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Congratulations to the 2017 Pediatric Research Alliance Pilot Grant Awardees!

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Junior Faculty Focused (JFF)

Evaluation of thrombopoietin based chimeric antigen receptor T cells as a novel targeted non-genotoxic conditioning approach for hematopoietic stem cell
Shanmuganathan Chandrakasan, MD (Emory University)*
Harold Trent Spencer, PhD (Emory University)

Characterization of SIV latency in rhesus macaque infant naïve CD4+ T cells
Maud Mavigner, PhD (Emory University)*
Ann Chahroudi, MD, PhD (Emory University)

 

Children’s Center for Clinical and Translational Research (CCTR) Fusion

In an effort to foster multidisciplinary collaboration, CCTR has awarded 2 pilots for clinical or translational projects that address the themes or priorities of two pediatric research centers.  The awardees this year are:

Improved Brain Monitoring after Pediatric Cardiac Arrest 
Erin M. Buckley, PhD (Emory University)*
Hee Cheol Cho, PhD (Emory University)
Iqbal Sayeed, PhD (Emory University)
Michael Wolf, MD (Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta)
Collaborating Centers: Children’s Center for Neurosciences Research (CCNR) and Children’s Heart Research and Outcomes Center (HeRO)
Additional funding provided by: HeRO


UTOPIA- Urinary Biomarkers to Produce Improved Outcomes after Renal Transplant
Roshan P George, MD (Emory University)*
Barry Warshaw, MD (Emory University)
Robert Bray, PhD (Emory University)

Collaborating Centers: Children’s Center for Clinical and Translational Research (CCTR) and Center for Transplantation and Immune-mediated Disorders (CTID)

 

Children’s Heart Research and Outcomes Center (HeRO)

Enhancing the regenerative potential of pediatric cardiac progenitor cells
Joshua T. Maxwell, PhD (Emory University)*
Chunhui Xu, PhD (Emory University)

 

Center for Cystic Fibrosis and Airways Disease Research (CF-AIR)

Regulation of CFTR Function by Lipids and Lipid-mediated Signaling
Nael McCarty, PhD (Emory University)*
Michael Koval, PhD (Emory University)*
Guiying Cui, PhD (Emory University)

Genome sequence and bacterial interactions of Staphylococcus aureus cystic fibrosis isolates
Joanna Goldberg, PhD (Emory University)*
King Jordan, PhD (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Timothy Read, PhD (Emory University)

 

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