Grants Boost All Recipients
Summer 2023
| Name | Department | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Anna Moszczynska | Pharmaceutical Sciences | Investigating Parkin-mediated Neuronal Energy Maintenance in Methamphetamine Use Disorder |
| Maria Bykhovskaia | Neurology | The mechanisms of heterogeneity in synaptic transmission underlying the activity-dependent neuronal growth |
| Mahbub Islam | Mechanical Engineering | LEAPS-MPS: Quantum Confinement Enabled Efficient Electrocatalysts for Mg-CO2 Batteries |
| Yara Almubarak | Mechanical Engineering | Development of hybrid bio-inspired robot for deep water exploration |
| Hafiz Uddin | Oncology | Targeting nuclear export and DNA repair in metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) |
Spring 2023
| Name | Department | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Gbemeho Agbaglah | Mechanical Engineering | Extended discontinuous Galerkin method for simulating liquid jet atomization |
| Alexander Gow | CMMG | Genetic Rescue of a Preclinical Model of Multiple Sclerosis |
| Omid Samimi Abianeh | Mechanical Engineering | Autoignition-assisted flame regime of sustainable aviation fuel, ammonia and dimethyl ether blends |
| Rafael Fridman | Pathology | Collagen Signaling in Pancreatic Cancer |
| Harini Sundararaghavan | Biomedical Engineering | Schwann Cell Maturation on Neurite Mimics |
| Jitao Zhang | Biomedical Engineering | Development of selectively depleted Brillouin microscopy for super-resolution biomechanical imaging |
April 2019
| Name | Department | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Rodrigo Fernandez-Valdivia | Pathology | O-Glucose Control of Notch Signaling in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer |
| Jian Wang | Pathology | Role of serine catabolism in age-related metabolic disease |
| Guojun Wu | Oncology | Transcriptional Regulation of Breast Cancer Progression and Metastasis by FOXQ1 |
November 2018
| Name | Department | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Kang Chen | Obstetrics and Gynecology | Maternal Immunoglobulin D as a Fetal Immune Education Cue Against Neonatal Respiratory Infection and Allergy |
| Ming-Cheng Cheng | Electrical and Computer | Wearable and Transparent Bioelectronics for Diagnosis and Treatment of Ophthalmology Diseases |
| David Kessel | Pharmacology | Enhancing PDT potency and chemotherapeutic efficacy in ovarian cancer using lipid anchored nanoformulations of BPD |
| Stephen Krawetz | Obstetrics and Gynecology | Sperm RNA Elements as Markers of Health |
| Lobelia Samavati | Internal Medicine | Development of a Novel T7 Phage Technology to Discover Biomarkers for Respiratory Diseases |
| Gen Sheng Wu | Oncology | Developing a Novel Strategy to Improve Platinum-based Chemotherapies in Ovarian Cancer |
| Xiaohung Zhang | Oncology | Role of Deubiquitinase USP10 in Oncogenesis |
April 2018
| Name | Department | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Ladislau Kovari | Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology | Development of Protease Inhibitor for Norovirus Infection |
| Mohammadreza Nasiriavanaki | Biomedical Engineering | Small nanoparticle Aggregation-enhanced Radiomics of Tumors (SMART) OCT imaging |
| Izabela Podgorski | Pharmacology | Activated Osteomacs and Taxane Resistance in Metastatic Prostate Cancer: Therapeutic Implications |
November 2017
| Name | Department | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Todd Leff | Pathology | Does Glycine Catabolism play a role in Age-Related Metabolic Disease? |
| Francesca Luca | Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics | Functional genomic analysis of host response to the gut microbiome |
| Michael Tainsky | Oncology | Evaluation of Rare Germline ATM Gene Variants in Hereditary Ovarian Cancer Families |
| Elizabeth Towner | Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences | Adapting and Beta-Testing an mHealth Intervention to Enhance Caregiver Motivation for Reducing Sugar- Sweetened Beverage Intake in Overweight and Obese Preschoolers from Low-Income Backgrounds |
| Yongli Zhang | Civil and Environmental Engineering | INFEWS/T3: Algae-based Sustainable Urban Reclamation Ecosystem (aSURE) _ An Integrated Approach to Sustaining Food-Energy-Water Supply |
April 2017
