Past Pilot Awards
2022 Funded Pilot Projects
Image-Based Phenotyping of Glioblastomas for Clinical Use
Raghu Machiraju, PhD.
College of Engineering
Point of Care Evaluation for Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death
Bryan Whitson, PhD.
College of Medicine
Fair Machine Learning Adaptable to Deployment Environments in Healthcare
Xueru Zhang, PhD.
College of Engineering
Colorectal Cancer Awareness, Research, Education and Screening via the Patient Portal (CARES v2.0)
Aldenise Ewing, PhD.
College of Public Health
FUTURES: Advancing Fertility Care for Male Adolescents and Young Adults with Sickle Cell Disease
Leena Nahata, MD
Nationwide Children's Hospital
Maternal stress, the microbiome and the maternal exposome
Tamar Gur, MD, PhD
College of Medicine
Transformative Rehabilitation Opportunities for Children with Cerebral Palsy in Appalachian and Rural Communities
Jill Heathercock, PhD.
College of Medicine
Mechanisms by which mate bonding attenuates chemotherapy neurobehavioral side effects
Leah Pyter, PhD.
College of Medicine
A Data-driven Approach to Unravelling the Contextual Social Determinants of Health that Drive Racial/Ethnic Health Disparities
Macarius Donneyong, PhD., MPH
College of Pharmacy
2021 Funded Pilot Projects
Development of an AI-based vertebral fracture risk prediction algorithm for optimizing patient outcomes following stereotactic radiotherapy
Dukagjin Blakaj, MD, PhD.
College of Medicine
Translational development of preference-sensitive predictive analytics
John Bridges, PhD.
College of Medicine
Integrating Multiple Data Sources to Identify Bariatric Surgical Disparities in Franklin County
Keeley Pratt, PhD.
College of Education and Human Ecology
Elucidation of the role of long non-coding RNAs in Congenital Heart Disease
Peter White, PhD.
Nationwide Children's Hospital
Deep Reinforcement Learning for Clinical Decision Support in Sepsis
Ping Zhang, PhD.
College of Medicine
Sex and GendeR minority cAncer(SANGRIA): Study of healthcare experiences and outcomes
Elizabeth Arthur PhD, APRN-CNP, AOCNP
College of Nursing
Engaging and Integrating the Somali Community in Genomics Research
Bimal Chaudhari, MD
Nationwide Children's Hospital
Identifying Psychosocial Risk Factors Among Spanish-Speaking Families of Children with Craniofacial Conditions: Validation of the Psychosocial Assessment Tool-Craniofacial Version (PAT-CV)
Canice Crerand, PhD.
Nationwide Children's Hospital
NICU views of infant care experiences and symptoms (VOICES): A feasibility study of Spanish-translated study measures
Christine Fortney, PhD., RN
College of Nursing
Co-developing a tailored parent training for adolescents who have accessed residential treatment
Herbell, PhD., RN
College of Nursing
Feasibility of Pediatric Constraint Induced Movement Therapy Delivered Remotely for Children with Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy
Warren D. Lo, PhD.
College of Medicine
Skin-Interfaced Biosensors for Personalized, Remote Health Monitoring
Jinghua Li, PhD.
College of Engineering
2020 Funded Pilot Projects
Deep learning model of histopathologic images to serve as a proxy to predict recurrence risk and chemotherapy benefits in ER-positive/HER2-negative breast cancers
Li, Zaibo MD, PhD., MBA
College of Medicine
Computer-Aided Detection of Advanced Neoplasia in Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasms Using Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy
Somashekar Krishna MBBS, MPH
College of Medicine
Development of a Deep-Learning Model Prototype to Identify Children Exposed to Parental Incarceration Samantha Boch, PhD.
Nationwide Children's Hospital
DeepCross: a visualized deep learning for signaling pathway crosstalk of prostate cancer disease progression
Lijun Cheng, PhD.
