Research ProgramsMichael Laposata, MD, PhD Diagnostic Management AutopsyPublicationsResearch Teaching & MentoringResearch Activities Areas of Research 2014 –Diagnostic errors in medicine1999 – 2015Fatty acid alterations in cystic fibrosis1994 – 2005Fatty acid ethyl esters, nonoxidative ethanol metabolites1989 – 1993Fatty acid acylation of platelet proteins1985 – 1994Fatty acids and fatty acid metabolites in cell activationGrant SupportPast 1986 – 1995R01 DK37454—National Institutes of HealthControl of Icosanoid Precursor Fatty Acid Metabolism1987 – 1988Sheryl N. Hirsch Award of the Lupus Foundation of PhiladelphiaDirect Costs: $10,0001990 – 1993R01 DK43159—National Institutes of Health Extracellular Fatty Acid Supply and Icosanoid Production1994 – 2008Funding from clinical revenue at Massachusetts General Hospital of basic research programAnnual Direct Costs: $70,000–111,0002006Cystic Fibrosis FoundationDetermining the Role of Fatty Acids and Diet in Cystic FibrosisCo–Principal InvestigatorCo–PI Annual Direct Costs: $250,0002008Center for Minimally Invasive Therapy "Lab-In-A-Box"Project DevelopmentPrincipal Investigator$28,000 (Declined because of move to Vanderbilt)2008 – 2011Funding from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine of basic research programAnnual Direct Costs: $120,0002010 – 2015Funding from Endowed Chair directed to research programAnnual Direct Costs: $80,000 2011 – 2013Project Title: Pharmacogenomic Resource for Enhanced Decisions in Clopidogrel Treatment (PREDICT)Principal Investigator: Michael LaposataGrant Number: 1U47CI000824–01Project Period: 09/30/2011–09/29/2013Total Direct Costs: $499,013 annually for 2 years2011 – 2012Project Title: Proactive Risk Assessment during the Clinical Laboratory Testing Process to Reduce Diagnostic Error– AHRQ RFTO No. 2 Principal Investigator: Dr. Mark Graber, RTI InternationalDr. Michael Laposata, Principal Investigator for Vanderbilt subcontract and member of technical expert panelProject Period: 07/01/2011–12/31/2012Total Direct Costs: $45,050 for subcontract effort and $415,323 overall