Dollars for Profs

Dig Into University Researchers' Outside Income and Conflicts of Interest

Published Dec. 6, 2019

This database was last updated in December 2019 and should only be used as a historical snapshot. There may be new or amended records not reflected here.

Financial doc
Filing Type

Conflict of Interest

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Melpo Christofidou-Solomid

University of Pennsylvania, Department: Internal Medicine/medicine

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Disclosed Conflict of Interest with

LignaMed, LLC

Disclosed Value
Listed Reason
Equity Interest - Non-publicly traded entity ( e.g., stock, stock option, or other ownership interest)

NA

Listed Research Project
NOVEL SYNTHETIC SDG TO TREAT TRAUMA-INDUCED INFLAMMATION

Trauma and its related syndromes, including paralysis and pain, represent a significant public health problem, and continues to present many clinical challenges due to the fact that current therapeutics have unwanted side-effects and/or are ineffective at treating the constellation of associated pathologies. This proposal seeks to investigate a novel synthetic agent generated from harmless raw materials (vanillin and sugar) with potent anti- inflammatory and antioxidant properties as a potential therapeutic that provides neuroprotection, boosts the endogenous antioxidant defenses and treats pain. Our complementary studies in mouse and culture model systems will identify the mechanistic timing and contributions of pertinent cellular pathways to cell damage and have high potential for developing a novel and effective treatment for this important human health problem.

Filed on September 08, 2015.

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Name Institution Type Company Disclosed Value
Melpo Christofidou-Solomid University of Pennsylvania Conflict of Interest LignaMed, LLC Value cannot be readily determined
Melpo Christofidou-Solomid University of Pennsylvania Conflict of Interest LignaMed, LLC Value cannot be readily determined
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