College of Medicine
Deep Transfer Learning of Drug Sensitivity by Integrating Bulk and Single-cell RNA-Seq data
Qin Ma, MD
College of Medicine
Improving Outcomes for Infants with Severe Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia through Deep Phenotyping
Matthew Kielt, MD
Nationwide Children's Hospital
Racial disparities in receipt of pain treatment among cancer survivors
Macarius Donneyong, PhD.
College of Pharmacy
2019 Funded Pilot Projects
Clarifying the Effects of Media Exposure on ADHD Vulnerability
Theodore Beauchaine, PhD.
College of Arts and Sciences
Exogenous sequences in unmapped transcriptome data from the ORIEN consortium
Daniel Spakowicz, PhD.
College of Medicine
Computational Drug Repurposing for Coronary Artery Diseases (CAD) using MarketScan Data
Ping Zhang, PhD.
College of Medicine
Deriving a Whole-Brain Functional Connectivity Neuromarker in Alzheimer's Disease
Ruchika Prakash, PhD.
College of Arts and Sciences
Systems biology analysis of cancer stem cells in ovarian cancer evolution from tumor initiation to drug resistance
Xiaoli Zhang, PhD.
College of Medicine
A novel computational pipeline for functional profiling of human gut microbiome and their associations with human chronic diseases
Qin Ma, PhD.
College of Medicine
Progesterone controls local glucocorticoid regeneration in uterine cervix: Implications for preterm birth
Douglas Kniss, PhD.
College of Medicine
Inflammation in the pathogenesis of discogenic back pain
Devina Walter (Purmessur) Walter, PhD.
College of Engineering
Mobile-App Simulation Platform for Diabetes Self-Management
Kathleen Dungan, MD, MPH
College of Medicine
Decoding social perception in naturalistic contexts
Dylan Wagner, PhD.
College of Arts and Sciences
2018 Funded Pilot Projects
Evaluating the Effect of a Mind-Body Intervention (SKY Yoga) in Overcoming Opioid Addiction in Adults Undergoing Outpatient Opioid Addiction Treatment
Kathy Wright, PhD, RN, GCNS-BC, PMHCNS-BC
College of Nursing
Improving Opioid Disposal among Pediatric Patients after Surgery
Jennifer Cooper, MD
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Building Addiction Knowledge for Frontline Workers: Mobilizing for the Opioid Crisis”
Lisa Durham, BSSW
College of Social Work
The EMPATH Curriculum Development Project: Cultivating Emergency Physician Behavioral Empathy to Improve Emergency Department Care for Pain and Opioid Abuse
Thomas Terndrup, MD
College of Medicine
Hand Hygiene Compliance Monitoring
Team led by Michele Grove, Ann Preble and Justin Smyer
The Effect of Histopathologic Analysis and Tissue Cultures on Inpatient Management of Cellulitis and Pseudocellulitis
Team led by Benjamin H. Kaffenberger, MD
Team: John Trinidad, MD, MPH and Catherine Chung, MD
Every Patient out of Bed for Every Meal
Co-PIs: Carmen Quatman, MD & Laura Phieffer, MD
Team: Thuan Ly, MD, Dustin Chase, MD, Catherine Quatman-Yates, DPT, PhD, Tory Hogan, PhD, Sravya Vajapey, MD, Kari Stammen, AT, CCRP, and Mike Lange, RN, BSN, PCCN
Comprehensive Quality Improvement Strategy to Address Penicillin Allergy Documentation and Evaluation- A Pilot Initiative
Team led by Kara Wada, MD
Team: Cory Hussain, MBBS, Lynn Wardlow, PharmD, MBA, BCPS-AQ ID, Erica Reed, PharmD, BCPS-AQ ID and Jennifer Dela-Pena, PharmD, BCPS
October 2018:
“The role of Harmine in potential of preventing root resorption during orthodontic treatment”
Dr. Toru Deguchi
Division of Orthodontics
“Effect of crown height on the screw joint stability of screw-retained crowns”
Dr. Lisa Lang
