Targeting neuroinflammation and epigenetic modifications in Alzheimer’s disease: A novel nanotechnology approach
Principal Investigator:
Venkata Atluri
Assistant Professor, College of Medicine
Immunology & Nano-Medicine
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Collaborators:
- Prem Chapagain (Associate Professor, Department of Physics).
- Nagesh Kolishetti (Assistant Professor, Department of Immunology, College of Medicine).
Budget: $25,000
Mechanisms of Arsenic-induced Cancer Stem Cell Formation, Metastasis and Therapy Resistance in Ovarian and Triple-Negative Breast Cancers
Principal Investigator:
Diana Azzam
Assistant Professor, College of Public Health & Social Work
Environmental Health Sciences
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Collaborators:
- Andrea Raymond (Assistant Professor, Department of Immunology, College of Medicine).
- Kim Tieu (Professor, Department of Environmental Health Sciences; College of Public Health & Social Work).
- Tomas Guilarte (Professor, Department of Environmental Health Sciences; College of Public Health & Social Work).
Budget: $25,000
The Mediating Role of Trauma and Stress in the Relationship between Sleep and Cognition among African-American Midlife Adults
Principal Investigator:
Shanna Burke
Assistant Professor, College of Public Health & Social Work
School of Social Work
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Collaborators:
- Nicole Fava (Assistant Professor; School of Social Work; College of Public Health & Social Work)
- Timothy Hayes (Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, CASE)
Budget: $25,000
Exposure Therapy for Auditory Reactivity with Self-regulation (EARS) for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
Principal Investigator:
Tana Carson
TE Assistant Professor, College of Nursing & Health Sciences
Department of Occupational Therapy
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Collaborators:
- Jeremy Pettit (Professor; Department of Psychology & Center for Children and Families, CASE)
- Aaron Mattfeld (Assistant Professor; Department of Psychology & Center for Children and Families, CASE)
- Dan Bagner (Professor, Department of Psychology & Center for Children and Families, CASE)
- Ingris Treminio (Clinical Assistant Professor; College of Nursing & Health Sciences)
- Zoran Bursac (Professor; Biostatistics, College of Public Health & Social Work)
- Stacey Reynolds (Associate Professor; Occupational Therapy, Virginia Commonwealth University)
- Kimberly Carpenter (Assistant Professor; Department of Psychiatry, Duke University)
Budget: $23,358
Multiscale Characterization of Mechanical, Biochemical, and Cellular Heterogeneity at the Aortic Valve/Aortic Root Interface to Guide Valve Tissue Engineering
Principal Investigator:
Darryl Dickerson
Assistant Professor, College of Engineering & Computing
Department of Mechanical & Materials Engineering
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Collaborators:
- Arvind Agarwal (Professor; Department of Mechanical & Materials Engineering; College of Engineering & Computing)
- Charles Dimitroff (Professor, Department of Translational Medicine, College of Medicine)
- Francisco Fernandez Lima (Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, CASE)
- Lidia Kos (Professor, Department of Biology, CASE)
Budget: $24,722