Sharpe-Strumia Research Foundation

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About

The mission of the Sharpe-Strumia Research Foundation is to encourage and support the conduct of medical research by practicing physicians on the medical staff of Main Line Hospitals with preference given to physicians whose primary hospital affiliation is the Bryn Mawr Campus, and to research which relates to identified clinical initiatives at the Bryn Mawr campus and Main Line Hospitals.

Collaborative studies with outside individuals or institutions (with preference given to other Jefferson Health System campuses) are encouraged, provided that such studies include active involvement of the practicing physician-investigator and are likely to lead to clinical trials at the Bryn Mawr or other Main Line Hospital campuses. 

Contact us:
130 South Bryn Mawr Avenue
C-Wing, 6th Floor, Room 650
Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
Phone: 484.337.4244 | Fax: 484.337.4245

Our history

Funding opportunities

Grants are available to support original research by health care professionals at Bryn Mawr Hospital and other Main Line Health hospitals. Priority will be given to research proposals by practicing physicians and other healthcare professionals at Bryn Mawr Hospital. Projects that have the potential to lead to advances in clinical practice are encouraged.

Funds for travel to national meetings for presentation of results are available with prior approval from the Treasurer. Reimbursement for publication costs of funded studies in peer reviewed journals is available.

A maximum of $50,000 per project is available for a period of one year starting on July 1, 2023. A few grants will be considered for an award of $75,000 IF THERE IS CLEAR JUSTIFICATION in the research and budget sections explaining why the additional funds are crucial to the project. Most awards will be for $50,000 in an effort to encourage as many research projects as possible. If the project is not completed within one year, the investigator may apply for funding in the next funding cycle.

Only 1 application per person will be accepted.

Assistance in refining your research proposal prior to submission is available from experienced investigators. Such assistance is strongly encouraged especially for investigators who do not have extensive research experience.

Investigators agree to abide by the foundation's intellectual property policy (PDF).

Instructions for submitting your proposal application

Submit a complete electronic version of your proposal to: sharpestrumiafoundationoffice@mlhs.org and 8 hard-copies by 12:00 pm on Wednesday, February 1, 2023 to:

Louise Gethers
Sharpe-Strumia Research Foundation Office
130 South Bryn Mawr Avenue
C-Wing, 6th Floor, Room 650
Bryn Mawr, PA 19010

Forms for your proposal

IMPORTANT: Please save a copy of this PDF to your computer before you begin and use that file to complete your application.

The free Adobe Reader DC program will allow you to open the document, fill in fields and save a copy to email. Opening the file in older versions of Adobe Reader or web browsers will not allow you to fill out the form and save, only print.

For further information and forms

Contact Louise Gethers at 484.337.4244 or email gethersl@mlhs.org.

Funded investigators

Bryn Mawr Hospital

SSRF2022-01 / Michele Columbo: Asthma in the elderly: a double-blind, placebo controlled, cross over study of the effect of probiotics.

SSRF2022-09 / Michael D. Ezekowitz: Developing a protocol and initiating a pilot study for a prospective randomized comparison of the four approved direct-acting oral anticoagulants in elderly patients with atrial fibrillation.

SSRF2022-16 / Ashlie Burkart: Spatial Transcriptomics of Leaky Gut

SSRF2022-19 / Glen Harper: Retrospective analysis to compare the use of high and low dose DOACs and patient not being anticoagulated with atrial fibrillation age 80 and above in the BMMSA database 

Lankenau Institute of Medical Research

SSRF2022-03 / Sunil Thomas, MD: Development of MNRNA BINI therapy for the treatment of ulcerative colitis

SSRF2022-04 / Laura Mandik-Navak, MD: Unraveling the mechanism by which subtherapeutic antibody targeting of IDO2 alleviates autoimmune arthritis

SSRF2022-05 / Gan-Xin Yan, MD: Inverse Decremental Conduction and High Degree AV Block Following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement.

