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.
1998 ATA Research Grant Recipients
1998 ATA Grants
Whitney Woodmansee, MD – University of Colorado Health Science Center, Denver, Colorado
Thyroid Hormone Regulation of Mouse Somatostatin 5 Receptor Promoter
Cary N. Mariash, MD – University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Thyroid Hormone Deficiency During Fetal and Early Childhood Development
Elbieta Biesiada, PhD – Children’s Hospital of Orange County, Orange, California
Molecular Mechanisms for Thyroid Hormone Regulation of Motor Neuronal Process Growth
Yaron Tomer, MD – Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York
Mutational and Functional Analysis of Candidate Susceptibility Genes in Graves’ Disease
Sung-Woo Kim, PhD – Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Exploring the Mechanism of Thyroid Hormone Dependent Gene Regulation
