ODAT Translational Research Funding

Mohamad Alkhouli, MD. Project title: Cryo-Facilitated method for transcatheter removal of tissue and foreign materials

Shai Ashkenasi, PhD. Project title: Assessing cancer metastases in cervical lymph nodes by photoacoustic lifetime imaging

Samira Azarin, PhD. Project title: In vivo validation of biomaterial technology for treatment of metastatic ovarian cancer

Roy Cho, MD. Project title: Breath sensing lung cancer detection 

Beth Groenke, DDS, and John Sartori, PhD. Project title: PhysiAroma - harnessing olfaction to manage chronic pain

Julia Heneghan, MD. Project title: A novel tool to assess outcomes after critical illness in children with complex medical needs

Marc Hillmyer, PhD, and Robroy MacIver, MD (Children's MN). Project title: Tracheal stents for bronchomalacia in the pediatric population

Erik Jensen, MD. Project title: Dissolvable stent for sutureless pancreatic surgery

Harmeet Malhi, MBBS (Mayo Clinic) and William Pomerantz, PhD (UMN). Project title: Epigenetic inhibitors for the treatment of alcoholic hepatitis

Timothy O'Brien. Project title: iPSC derived cartilage cells for treatment of osteoarthritis

Mukesh Pandey, PhD (Mayo Clinic). Project title: cGMP synthesis of [68Ga]Ga-Bisphosphate for PET imaging of bacterial infection over inflammation in osteomyelitis foreign body rat model

William Pomerantz, PhD. Project title: BPTF degradation as a new epigenetic therapy approach for pediatric cancers

Elizabeth Rajan. Flexible tube-assist balloon dilator with camera: Self-dilation of benign esophageal strictures 

John Sperling, MD (Mayo Clinic) and Scott Riester, MD (Mayo Clinic). Project title: Rotator cuff regeneration using BMP5

Jonathan Strutt, MD. Project title: Capillary refill time measurement utilizing mobile application (Cap App) in children

Emanuel Trabuco, MD (Mayo Clinic). Project title: Purified exosome product/urethral delivery device as a novel platform to treat stress urinary incontinence

Chun Wang, PhD. Project title: Insulin stabilization: in vitro proof-of-concept

Alik Widge, PhD. Project title: Market research for network neurotherapeutics

Natasha Wright, PhD. Project title: Rapid, on-demand peritoneal dialysis fluid compounding for low resource settings

Longjun Wu, PhD (Mayo Clinic). Project title: Targeting TREM2 for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Taymy Caso, PhD, and G. Nic Rider, PhD, LP. Project title: Gender Journey: exploring gender identity and healthy development using a web-based application.

Andrew Hansen, PhD. Project title: Pediatric mobile standing wheelchair for children with disabilities

David Haynes, PhD and Pinar Karaca-Mandic, PhD. Project title: Smart Community Health

Linda Koehler, MD. Project title: Novel Portable Device for the Treatment of Lymphedema

Bryan Ladd, MD. Project title: Fascial Closure Device

Hubert Lim, PhD. Project title: Enhancing Hearing Using Noninvasive Bimodal Neuromodulation with Novel "Ampear Buds" Technology

Anne Chevalier McKechnie, PhD, RN. Project title: Improving inclusivity of content, delivery, and testing of the Preparing Heart and Mind (TM) care program designed for families of infants prenatally diagnosed with complex congenital heart disease. *Jointly supported with ODAT Translational Program

Kathleen, Miller, MD. Project title: Move and Thrive: addressing teen health inequities through a physical activity online platform.

Nissrine Nakib, MD, and Dwight Nelson, PhD. Project title: Clinical Prototype Build: Bladder Activity Targeting Tool

Timothy O'Brien, DVM, PhD. Project title: iPSC Derived Cartilage Cells for Treatment of Osteoarthritis

Paul Orchard, MD and Damien Fair, PhD. Project title: Development of a novel, computerized scoring system for cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy.

