NC TraCS Award Announcements
The NC TraCS Institute is pleased to announce awardees for 2 programs:
- The 120th cycle of the TraCS $2K pilot grants
- The 17th cycle of the TraCS $2K Stakeholder Engagement vouchers
In total, 8 applications were received and 4 were chosen for funding. Awardees include investigators from UNC's Gillings School of Global Public Health and School of Medicine. The 4 projects are listed by Program below.
TraCS $2K Pilot Grant Program
Nivedita Bhushan, Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine
Project Title: PrEP Communication Among Adolescents in North Carolina
Christopher Johnston, Dept. of Allied Health Sciences, School of Medicine
Project Title: The Longitudinal Assessment of Quadriceps Muscle Quality for Six Months Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction
Jinwook Kim, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine
Project Title: Internal mechanochemical dissolution of retracted blood clots by coadministration of phase change nanodroplets and thrombolytic drugs
TraCS $2K Stakeholder Engagement Voucher Program
Katherine LeMasters, Dept. of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health
Project Title: A community-based approach to understanding PrEP care in at-risk adolescents: Youth Engagement
View a complete list of Pilot awardees at tracs.unc.edu/pilot.