NC TraCS Award Announcements

The NC TraCS Institute and the Duke University Clinical & Translational Science Institute (CTSI) are pleased to announce the fifth round of awardees of Duke/UNC-Chapel Hill CTSA Consortium Collaborative Translational Research Pilot Grants promoting inter-institutional collaborations and pilot funds for new investigator teams.

In total, 14 applications were received and 2 were chosen for funding. Awardees from UNC include investigators from the School of Medicine, and awardees from Duke include investigators from the School of Medicine and Trinity College of Arts & Sciences. These awards are comprised of funding from both NC TraCS and Duke University. The 2 projects are listed below, alphabetically by PI last name.

Duncan, Joseph, UNC School of Medicine
Macintyre, Andrew, Duke School of Medicine
Project Title: Cross-reactive N. gonorrhoeae immune responses induced by a N. meningitidis vaccine

Moody, James, Duke Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Van Duin, David, UNC School of Medicine
Project Title: Network analysis of carbapenem resistance in Enterobacteriaceae

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