Sharpe-Strumia Research Foundation
About
The mission of the Sharpe-Strumia Research Foundation is to encourage and support the conduct of medical research by practicing physicians on the medical staff of Main Line Hospitals with preference given to physicians whose primary hospital affiliation is the Bryn Mawr Campus, and to research which relates to identified clinical initiatives at the Bryn Mawr campus and Main Line Hospitals.
Collaborative studies with outside individuals or institutions (with preference given to other Jefferson Health System campuses) are encouraged, provided that such studies include active involvement of the practicing physician-investigator and are likely to lead to clinical trials at the Bryn Mawr or other Main Line Hospital campuses.
Contact us:
130 South Bryn Mawr Avenue
C-Wing, 6th Floor, Room 650
Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
Phone: 484.337.4244 | Fax: 484.337.4245
Bryn Mawr Hospital
SSRF2025-02 Curry Durborow, PT, DPT “Joint Kinematics and Gait Analysis in Adults with Cerebral Palsy: The Influence of a novel assistive device on mobility dynamics”
Lankenau Medical Center
SSRF2025-04 Jasmine Phun, MD “Risk of second breast cancer in patients with lobular neoplasia and molecular predictors of risk”
Lankenau Institute of Medical Research
SSRF2025-06 Scott K. Dessain, MD, PhD “Preventing Retinopathy of Prematurity by inhibiting Toxic Glutamate Signaling”
SSRF2025-07 Héctor Baraias-Martínez, PhD “Cardiac Mouse in Heart Failure and Arrhythmias for Drug Therapy Model”
SSRF2025-08 Marie Webster, PhD “Targeting NetrinG1 Following Stress Melanoma”
SSRF2025-09 Anthony Ashton, PhD “Effect of tumor burden on cardiac remodeling”
SSRF2025-10 Margaretha Wallon, PhD “ROS- blockade for the prevention and treatment of chemotherapy-induced nerve cell damage – pre-clinical evaluation”
SSRF2025-12 Patrick Viatour, Pharma, D, PhD “Development and Validation of a novel drug to repress inflammation”
SSRF2025-13 Weidan Peng, PhD “Exploring of IDO2-Runx1 Interaction as therapeutic target for Human Rheumatoid Arthritis”
SSRF202514 Gan-Xin Yan, MD, PhD “Modulating Myocardial Norepinephrine Release: A Therapeutic Role of Wide-pulse Pacing in Heart failure”
SSRF2025-15 Mena Abdelsayed, PhD “A Rumenamide: Unraveling the Therapeutic Implications of Ion Channel Modulation in Brugada and Repolarization Syndromes”
SSRF2025-17 Lauren Merlo, PhD “Understanding the role of the IDO pathway on autoimmune responses and regulation in systemic lupus erythematosus”
Continuing research
SSRF2024-02Ext-12312025 Sunil Thomas, PhD “Towards Understanding the Mechanisms of a Novel Bin1 mRNA for the Treatment of Ulcerative Colitis”
SSRF2024-03Ext-12312025 Susan Gilmour, PhD “Biomarkers for neutrophil extracellular trap formation in cancer patients receiving immunotherapy”
SSRF2024-13Ext-12312025 Eric Alexander, PhD “Polyamine metabolism-related biomarkers in immune cell subtypes in cancer patients”
SSRF2024-15Ext-12312025 Alexander Burashnikov, MD “Cardioversion of persistent atrial fibrillation with sodium channel block and mild elevation of serum potassium”
SSRF2024-16Ext-12312025 Meria Webster, PhD “Targeting NetrinG1 in Metastatic Melanoma”
SSRF2023-05Ext2-12312026 Ali Kermati, MD “Acute Hernodynarnic Effects of Left Bundle Branch Versus Deep Septal Area Pacing”
SSRF2023-15Ext2-12312025 Sunil Thomas, PhD “Microbial metabolome as a predictor of response to ulcerative colitis immunotherapy”
SSRF2021-22Ext4-12312026 Ali Keramati, MD “Comparison of left bundle branch area versus right ventricular pacing in patients with high-degree conduction disease after transcatheter aortic valve replacement”
Board members
Jack L. Martin, MD
President 2016–Present
Vice President 2014–2016
President 1998–2008
Guy T. Bernstein, MD
Vice President
Barbara S. Lindsay, MSN, RN
Treasurer and Secretary
Lawrence L. Livornese, Jr., MD
Chairman of Medicine, Main Line Health
Ex-Officio
John T. Schwarz
President, Bryn Mawr Hospital
Ex-Officio
Gary H. Friday, MD
Hans H. Liu, MD
James M. Mullin, PhD
Louise Gethers, Office Secretary
Foundation Accountant
Gan-Xin Yan, MD, PhD