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 Investigator | Co-Principal Investigator | Project 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 Investigator | Co-Principal Investigator | Project 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 |