Mukesh Pandey, PhD, Aditya Bansal, PhD, Sean Park, MD, PhD, and Haidong Dong, MD, PhD (Mayo Clinic). Project title: Design, Synthesis and Preliminary Evaluation of B-11 Antibody Fragments for PD-L1 PET Imaging

Rita Perlingeiro, PhD. Project title: Delivery Optimization of MayoPaxon in Non-human Primates

Paolo Pianosi, MD, Rajesh Rajamani, PhD. Project title: Ambulatory Breathing Sensor To Analyze Ventilatory Pump Function

Elizabeth Rajan, MD (Mayo Clinic). Project title: Flexible Tube-assist Balloon Dilator with Camera: Self-dilation of Benign Esophageal Strictures

Kyriakie M. Sarafoglou, MD. Project title: Drug-delivery mechanism to increase adherence in patients with adrenal insufficiency

Wendy St. Peter, PharmD. Project title: Reduce medication-related disparities in African American patients with chronic kidney disease

Christopher Tignanelli, MD (UMN), Rachel Morris, MD (Medical College of Wisconsin). Project title: An Innovative eHealth Platform to Facilitate Shared Decision-Making for Older Adult Trauma Patients

Lynda Welage, PharmD and Randall Seifert, PharmD. Project title: Rural medication access

Conrado Aparicio, PhD. Project title: Easy wearable devices based on cationic biopolymer membranes for point-of-care collecting/self-sampling high loads of viral particles

Alessandro Bartolomucci, PhD. Project title: A new class of C3aR1 agonists for the treatment of obesity

Jan Czyzyk, MD. Project title: Development of a novel antibody to serpinB13 for therapy in diabetes

Arthur Erdman, PhD, and Andrew Grande, MD. Project title: A novel steerable microcatheter to Improve COVID19 stroke outcomes

Rumi Faizer, MD and Victor Barocas, PhD (UMN). Project title: A Compliant Stent-graft to Lower Blood Pressure in Patients with Aortic Disease.

Linsey Griffin, PhD, and William Durfee, PhD. Project title: MNmask: University of Minnesota's novel method for N95 alternatives

Daniel Harki, PhD, Department of Medicinal Chemistry. Project title: Development of Selective Aurora Kinase A Degraders for the Treatment of N-Myc-driven Cancers

Chris Hogan MD. Project title: A high flow hood to mitigate droplet and aerosol transmission

Robert Schumacher, PhD, David Ingbar, MD, Timothy Rich, MD. Project title: Development of a T3 formulation for patients with COVID-19-induced ARDS

Man Liu, PhD. Project title: Treatment of cardiac diastolic dysfunction with a mitoTEMPO analog

Venkatram Mereddy, PhD. Project title: Novel Drugs Targeting Metabolic Plasticity for Breast Cancer Treatment

Li Ou, PhD and Chester Whitley, MD, PhD. Project title: A novel gene editing platform to treat Tay-Sachs and Sandhoff diseases

Michael Pitt, MD, and John Sartori, PhD. Project title: Q-Rounds: taking the waiting around out of rounds with a virtual queue

William Pomerantz, PhD. Project title: Development of a Selective BRD4 inhibitor as an Epigenetic Anti-Cancer Therapeutic

Luis Savastano, MD, PhD (Mayo Clinic). Project title: Minimally Invasive Drainage of Subdural Hematomas

Subbaya Subramanian, PhD. Project title: Engineered Exosomes for the Treatment of Advanced Stage Colorectal Cancer

Richard Vile, PhD (Mayo Clinic) and Ruben Harris, PhD (UMN). Project title: Translation of an APOBEC3B-modified vaccine, in combination with checkpoint inhibition, for the treatment of adult human, and companion animal canine, glioblastoma

Natasha Wright, PhD, Michelle Rheault, MD, Ibrahim Yekinni, MBBS. Project title: Rapid, on-demand peritoneal dialysis fluid compounding for low resource settings

Collaboration with Earl E. Bakken Medical Devices Center Innovation Fellows Program. Project: Device for neonatal cord management to support kangaroo care

Andres Acosta, MD, PhD (Mayo Clinic). Project Title: Development of Selective Ileo-Colonic Bitter Taste 2 Receptor 5 Agonist for Treatment of Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes

