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Active Funding

Funding Source Grant Title Principle Investigator Dates Sponsored
NIH/ NHLBI 2R01HL117888 Comprehensive Cardiac
Structure-Function Analysis in Heart
Transplantation
Markl/ Carr 07/01/2021 – 06/30/2026
NIH/ NCI R01CA233878 Yittrium-90 radiation lobectomy:
Dose optimization and
prediction of FLR hypertrophy to enable resection of HCC
Lewandowski (Markl, Ragin) 08/01/2019 – 07/31/2025
NIH via Purdue University Risk Assessment of Cerebral Aneurysm Growth with 4D flow MRI Rayz (Markl co-I) 08/01/2020 – 07/31/2025
NIH/ NHLBI R01HL093081 Combined Cardiopulmonary Failure in COPD: SPIROMICS HF Shah (Markl, Carr) 09/20/2019 – 06/30/2023
NIH/ NHLBI R01HL149787 Non-invasive Evaluation of
Intracranial Atherosclerotic
Disease Using Hemodynamic Biomarkers
Markl/ Ansari 09/01/2020 – 08/31/2024
AHA19TPA34850066 Patient Specific 4D Flow
Modeling for Improved Management of
Aortic Coarctation Repair
Markl 07/01/2019 – 06/30/2023
NIH/ NHLBI 2R01HL115828 Functional Cardiovascular 4D MRI in Congenital Heart Disease Markl 04/01/2018 – 03/31/2024
NMH Dixon Translational Award Multimodality Quantification of
Mitral Valvular Regurgitation in Complex
Anatomies Including Percutaneous Mitral Valve Clip Placement
Markl/ J. Lee 04/01/2021 – 03/31/2024
Circle Cardiovascular Imaging, Inc. Development of Machine Learning
and Processing of Cardiovascular MRI and
CT Images
Markl 04/2018 – 02/2024
AHA 18SFRN34110170 Epidemiology of atrial myopathy for AF and stroke in MESA Passman (Markl, Kim) 07/2018 – 06/2023
NMH Dixon Translational Award Chronic Heart Injury Associated with COVID-19 Kim and D. Lee 04/01/2021 – 03/31/2024
NIH/. NHLBI R01HL151079 Real-time Wideband Cardiac MRI
for Patients with a Cardiac
Implantable Electronic Device
Kim and D. Lee 03/01/2020 – 12/31/2023
NIH/ NHLBI R01HL151079-01S1 Administrative Supplement to
Real-time
Wideband Cardiac MRI for Patients with a Cardiac Implantable
Electronic
Device
Kim and D. Lee 08/14/2020 – 07/31/2023
NIH/ NHLBI 3R01HL151079-04S1 Diversity Supplement to
Real-time Wideband Cardiac MRI for Patients with a Cardiac Implantable
Electronic
Device
Kim and D. Lee 03/01/2020 – 12/31/2023
NIH/ NHLBI 2R01HL116895 Precision MRI of Left Atrial
Fibrosis for Patients with Atrial
Fibrillation
Kim 03/10/2021 – 02/28/2025
NIH/ NIBIB R21EB030806 Next-Generation Cardiovascular
MRI powered by Artificial
Intelligence
Kim and Katsaggelos 04/15/2021 – 01/31/2024
AHA 19IPLOI34760317 Wideband Cardiac MRI for
Predicting Right Heart Failure after
LVAD Implantation
Kim and Wilcox 07/01/2019 – 06/30/2023
AHA 20TPA35490311 4D Hemodynamic Signatures of
Atrial Fibrillation, Ablation
Efficacy & Risk of Stroke
Elbaz 01/01/2021 – 12/31/2023
NIH/ NHLBI R21HL150498 4D Virtual Catheter (vCath) Assessment of Hemodynamic Pathways Elbaz and Markl 02/01/2020 – 01/31/2023
NIH/ NINDS R21NS122511 The Role of Aortic-Carotid
Hemodynamics and Aberrant Flow in
HIV Cerebral Injury
Ragin 09/30/2020 – 08/31/2023
AHA 20CDA35310687 Hemodynamic evaluation in type B
aortic dissection with 4D
flow MRI for risk-stratification and treatment planning
B. Allen 07/01/2020 – 06/30/2023
NIH/ NIAID 5U01AI163081 Utility of Biomarkers of Rejection and Kidney Injury in
Tailoring Liver Transplant Immunosuppression
Levitsky (Carr) 09/06/2021 – 06/30/2028
NIH via Columbia University Precision phenotyping of emphysema in the elderly: the MESA
Lung Study
N. Allen (Carr) 02/15/2022 – 08/31/2026
NIH via Johns Hopkins University Interplay of Myocardial Fibrosis and Cardiac TTR Amyloidosis
in Age-Related Cardiac Remodeling in MESA
N. Allen (Carr) 04/01/2022 – 03/31/2026
NIH/ NHLBI R01HL159250 Patterns of Cardiopulmonary health across the life course Khan (Markl) 06/01/2022 – 05/31/2026
NIH/ NCATS U01TR003528 CRITICAL: Collaborative Resource for Intensive care
