NC TraCS Award Announcements

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 2 (listed below) were chosen for funding from the UNC-Chapel Hill Eshelman School of Pharmacy and Gillings School of Global Public Health.

Preetika Sharma, Eshelman School of Pharmacy
Project Title: A Novel Biodissolvable Film for Localized and Efficient Treatment of Vulvodynia

Jessica Young, Gillings School of Global Public Health
Project Title: Examining the role of perioperative gabapentinoid use in preventing long-term opioid therapy after surgery

Two new awardees in the Emerging Challenges in Biomedical Research (ECBR) program are as follows:

Bates, Jill, Eshelman School of Pharmacy / UNC Health Care
Project Title: Implementation of a Preemptive Approach to Pharmacogenomics in Oncology

Stuebe, Alison, School of Medicine / Gillings School of Global Public Health
Whitney, Ana, UNC Health Care
Project Title: Human centered-design to assess and address social determinants of health in maternity care

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