Division of Restorative and Prosthetic Dentistry
April 2018:
"Functions of Discoidin Domain Receptor 1 (DDR1) in Peridontal Health and Disease"
Brian Foster, PhD
Assistant Professor, Division of Biosciences
"Fracture analysis of high density and high-performance polymers used for implant-supported fixed, cantilevered prostheses"
Dr. Burak Yilmaz, DDS, PhD
Associate Professor, Division of Restorative and Prosthetic Dentistry
2017 Funded Pilot Projects
Phase 2 Award
Improving Efficacy of Anti-Leishmania Vaccine using a Novel Adjuvant Pentalinonsterol
TEAM PI: Abhay Satoskar, MBBS, MD, PhD, Professor, College of Medicine and College of Arts & Sciences
- College of Medicine: Bradford McGwire MD, PhD & Narasimham Parinandi, PhD
- College of Pharmacy: James Fuchs, PhD & Doug Kinghorn, PhD
- College of Veterinary Medicine: Ryan Jennings, DVM, PhD
- Center for Biostatistics: Xiaoli Zhang, PhD
Phase 3 Award
Disposable Electroceutical Dressings to Treat Chronic Wound Biofilm Infection
TEAM PI: Sashwati Roy, PhD, Professor, College of Medicine
- College of Engineering: Vish Subramaniam, PhD & Shaurya Prakash, PhD
- College of Medicine: Gayle Gordillo, MD; Dan Wozniak, PhD & Hamdy El-Sayed Awad, MD
- College of Nursing: Jodi McDaniel, PhD
- Departments of Biomedical Informatics and Center for Biostatistics: Guy Brock, PhD
- Nationwide Children’s Hospital: Chris Shilling, MS, Drug & Device Development
A Systems Biology approach to advance the understanding and treatment of Patients with Chronic Granulomatous Diseases using a Novel Ex Vivo Human Model
TEAM PI: Elliott Crouser, MD, Professor, College of Medicine
- College of Medicine Professors: Wolfgang Sadee, PhD & Peter White, PhD
- College of Arts and Sciences: Avner Friedman, PhD
Consultant: Larry Schlesinger, MD, President & CEO, Texas Biomedical
Improve bone marrow aspirate concentrate with a local self-healing injury
Zongyang Sun, DDS, MS, MSD, PhD
Resolving Her2 Discrepancies in Breast Cancer Using Genomic Profiling
Rongqin Ren, MD, PhD
Fractional Co2 Laser Therapy for Survivors of Breast and Gynecologic Cancers
Allison M. Quick, MD
Evaluation of the Psychological Characteristics Impacting Spinal Cord Stimulation Treatment Outcomes
Jose Moreno, PhD
Mismatch repair deficiency in breast cancer: its association with immune checkpoint system and clinical outcome
Zaibo Li, MD, PhD
Molecular Profiling of Cholangiocarcinoma
Wei Chen, MD, PhD
Characterization of Biopsychosocial Factors that Impact Fragility Fracture Outcomes and Secondary Fall Risks
Carmen Quatman MD, PhD
Evaluation of Tools for breast cancer screening decision making in women 75 and older
Heather Hirsch MD
Provider perceptions on the timing of removal of long-acting contraceptive methods
Michelle Isley MD, MPH
Perioperative Use of Gabapentin to Improve Analgesia and Decrease Opioid Use in Rhinoplasty
Leslie Kim MD & Jarrett Heard, MD
HLA Genotypes in patients with staphylococcus infection associated glomerulonephritis
Anjali Satoskar, MD
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy in patients with hemoglobinopathies post hematopoietic stem cell transplant: A Multi-center retrospective database study
Hemalatha Geetharani Rangarajan, MD
2016-2018
Gene Expression and Microbiome Profiling in Hidradenitis Suppurative to Identify Immunological Bioma
Benjamin Kaffenberger
MD/Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Dermatology
Characterization of micro-RNA (miR) profiles within exosomes from synovial fluid, monocytes, and serum of patients with aggressive rheumatoid arthritis
