Bruce Runyon, MD Clinical Professor, Medicine School of Medicine

Research & Grantsmanship 

  Funded Research Project (PI)

• Use of brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) and pro-brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels to distinguish between cardiac and cirrhotic ascites.  Loma Linda School of Medicine Research Support Grant ( 7/2004 - 6/2005 )

  Funded Research Project (CI)

• Randomized, controlled trial of s-adenosylmethionine in alcoholic liver disease. National Institutes of Health R21 ( 4/2003 - 4/2006 )

  Grant Proposals--Funded

• The prevalence of hepatitis B among Korean-American groups in the Inland Empire (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) of Southern California: An outreach program. Gilead Sciences ( 3/2009 - 2/2010 )

• Randomized controlled trial using pentoxifylline versus placebo treatment for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis.  Loma Linda Transplantation Institute Grant ( 1/2005 - 1/2008 )

  Grant Proposals--Submitted

• A highly sensitive point of care screen for spontaneous bacterial peritonitis: a multicenter controlled study. National Institutes of Health R21 ( 9/2009 - 9/2010 )

• Video imaging of microcirculation in assessing bacterial infection in cirrhosis. National Institutes of Health R21 ( 9/2009 )