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 2019.
2019 IIMS/CTSA Program
Name | Institute | Title |
Yidong Bai, PhD | The role of Hispanic specific mitochondrial haplogroups on HCC in Mexican Americans | |
Jeffery Boychuk, PhD | Metabolic disorders interfere with behavioral and cellular stroke recovery: Effects of high fat diet | |
Xiao-Dong Chen, MD, PhD
Jean Jiang, PhD |
Mesenchymal stem cells suppress tumor cell growth | |
Yvonne Covin, MD | Diagnostic Excellence through Patient Engagement (DICE) study | |
David Morilak, PhD
April Risinger, PhD |
Developing a rat prostate cancer model as a platform to investigate cancer therapy-induced cognitive impairment and its treatment | |
Naomi Sayre, PhD
Miranda Orr, PhD |
Investigating a role for celluar senescence in brain trauma-induced neurodegeneration and cognitive impairment | |
Eun Yong Shim, PhD
Hai Rao, PhD |
Targeting Brca1- or Brca2-Mutant Ovarian Cancers by Small Molecule-Induced Proteolysis of Rad52 | |
Kexin Xu, PhD
Matthew Hart, PhD Stanton McHardy, PhD |
Development of small-molecule inhibitors of EZH2 using a new strategy | |
Qitao Ran, PhD
James Lechleiter, PhD |
Astrocyte activation by small-molecule compounds as a novel therapy for motor neuron disease | |
Soo Chan Lee, PhD
Alexi Tumanov, MD, PhD |
Interaction between intestinal fungi and bacteria in the regulation of gut permeability and inflammation | |