Translational science, Informatics, Comprehensive Analytics, and Learning
Luo (Markl) 08/15/2021 – 07/31/2025
NIH/ NHLBI U01HL160279 CHIcago Center for Accelerating nextGen Omics, deep
phenotyping, and data science in Heart Failure (CHICAGO-HF)
Khan (Markl) 09/10/2021 – 07/31/2026
AHA 949899 Rapid Cardiovascular MRI for Screening Microvascular Angina in
COVID-19 Survivors
Kim and D. Lee (Markl) 04/01/2022 – 03/31/2025
NIH/ NIA RF1AG072490 Quantitative cerebral blood vessel imaging biomarkers for AD
and VCID
Yan (Markl) 02/01/2023 – 03/31/2024
ViewRay Technologies, Inc. Prot #STU00218128: Low-field cardiac MRI with MR-LINAC:
opportunistic screening for treatment-related cardiomyopathy
Markl 04/07/2022 – 04/06/2023
Pepper Scholars Award via The Claude D
Pepper Older Americans Independence Center at
Northwestern University P30AG059988
Heart-brain MRI evaluation of hemodynamic coupling in
hypertension and healthy aging
Jarvis 07/01/2022 – 06/30/2024
K01AG080070 Heart-brain MRI for the evaluation of hemodynamic coupling in
aging and Alzheimer’s disease
Jarvis 01/01/2023 – 12/31/2027
Northwestern University Center for
Arrhythmia Research Sylvia Wolff Research Grant
Fund
Arrhythmia-resolved 5D flow MRI for the evaluation of
heart-brain hemodynamic coupling in the setting of atrial fibrillation
Jarvis 02/01/2023 – 01/31/2025
American Roentgen Ray Society 2022 ARRS
Scholars Award
CTA-derived hemodynamics using 4D flow MRI and deep learning:
A key step towards broad implementation of in vivo aorta hemodynamic
quantification for risk-stratification and
treatment planning.
B. Allen 04/01/2022 – 03/31/2023
NIH/ NINDS 1R21NS123871 Neurological consequences of COVID-19 during the early
recovery period: Imaging Analysis of the Blood Brain Barrier and
Neurovascular alterations
Ragin 08/01/2021 – 01/31/2024
NIH/ NINDS R21NS122511 The Role of Aortic-Carotid Hemodynamics and Aberrant Flow in
HIV Cerebral Injury
Ragin 09/30/2020 – 08/31/2023
NIH/ NIBIB 5R01EB030324-01A1 Reconfigurable MRI technology for safe and high-resolution
imaging of deep brain stimulation at 3T
Golestani Rad (D. Kim) 07/15/22021 – 03/31/2025

Completed Funding

Funding Source Grant Title Principle Investigator Dates Sponsored
AHA 19TPA34850066 Patient Specific 4D Flow Modeling for Improved Management of
Aortic Coarctation Repair
Markl 07/01/2019 – 06/30/2022
NIH/NHLBI R01HL133504 Role of Valve-Mediated Hemodynamics on Bicuspid Aortopathy Barker (Markl subaward PI) 06/01/2018 – 04/30/2022
NIH/ NHLBI 2R01HL115828 Functional Cardiovascular 4D MRI in Congenital Heart Disease Markl 04/01/2018 – 03/31/2022
NMH Dixon Translational Award Multimodality Quantification of Mitral Valvular Regurgitation in Complex
Anatomies Including Percutaneous Mitral Valve Clip Placement
Markl 04/01/2021 – 12/31/2021
Circle Cardiovascular Imaging, Inc. Development of Machine Learning and Processing of Cardiovascular MRI and
CT Images
Markl 04/2018 – 02/2022
AHA 18SFRN34110170 Epidemiology of atrial myopathy for AF and stroke in MESA Passman (Markl, Kim) 07/2018 – 06/2022
NIH/ NHLBI R01HL138578 Rapid Real-Time Cardiovascular MRI for Detecting Coronary
Artery Disease
Kim 09/01/2017 – 08/31/2021
NMH Dixon Translational Award Chronic Heart Injury Associated with COVID-19 Kim and Lee 04/01/2021 – 12/31/2021
NIH/ NHLBI R01HL151079 – 01S1 Administrative Supplement to Real-time
Wideband Cardiac MRI for Patients with a Cardiac Implantable Electronic
Device
Kim and Lee 08/14/2020 – 07/31/2021
NIH/ NIA R21AG055954 MRI of Left Atrial Hemodynamic Disorders in Atrial
Fibrillation
Kim and Markl 09/01/2017 – 05/31/2022
NIH/ NIBIB R21EB030806 Next-Generation Cardiovascular MRI powered by Artificial
Intelligence
Kim, Cossairt, Katsaggelos 04/15/2021 – 01/31/2023
AHA 19IPLOI34760317 Wideband Cardiac MRI for Predicting Right Heart Failure after
LVAD Implantation
Kim and Wilcox 07/01/2019 – 06/30/2022
