UK Researcher receives $200,000 Innovative Research Grant from Arthritis Foundation
(January 9, 2012) [Lexington,
Kentucky] – Christian Lattermann, M.D., of the University of Kentucky (UK) has
been awarded a $200,000 Innovative Research Grant from the Arthritis
Foundation. The purpose of the grant is
to help fund cutting edge research that can lead to better treatments for
posttraumatic arthritis in patients
after knee joint injuries. The two year
award will fund Lattermann’s research project titled “IL-IRA Treatment in
Patients with Acute ACL Tear and Painful Effusions.”
Dr.
Lattermann serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Orthopaedic
Surgery and Sports Medicine at UK. As
Director of the UK-Center for Cartilage Repair and Restoration he has a special
interest in patients who develop early arthritis after athletic injuries. This
particular grant will allow him to study a novel treatment that potentially can
reduce pain and long-term development of arthritis in young patients who
suffered a tear of their anterior cruciate ligament. Dr. Lattermann is
partnering with Dr. Darren L. Johnson at UK as well as with Dr. Kurt P Spindler
(Vanderbilt University) and Virginia B Krauss (Duke University) to perform this
research.
The
Arthritis Foundation’s mission is to improve lives through leadership in the
prevention, control and cure of arthritis.
The Kentucky Branch delivers this mission through efforts in public health,
public policy and research. The
Arthritis Foundation is the largest private, nonprofit contributor to arthritis
research in the world funding over $400 million in research grants since
1948. There are currently over 1.2
million children and adults with arthritis in Kentucky, one of the highest
state prevalence rates in the nation.
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