Selected Grants
Neuro-immune modulation of pain in health and disease
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research · 2022 - 2027A Pivotal Clinical Trial Evaluating the Safety and Effectiveness of Adherus¿ AutoSpray and Adherus¿ AutoSpray ET Dural Sealant When Used as a Dural Sealant in Spinal Procedures
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Stryker Corporation · 2021 - 2026COMPASS Observational Registry (Clinical Outcome Measures in Personalized aprevo® Spine Surgery)
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Carlsmed, Inc. · 2024 - 2025The role of blink reflex in predicting facial nerve outcomes following vestibular schwannoma resection
ResearchSignificant Contributor · Awarded by North American Skull Base Society · 2024 - 2025Medical Student Summer Research Fellowship
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation · 2024 - 2024Neuro-immune modulation of pain in health and disease
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research · 2022 - 2027A Pivotal Clinical Trial Evaluating the Safety and Effectiveness of Adherus¿ AutoSpray and Adherus¿ AutoSpray ET Dural Sealant When Used as a Dural Sealant in Spinal Procedures
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Stryker Corporation · 2021 - 2026COMPASS Observational Registry (Clinical Outcome Measures in Personalized aprevo® Spine Surgery)
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Carlsmed, Inc. · 2024 - 2025The role of blink reflex in predicting facial nerve outcomes following vestibular schwannoma resection
ResearchSignificant Contributor · Awarded by North American Skull Base Society · 2024 - 2025Medical Student Summer Research Fellowship
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation · 2024 - 2024Intraoperative Non-Contact Fluorescence Spectroscopy to Differentiate Tumor from Healthy Tissue
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Neurosurgical Society of Virginia · 2023 - 2023Health Related Quality of Life Outcomes in Spinal Metastases
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · 2019 - 2023The role of TGB-beta in the expression of UDP-glucose-6-dehydrogenase
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation · 2023 - 2023Evaluating physical functioning using patient-reported outcome measures: How does the question form and recall period influence patients' interpretation?
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Food and Drug Administration · 2020 - 2023Characterization of SpectralID Technology to Differentiate Tumor from Non-Tumor in FFPE Samples
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation · 2022 - 2022Medical Student Rotation (MSR) for Underrepresented Populations
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Conquer Cancer Foundation · 2021 - 2022The role of UDP-glucose-6-dehydrogenase in hormone responsive breast cancer CNS metastases
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation · 2021 - 2021Tethering in the Prevention of Proximal Junctional Kyphosis After Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery (TiP PJK)
ResearchMentor · Awarded by North Carolina Spine Society · 2020 - 2021SUMOylation of PYK2 in breast cancer spinal metastases
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Albert Einstein College of Medicine · 2018 - 2021The Role of UDP-Glucose 6- dehydrogenase (UGDH) in metastases to the brain and spine
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation · 2020 - 2020Human Fresh Tissue Lab Agreement
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Stryker Orthopaedics · 2020 - 2020Human Fresh Tissue Lab Agreement
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by NuVasive, Inc. · 2019 - 2019Pain Outcomes in Single-High Dose vs. Hypofractionated SBRT for Spinal Metastases
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation · 2019 - 2019Extent of Resection and Spinal Stabilization and Reconstruction in Spinal Tumors
ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by Medtronic, Inc. · 2015 - 2019The Influence of Spinopelvic parameters on Spinal Tumor Outcomes
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by North Carolina Spine Society · 2017 - 2019Spine Surgery Techniques
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by K2M, Inc. · 2018 - 2018Human Fresh Tissue Lab
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by K2M, Inc. · 2017 - 2018Fellowships, Gifts, and Supported Research
“Introduction to Neurosurgery" ·
September 16, 2021
Awarded by: Duke Neurosurgery Interest Group
Faculty Sponsor/Principal Investigator for Edwin McCray, BA ·
May 1, 2021
- August 31, 2022
Awarded by: ASCO Medical Student Summer Research Fellowship
Rotation (MSR) for Underrepresented Populations: This study aims to characterize the impact of intervention in physical, mental, nutritional, and spiritual wellness on adverse outcomes in patients with metastatic spine disease, with the primary goals to assess patient reported outcomes, and to ultimately create a scoring system to predict wellness intervention needs in this patient population.
Committee Member ·
2019
- 2023
Awarded by: AANS Membership Committee
External Relationships
- Medtronic
- SPINE Journal
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