SSRF2022-06 / Susan Gilmour: Biomarkers for neutrophil extracellular trap formation in ovarian cancer patient

SSRF2022-07 / Lisa Laury-Kleintop: Understanding the internalization of a novel therapeutic antibody for treating autoimmunity.

SSRF2022-08 / U. Margaretha Wallon: Retro- and prospective study of blood based assay as biomarker for CIPN [chemotherapy induced peripheral neuropathy]

SSRF2022-10 / Basel Ramlawi: Main Line Advanced Valve and Aortic Center Clinical Outcome Review: focus in intervention for aortic and mitral valve disease

SSRF2022-11 / Serge Sicouri: Cost analysis comparison of distinct aortic, mitral and coronary interventions at Lankenau Medical Center

SSRF2022-12 / Hector Barajas-Martinez: Pharmacogenomics in novel calcium channel mutations in Brugada and Atrial Fibrillation linked with sudden cardiac death syndromes

SSRF2022-13 / Eric Alexander: Polyamine and GCN2-related biomarkers in cancer patients treated with immunotherapy

SSRF2022-14 / James Mullin, PhD: Decreasing Upper Gastrointestinal mucosal leak by orally administered zinc

SSRF2022-17 / Scott Dessain: An anti-cancer monoclonal antibody cocktail that blocks NMDA receptor function

Board members

Jack L. Martin, MD
President 2016–Present
Vice President 2014–2016
President 1998–2008

Guy T. Bernstein, MD
Vice President

Barbara S. Lindsay, MSN, RN
Treasurer and Secretary

Mike Buongiorno
Executive VP, Finance/CFO, Main Line Health
Ex-Officio

Lawrence L. Livornese, Jr., MD
Chairman of Medicine, Main Line Health
Ex-Officio

John T. Schwarz
President, Bryn Mawr Hospital
Ex-Officio

Ned Carp, MD

Michele Columbo, MD

Gary H. Friday, MD

Hans H. Liu, MD

James M. Mullin, PhD

Louise Gethers, Office Secretary
Foundation Accountant

Funding opportunities

Grants are available to support original research by health care professionals at Bryn Mawr Hospital and other Main Line Health hospitals. Priority will be given to research proposals by practicing physicians and other healthcare professionals at Bryn Mawr Hospital. Projects that have the potential to lead to advances in clinical practice are encouraged.

Funds for travel to national meetings for presentation of results are available with prior approval from the Treasurer. Reimbursement for publication costs of funded studies in peer reviewed journals is available.

A maximum of $50,000 per project is available for a period of one year starting on July 1, 2023. A few grants will be considered for an award of $75,000 IF THERE IS CLEAR JUSTIFICATION in the research and budget sections explaining why the additional funds are crucial to the project. Most awards will be for $50,000 in an effort to encourage as many research projects as possible. If the project is not completed within one year, the investigator may apply for funding in the next funding cycle.

Only 1 application per person will be accepted.

Assistance in refining your research proposal prior to submission is available from experienced investigators. Such assistance is strongly encouraged especially for investigators who do not have extensive research experience.

Investigators agree to abide by the foundation's intellectual property policy (PDF).

Instructions for submitting your proposal application

Submit a complete electronic version of your proposal to: sharpestrumiafoundationoffice@mlhs.org and 8 hard-copies by 12:00 pm on Wednesday, February 1, 2023 to:

Louise Gethers
Sharpe-Strumia Research Foundation Office
130 South Bryn Mawr Avenue
C-Wing, 6th Floor, Room 650
Bryn Mawr, PA 19010

Forms for your proposal

IMPORTANT: Please save a copy of this PDF to your computer before you begin and use that file to complete your application.

The free Adobe Reader DC program will allow you to open the document, fill in fields and save a copy to email. Opening the file in older versions of Adobe Reader or web browsers will not allow you to fill out the form and save, only print.

For further information and forms

Contact Louise Gethers at 484.337.4244 or email gethersl@mlhs.org.