FUNDING & AWARDS

FUNDING

1R01 NS127284-01 NIH National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke 04/01/22 – 03/31/2027
“The Role of the Hippocampal Vasculature in Vascular Cognitive Impairment and Dementia”
PI: Abbie Chapman Johnson, PhD

American Heart Association Career Development Award 20CDA35310239 07/01/2020-06/30/2023
"Hippocampal Vascular Function in Chronic Hypertension and Post-Stroke Dementia"
PI: Abbie Chapman Johnson, Ph.D.
Mentors: Mark Nelson, Ph.D., and Marilyn J. Cipolla, Ph.D.

 AWARDS

Jamie Ruelbach, Neuroscience Graduate Program
  • 2023 University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine Dean’s Excellence in Research Showcase, Junior Graduate Research Presentation Runner-Up, “Effects of Chronic Hypertension and Sex on Spatial Reference and Working Memory”
  • 2023 Cardiovascular Research Institute of Vermont Travel Award to give oral presentation at American Heart Association Hypertension Scientific Sessions in Boston, MA titled “Effects of chronic hypertension and sex on reference memory and spatial working memory”
Caity DeCara, Medical Student
  • 2023 Cardiovascular Research Institute of Vermont LCOM Summer Student Research Fellowship for project titled “Investigation of Capillary Density Changes During Chronic Hypertension as an Underlying Mechanism of Reduced Hippocampal Perfusion and Memory Dysfunction”
 Nick Krant, Medical Student
  • 2023 Cardiovascular Research Institute of Vermont Travel Award to give oral presentation at American Heart Association Hypertension Scientific Sessions in Boston, MA titled “Hippocampal neuroinflammation occurs after focal cerebral ischemic stroke that may contribute to post-stroke memory loss”
  • 2021 Larner College of Medicine Summer Student Research Fellowship for project titled “Hippocampal Dysfunction after Cerebral Ischemic Stroke”
 Abbie C. Johnson, Ph.D.
  • 2023 Cardiovascular Research Institute of Vermont Travel Award to attend the International Society for Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism Brain/Brain PET meeting, Brisbane, Australia
  • 2020 Cardiovascular Research Institute of Vermont Early Career Research Award
  • 2019 Cardiovascular Research Institute of Vermont Early Career Research Award
  • 2018 Young Investigator Travel Award, International Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy, Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • 2017 Outstanding Paper by an Associate Member Award, Perinatal Research Society
  • 2016 Cardiovascular Research Institute of Vermont Travel Award to attend and Best Oral Presentation at the International Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy meeting, Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • 2016 Cardiovascular Research Institute of Vermont Travel Award to attend and Best New Investigator Poster Award at the Society for Reproductive Investigation meeting, Montreal, Canada
  • 2015 NIH Young Investigator, Perinatal Research Society
  • 2014 Zuspan Award, International Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy meeting, New Orleans, LA
  • 2014 President's Presenter Award, Society for Gynecological Investigation meeting, Florence, Italy