NIH/ NIBIB R21EB02315 Rapid Pediatric Cardiovascular MRI without Contrast Agent or
Anesthesia
Kim 09/10/2017 – 06/30/2021
NIH/ NHLBI R01HL142761 Spontaneous cardiac fibrosis in PAI-1-deficient mice and men:
A rare mutation informs a common molecular pathophysiology
Vaughan (Carr) 04/15/2019 – 03/31/2023
Guerbet LLC Efficacy of Gadoterate Meglumine in Diagnosis of Vascular
Diseases Using MRA
Carr 06/16/2017 – 05/31/2021
NorthShore University Health Systems Nonenhanced 3T QISS MR Angiography of the Peripheral Arteries Edelman (Carr subaward PI) 09/01/16 – 08/31/21
NIH/ NHLBI R21HL150498 4D Virtual Catheter (vCath) Assessment of Hemodynamic Pathways
in Aortopathy Pathogenesis
Elbaz and Markl 02/01/2020 – 01/31/2022
NMH Sylvia Wolfe Grant Left Atrial 4D Hemodynamic Signatures of Atrial Fibrillation Elbaz 01/01/2020 – 12/31/2021
NIH/ NINDS R21NS122511 The Role of Aortic-Carotid Hemodynamics and Aberrant Flow in
HIV Cerebral Injury
Ragin 09/30/2020 – 08/31/2022
Biocompatibles UK Ltd Prostatic Artery Embolization (PAE) for Treatment of Signs and
Symptoms of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH
Ragin and Salem 07/10/2017 – 12/31/2021
NIH P30AI117943 Third Coast Center for AIDS Research CFAR Pilot project D’Aquila (Ragin) 04/01/2020 – 04/30/2021
NIH via University of Pittsburgh Cardiovascular and HIV/AIDS Effects on Brain Structure/Function and
Cognition
Ragin 07/2016 – 03/2022
NMH Dixon Translational Award Highly Accelerated Pulmonary Nodule First Pass Perfusion for
Improved Characterization of Indeterminate Pulmonary Nodules
Allen 01/01/2020 – 12/31/2021
SCMR Evaluating Multi-Institution Variability in 4D flow MRI
Hemodynamic Characterization of Type B Aortic Dissection (TBAD) with 3D
Printed Models
Allen 03/01/2020 – 02/28/2022
NIH/ NHLBI R03HL144891 Automatic quantification of myocardial motion in older adults Lin 09/21/2018 – 08/31/2021
NHLBI via Columbia University
R01HL130506
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Non-Smokers Smith (Carr) 07/2016 – 03/2021
NIH UM1I069471 Chicago Clinical Trials Unit Murphy (Ragin) 12/2013 – 11/2020
CryoLife, Inc Investigation of Post-Surgical Aortic Hemodynamics After Aortic Valve
Replacement
Barker/ Markl 08/2017 – 08/2020
NHLBI via Vanderbilt University
R01HL133860
Tissue, Sodium, Inflammation, and Blood Pressure in MESA Wang/ Titze (Carr) 09/2016 – 06/2020
NIH/NIDDK R01DK102438 Impact of phosphate and FGF23 reduction on intermediate end points in CKD Isakova (Carr) 09/2014 – 05/2020
NIH/NINDS via Purdue University
R21NS106696
Multi-modality 4D Flow MRI data enhancement for quantification of
cerebral aneurysms hemodynamics
Rayz (Markl subaward PI) 06/2018 – 05/2021
NIH/NHLBI R21HL130969 High Resolution and Functional MRI Assessment of Intracranial
Atherosclerotic Plaque
Ansari (Ragin) 04/2016 – 03/2020
NMH Dixon Translational Grant Virtual Catheter (vCath) for Noninvasive Hemodynamics in Bicuspid Aortic
Valve
Markl 01/2019 – 12/2020
NMH Dixon Translational Grant Stress Perfusion Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging for the Diagnosis of
Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy
Lee (Kim) 01/2018 – 12/2019
NIH/NHLBI R01HL137920 via NorthShore Pre-Procedural Evaluation of High-Risk Patients using Next-Generation
Radial QISS
Edelman (Kim subaward PI) 12/2017 – 11/2019
NIH/NHLBI R01HL077612 via Columbia
University
Pulmonary microvascular perfusion in MESA Graham (Carr) 08/2015 – 06/2019
AHA Midwest 16SDG3042005 Comprehensive Cardiac and Neurovascular 4D flow MRI for Improved
Embolization Therapy in VGAM patients
Schnell 07/2016 – 06/2019
NIH/NHLBI R13HL144016 30th Annual MR Angiography Meeting Markl 07/2018 – 06/2019
NHLBI via University of Washington
R01HL1276
Atrial fibrillation burden, vascular disease of the brain, and cardiac
MRI in MESA
Liu (Carr) 08/2018 – 06/2019