Funding & Awards

FUNDING

1R01 NS127284 NIH National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and National Institute on Aging 04/01/22 – 03/31/2027

“The Role of the Hippocampal Vasculature in Vascular Cognitive Impairment and Dementia”

PI: Abbie Chapman, PhD

American Heart Association Career Development Award 20CDA35310239 07/01/2020-06/30/2024

"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 Reulbach, UVM 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 “Effects of chronic hypertension and sex on reference memory and spatial working memory”

Caity DeCara, UVM Medical Student

2023 Cardiovascular Research Institute of Vermont Larner College of Medicine Summer Research Fellowship “Investigation of Capillary Density Changes During Chronic Hypertension as an Underlying Mechanism of Reduced Hippocampal Perfusion and Memory Dysfunction”

 Nick Krant, UVM Medical Student

2023 Cardiovascular Research Institute of Vermont Travel Award to give oral presentation at American Heart Association Hypertension Scientific Sessions in Boston, MA “Hippocampal neuroinflammation occurs after focal cerebral ischemic stroke that may contribute to post-stroke memory loss”

2021 Larner College of Medicine Summer Research Fellowship “Hippocampal Dysfunction after Cerebral Ischemic Stroke”

 Abbie Chapman 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