Current Projects

A trial of oxytocin to improve behavior and cognition in Prader-Willi syndrome
Awarded To: Steward Einfeld, MD , University of Sydney
Amount: $43,313
Exenatide: A potential treatment for hyperphagia and obesity in persons with Prader-Willi syndrome
Awarded To: Christina Daousi, MD , University Hosptial Aintree
Amount: $50,000
Identification of substances that substitute for the losss of snoRNAs from the Prader-Willi critical region
Awarded To: Stefan Stamm, Ph.D. , University of Kentucky
Amount: $45,000
Role of the HBII-85 snoRNA cluster in the pathogenesis of PWS
Awarded To: Arthur Beaudet, MD , Baylor College of Medicine
Amount: $30,000
An improved mouse model of Prader-Willi syndrome (year 2)
Awarded To: James Resnick, Ph.D. , University of Florida
Amount: $49,944
R Loop structures maintain epigenetic imprints at the Prade-Willi Imprinting Center (year 2)
Awarded To: Frederic Chedin , University of California - Davis
Amount: $30,000
Hypocretin/orexin deficiency in Prader-Willi syndrome animal models
Awarded To: Xiao-Bing Gao, Ph.D. , Yale University
Amount: $50,000
R-Loop structures maintain epigenetic imprints at the Prader-Willi imprinting center
Awarded To: Frederic Chedin, Ph.D. , University of California, Davis
Amount: $49,750
Behavioral treatment of obsessive-compulsive symptoms
Awarded To: Eric Storch, M.D. , University of South Florida
Amount: $49,855
The effect of growth hormone replacement therapy on physical and behavioral sexual development in persons with PWS
Awarded To: Susan Myers, MD and Barbara Whitman, PhD , St Louis University
Amount: $50,000