NC TraCS Award Announcements

The NC TraCS Institute is pleased to announce awardees for the 23rd cycle of the TraCS $5K-$50K matched pilot grants.

In total, 36 applications were received and 12 were chosen for funding. Awardees include investigators from UNC's Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Gillings School of Global Public Health, School of Medicine, and RTI International. These awards are comprised of NC TraCS funding matched by funds from UNC Schools, Departments and Centers, and funding from partner organizations. The 12 projects are listed alphabetically below by the PI's last name.

• Doerschuk, Claire, Dept. of Medicine, School of Medicine
  Project Title: A Precision Medicine Approach to DNase Therapy in Patients with ARDS or Pneumonia: Which Patients May Benefit from DNase?

• Franz, Jason, Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine
  Project Title: The peripheral motor repertoire as a neuromuscular constraint on walking balance integrity in age-related falls risk

• Jackson, Klarissa, Pharmacotherapy & Experimental Therapeutics, Eshelman School of Pharmacy
  Project Title: Phenotypic Biomarkers of Cytochrome P450 3A for Precision Dosing in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

• Li, Zibo, Radiology, School of Medicine
  Oldan, Jorge, Radiology, School of Medicine
  Project Title: Development of [18F]-labeled Amino Acids for Positron Emission Tomography (PET)

• Miller, Melissa, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine
  Project Title: Validation of Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing for Clinical Use to Diagnose Endocarditis

• Oldan, Jorge, Radiology, School of Medicine
  Project Title: Evaluation of Endometriosis with 18F-fluoroestradiol PET / MRI

• Poteat, Tonia, Social Medicine, School of Medicine
  Project Title: Combining Cohorts for Equity: Understanding Comorbidities in Diverse Women

• Saavedra, Lissette, RTI International
  Schilling, Samantha, Pediatrics, School of Medicine
  Project Title: Feasibility and Acceptability of a Screening and Referral to Prevention for Latinx Youth

• Shumaker, Ellen, RTI International
  Ammerman, Alice, Nutrition, Gillings School of Global Public Health
  Project Title: Understanding how food waste and food safety impact food donations to address food insecurity in North Carolina

• Vece, Timothy, Pediatrics, School of Medicine
  Hagood, James, Pediatrics, School of Medicine
  Project Title: A Pilot Study of Precision Medicine for Children's Interstitial Lung Disease

• Vora, Neeta, OB/GYN, School of Medicine
  Project Title: Expanding the utility of non-invasive prenatal genetic testing

• Zheng, Xiaojing, Pediatrics, School of Medicine
  Project Title: Determination of genital mucosal T cell responses involved in protection from Chlamydia trachomatis in women using single cell RNA sequencing analysis

View a complete list of Pilot awardees at tracs.unc.edu/pilot.