Mahmoud Al-Kofahi, PhD and Kyriakie M. Sarafoglou, MD. Project title: drug-delivery mechanism to increase adherence in patients with adrenal insufficiency

Sandra Armstrong, PhD. Project title: Developing improved pertussis vaccines

Michael Barry, PhD (Mayo Clinic), and Alexander Khoruts, MD (UMN). Project title: Vaccines to Combat Clostridioides (Clostridium) Difficile

Samuel Cramer, MD. In collaboration with Cerovations, LLC. Project title: Instrumented External Ventricular Drain

Sarah Elfering, MD, Priya Verghese, MD, MPH, and Ibrahim Yekinni, MBBS. Project title: Reducing infection risks in pediatric patients on peritoneal dialysis

Arthur Erdman, PhD, Ahmed Selim, MD. Project title: Translational Development of a Targeted Cardiocerebral Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (TC-ECMO) System

James M. Ervasti, PhD, and David D. Thomas, PhD, and Joseph M. Muretta, PhD. Project title: Mini-/Micro-Dystrophin Actin Binding Domain 1 Gain-of-Affinity

John Ferguson, PhD; Adriana Seelye, PhD; Tonya Rich, PhD, OT; Logan Cates, MA CCC-SLP; Don MacLennan, MA, CCC, UMN and Minneapolis VA Health Care System. Project title: Just One Thing: Custom Care Plans for Caregivers

Gary Goldish, MD. Project title: Caregiver Assistive Wheelchair Control

Alan Marmorstein, PhD (Mayo Clinic). Project title: Stem Cell Derived RPE for Treatment of Macular Degeneration

Anne McKechnie, RN, PhD. Project title: Extending an eHealth Enhanced Care Approach: Development of Nurse-Guided Patient Engagement Content to Support Human Milk Feeding for Infants with Complex Congenital Heart Disease

Paulo Pianosi, MD, and, Rajesh Rajamani, PhD. Project title: Wearable Ambulatory Breathing Sensor (WABS)

Carolina Sandoval-Garcia, MD. In collaboration with Cerovations, LLC. Project title: Improving CSF Shunt Reliability with Dual Lumen Catheter for Redundancy

Jessica Simacek, PhD and Adele Dimian, PhD. Project title: Bridging barriers to intervention access: Caregiver-delivered communication intervention

Ronald Siegel, PhD and James Cloyd, PhD. Project title: Development of a Prodrug/Enzyme Nasal Spray for Rapid Delivery of Diazepam for Treatment of Seizure Emergencies

Jill Siegfried, PhD. Project title: Cellular Uptake Mechanism of Cyclic STAT3 Decoy

Andrew Wu, MD. Project title: A low-resource oxygen blender prototype for use in modified bubble CPAP circuits

Collaboration with Earl E. Bakken Medical Devices Center Innovation Fellows Program. Project: Cleft palate closure device

Samuel Asirvatham, MD (Mayo Clinic). Project title: Epicardial pacing and defibrillation with a novel percutaneously implanted transverse sinus device

Jon Hawkinson, PhD. Project title: Critical path studies to nominate BINTA as a preclinical development candidate to treat chronic pain devoid of opioid side effect liability

John Ferguson, PhD, and Bernadette Gillick, PhD. Project title: Development of interactive software for use in pediatric stroke rehabilitation

Nicholas LaRusso, MD and Tatyana Masyuk, PhD (co-PI), Mayo Clinic. Project title: In vitro and in vivo testing the effects of SBI 319, a novel TGR5 antagonist, in treatment of the cholangiopathies

Roy Cho, MD, MHA. Project title: Multi-compartment syringe for endobronchial ultrasound transbronchial needle aspiration

Collaboration with Earl E. Bakken Medical Devices Center Innovation Fellows Program. Project: Qp:Qs monitor for single ventricle post-surgical monitoring

Matthew Ambrose, MD. In collaboration with Children’s Heartlink and One Heart Health. Project title: A telemedicine solution for congenital heart disease screening in low resource settings.

Hannah Bearinger, PhD, Christie Traczyk, MS, Courtney Hill, MD. Project title: Optimizing infant nutrition through breastmilk device.

Andreas Beutler, MD, Mayo Clinic and James Collins, DVM, PhD, University of Minnesota. Project title: Intraganglionic Treatment for Chronic Locoregional Pain

Maneesh Bhargava, MD, PhD. Project title: Molecular Phenotyping in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Adam Choe, MS, Courtney Hill, MD, Christie Traczyk, MS. Project title: Dental fear and anxiety.

Arthur Erdman, PhD, and Courtney Hill, MD. Project title: Optimizing Infant Nutrition with Breastmilk Device

Juergen Konczak, PhD. Project title: Wearable non-invasive neuromodulation technology for the symptomatic treatment of the voice disorder spasmodic dysphonia

D. Dean Potter, MD, Dennis Wigle MD, PhD, and Stephanie Polites, MD (Mayo Clinic). Project title: Development of a Neonatal Esophageal Lengthening and Anastomotic Device

Tina Slusher, MD, Ifelayo Ojo, MBBS, MPH, In collaboration with Maternova, Inc. Project title: Liquid crystal display thermometer (LCDT) for measurement of infant body temperatures in low-resource care settings

Robert Tranquillo, PhD. Project title: Gap analysis for a pre-IND of a pediatric conduit with growth potential

Martin Zielinski, MD, and Jonathan M. Aho, MD (Mayo Clinic). Project title: Treatment of Tension Pneumothorax Decompression with Needle Thoracostomy Colorimetric Capnography

Collaboration with Earl E. Bakken Medical Devices Center Innovation Fellows Program. Projects: Blood-pressure monitoring cuff to accurately capture blood pressure data in pediatric patients; Wearable device for eczema to provide improved options for home-based treatment; Seizure monitoring device for care takers to detect non tonic clonic seizures in children

Gregory J. Beilman, MD. Project title: Preclinical Development of Beta-hydroxybutyrate/Melatonin (BHB/M) for the Treatment of Trauma-induced Acute Blood Loss

Jeffrey Bishop, PharmD, MS. Project title: Pilot study of inflammatory markers and neurocognitive phenotypes in psychosis

Mikael Elias, PhD. Project title: A new technology to control microbes and increase the effectiveness of GI endoscope disinfection procedures

Amy Esler, PhD, and Rebekah L. Hudock, PhD. Project title: Development of a Visual Sequence Application for Children with Special Communication Needs

Naomi Fujioka, MD. Project title: Analysis of the health effect of kava as a dietary supplement

Gary Goldish, MD. Project title: Development of an arm cycle ergometer for supine use

Daniel Knights, PhD. Project title: Immigrant Microbiome Project

Aaron LeBeau, PhD. Project title: Imaging PD-L1 Expression in Drug-Resistant Prostate Cancer Models Using a Novel Human Antibody Contruct

Ling Li, PhD. Project tile: Pharmacokintecis of Minnelide/Triptolide in the Brain

Grace Lin, MD, and Paul Friedman, MD (Mayo Clinic). Project title: Ambulatory Noninvasive Measurement of Potassium in Patients with Cardiac and Renal Disease to Prevent Rehospitalization

Wei Shen, PhD. Project title: Dissolvable Lacrimal Stents Using PLLA-P(βMδVL)-PLLA Degradable Bioelastomers

George Wilcox, PhD; Daniel Bruce, PhD; Philip Portoghese, PhD; Carolyn Fairbanks, PhD. Project title: Peripherally restricted combination therapy for inflammatory or cancer-related chronic pain

Collaboration with Earl E. Bakken Medical Devices Center Innovation Fellows Program. Project: Dental anxiety

Samuel Asirvatham, MD and David R. Holmes, Jr., MD (Mayo Clinic). Project title: Combination Radiofrequency and Electroporation Energy for Balloon-Based Ablation and Drug Delivery: A Novel Treatment Modality for Atrial Fibrillation

Barry Borlaug, MD (Mayo Clinic). Project title: Minimally Invasive Pericardial Resection to Treat Heart Failure

Kenneth Beckman, PhD, and Daryl Gohl, PhD. Project title: Micrometer: Next-generation Standards for Microbiome Analysis

