Fisher Center Discovery Program
To develop excellence in clinical research regarding environmental infectious pathogens, the Center has created the Fisher Center Discovery Program (FCDP). Goals of the FCDP include:
- Funding of grants for clinical research related to environmental infectious diseases
- Provision of resources for studies that lack traditional funding mechanisms
- Promotion of cross-disciplinary collaborative research
- Provision of mentoring opportunities for early career investigators
We award a maximum of $50,000 to individual Johns Hopkins researchers during a single annual grant cycle. Notifications about the grants opportunity are distributed by email via individual schools of the Johns Hopkins University and pertinent faculty list serves. All full-time faculty members of the Johns Hopkins University, especially junior faculty, are encouraged to apply. For questions concerning the grants program, please email fishercenter@jhmi.edu or call 443-287-4840.
These Discovery Program grants are possible through the generous support of Sherrilyn Fisher.
2021 Fisher Center Discovery Program Grant Cycle
Due to the evolving COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 grant cycle timeline remains in development. Please return to this site in the autumn of 2020 for an update.
FCDP Prior Awarded Projects
Principal Investigators were Johns Hopkins University faculty at the time of award. Co-investigators are not listed.
| Year | Principal Investigator | Project Title |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Keira Cohen, MD | Early bactericidal activity of standard drugs used to treat Mycobacterium avium complex: a pilot study |
| 2020 | Gyanu Lamichhane, PhD | Developing antibiotic regimen to treat M. abscessus disease based on whole genome mining |
| 2020 | Michael Melia, MD | Beta-d-glucan and galactomannan curriculum |
| 2020 | Heba Mostafa, MD, PhD | Genomic Surveillance of Enteroviruses' Polymorphic Events that Correlate with Disease Severity and Neuro-virulence |
| 2020 | David Sullivan, MD | Murine Babesia Combination Chemotherapy |
| 2020 | Sean Zhang, MD, PhD | POC.auris: A 15-minute point-of-care detection of multi-drug resistant Candida auris |
| 2018 | Anthony K. L. Leung, PhD | Understanding how virus virulence is regulated by the ADP-ribosylhydrolase activity of the macrodomain - a potential drug target |
| 2018 | Kimberly M. Davis, PhD | The role of amoebae in enhancing the virulence of environmental human pathogens |
| 2018 | Brian Garibaldi, MD | Environmental transmission and traceability of aerosolized bio-stimulants in a clinical biocontainment unit |
| 2017 | Keeve Nachman, PhD | Building a baseline for assessing the human health impact of a landmark legislative intervention on antibiotic use in industrial poultry production |
| 2017 | Sabra L. Klein, PhD | Identification of early detection biomarkers and candidate therapeutics for congenital Zika virus infection |
| 2017 | Evan Bloch, MBChB, MD, MS | African BAOBAB (Babesia Observational Antibody) Study |
| 2017 | Aaron Milstone, MD | Impact of Heterogeneous Resistance Mechanisms on Hospital Transmission of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) |
| 2016 | Petros Karakousis, MD | Identifying molecular targets for preventing multidrug tolerance in Mycobacterium avium infection |
| 2016 | Diane Griffin, MD, PhD | The role of nsP3 in neurovirulence of chikungunya virus |
| 2016 | Patricia Simner, MSc, PhD | Molecular Epidemiology of Carbapenem Resistant Gram-Negative Organisms (CROs) at Johns Hopkins Hospital: Do Patients Infected with CROs Contaminate the Hospital Room Environment? |
| 2016 | Brian Schwartz, MD, MS | High-density poultry operations and associated infectious disease risks |
| 2015 | Kieren Marr, MD | Diagnostics for latent histoplasmosis |
| 2015 | Trish Perl, MD At UT SW since 2016. | The Home Environment: Infections among Patients Discharged Home with Venous Catheters |
| 2015 | Margaret Kosek, MD. At UVA since 2019. | Salivary diagnostics for pathogens of clinical significance in childhood environmental enteropathy |
| 2014 | Pranita Tamma, MD, MHS | An evidence-based screening approach to identify children at high risk for harboring multi-drug resistant Gram-negative organisms in the PICU |
| 2014 | Elizabeth Matsui, MD, MHS At UT Austin since 2018. | Home Environmental Exposure to Staphylococcal Bacteria and Asthma Exacerbation |
| 2014 | Christine Marie George, PhD | Identifying Environmental Transmission Routes for Shigellosis in Rural Settings using Pulsed-field Gel Electrophoresis |
| 2014 | Mark Soloski, PhD | Immune Events in Human Lyme Disease |
| 2014 | Nicole Parrish, PhD | Characterization of β-lactam Resistance in Enterobacteriaceae Isolated from the Chesapeake Bay and Upper Watershed |
| 2014 | Priya Duggal, PhD, MPH | Host Genetic Susceptibility to Cryptosporidia Infection |
| 2013 | Aaron Milstone, MD, MHS | Development and Clinical Evaluation of Laboratory Methods to Identify Reduced Antiseptic Susceptibility in Organisms Causing Healthcare Associated Infections |
| 2013 | Megan Reller, MD, MPH At Duke since 2016. | Detection of Unrecognized Tick-borne Febrile illness in the Upper Midwest and Northeast United States |
| 2013 | Trish Perl, MD At UT SW since 2016. | Clostridium difficile: Impact of colonization versus transmission on development of infection |
| 2013 | Cynthia Sears, MD | Does Disruption of Host Microbiota Modify Colorectal Cancer Risk? |
| 2013 | Christopher Heaney, PhD | Evolutionary dynamics of multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MDRSA), a zoonotic pathogen of clinical significance, among industrial food animal production workers |