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NC TraCS Award Announcements

The NC TraCS Institute is pleased to announce awardees for 2 programs:

  • The 112th cycle of the TraCS $2k pilot grants
  • The TraCS $2K Stakeholder Engagement vouchers

In total, 12 applications were received and 5 were chosen for funding. Awardees include investigators from UNC's College of Arts & Sciences, School of Medicine and School of Nursing. The 5 projects are listed by Program below.

TraCS $2K Pilot Grant Program

Thomas Bice, School of Medicine
Dustin Norton, School of Medicine
Project Title: A Pilot Study of Esophageal Pressure Guided PEEP for Prevention of Ventilator Induced Lung Injury in Obese Patients

Kevin Cunningham, School of Medicine
Lindsey Byom, School of Medicine
Project Title: Developing an automated assessment of discourse production

Clare Harrop, School of Medicine
Jessica Cohen, College of Arts & Sciences
Project Title: Executive Functions and Behavioral Inflexibility in Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD): A Cross-Diagnostic Comparison

Lawrence Ostrowski, School of Medicine
Project Title: Sorting of Carboxypeptidase M Positive Cells for Differentiation of Ciliated Airway Cells from Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells

TraCS $2K Stakeholder Engagement Voucher Program

Jada Brooks, School of Nursing
Project Title: Engaging Community Stakeholders in the Formative Stage to Design Culturally-Appropriate Studies Aimed at Promoting Health Equity in American Indian Communities


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

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