TraCS $2K and $10K Awardees
The NC TraCS Institute is pleased to announce awardees of the seventh cycle of TraCS $10k grants for clinical and translational research projects. 35 applications were received, and 9 (listed below) were chosen for funding. Awardees include investigators from the Schools of Dentistry, Medicine and Public Health.
Sompop Bencharit, D.D.S., Ph.D.
Prosthodontics, School of Dentistry
Project Title: Salivary Proteomic Analysis for Diabetes
Yvonne Carter, M.D.
Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine
Project Title: Facilitators and Barriers to HIV Testing Among Heterosexual African-American Men at Risk for HIV Infection in Rural North Carolina
Jerome Federspiel, Ph.D.
Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health
Donna Gilleskie, Ph.D.
Economics, College of Arts and Sciences
Project Title: The Dynamic Impacts of Outpatient Cost-Sharing Requirements on Medicare Beneficiaries with Cardiovascular Disease
Chris Heaney, Ph.D.
Epidemiology, School of Public Health
Project Title: MRSA prevalence among workers and household members at antibiotic-free hog farms in North Carolina
Michele Jonsson-Funk, Ph.D.
Epidemiology, School of Public Health
Wendy Camelo Castillo, Ph.D.
Epidemiology, School of Public Health
Project Title: Developing Methods to Improve Estimation of Gestational Age at Delivery Using the Carolina Data Warehouse for Health (CDW-H): Enabling the Use of Healthcare Databases for Drug Safety in Pregnancy Research
Jonathan Juliano, M.D.
Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine
Carla Hand, M.D., Ph.D.
Epidemiology, School of Public Health
Project Title: Host Determinants of Susceptibility to Cerebral Malaria: Preliminary Data Generation
Amanda Nelson, M.D.
Thurston Arthritis Research Center, School of Medicine
Joanne Jordan, M.D., M.P.H.
Thurston Arthritis Research Center, School of Medicine
Project Title: Identifying Pain Vulnerability Phenotypes in Osteoarthritis
Barbara Robinson, M.D.
OB/GYN, School of Medicine
Project Title: Do Obstetric Risk Factors Interact with Gastrointestinal Risk Factors in the Etiology of Fecal Incontinence?
Alisa Wolberg, Ph.D.
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine
Project Title: Hyperfibrinogenemia in a Novel Model of Thrombus Stability
TraCS $2K Awardees
The NC TraCS Institute is pleased to announce awardees of Round 21 of TraCS $2K small grants for clinical and translational research projects. 4 applications were received and 2 (listed below) were chosen for funding. Awardees include investigators from the UNC-CH’s School of Medicine, East Carolina University and Eastern Radiologists.
Andrey Tikunov, (PhD equivalent, Russia)
Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine
Mentor: Timothy Gershon and Jeffrey Macdonald
Timothy Gershon, M.D., Ph.D.
Neurology, School of Medicine
Project Title: Metabolic Profiling of Murine Medulloblastoma Tumors
Dorsey Williams, Ph.D., P.T.
Physical Therapy, College of Allied Health Sciences, East Carolina University
C. Ryan Steinbaker, M.D.
Eastern Radiologists
Project Title: Magnetic Resonance Analysis of Intrinsic Foot Musculature During Running
The NC TraCS Institute is pleased to announce awardees of Round 22 of TraCS $2K small grants for clinical and translational research projects. 5 applications were received and 1 (listed below) was chosen for funding, from the UNC-CH’s College of Arts and Sciences.
Kelly Will, Ph.D.
Mentor: Carol Cheatham
Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences
Project Title: Omega-6 to Omega-3 Fatty Acid Ratio and Higher-Order Cognitive Function in 7- to 9-Year-Olds
