The National Institutes of Health (NIH) CounterACT program fosters and supports research and development of new and improved therapeutics for chemical threats, including traditional chemical warfare agents, toxic industrial chemicals, and pesticides.
In Fiscal Year 2015, the following awards were made in the chemical defense medical countermeasures research area:
U01 Cooperative Research Awards
Blocking Arsenicals-induced Cutaneous Injury
Mohammad Athar, Ph.D. University of Alabama at Birmingham
Development of the Vitamin B12 Analog Cobinamide as a Hydrogen Sulfide Antidote
Gerry R. Boss, M.D. University of California San Diego
Bromine Inhalation Induced Lung Injury: Novel Mechanisms and Treatment Strategies
Sadis Matalon, Ph.D. University of Alabama at Birmingham
Molecular Imaging of Chemical Threats and Countermeasures
Charles M. Thompson, Ph.D. University of Montana Missoula
R21 Exploratory/Developmental Grants
Targeting the Glutamatergic System to Counteract Soman Toxicity in Immature Rats
Maria F.M. Braga, D.D.S., Ph.D. Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Therapy for Ocular Mustard Gas Exposure Using Engineered FGF Derivatives
David D. Eveleth, Ph.D. E&B Technologies, LLC
Mechanisms and Countermeasures of Halogen-Induced Injury to Pregnant Mice
Sadis Matalon, Ph.D. University of Alabama at Birmingham
Amelioration of Soman-Induced Neuropathology with NAAG-related Compounds
Joseph T. McCabe, Ph.D. Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Glutathione Monoesters to Counteract Ocular Chemical Injury
Vasilis Vasiliou, Ph.D. Yale University
Atropine for Chlorine Inhalation Toxicity
Livia A. Veress, M.D. University of Colorado, Denver
CounterACT is part of the U.S. Health and Human (HHS) Services Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures Enterprise (PHEMCE), which coordinates medical countermeasure efforts across HHS and federal interagency partners. This NIH-led program includes a comprehensive network of Research Centers of Excellence, individual co-operative research projects, small business innovation research grants, contracts, and interagency agreements with the Department of Defense.
