Congratulations to our 2023 Pilot Grant Awardees
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Junior Faculty Focused (JFF)
Implementation and Evaluation of Machine Learning Models Predicting Pediatric Acute Kidney Injury
Mark Mai, MD*
Mentor: Evan Orenstein, MD
Novel Targets against Nipah Virus through Host-factor Screens with a Nipah Minigenome System
Shuiyun Lan, PhD*
Mentor: Stefan Sarafianos, PhD
Biomarkers in Pediatric Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis
Grace Gombolay, MD*
Mentor: Tim Gershon, MD, PhD
Center for Childhood Vaccines and Infections (CCIV)
Leveraging Antibody-omics for prevention and detection of pediatric TB
Lisa Marie Cranmer, MD, MPH*
Anniruddh Sarkar, PhD
The Center for Gastroenterology, Endocrinology and Nutrition Innovation (GENI)
Mapping Integrated Single-Cell Chromatin Accessibility with the Single-Cell Transcriptional Landscape in Pediatric Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes
Lisa Staimez, PhD, MPH*
Tanicia Daley, MD, MPH
The Center for Cystic Fibrosis and Airways Disease Research (CF-AIR)
The Role of RNA methylation in Candida albicans for Pathogenicity in Cystic Fibrosis Model
Sohail Khoshnevis, PhD*
Nael McCarty, PhD
Children's Center for Neurosciences Research (CCNR)
Developing an Immersive Cognitive Task for Expanding the Assessment of Memory in Pediatrics
Daniel Drane, PhD*
Donald Bearden, PhD
Center for Clinical and Translational Research (CCTR)
A High-Throughput, 96-well, 3-Dimensional Microphysiologic “Lung-in-a-Dish” Model System to Study Molecular Pathobiological Mechanisms of Neutrophil and Epithelial Cell Dysfunction in Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Using Transcriptomics
Jocelyn Grunwell, MD, PhD*
Rishikesan Kamaleswaran, PhD
Center for Outcomes Research and Public Health (CORPH)
Environmental Effects on Outcomes After Congenital Heart Interventions
Lazaros Kochilas, MD*
Liu Yang, PhD
Program Planning Pilot (P*3)
Pediatric-Specific iPSC Biorepository for the Enhancement of Translational Arrhythmia-Susceptible Congenital Disease Research
Ilanit Itzhaki, PhD*
CF-ReBI3LD: Research into the Biogeography of Inflammation-Infection-Injury and Lung Disrepair
Nael McCarty, PhD*