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Current Awardees



Current Awardees

2024-2025 Pilot Project Awards

The Institute of Integration for Medicine & Science is pleased to announce the following recipients of the Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) Pilot Projects for September 2024-August 2025.

Principal InvestigatorCo-Principal InvestigatorProject Title
Sevan Alwan, PhD, Assistant Professor/Research
Biochemistry and Structural Biology
Philip LoVerde, PhD, Professor
Biochemistry and Structural Biology
Preclinical Study for a Novel Therapeutic Against Schistosoma Infections
Swati Banerjee, PhD, Associate Professor
Cellular & Integrative Physiology
Kevin Bieniek, PhD, Assistant Professor
Pathology
Investigating the role of TPPP in Alzheimer’s disease
Lingtao Jin, PhD, Associate Professor
Molecular Medicine
Josephine Taverna, MD, Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Novel combination therapy for ovarian cancer
Kate Lathrop, MD, Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
David Gius, MD, PhD, Professor
Department Of Medicine
Phase 1 Clinical Trial of Avasopasem in Patients with Metastatic Hormone Receptor Positive Breast Cancer with Progression on a CDK 4/6 Inhibitor and aromatase inhibitor. (CTMS# 22-0170)
Casey Straud, PsyD, Assistant Professor
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Alan Peterson, PhD, Professor
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Combining Esketamine and Prolonged Exposure for PTSD: A Proof of Concept Clinical Trial

IIMS-UTSA Program

Principal InvestigatorCo-Principal InvestigatorProject Title
Allison Crawford, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor
School of Nursing
Rocky Slavin, PhD, Assistant Professor
Computer Science (UTSA)
Preclinical Study for a Novel Therapeutic Against Schistosoma Infections