Funded Grants

FARA Funded Research Grants

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General Research Grant | Cell & Animal Models

Grant Awarded | May 2022

Investigating Proprioceptor Development and Function in Friedreich’s Ataxia

Mirella Dottori, PhD
University of Wollongong, Australia

General Research Grant | Outcome Measures & Biomarkers

Grant Awarded | Apr 2022

Diagnostic and Mechanistic Validation of a Metabolic Biomarker Panel to Guide Therapeutic Interventions in Friedreich’s Ataxia

Mark Payne, MD & Thomas O'Connell, PhD
Indiana University School of Medicine

General Research Grant | Mechanism or Pathway of Disease

Grant Awarded | Apr 2022

Novel Mitochondrial Targets for Friedreich’s Ataxia

Xinnan Wang, MD, PhD
Stanford University

General Research Grant | Outcome Measures & Biomarkers

Grant Awarded | Mar 2022

LEOPARD-FA: Longitudinal Endpoint Optimization to Provide an Assessment of Relevant Drugs in Friedreich’s Ataxia

Chad Heatwole, MD
University of Rochester Medical Center, NY

General Research Grant | Mechanism or Pathway of Disease

Grant Awarded | Mar 2022

Understanding ketogenesis in FRDA: Pathophysiology, biomarkers and nutritional therapies

David Lynch, MD, PhD
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Postdoctoral Research Award | Mechanism or Pathway of Disease

Grant Awarded | Jan 2022

Investigating epigenetic silencing in Friedreich’s Ataxia

Rucha Sarwade, PhD
Monash University, Australia

Kyle Bryant Translational Research Award | Gene & Stem Cell Therapy

Grant Awarded | Jan 2022

Therapeutic activity of a haematopoietic stem cell delivered tissue penetrating peptide in a Friedreich’s ataxia mouse model

Arturo Sala, PhD
Brunel University, London

General Research Grant | Mechanism or Pathway of Disease

Grant Awarded | Oct 2021

Sphingolipid rheostat as a potential target for Friedreich’s Ataxia

Sara Anjomani-Virmouni, PhD
Brunel University, London

Postdoctoral Fellowship | Mechanism or Pathway of Disease

Grant Awarded | Oct 2021

Pathophysiology of Muscle Dysfunction in Friedreich’s Ataxia

Chen Liang, PhD
University of Rochester

General Research Grant | Lead Candidates

Grant Awarded | Oct 2021

Testing the efficacy of dietary butyrate in ameliorating ataxic symptoms in Friedreich’s ataxia mouse models

Daniele Lettieri-Barbato, PhD
University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy

General Research Grant | Mechanism or Pathway of Disease

Grant Awarded | Jul 2021

Assessment of early somatosensory impairment in the KIKO mouse model of Friedreich’s Ataxia

Jordi Magrane, PhD
Weill Cornell Medical College

General Research Grant | Cell & Animal Models

Grant Awarded | Jun 2021

Three-dimensional mature cardiac microtissues from human induced pluripotent stem cells to explore mitochondrial dynamics, cardiac function and therapeutic options in Friedreich Ataxia

Paola Costantini, PhD
University of Padova, Italy