NC TraCS $2K Pilot Program Forty-Second Round Awardees

The NC TraCS Institute is pleased to announce awardees of TraCS $2K small grants for clinical and translational research projects. 7 applications were received and 4 (listed below) were chosen for funding, from the UNC-CH School of Medicine and Gillings School of Global Public Health.

1. Monica D’Arcy
   Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health
   Christina Mack
   Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health
   Project Title: Evaluate the Association Between SSRIs and Incident Colorectal Cancer Using Medicare Claims Database
2. Timothy Platts-Mills
   Emergency Medicine; Anesthesiology, School of Medicine
   Project Title: Shared Decision Making for the Selection of Outpatient Analgesic Treatment for Older Emergency Department Patients with Acute Pain
3. Daniel Reuland
   Dept. of Medicine, School of Medicine
   Monica Jolles
   Health Policy & Management, Gillings School of Global Public Health
   Project Title: Pilot Testing a combined intervention of a Spanish Language Colorectal Cancer Screening Decision Aid and Navigation: The CHOICES/OPCIONES Project
4. Crystal Schiller
   Psychiatry, School of Medicine
   Project Title: The Role of Oxytocin in the Pathophysiology of Postpartum Depression