Jul 2024

Characterization of FA iPSC-derived DRG organoid to decipher neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative mechanisms

Valentine Mosbach, PhD
Institut NeuroMyogène, INSERM and Université Claude Bernard Lyon

Postdoctoral Research Award | Mechanism or Pathway of Disease

Grant Awarded | Jul 2024

Skeletal Muscle Fatigue and Abnormal Ca2+ Signaling in Friedreich’s Ataxia

Chen Liang, PhD
University of Rochester, NY