Pilot Grant Recipients - Round #139 Georgia CTSA (8/2024)

10 awards funded

  • Harnessing Nature and Nanomedicine: Biomimetic Lipid Composites for Regeneration Medicine and Anti-Aging Therapeutics ($48,771)
    • PI: Edward Botchwey, PhD, Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University
    • Co-I: Steven Goudy, MD, MBA, FACS, Director of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Vice-Chair of Research, Professor of Otolaryngology, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Emory University School of Medicine
    • Co-I: Nathan Chiappa, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Achieving Health Equity by Improving Participant Representativeness in the All of Us Research Program: A Pilot Community-Based Participatory Research in Georgia ($48,771)
    • PI: Zhuo Chen, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, College of Public Health, University of Georgia
    • Co-PI: Jennifer “Tracie” Rosser, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Human Genetics, Emory University; Emory Site PI for the All of Us Research Program
    • Co-I: Suhang Song, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, College of Public Health, University of Georgia
    • Co-I: Daniel Jung, PhD, Assistant 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: Bradley G. Phillips, PharmD, BCPS, FCCP, Professor of Clinical and Administrative Pharmacy and Director of Biomedical and Translational Sciences Institute, University of Georgia
    • Co-I: Peng Jin, PhD, Robert W. Woodruff Professor of Human Genetics and Chair, Department of Human Genetics, Emory University
    • Co-I: Michael J. Gambello, MD, PhD, Professor of Human Genetics and Pediatrics and Vice Chair, Department of Human Genetics, Emory University
    • Co-I: Ms. Sharon A. Liggett, MPA, Senior Public Service Associate, Archway Partnership, University of Georgia
    • Co-I: Courtney Brown, PhD, RDN, Community Health Engagement Coordinator with UGA Extension and UGA Biomedical and Translational Sciences Institute, University of Georgia
    • Co-I: Ms. Brenda Becker, Communication Manager, Emory University All of US Program
  • Leveraging linkage analyses to guide whole genome sequencing of African American men with hereditary prostate cancer ($38,771)
    • PI: Cheryl Cropp, PharmD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Morehouse School of Medicine
    • Co-I: Deyana Lewis, PhD, MPH, Senior Scientist, Community Health & Preventive Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine
    • Co-I: Rick Kittles, PhD, Senior Vice President of Research, Morehouse School of Medicine
  • Asthma Navigator Intervention to Improve Health Equity ($40,000)
    • PI: Anne Fitzpatrick, PhD, APRN, Professor and Director, Asthma Clinical Research Program, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine
    • Co-I: Jocelyn Grunwell, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
    • Co-I: Abby Mutic, PhD, MSN, CNM, Assistant Professor and Director, Southeastern Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing
    • Co-I: Carrie Mason, BS, RRT, Pediatric Clinical Research Professional and Certified Asthma Educator, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
  • Disparities in Machine-Learning Modeling to Predict Hospital Readmissions among Patients Discharged to Skilled Nursing Facility ($38,202)
    • PI: Daniel Jung, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, College of Public Health, University of Georgia
    • Co-I: Jaewoo Lee, PhD, Associate professor, School of Computing, University of Georgia
    • Co-I: Zhuo Chen, PhD, Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, College of Public Health, University of Georgia
    • Co-I: Kerstin Gerst Emerson, PhD, Clinical Associate Professor, Institute of Gerontology, Health Policy & Management, College of Public Health, University of Georgia
  • Targeting Pancreatic Cancer: Developing Relevant Models for Apolipoprotein L1 Based Therapies ($48,771)
    • PI: Gregory Lesinski, PhD, MPH, John Kauffman Family Professor for Pancreatic Cancer Research, Professor and Vice Chair for Basic Research, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Associate Director for Basic Research and Shared Resources, Co-Leader, Translational GI Malignancy Program, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University
    • Co-I: Eric Dejesus, PhD, Adjunct Research Scientist, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Cellular Biology, University of Georgia
    • Co-I: Michael Cipriano, PhD, Visiting Scientist, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Cellular Biology, University of Georgia
    • Co-I: Shishir Maithel, MD, Professor, Department of Surgery, Emory University
    • Co-I: Chrystal Paulos, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Surgery
  • Investigation of the TRPV6 ancestral haplotype and calcium intake on prostate cancer disparities ($38,771)
    • PI: Deyana Lewis, PhD, MPH, Senior Scientist, Community Health & Preventive Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine
    • Co-I: Cheryl Cropp, PharmD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Morehouse School of Medicine
    • Co-I: Elisa Ledet, PhD, Assistant Professor Department of Radiation Oncology, Tulane University
    • Co-I: Jabril Johnson, PhD, Instructor in the Department of Microbiology, Biochemistry & Immunology, Morehouse School of Medicine
  • Engaging the Endogenous Immune System with CAR T cells ($40,000)
    • Sarwish Rafiq, PhD, Assistant Professor of Hematology & Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine
  • Nanosheets for Virus-free Engineering of T Cells for Regulating Cytokine Release Syndrome across Demographics ($48,770)
    • PI: Ankur Singh, PhD, Professor and Woodruff Faculty Fellow, George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University; Director, Center for Immunoengineering at Georgia Tech 
    • Co-PI: Jean Louise Koff, MD, MSc, Associate Professor, Hematology and Medical Oncology, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University
  • Microfluidic Engineering of Therapeutic Cells for Human-scaled Immunotherapies ($40,000)
    • PI: Susan Thomas, PhD, Professor, Parker H. Petit Institute of Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology