Our Research Network

2025 GRANT RECIPIENTS

Congratulations to our 2025 grant recipients! This exemplary group showcases the broad spectrum of work being done to push the needle forward towards finding effective treatments and improving the lives of patients living with these diseases.

Click on each researcher below to learn more about their grant work.


FEATURED INVESTIGATOR:
Chris Lee, PhD

Chris Lee, PhD, was awarded a $375,000 Rosenau Family Research Foundation grant in 2025 for his project titled “Molecular characterization and pathogenicity assessment of common variants of uncertain significance in Krabbe Disease”, which is studying whether measuring GALC enzyme activity and levels of the toxic substance called psychosine in cells can help determine whether certain genetic changes cause the disease.



LAB TOURS

Ernesto Bongarzone, PhD:
University of Illinois, Chicago

Chris Lee, PhD
Biomedical Research Institute of New Jersey


STUDENT INTERNSHIPS

Paridhi
Biomedical Research Institute of New Jersey