2022 Pilot Studies Awarded

Awardees

BTC Institution

Title of Project
Remi Adelaiye-Ogala, PhD
Roberto Pili, MD
John Tomaszewski, MD

Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

Hijacking Therapeutic Resistance in High-risk Localized and Advanced Prostate Cancer
Daniel Antonius, PhD
Leonard Epstein, PhD
Kenneth Leonard, PhD
Zhanna Elberg, MD
 Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Clinical and Research Institute on Addictions
 

Weight Management Program for Patients with First Episode Psychosis
Praveen Arany, DDS, PhD
John Leddy, MD
Barry Willer, PhD
Mohammad Nadir Haider, MD, PhD

School of Dental Medicine
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

 

Epigenetic and Cytokine Biomarkers During Recovery from Sport-Related Concussion
Chelsie Armbruster, PhD
Anthony Campagnari, PhD
Nicole Luke-Marshall, PhD
Teresa Danforth, MD

Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy (aPDT) for Eradication of Microbial Biofilms on Urinary Catheters
Patricia Diaz, DDS, PhD
Anil Kumar Swayampakula, MD, MPH
Michael Buck, PhD
Jaroslaw Zola, PhD
Jeffrey Miecznikowski, PhD
Jeremy Killion, MD		 School of Dental Medicine
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
School of Public Health and Health Professions

Point-of-care Metagenomics for Rapid Pathogen Identification in Critically-ill Children with Sepsis
Husam Ghanim, PhD
Paresh Dandona, MD, PhD
Bruce Troen, MD
Manav Batra, MD
Kenneth Seldeen, PhD

Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

Preserving Lean Body Mass During Weight Loss in Elderly Obese Patients with GLP-1 Receptor Agonist Treatment
Vishal Gupta, MD
Patricia Diaz, DDS, PhD
Keith Kirkwood, DDS, PhD
Wesley Hicks, Jr, DDS, MD
Subin Surendran, PhD
Lu Li, PhD		 Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
School of Dental Medicine

Microbiome Influence on Oral Cavity Cancer Regional Metastasis
Hyuk-Jae Edward Kwon, DDS, PhD
Ding Xu, PhD
Yungki Park, PhD		 School of Dental Medicine
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

Novel Role of Heparan Sulfate in Regulating Cell Signaling in Palatogenesis and Cleft Palate Pathogenesis
Michael LaMonte, PhD
Susan Baker, MD, PhD
Vanessa Barnabei, MD, PhD
Manoj Mammen, MD, MS
Patricia Diaz, DDS, PhD
Lu Li, PhD
Yijun Sun, PhD
Christopher Andrews, PhD
Ahmed Soliman, PharmD
Jean Wactawski-Wende, PhD		 School of Public Health and Health Professions
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
School of Dental Medicine

Multisite Analysis of the Microbiome in Aging Postmenopausal Women
Sriram Neelamegham, PhD
Jonathan Lovell, PhD
Brian Weil, PhD		 School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

A SARS-Cov-2 Virus Like Particle (VLP) Technology Platform
Sarahmona Przybyla, PhD, MPH
Gene Morse, PharmD
Amy Hequembourg, PhD		 School of Public Health and Health Professions
School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
School of Nursing

Using the Social Ecological Model to Facilitate Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Utilization for the Prevention of HIV Infection: Understanding Patient and Provider Perspectives to Reduce Health Inequities
Nicholas Smith, PharmD, PhD
Brian Tsuji, PharmD
Alan Lesse, MD
Raymond Cha, PharmD
Kari Mergenhagen, PharmD		 School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

Precision Dosing Strategies for Vancomycin and Aminoglycosides: Improving the Care of Patients in Buffalo through Therapeutic Individualization
Tania Von Visger, PhD
Yu-Ping Chang, PhD, RN
Alan Hunt, MS
Chin-Shang Li, PhD
William Gibbons, MD		 Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
School of Nursing
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Piloting an Evidence-based Mobile Mindfulness Practice to Support Self-Management Among Underserved and Racial Minority Adults with Pulmonary Hypertension