Dusica Bajic, Ph.D., M.D.
Title Associate Professor of Anaesthesia Institution Boston Children's Hospital Address Boston Childrens Hospital Anesthesiology, Bader 3 300 Longwood Ave Boston MA 02115
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Biography
- 1994
Dean’s Award for Exceptional Accomplishments in Medical School
- 1999
International Brain Research Organization (IBRO) Travel Grant
- 1999
International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) Travel Grant
- 2001
U.S. Permanent Residency Petition approved in the category of the Outstanding Researcher
1991 - 1994
Fellowship from Ministry of Science and Education
1995 - 1997
Fellowship from Ministry of Science and Education
1996 - 1999
Panich Fund Fellowship in Pharmacology
1997 - 1999
Graduate College and Graduate Student Council Travel Awards
1997 - 2000
Graduate Student Symposium Award, Chicago Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience
1998 - 2000
Student Medical Research Forum Recognition
2007 - 2008
Farley Fund Fellowship in Pediatric Anesthesiology
- 2009
International Narcotic Research Conference (INRC) Travel Award
- 2010
Advanced Techniques in Molecular Neuroscience Attendee
2008 - 2011
Patient’s Choice Award
2010 - 2011
Compassionate Doctor Recognition
- 2012
International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS) Best of Category Abstract
- 2012
International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS) 2012 Best of Meeting Finalists
- 2012
Top Ten Doctors - Anesthesiology
- 2012
Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Leadership Seminar Attendee
2013 - 2015
The Anesthesia Research Distinguished Trailblazer Award: Basic Science
- 2013
Journal Cover; Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy
- 2013
Recipient of NIH Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Award (K08) with highest score: 10
- 2015
NIDA-NIAAA Early Career Investigator Award

Overview
PAST Funding Information:
1. Foundation in Anesthesia Education and Research (FAER) Mentored Research Training Grant – Basic Research (MRTG-BR): MRTG-2/15/09-Bajic (Dusica)
Title: Age Differences of Brain Circuits Mediating Morphine Effect and Development of Morphine Tolerance
Dates: 07/01/09-06/30/11
The specific goal of this project is to understand how chronic morphine exposure influences Fos and nNOS expression in the ventrolateral periaqueductal gray, an area that is strongly implicated in analgesic tolerance development. Age-dependent effects of morphine exposure are determined using neuroanatomical tools in a rodent model. The broad long-term objective of the proposed research is to understand mechanisms contributing to morphine tolerance during postnatal development.
BAJIC (PI)
2. NIH Support Opportunity for Addiction Research (SOAR) for New Investigators (R03)
Title: Age Differences of Brain Circuits Mediating Morphine Effect and Morphine Tolerance
Dates:10/01/10-08/31/12
Gene expression differences with age and chronic morphine exposure are determined using PCR Arrays (SABiosciences) in a rodent model. The broad long-term objective of the study was to understand mechanisms contributing to morphine tolerance that differ with age.
BAJIC (PI)
3. The Anesthesia Research Distinguished Trailblazer Award, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine Research Grant, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Title: Ontogeny of Supraspinal Mechanisms of Addiction
Dates: 01/01/13-12/12/14
Study examines the ontogeny of supraspinal mechanisms of addiction, specifically the role of cholinergic system in adolescent rat brain following chronic morphine administration. Experiments involve systems approach using fMRI, as well as cellular approach (fluorescent immunohistochemistry).
BAJIC (PI)
CURRENT Funding Information:
1. NIH Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Award (K08): 1K08DA035972-01
Title: Immediate and Delayed Effects of Morphine on Brain Circuits: Animal – Human Correlation
Dates: 06/07/13-06/31/18
This mentored clinical scientist research career award (K08) is unique in its translational effort to define the impact of prolonged morphine exposure in the rats of different ages using neuroimaging, behavioral, and immunohistochemical techniques (AIM 1), as well as in children of different ages using neuroimaging (AIM 2). Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in both rats and children will allow a translational systems level investigation of prolonged morphine administration and its long-term effects.
BAJIC (PI)

Research
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K08DA035972
(BAJIC, DUSICA)
Jul 1, 2013 - Jun 30, 2019
Immediate and Delayed Effects of Morphine on Brain Circuits: Animal and Human Cor
Role: Principal Investigator
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R03DA030874
(BAJIC, DUSICA)
Sep 30, 2010 - Aug 31, 2013
Age Differences of Brain Circuits Mediating Morphine Effect &Morphine Tolerance
Role: Principal Investigator

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