NC TraCS Award Announcements
The NC TraCS Institute is pleased to announce awardees for 4 programs:
- TraCS $2K pilot grants
- TraCS $2K Stakeholder Engagement vouchers
- TraCS $5K-$50K matched pilot grants
- TraCS $5K-$50K matched FastTraCS pilot grants
Awardees include investigators from the UNC College of Arts and Sciences, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, UNC School of Medicine, Duke University, NC State University, and Wake Forest University.
TraCS $2K Pilot Grant Program
131st cycle
- Heba Elsayed, Department of Allied Health Sciences, School of Medicine
Mary Ann Wells, Department of Allied Health Sciences, School of Medicine
Project Title: The relation between sleep disorders and other comorbidities in ASD children - Zachary Pettigrew, Pediatrics, School of Medicine
Peyton Thompson, Pediatrics Infectious Disease, School of Medicine
Project Title: Factors Associated with Pneumococcal Vaccination in Immunosuppressed Children with Rheumatologic Conditions - Kelsey Thompson, Department of Allied Health Sciences, School of Medicine
Project Title: Development of an Interdisciplinary Decision Guide for Preterm Infant Feeding Assessment
132nd cycle
- Jessica Goldblum, Psychology & Neuroscience, College of Arts & Sciences
Project Title: Virtual Assessment of Joint Attention in Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Novel Eye Tracking Approach for the New Normal - Edward Iglesia, Pediatrics, School of Medicine
Project Title: Knowledge, Attitudes and Preferences for Peanut Allergy Prevention in the Women, Infants and Children Program - Sophie Maiocchi, Surgery, School of Medicine
Project Title: Encapsulation of thrombolytics with inverse flash nanoprecipitation (IFNP) for their neutrophil-mediated delivery to thrombi - Jacqueline Wong, OB GYN, School of Medicine
Project Title: An investigation of the association between surgeon sex and laparoscopic device ergonomic strain in gynecologic surgery
133rd cycle
- Brad Figler, MD, Urology, School of Medicine
Project Title: Transgender Mental Health Care in North Carolina: Investigating Perspectives of Mental Health Services with Transgender Clients and Mental Health Providers - Aslihan Imamoglu, Psychology & Neuroscience, College of Arts & Sciences
Kelly Giovanello, Psychology & Neuroscience, College of Arts & Sciences
Project Title: Episodic memory changes in individuals genetically at-risk for schizophrenia - Jeffrey Johnson, Surgery, School of Medicine
Sherif Farag, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, School of Medicine
Project Title: Deep Learning-Aided Digital Pathology to Improve Diagnosis and Identify High-Risk Features in Melanoma Sentinel Lymph Nodes - Xiaopeng Zong, Radiology, School of Medicine
Project Title: Automatic Segmentation and Quantitative Analysis of Deep Medullary Veins in 7T MRI Brain Images
TraCS $2K Stakeholder Engagement Voucher Program
- Neal deJong, Pediatrics, School of Medicine
David Ming, Pediatrics, Duke University
Project Title: Identifying health system priorities for children and youth with special health needs in NC
TraCS $5K - $50K Translational Research Matched Pilot Grants
- Soumya Rahima Benhabbour, PhD, Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine
Panita Maturavongsadit, PhD, Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine
Project Title: Novel Injectable and Tunable Biomaterials Using Cellulose Nanocrystal-Incorporated Chitosan-Based Hydrogels for Superior Bone Repair - James Bonner, PhD, Biological Sciences, NC State
Silvio Antoniak, PhD, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine
Project Title: Role of PAR-2 in nanoparticle modulation of allergic lung disease - Leigh Callahan, PhD, Medicine/Rheumatology, School of Medicine
Stephen Messier, PhD, Exercise & Sports Science, Wake Forest University
Project Title: Cherokee Health for Elderly Residents with Osteoarthritis of the Knee in the Eastern Band: The CHEROKEE Study - Timothy Daaleman, DO, MPH, Family Medicine, School of Medicine
Project Title: Medical Respite Programs for People Experiencing Homelessness - Leslie Hicks, PhD, Chemistry, College of Arts & Sciences
Janelle Arthur, PhD, Microbiology & Immunology, School of Medicine
Project Title: Molecular drivers of AIEC phenotypes - Lara Longobardi, PhD, Medicine/Rheumatology, School of Medicine
Project Title: Macrophages as carriers for drug delivery in the prevention and treatment of osteoarthritis - Damaris Lorenzo, PhD, Cell Biology & Physiology, School of Medicine
Toshihide Hige, PhD, Biology, College of Arts & Sciences
Project Title: Understanding the synaptic pathways of pathogenic variants in novel ASD gene SPTBN1 - Katharine McGinigle, MD, MPH, Surgery, School of Medicine
Michael Kosorok, PhD, Biostatistics, School of Public Health
Project Title: Using Precision Medicine to Define Adaptive Treatment Strategies for Patients with Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia - Richard Moore, MD, Family Medicine, School of Medicine
Brad Wright, PhD, Family Medicine, School of Medicine
Project Title: A Mixed-Methods Pilot Study of a Novel Training Curriculum Designed to Enable Family Physicians to Independently Deliver Care to Patients with Hepatis C - Subhashini Sellers, MD, MSCR, Medicine/Pulmonary, School of Medicine
Megan Rebuli, PhD, Pediatrics, School of Medicine
Project Title: Evaluating the Nasal Mucosal Antiviral Immune Response as a Predictor of COVID-19 Severity - Xianwen Yi, MD, PhD, Surgery, School of Medicine
Project Title: The development of mouse models for obesity
TraCS $5K - $50K Translational Research Matched FastTraCS Pilot Grants
- James Hagood, MD, Pediatrics, School of Medicine
Project Title: Targeting Pulmonary Fibrosis: Soluble Thy-1 as a novel therapeutic approach
View a complete list of Pilot awardees at tracs.unc.edu/pilot.