Wael Jarjour
Associate Professor, Division Director, Rheumatology-Immunology, Internal Medicine
Conduction Disturbances After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: A Strategy of Close Surveillance
Scott Lilly, MD
Reducing the Risk of Narcotic Abuse through Patient and Provider Empowerment
Rajiv Chandawarkar, MD, Amanda Heffner, and Julie Brown
Pulse of the OR: Reducing Operating Room Traffic
Thomas Scharschmidt, MD and Carmen Quatman, MD, PhD
Leveraging electronic medical records, hospital design characteristics, and geospatial modeling for outbreak prediction and prevention of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) in a hospital setting
Elizabeth Root, MD
Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS)-Improving Patient Safety with a Digital Platform for Implementation, Adherence and Outcomes
Desmond Dsouza, MD
2016 Funded Pilot Projects
Clinical translation of a novel bioartificial tissue engineered tracheal graft
Tendy Chiang, MD
Validation of PBX1 as a driver of neuronal differentiation and prognostic biomarker in neuroblastoma
Nilay Shah, MD
Meeting compliance with core measures of The Joint Commission after fragility fracture to improve patient safety outcomes
Steven Ing, MD, MSCE
MyExperience@: A patient-centric safety error reporting mobile technology application
Timothy Huerta, PhD, MS and Melissa Hornor, MD
Feasibility of collecting objective measures during transitional care of depressed adolescents to improve patient safety
Barbara Gracious, MD and Yungui Huang, PhD, MBA
Transforming patient quality and safety measures through mindfulness in motion for healthcare professionals (HCPs): a comparison of cardiac units
Maryanna Klatt, PhD
2014 - 2016
Microbiome Marker Discovery in Multiple Sclerosis Using Metagenomic Sequencing Technology
OSU Principal Investigator: Amy Lovett-Racke, PhD
Molecular analysis of serial kidney biopsies in lupus nephritis to predict early treatment response
OSU Principal Investigator: Brad Rovin, MD
2015 Funded Pilot Projects
Auto-Scope - Automated Otoscopy to Diagnose Ear Pathology
Metin Gurcan, PhD and Theodoros Teknos, MD
Targeted Immunotherapy of Melanoma with Second Generation ICON
Zhiwei Hu, MD, PhD and William E. Carson, III, MD
Educating Patients on Managing Pet Ownership Risk in Immunocompromised States
Jason Stull, VMD, MPVM, PhD and Thomas Wittum, MS, PhD
Identification of systemic immune activation in the progression of osteoarthritis
Matthew Husa, MD
Determining the role of novel therapeutic target integrin-linked kinase in tumor growth and metastasis of aggressive thyroid cancers
Lawrence Shirley, MD
Isofluorine-induced neuroinflammation in children with hydrocephalus
Emmett Whitaker, MD
Strategies to Connect Homeless Youth to a Medical Home Through Community Partnerships
Andrea Bonny, MD
A Community Approach to Lowering the Risk for Type 2 Diabetes in High-Risk Women with a History of GDM
Pamela Salsberry, PhD, RN
2014 Funded Pilot Projects
Development of novel STAT3 inhibitor in the treatment of psoriasis
Henry Wong, MD, PhD
Novel bioelectric based dressings for treatment of chronic wound biofilm infections
Sashwati Roy, PhD
Ananoelectroporation patch for non-viral gene and drug delivery in vivo
L James Lee, PhD
Stratification of cancer risk in BRCA mutation carriers
Amanda Toland,PhD, FACMG
Targeting MG53-mediated repair of renal tubular epithelium for treatment of acute kidney injury
Jianjie Ma, PhD
Targeting microRNA to moderate inflammation and CFTR function in cystic fibrosis
