Pilot Grant Recipients - Round #133 Georgia CTSA (8/2023)

9 awards funded

  • Examining Changes in Suicidality as a Result of Long COVID in Individuals from Underrepresented Populations ($44,069)
    • PI: Brian Bauer, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Georgia
    • Co-PI: Dorian Lamis, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine
    • Co-I: Thania Galvan, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Georgia
    • Co-I: Munmun De Choudhury, PhD, Associate Professor, School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Preclinical Targeting of HER2 Using a Translational Patient-Derived Xenograft (PDX) Model to Investigate Treatment Response in Tumors Derived from African American vs. Non-Hispanic White Men with Metastatic Prostate Cancer ($40,000)
    • PI: Leanne Burnham, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, Morehouse School of Medicine
    • Co-I: Nicole Mavingire, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Burnham Laboratory, Department of Physiology, Morehouse School of Medicine
    • Co-I: Rick Kittles, PhD, Professor, Department of Community Health & Preventive Medicine, Senior Vice President for Research, Morehouse School of Medicine
  • Systematic review and identification of bots in survey research using machine learning techniques ($40,000)
    • PI: Muhammed Yassin Idris, PhD, Assistant Professor, Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine
    • Co-I: Natalie D. Hernandez, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Community Health & Preventive Medicine, Executive Director, Center for Maternal Health Equity, Morehouse School of Medicine
    • Co-I: Cheryl G. Franklin, MD, MPH, Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Morehouse School of Medicine
    • Co-I: Christopher Awad, MBA, Research Assistant, Morehouse School of Medicine
  • Addressing stress-related pathways of disparities in cardiovascular health for young Georgia families using a wearable biometric device ($39,972)
    • PI: Jessica Knight, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Georgia
    • Co-I: Shakira Suglia, ScD, Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Emory University
    • Co-I: Michael Schmidt, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology, University of Georgia
    • Co-I: Kyle Johnsen, PhD, Professor, Director of Georgia Informatics Institutes, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Georgia
    • Co-I: Allan Tate, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Georgia
  • Label-free isolation of rare cells from blood with ultrahigh throughput and resolution ($39,930)
    • PI: Leidong Mao, PhD, Professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Georgia
  • Trends and Modifiable Risk Factors to Reduce Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Cognitive Function and Dementia: Evidence From the Health and Retirement Study ($40,000)
    • PI: Suhang Song, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, College of Public Health, University of Georgia
    • Co-I: Zhuo Chen, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, College of Public Health, University of Georgia
    • Co-I:  M. Mahmud Khan, PhD, Department Head & John A. Drew Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, College of Public Health, University of Georgia
    • Co-I: Janani Rajbhandari-Thapa, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, College of Public Health, University of Georgia
    • Co-I: Grace Bagwell Adams, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, College of Public Health, University of Georgia
  • Effect of High-Intensity Interval Training on Fasting Hyperglycemia in People with Isolated Impaired Fasting Glucose: A Proof-of-Concept Study ($40,000)
    • PI: Sathish Thirunavukkarasu, MBBS, DFM, MPH, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Emory University
    • Co-I: Joe Nocera, MS, PhD, Associate Professor, Division of Physical Therapy, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Emory University
    • Co-I: Francisco J. Pasquel, MD, MPH, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Emory University
    • Co-I: Lisa Staimez, MPH, PhD, Assistant Professor, Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
    • Co-I: Felipe Lobelo, MD, PhD, FAHA, Associate Professor, Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
    • Co-I: Mindy L. Millard-Stafford, BS, MS, PhD, Professor, Exercise Physiology Laboratory, School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology
    • Co-I: Michael D. Schmidt, BS, MS, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology, University of Georgia
  • Regression of endometriosis burden and associated pain by novel STING inhibitors ($40,000)
    • PI: Luis Villacorta, PhD, FAHA, Associate Professor, Physiology, Morehouse School of Medicine
    • Co-I: Stacy McAllister, PhD, Assistant Professor, Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Emory University School of Medicine
    • Co-I: Winston E. Thompson, PhD, Professor and Chair Department of Physiology, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Morehouse School of Medicine
  • Effect of Peri-Reperfusion Hyperoxemia and a Perturbed Cytokine and Transcription Factor Milieu on Early Allograft Dysfunction after Orthotopic Liver Transplantation (OXIDATIVE Study) ($40,000)
    • PI: Elizabeth A. Wilson, MD, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Director of Didactic Conferences at Emory University Hospital, Emory University School of Medicine
    • Primary Mentor: Craig Coopersmith, MD, FACS, MCCM, Professor of Surgery, Emory University, School of Medicine; Vice Chair of Research for the Department of Surgery; Director of the Emory Critical Care Center
    • Secondary Mentor: Anna Woodbury, MD, MSCR, C. Ac., Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Emory University School of Medicine; Associate Vice Chair of Research for the Department of Anesthesiology; Founder of the Division for Pain Management at the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System (VAHCS) in Atlanta, GA
    • Third Mentor: Kirsten Williams, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine
    • Collaborator: Craig Jabaley, MD, FCCM, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Associate Director of the Emory Critical Care Center
    • Collaborator (Biostatistician): Vignesh J. Muralidharan, MEng, MS, Department of Surgery, Emory University, Emory University School of Medicine