Pilot Grant Recipients - Round #137 Georgia CTSA REM Program (9/2023)

3 awards funded

• Localized Intestinal Immunosuppression for Treatment of Crohn’s Disease ($91,000)
  • Co-PI: Leslie Chan, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Co-PI: Paul Dawson, Ph.D., FAASLD, Professor, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Emory University School of Medicine

• R3 (Regeneration, Rehabilitation, Restoration) to Build Muscle Strength under Ischemic and Atherogenic Conditions in Porcine Model of PAD ($108,000)
  • Co-PI: Luke Brewster, MD, PhD; Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Emory University
  • Co-PI: Jarrod Call, PhD; Associate Professor, Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, University of Georgia

• Gastrointestinal Delivery of Nucleic Acid Therapeutics for Improved Tissue Level Targeting ($91,000)
  • Co-PI: Alex Abramson, PhD, Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Co-PI: James Dahlman, PhD, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Emory University and Georgia Institute of Technology