Amal Amer, MD, PhD
Immersive 3D gaming therapy for treating hemispatial neglect
Furrukh Khan, PhD
Prescribing adult day health services to reduce emergency department and hospital readmissions
Holly Dabelko-Schoeny, MSW, PhD
A systems biology approach to advance the understanding and treatment of patients with chronic granulomatous diseases using a novel ex vivo human model
Larry Schlesinger, MD
Bench to bedside translation of berry therapy for hemangiomas
Gayle Gordillo, MD, FACS
Discovery of novel vaccine adjuvants from plant-derived sterols
Abhay Satoskar, MD, PhD
Improved diagnosis of mycobacteriumbovis infections in humans and cattle
Shu-Hua Wang, MD, PharmD, MPH, TM
Safety, Feasibility, and Acceptability of Patient-Controlled Sedation for Anxiolysis with Dexmedetomidine (PCS-DEX) for Burn-care Dressing Change
Linda Chlan, PhD, RN, FAAN
Mechanical and compositional analyses of bone tissue
Do-Gyoon Kim, PhD
Contribution of membrane repair to the progression of Dermatomyositis and Polymyositis
Noah Weisleder, PhD
Combinational Effects of Laser Treatment and Pirfenidone on Hypertrophic Burn Scar Reduction
John Kevin Bailey, MD
Predicting patient sensitivity to doxorubicin in advanced soft-tissue sarcoma through a multi-scale similarity algorithm
James Chen, MD
Enhancing oxidative bacterial killing in cystic fibrosis (CF) macrophages
Benjamin Kopp, MD, FAAP
Titration of Inspired Oxygen during Mechanical Ventilation using a Bedside Decision Support Tool
Sonal Pannu, MD
2013 Funded Pilot Projects
An Investigation of Novel Biomarkers for Diagnosis of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis
Don Hayes, MD, MS
Study of Myeloid Derived Suppressor Cells in Patients Receiving Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Operable Breast Cancer
Robert Wesolowski, MD
123 Iodine-Labeled HN1-800 Dye Agents for Dual-Modality Intraoperative Surgical Guidance During Resection of Head and Neck Squamos Cell Carcinoma
Chadwick Wright, MD, PhD
2012 Funded Pilot Projects
Significance of Bupivacaine in regulation of wound inflammation: mechanisms beyond blocking nerves
Hamdy Elsayed-Awad, MD
Chronic Disease Management in Rural Appalachian Elderly
Deborah Meyer, PhD, RN and Albert Lai, PhD
Integrated Morphological and Genome Analysis for Computer‐Aided Diagnosis and Computer Intervened Personalized Treatment for Lung Cancer
Lin Yang, PhD and Kun Huang, PhD
Ischemia, glutamate and neuroprotection
Savita Khanna, PhD
Significance of TIMP1 in cerebrovascular collateral circulation during acute ischemic stroke
Cameron Rink, PhD
Development of a transcutaneous immunization patch and assessment of the efficacy afforded against experimental otitis media due to nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae
Lauren O. Bakaletz, PhD; John D. Clements, PhD
Induced pluripotent stem cell modeling of respiratory neuron development
Jose J. Otero, MD, PhD; Jessica Winter, PhD
Development of a Closed, Disposable System for Assembling Tissue Engineered Vascular Grafts (Part 2: Evaluation of the Bioequivalence of Cell Isolation Techniques)
Christopher K. Breuer, MD; Heather Powell, PhD
Prevention of chemotherapy-induced cognitive deficits by docosahexaenoic acid
Maryam B. Lustberg, MD, MPH; A. Courtney DeVries, PhD
Bioavailability and distribution of black raspberry phytochemicals from novel OSU functional foods designed for cancer prevention clinical trials
Lead Candidate Antifungal Drug Development
Yael Vodovotz, PhD
Targeting DNA methylation in Myelodysplastic Syndromes
