The NC TraCS Institute is pleased to announce awardees in 4 different programs:
- The 19th cycle of the TraCS $5K-$50K matched pilot grants
- The 9th cycle of the School of Medicine and NC TraCS Translational Team Science Awards (TTSA)
- The 1st cycle of NC TraCS FastTraCS Grants (formerly 4D)
- The 1st cycle of CHER/ISP's Promoting Health Equity by Including Underrepresented Participants in Research grants
In total, 40 applications were received and 11 were chosen for funding. Awardees include investigators from UNC's College of Arts & Sciences, Gillings School of Global Public Health, School of Medicine, and NC State University.
These awards are comprised of NC TraCS funding matched by funds from UNC Schools, Departments and Centers, and funding from partner organizations. The 11 projects are listed by Program below, and alphabetically by the PI's last name.
NC TraCS $5K - $50K Translational Research Matched Pilot Grants
Austin, Charles, School of Medicine
Kistler, Christine, School of Medicine
Project Title: A Pilot Study Assessing the Feasibility of Genotyping Mechanically Ventilated Patients in the Medical ICU
Grace, Landon, NC State University
Fleischman, David, School of Medicine
Project Title: Building patient-specific models of cerebrospinal fluid dynamics and its effect on ocular structures
Plummer, Prudence, School of Medicine
Project Title: Development of a discharge risk assessment for future falls and inactivity in subacute stroke
Sayed, Christopher, School of Medicine
Project Title: Identification of genetic signatures of hidradenitis suppurativa
Schilling, Samantha, School of Medicine
Zolotor, Adam, School of Medicine
Perreira, Krista, School of Medicine
Fine, Jason, Gillings School of Global Public Health
Project Title: Child Adult Relationship Enhancement for Spanish-Speaking Immigrant Families in Primary Care: Cultural Adaptation and Pilot
School of Medicine and NC TraCS Translational Team Science Awards (TTSA)
Gershon, Timothy, School of Medicine
Wilhelmsen, Kirk, School of Medicine
Project Title: Analyzing clonal diversity to improve risk stratification and therapy for medulloblastoma
NC TraCS FastTraCS Grants (formerly 4D)
Hackman, Trevor, School of Medicine
Chera, Bhishamjit, School of Medicine
Project Title: Towards individualized cancer therapy in head and neck oncology: Using tumor genetics to predict patient outcomes and guide therapy
Strachan, Ryan, School of Medicine
Project Title: ADSoRB: a novel in vitro drug screening platform for rapid isolation of lead compounds from complex ligand libraries
Zhou, Otto, College of Arts and Sciences
Project Title: Development of a compact, low-dose and low-cost 3D orthopedic imaging device
CHER/ISP's Promoting Health Equity by Including Underrepresented Participants in Research grants
Agans, Robert, Gillings School of Global Public Health
Project Title: Supplementing RDD Telephone Surveys with RDS to Oversample Gender Minorities: A New RDD+RDS Approach
Propper, Cathi, College of Arts and Sciences
Project Title: Prenatal nutrition and child cognitive outcomes at age 4 in an African American sample: Contributions of infant sleep and race-related stress
View a complete list of Pilot awardees at tracs.unc.edu/pilot.