2023 Pilot Studies Awarded

Awardees

BTC Institution

Title of Project

Myles Faith, PhD

Leonard Epstein, PhD

Christopher McNorgan, PhD

Graduate School of Education

Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

College of Arts and Sciences

Exploring Neural Mechanisms Underlying Reinforcer Pathology Differences Among Obesity-Discordant Adolescents

Michael Farkas, PhD

Steven Fliesler, PhD

Taosheng Huang, MD, PhD

 Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
 Comprehensive in vitro Modeling of Retinal Pigmented Epithelium (RPE) Pathology in Smith-Lemli-Opitz Syndrome

Thomas Guttuso, Jr, MD

Greg Wilding, PhD

Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

School of Public Health and Health Professions

 

Effect of Low-dose Lithium Therapy on Long COVID Symptoms: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Thomas Guttuso, Jr, MD

Daniel Sirica, MD

Luciana Frick, PhD

Niels Bergsland, PhD

Valerie Frerichs, PhD

Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

College of Arts and Sciences

Repurposing Lithium as a Disease-modifying Therapy in Parkinson’s Disease: A Phase I Trial

Hyuk-Jae Edward Kwon, DDS, PhD

Jae Lee, PhD

Soo-Kyung Lee, PhD

School of Dental Medicine

College of Arts and Sciences

Identifying the Epigenetic Regulatory Mechanism Underlying the Pathogenesis of Congenital Dental Anomalies

Peter Qiang Liu, PhD

Yun Wu, PhD

School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

Toward High-Performance Liquid-Metal Nanophotonic (LIMEN) Biosensors for COVID-19 and Lung Cancer Early Diagnostics

Patricia Logan-Greene, PhD, MSSW

Mickey Sperlich, PhD, MSW, MA

Gregory Wilding, PhD

School of Social Work

School of Public Health and Health Professions

Evaluating the Social Workers Addressing Firearm Risk (SAFR) Intervention: A Pilot Study

Katia Noyes, PhD, MPH

Katharine Amato, PhD

Smita Bakhai, MD

Kevin Fiscella, MD

Michele Hubert-Fiscus, MSN, RN

Liise Kayler, MD, MS

Jessica Martinolich, MD

Heather Orom, PhD

Yaron Perry, MD

Steven Schwaitzberg, MD

Stuti Tambar, MD

Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

School of Public Health and Health Professions

Video-Based Educational Approach to Increase Cancer Screening Amongst People of Color and Low Health Literacy Populations

Riana Pryor, PhD

Zachary Schlader, PhD

David Hostler, PhD

 School of Public Health and Health Professions

Biomarkers to Assess Acute Kidney Injury Risk during Heat Strain

Teresa Quattrin, MD

Lucy Mastrandrea, MD, PhD

Katelyn Carr, PhD

Leonard Epstein, PhD

Greg Wilding, PhD

Paresh Dandona, MD, PhD

Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

School of Public Health and Health Professions

A Family-Based Approach to Treat Obesity and its Co-morbidities in Youth with Type 1 Diabetes and

Their Parents

Ghazala Saleem, MS, EdD

Filip Stefanovic, PhD

Jacob McPherson, DPT, PhD

Christopher McNorgan, PhD

Osman Farooq, MD

Ferdinand Schweser, PhD

School of Public Health and Health Professions

College of Arts and Sciences

Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

Assessing the Efficacy of Alterations in Subcortical-Cortical Functional Connectivity from Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Older Children after Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

Michelle Visser, PhD

Supriya Mahajan, PhD

Patricia Diaz, DDS, PhD

School of Dental Medicine

Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

Oral Microbiome-induced Inflammatory Response as a Pathway to Neurodegenerative Disorders

Rabi Yacoub, MD

Richard Quigg, MD

Umesh Sharma, MD, PhD

 Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

Uremic Toxin p-Cresol Effects on Macrophages’ Modified LDL Uptake