Katherine Walsh, MD
Human Sternotomy Wound Inflammation and Leukocyte Derived Opioid Peptides
Sujatha P. Bhandary, MD
miR Profiling for Prediction of Post-Hemorrhagic Vasospasm
Ciaran J. Powers
2011 Funded Pilot Projects
Assessment of MicroRNA-155 Expression in acute Graft-versus-Host Disease (aGVHD)
Yvonne Efebera, MD
Examining the Effects of Dance Dance Revolution on Mobility, Brain Plasticity and Cognition in Individuals with Multiple Sclerosis
Anne Kloos, PT, PhD, NCS
Evaluation of increased influenza titers during bacterial co-infection
Samantha King, PhD and Renukaradhya Gourapura, DVM, MS, PhD
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in children with strokes
Warren Lo, MD
Bioinspired Nanofibers for Novel Maxillofacial Prosthetic Adhesives
Bharat Bhushan, PhD and Scott Schricker, PhD
BRF1-Driven Bone augmentation
Sudha Agarwal, PhD
Bone mineralization based diagnosis of oral complications
Do-Gyoon Kim, PhD
Development of a novel advance care planning facilitation tool using the patient health record: A pilot study
Seuli Brill, MD
Applying Artificial Intelligence to ICU Pressure Ulcer Prediction and Prevention
Sookyung Hyun, DNSc, RN
Harnessing time outdoors: environmental correlates of plasma vitamin D
Donald Mutti, OD, PhD
Development of an RNAi therapy for triple negative breast cancer (TNBC)
Robert Lee, PhD and Yasuro Sugimoto, PhD
The role of hsp70,IL-1B and TNF-a responses in recovery after canine spinal cord injury: a pilot investigation
Sarah Moore, DVM, DACVIM
Encapsulated engineered cells for obesity treatment
Ouliana Ziouzenkova, PhD
Engaging Rural Appalachia in Clinical Research: A community-based participatory project in Pike County, Ohio
Laureen Smith, PhD, RN
Leveraging Social Networks to Increase Cancer Screening in Appalachia
Mira Katz, PhD
The Effect of Intravitreal Anti-VEGF Agents on the Function of Cutaneous Wound Healing in a Rabbit Model
John Christoforidis, MD
Microvesicles and MicroRNAs as Mediators of Sepsis
Jon Wisler, MD
Effect of glycemic variability on autonomic tone in hospitalized patients with type 2 diabetes
Kathleen Dungan, MD
Local anesthetics infiltration for pain management after cardiac surgery: novel roles beyond blocking nerves
Ravi Tripathi, MD
miR-17~92 Cluster Expression in Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
Trent Tipple, MD
Biomarkers of kidney pathology
Brad Rovin, MD
DDR1: a novel player in thrombosis
Gunjan Agarwal, PhD and Richard Gumina, MD
PET imaging agents for tauopathic neurodegenerative diseases
Jeff Kuret, PhD and Michael Tweedle, PhD
2010 Funded Pilot Projects
Clinical and neurophysiologic identification of sensory dysfunction in children with autism
Alison Lane, PhD, OTR/L
Pediatric Visual Contrast Sensitivity Test
Angela Brown, PhD
Evaluation of the efficacy of NKT cell-specific adjuvant mediated mucosal influenza vaccine to generate broadly cross-protective candidate vaccine in a pig model
Renukaradhya Gourapura, DVM, MS, PhD, Jordi Torelles, MS, PhD and Chang-Won Lee, DVM, PhD
Building Environmental Public Health Literacy With An Urban Community: A Pilot Study
Barbara Polivka, MSN, PhD, Mac Crawford, PhD and Rosemary Chaudry, PhD, MHA, MPH
Partnership With Community Properties (CPO) Impact Corporation To Identify Health Concerns Of Female CPO Residents Of Childbearing Age
Thelma Patrick, PhD, RN
Utilization of molecular genotyping and social network analysis to identify outbreaks of community Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
Kurt Stevenson, MD, MPH and Dwight Powell, MD
