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PILOT AND COLLABORATIVE TRANSLATIONAL STUDIES
Funding for pilot projects
Director: Diana Milewicz, MD, PhD
Co-directors: Maurie Markman, MD; Razelle Kurzrock, MD
Contact person: Linda Gilbert (Linda.N.Gilbert@uth.tmc.edu)
713-500-7922
The CCTS awards grants of up to $50,000 to be used over 1-2 years for new, unfunded, hypothesis-driven clinical and translational research studies. Fellows (postdoctoral and clinical) and faculty are eligible for funding. Basic-sciences studies and studies for which the applicant currently has funding will not be considered. Proposals that involve collaborative teams from several CCTS institutions/schools (UTHSC-H schools, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, and Memorial Hermann Hospital) are encouraged. New investigators are encouraged to apply, and applications are also accepted from established investigators moving into new fields of endeavor in clinical and translational research. (For information on additional funding for PhD students, medical fellows, and instructors and assistant professors, see T32 and K12 Training Grants.)
APPLICATIONS FOR PILOT PROJECT FUNDING ARE NOT CURRENTLY BEING ACCEPTED.
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Year 1 Awardees
| NAME | AFFILIATION | PROJECT |
|---|---|---|
| Nehal Parikh, MD | Assistant Professor Pediatrics-Neonatology UTHSC-H Medical School |
Evaluation of Diffusion Tensor Magnetic Resonance Imaging (DT-MRI) as a Surrogate Marker for Neurosensory Deficits in Extremely Preterm Infants |
| Blanca Restrepo, PhD | Assistant Professor Epidemiology UTHSC-H School of Public Health Brownsville |
Altered Expression of Immune Response Genes in Tuberculosis Patients with Diabetes |
| Mary Kay Ruppe, MD | Assistant Professor Internal Medicine-Endocrinology UTHSC-H Medical School |
The Role of Serum Profiles of Novel Phosphate Regulators in Improving Treatment Outcomes in X-Linked Hypophosphatemic Rickets |
| Tse-Kuan Yu, MD, PhD | Assistant Professor Radiation Oncology UTMDACC |
Using Nanaoshells Conjugated With Tumor-Specific Antibody to Detect Microscopic Breast Cancer Cells at Surgical Resection Margins |
Year 2 Awardees
| NAME | AFFILIATION | PROJECT |
|---|---|---|
| Lisa Armitige, MD, PhD | Assistant Professor Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases UTHSC-H Medical School |
Role of Trehalose Dimycolate in Human Tuberculosis |
| Andrew Bean, PhD | Associate Professor Neurobiology and Anatomy UTHSC-H Medical School |
Examination of a Candidate Biomarker in Neuroblastoma |
| Richard Frye, MD, PhD | Assistant Professor Pediatrics and Neurology UTHSC-H Medical School |
Rapid Sensory Processing In Well and Poorly Compensated Young Adults with Dyslexia |
| Kevin Hwang, MD | Assistant Professor Internal Medicine General Medicine UTHSC-H Medical School |
Social Support for Weight Loss Among Members of an Internal Weight Loss Program |
| Elizabeth Plimack, MD | Fellow Medical Oncology UTMDACC |
The Biological Effects of Decitabine and Pegylated Interferon in Patients with Advanced Melanoma |
| Nitin Tandon, MD | Assistant Professor Neurosurgery UTHSC-H Medical School |
The Anatomic and Physiologic Connectivity of Eloquent Language Regions |
| Naoto Ueno, MD, PhD | Associate Professor Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy UTMDACC |
Nonmyeloablative Allogeneic Hematopietic Stem Cell Transplantation with Bevacizumab for Advanced Solid Tumors |
| John Valenza, DDS | Associate Professor Diagnostic Sciences UTHSC-H Dental Branch |
SmartConsent: A Computerized Informed Consent for Patients |
| Rick Wetsel, PhD | Professor Research Center for Immunology and Autoimmune Diseases UTHSC-H Institute for Molecular Medicine |
Transplantation of Lung Epithelial Cells Derived from Human Embyronic Stem (ES) Cells |