| Name | Department | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Athar Ansari | Biological Sciences | An Investigation into the intron-mediated regulation of transcription by the looped gene architecture |
| Nerissa Viola-Villegas | Oncology | Delinieating Functional Anti-tumor Immunity via Image- Guided PET |
November 2016
| Name | Department | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Robert Atkins | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | Diagnostic and therapeutic potential of RNA-mediated communication among subpopulations of pathogenic fungi |
| Catalina Kopetz | Psychology | Mechanisms Underlying Intermittent Compared to Daily Smoking |
| Shane Perrine | Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience | Enhancing VA Merit Award to study treatment in PTSD and alcoholism |
| Ren Zhang | Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics | A boost to an R01 proposal to study the hepatotoxicity of methotrexate |
July 2016
| Name | Department | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Mustapha Kandouz | Pathology | Regulation of Autophagy by Direct Cell-Cell nteractions during Breast Cancer Progression |
| Moh Malek | Health Care Sciences | Transgenerational maternal effect: Aerobic exercise impact on progeny skeletal muscle health |
| Sidhartha Tan | Pediatrics | Non-apoptotic cell death in fetal brain injury |
| Yong Xu | Electrical and Computer Engineering | Unobtrusive home physiological and activity monitoring enabled by ultrasensitive motion sensors |
| Zhengping Yi | Pharmaceutical Sciences | Widespread Insulin Resistance in Tyrosine Phosphorylation in Type 2 Diabetes |
March 2016
| Name | Department | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Fei Chen | Pharmaceutical Sciences | Arsenicâ€Induced JNKâ€STAT3 Signaling and Metabolic Shift in Tumorâ€Initiating Cells |
| Husam Abu-Soud | Obstetrics and Gynecology | Arginase II regulation of functional oocyte aging |
| Margaret Campbell | Nursing | Feasibility testing of a hospice family caregiver intervention to improve patient dyspnea care |
| Zhifeng Kou | Biomedical Engineering and Radiology | Connectome Scale Assessment of Traumatic Brain Injury and Neural Plasticity |
| Seong Ho Kim | Oncology | Bayesian Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Identification for SPME-GC/GCMS |
| Douglas Ruden | Institute of Environmental Health Sciences | Multigenerational Epigenomics of Gestational Exposure to Obesogens in the Mouse |
November 2015
| Name | Department | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Carmen Giurgescu | Nursing | Refining and Pilot Testing an Intervention to Increase Physical Activity in Pregnant Black Women |
| Menq-Jer Lee | Pathology | Sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor subtype 3/CD44 signaling in trans endothelial invasion of human lung adenocarcinomas |
| Bonnie Sloane | Pharmacology | Pathomimetic Avatars for Optimizing T Cell Immunotherapy Against Breast Cancer |
| Moriah Thomason | Pediatrics | The neural connectome in utero predicts preschooler's ability and brain activity |
| Zeng-Quan Yang | Oncology | Molecular mechanisms and therapeutic potential of the histone-modifying oncogene SETDB1 in human cancer |
July 2015
| Name | Department | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Sandro da Rocha | Chemical Engineering | Organelle-targeting Dendrimer Nanoconstrcuts and their Aerosol Formulation for Lng Cancer Therapy |
| Xuequn Chen | Physiology | Proinsulin ER export and beta cell ER homeostasis in health |
| Malik Huttemann | Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics | Limiting brain reperfusion injury by controlling mitochondrial function |
| Li Li | Internal Medicine | Actin Cytoskeleton-Regulated Smooth Muscle Inflammation in Atherogenesis. |
| Raymond Mattingly | Pharmacology | Sprouty4 to Guide Potential Treatment Decisions for Aggressive Versus Indolent DCIS |
| Guojun Wu | Oncology | Functional Role and Mechanism of I-Branching Beta -1, 6 NAcetylglucosaminyl transfer in Breast Cancer Metastasis |
| Olivia Merkel | Pharmaceutical Sciences | Targeted siRNA Delivery to Activated Tcells as Anti-Inflammatory Asthma Therapy |
March 2015
| Name | Department | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Diane Cabelof | Nutrition and Food Science | Arsenic inhibits repair of folate-dependent DNA damage through a ribonucleotide-initiated mechanism |
| David Gorski | Surgery | Repurposing riluzole as a treatment for triple negative breast cancer |
| Chunying Li | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | Chemokine Signaling in EPC Angiogenesis: A Role of Lysine Methylation |
| Melody Neely | Immunology and Microbiology | Functional Analysis of GBS CpsA protein |
| Mary kat Pflum | Chemistry | Identification of HDAC substrates using Trapping Mutants |
December 2014
| Name | Department | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Peter Hoffmann | Physics and Astronomy | Computational and Experimental Studies of Nanoconfirmed Liquids |
| Stephen Krawetz | Obstretrics and Gynecology and Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics | RNA Dynamics Mediating Paternal Nuclear Architecture |
| Menq-Jer Lee | Pathology | Signaling of Sphingosine-1-phosphate Receptor Subtype 3 in Lung Carcinoma |
| Naftali Raz | IOG | Age Differences and Stability of Noninvasive Indices of Brain Energy Metabolism and Myelin |
| Paul Stemmer, Barbara Pieper | IEHS, Nursing | Protein and Cytokine Indicators of Wound Healing Trajectory |
| Yong Xu | Electrical and Computer Engineering | Toward chronically stable 3D multi-functional neural probes |
| Zhengping Yi | Pharmaceutical Sciences | Serine/Threonine Protein Phosphatase 1 in Insulin Resistance and Type 2 Diabetes |
July 2014
| Name | Department | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Matthew Allen | Chemistry | Synthetic Control of Heterobimetallic Lanthanide Complexes |
| G. Andres Cisneros | Chemistry | Ammonia/ammonium transport and transamidation mechanism of bacterial AdT |
| Stephen DiCarlo | Physiology | Pathogenesis of NaCl-Dependent Hypertension |
| Rodrigo Fernandez-Valdivia | Pathology | Breast tumor suppression by Notch signaling obliteration |
| Russell Finley | Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics | DroID, a Comprehensive Gene and Protein Interactions Database |
March 2014
| Name | Department | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Stephen DiCarlo | Physiology | Vagal plasticity after cord injury exacerbates post-infarct cardiac remodeling |
| Hyeong-Ren Kim, Daniel Bonfil | Pathology, Urology | Prostate carcinoma-produced PDGF signaling in bone metastasis and racial disparity |
| Todd Leff | Pathology | Metabolic effects of Pb |
| Mary Kay Pflum | Chemistry | Identification of Histone Deacetylase Substrates using trapping mutants |
| Malathy Shekhar, Harini Sundararaghavan | Oncology, Biomedical Engineering | Tissue engineered 3D models of breast cancer metastatic disposition and biology |
| Stanley Terlecky | Pharmacology | Peroxisome Targeted Protein Biologic for Treatment of a Single Enzyme Deficiency |
| Gen Sheng Wu | Oncology | A novel role for MKP-1 in regulation of Authophagy |
| Zeng-Quan Yang | Oncology | Molecular Mechanisms and therapeutic potential of the histone-modifying oncogene KDM4C in castration-resistant prostate cancer |
| Zhe Yang | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | Structural Insights into Deregulated Epigenetic Mechanisms and DNA Demathylation in Bone Marrow Failure Disease |
November 2013
| Name | Department | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Athar Ansari | Biological Sciences | Role of gene looping in intron-mediated regulation of transcription |
| Mark Ming-Cheng Cheng | Electrical and Computer Engineering | In-situ Characterize the Formation and Aging of Solid-Electrolyte Interphase Using Nanomechanics |
| Alexander Gow | Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics | Neurodegeneration associated with metabolic stress in oligodendrocytes |
| Mark Haacke | Radiology and Biomedical Engineering | The Role of Vascular Damage and Reduced Perfusion in Traumatic Brain Injury |
| Gilda Hillman | Radiation Oncology | Soy Modulation of Inflammatory Responses Induced by Lung Cancer Radiotherapy |
| Menq-Jer Lee | Pathology | Signaling of Shingosine-1-phosphate Receptor Subtype 3 in Lung Carinoma |
| Peter Lichtenberg | Institute of Gerontology | Improving the Assessment of Financial Exploitation |
| Olivia Merkel | Pharmaceutical Sciences | Targeted siRNA delivery to activated T cells as novel asthma therapy |
| Susil Putatunda | Chemical Engineering | Synthesis of Superconducting Thin films of Magnesium diboride by Electroless Plating Process |
| Youming Xie | Oncology | Contranslational protein degradation |