Comparison of diabetic foot ulcer limb salvage rates in patients receiving specialized wound care versus standard care at OSUMC
Gayle Gordillo, MD
Pilot-testing of a Support Intervention for Shared Decision-making about Depressive Symptoms in Diabetes Mellitus
Celia Wills, PhD, RN
Identification of Altered Transcripts in Motor Neurons and Motor Axons of SMA Mice
Arthur Burghes, PhD
Deciphering the Effects of Cadmium on Airway Epithelial Cells
Estelle Cormet-Boyaka, PhD
Pial Collateral Recruitment and Remodeling in Acute Ischemic Stroke
Cameron Rink, PhD
Role of CD103 in Promoting Tubular Injury During Clinical Renal Allograft Rejection
Gregg Hadley, PhD
Mechanisms in Brain Injury and Protection
Savita Khanna, PhD
Using Laser Capture Microdissection to Query HIV-1 Genomic Diversity in Discrete Regions of Formalin-Fixed Placental Biopsies
Jess Kwiek, Phd
Profiling Circulating Cardiovascular Progenitor Cells
Nicanor Moldovan, PhD
Encapsulated Thermogenic Adipocytes for Obesity Treatment
Ouilana Ziozenkova, PhD
Air Pollution and Perivascular Fat-Mediated Vascular Dysfunction
Qinghua Sun, MD, PhD
AU-Rich Element Containing mRNA Levels in Motor Neurons from Transgenic HSPB1 Mice
Stephen Kolb, MD, Phd
MicroRNA Profiling in Microdissected Pancreatic Precursor Lesions
Thomas Schmittgen, PhD
Modulation of Nitcotinic Receptors by Cytosolic Proteins
Rene Anand, PhD, Stephanie Amici
Cardiovascular Disease, miRNAs, and Aberrant AT1R Expression: Is there a common link?
Terry Elton, PhD
Mathematical and Computational Approaches to Study Burn Propagation and Intervention
Ching-Shan Chou, PhD, Avner Freidman, PhD, Gayle Gordillo, MD, FACS, Heather Powell, PhD and Sabyasachi Biswas, PhD
Quantitative Multiparameter Fluorescent Analysis of Circulating Tumor Cells
Jeffrey Chalmers, PhD and Charles Shapiro, MD
Computer-aided Tools for Identification of Tumor Microenvironment (TME) Biomarkers
Victor Jin, PhD and Michael Ostrowski, PhD
PhenoLIMS - A Laboratory Information System (LMS) for Gleaning Molecular and Morphological Phenotypes in Clinical Outcomes
Raghu Machiraju, PhD and Kun Huang, PhD
Integration of Multimodal Heat Sensitive Microbubbles with Therapeutic Thermal Ablation for Liver Malignancy
Carl Schmidt, MD, MSCI
Gene Therapy of Plastic Surgical Flap Tissues in a Mouse Xenograft Model to Treat Human Colorectal Tumor Implants
Ergun Kocak, MD, MS
Novel Oncolytic Virus Therapy in Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Matthew Old, MD
Cardiovascular Stress Treadmill Imaging in the Young Adult with Tetralogy of Fallot
Stephen Cook, MD, FACC
Discovery, Innovation and New Product Development: Training and Consultative Support Program for CCTS Pilot-Funded Investigators and K-Awardees
Karen Wruck, PhD
Establishment of a multi-investigator team for evaluation of preclinical cardiac stem cell therapy
Mahmood Khan, PhD
Minimally invasive surgery with multimodal imaging guidance
Ronald Xu, PhD
Cerebrovascular collateral recruitment and remodeling in acute ischemic stroke
Cameron Rink, PhD
Lipid mediators play important roles in inflammation regulation, but the lipid mediators that are prevalent in the microenvironment of chronic venous stasis ulcers have not been determined
Jodi McDaniel, PhD
Stem Cell Therapy for Cardiac Regeneration
Konstantinos Boudoulas, MD
AAV5 Mediated Dysferlin Delivery as a Therapeutic Strategy for Dysferlinopathies
Louise Rodino-Klapac, PhD
Bone regeneration: an autologous cell transplantation, tissue engineering and mechanical distraction approach
