The ATA supports thyroid research through the generosity of members, patients, industry, and workplace donors enabling the ATA to award thyroid research grants since 1996. ThyCa: Thyroid Cancer Survivors, Inc., a member of the ATA Alliance for Patient Education and Thyroid Head and Neck Cancer Foundation (THANC) contribute significant thyroid research grants establishing additional grants for young investigators that are awarded (in total) by expert reviewers on the ATA Research Committee. Our thanks to the members of the ATA Research Committee who have contributed their time and expertise over many years to the advancement of thyroidology.
1997 ATA Research Grant Recipients
1997 ATA Grants
Lynn Burmeister, MD – University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Thyroid Hormone-dependent Modulation of Brain Function: A Pet Study
Noriyuki Koibuchi, MD – Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Thyroid Hormone Receptor and RORa Action on Neurotrophin Gene Expression in the Developing Cerebellum
Stephanie L. Lee, MD, PhD – Tufts University, New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
Novel and Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Understanding the Physiological Regulation by Thyroid Hormone of the TRH Neurons in the Paraventricular Nucleus of the Hypothalamus
Jack Puymirat, MD, and Robert Denver – CHU Laval Research Center, Sainte Foy, Canada
Physiopathology of Brain Dysfunctions in Congenital Hypothyroidism