Zongyang Sun, DDS, PhD
2009 Funded Pilot Projects
Live Vaccine Candidates for Human Metapneumovirus
Jianrong Li, DVM, PhD
Ware Washing in Removal of Food-borne Viruses
Melvin Pascall
Novel Rapid Detection of P. Live Vaccine Candidates for Human Metapneumovirus
Jianrong Li, DVM, PhD
PhD Aeruginosa Samples
Jiyoung Lee, PhD
Surgical Delay May Improve Periodontal Surgery Outcomes
Dimitris Tatakis, DDS, PhD
Preventive Topical Gel for Premalignant Oral Lesions
Susan Mallery, DDS, PhD
Effects of Mandibular Devices on Insulin Sensitivity
Ulysses Magalang, MD
Burden of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the Community – Tackling the Double-Edged Sword
Madhuri Sopirala, MD, PhD
Mechanism of Endothelial Dysfunction in OSA
Rami Khayat, MD
Hospital transmission of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): Characterization of epidemiologic, molecular, geographic, and phylogenetic features
Shu-Hua Wang, MD, MPH & TM
Relationship of red blood cell n-3 and n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid concentrations to fracture and bone mineral density in the Women’s Health
Steven Ing, MD, MSCE
Adaptation of Stress Response During Pregnancy
Lisa Christian, PhD
Evaluation of Novel Jak2-STAT3 Inhibitors in Melanoma
Gregory Lesinski, PhD
Musculoskeletal Health and Disorders in Caregivers
Amy R. Darragh, PhD, OTR/L
Detecting Cortical Demyelination with Ultra-Highfield MRI
David Pitt, MD
New Method for Detection of Cancer
Vish Subramaniam, PhD
Laser Capture Microdissection in Equine Laminitis
James Belknap, DVM, PhD
Maternal-Fetal Bonding with Substance Abusing Mothers
Marilyn Lewis, PhD
Improving Islet Cell Transplants Through Gene Transfer
Douglas McCarty, PhD
Recapitulation of Glioma Invasion Using Nanofibers
Sean Lawler, PhD
Training in murine transplant models and transplantation immunology
Christopher A. Adin, DVM, Diplomate
PTHrP and osteoclast biology
Sarandeep Huja, DDS, PhD
Modeling oxygen transport in surgical transfer
Avner Friedman, PhD
Targeting autophagy and AKT signaling with novel small molecules for the treatment of intracellular pathogens
Ching-Shih Chen, PhD
Evaluation of maternal inflammatory markers as predictors of active labor onset among low-risk, nulliparous women: Role of cervical dilation in the diagnosis of true labor
Jeremy Neal, PhD, MS, RNC, Douglas Kniss, PhD and Thelma Patrick, PhD, RN
Genetic Contributions to ADHD Subtypes with Markers of Drug Response in Autism
Julia Pinsonneault, PhD
Molecular Imaging of Inflammation
Sanjay Rajagopalan, MD
Local wound environment in regulation of pain and wound healing in post-sternotomy cardiac surgery patients
Hamdy Elsayed-Awad, MD
Effects of mindfulness training on cognitive and brain plasticity of older adults
Ruchika Shaurya Prakash, PhD
Mechano-Modulation of Hypertrophic Scar Development
Heather Powell, PhD
The Janus face of glutamate in brain injury: from neurotoxin to neuroprotectant
Savita Khanna, PhD
Targeting bone marrow stem cells by oxidized low-density lipoprotein prevents tumor growth and progression
Zhenguo Liu, MD, PhD
Diabetic Hypertriglyceridemia: A novel mechanistic insight that would lead to new drug development and therapies
Sampath Parthasarathy, PhD, MBA, FAHA and Martha Belury, PhD, RD
Muscle Stem Cells as a New Therapeutic Target in Pancreatic Cancer Cachexia
Denis Guttridge, PhD, Federica Montanaro, PhD, Mark Bloomston, MD and Pete Muscarella, MD
Viral-Mediated Spinal Glutamate Transporter Over-expression and Visceral Pain
Robert Stephens Jr., PhD and Brian Kaspar, PhD