Michael Farrar, PhD. Project title: B Cell Transcription factors in Leukemia

Gwenyth Fischer, MD. Project title: Epinephrine Drug-delivery Device for use in Pediatric Cardiac Arrest

Sven-Ulrik Gorr, PhD. Project title: A Novel Antimicrobial Peptide for Drug-resistant Bacterial Infections

Kathleen A. Harder, PhD, and Ognjen Gajic, MD, MS, Mayo Clinic. Project title: Pilot Implementation of Cloud-based Electronic Checklist to Improve Daily ICU Rounds in Rural Access Hospitals

Steven Koester, PhD, and Bruce Gerbi, PhD. Project title: Development of Ultrasmall Wireless Radiation Sensors for In Vivo dosimetry in Cancer Therapy

Timothy Lander, MD (UMN) and Robyroy MacIver, MD (Children’s Hospital MN), (previous PI: Filippo Coletti, PhD). Project title: Development of intraluminal bronchial stent utilizing patient specific anatomy for the pediatric population

Amber Lockridge. Project title: The Use of D-serine as a Novel Insulin Secretagogue and Oral Antidiabetic

Jamie Lohr, MD. In collaboration with The Newborn Foundation. Whoosh: Point of care pediatric heart imaging project

Silvia Mangia, PhD. Project title: Metabolic changes in the activated human visual cortex during mild hypoxia

David Morris, MD, Mayo Clinic. Project title: Fiber-optic Tube Thoracostomy Trocar for Improved Patient Chest Drainage

Valerie Pierre, PhD, and Robin Patel, MD, Mayo Clinic. Project title: Novel Biotechnology for Rapid, Point-of-Care Diagnosis of Bacterial Infection

David Potter, MD and Robert Schumacher, PhD, Center for Translational Medicine, University of Minnesota. Project title: Development of Hexyl-Benzyl-Biguanide for Breast Cancer Therapeutics

Amy Skubitz, PhD.  Project title: Development of a Biomarker PRofile for Ovarian Cancer using Proseek Multiplex plates

Tina Slusher, MD and Ashley Bjorklund, MD. Project title: Advancement of modified bubble CPAP for use in children in low resource settings: a study of safety

Conrado Aparicio, PhD. Project title: GL13K Antimicrobial Peptide Coatings with Strong Resistance to Degradation and Sustained Activity for Preventing Dental Peri-implant Infection

Shai Ashkenazi, PhD. Project title: Depth-resolved Tissue Oxygen Needle Sensor

Anannaya Banga, PhD. Project title: SOX 9 positive cells of the bile duct - a promising target for making immune tolerant Beta cells for the cure of type 1 diabetes

Gregory Beilman, MD. Project title: Beta-hydroxybutyrate/melatonin (BHB/M) for the Treatment of Trauma-induced Acute Blood Loss

Lisa Coles, MS, PhD. Project title: Evaluation of Oral N-acetylcysteine Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics

Lester Drewes, PhD. Project title: Development of Novel Drugs for High Risk Triple Negative Breast Cancer Treatment

Arthur Erdman, PhD. Project title: Acoustic Modulation of the Phrenic Nerve for Treatment of Ventilator Induced Diaphragmatic Dysfunction

Benjamin Hackel, PhD. Project title: Molecular PET Imaging of MET with Small Protein Ligands

Hiroshi Hiasa, PhD. Project title: Toxicology and efficacy studies for the development of novel fluoroquinolones with anticancer activity

Allison Hubel, PhD. Project tile: High-throughput screening of multicomponent preservation solutions for mesenchymal stem cells

Paul Iaizzo, PhD. Project title: Neuromuscular blockade assessment of motor point stimulation

Alexander Khoruts, MD. Project title: Development of Immunoregulatory Microbiota to Suppress Gut Inflammation

Danni Li, PhD. Project title: Validation of Circulating Hyaluronan and Tumor-associated Hyaluronan Receptors as Prognostic Biomarkers in Prostate Cancer

Jayanth Panyam, PhD. Project title: A Novel Marker for Isolation and Characterization of Circulating Tumor Cells from Patients with Metastatic Cancer

Jayanth Panyam, PhD. Project title: Antibody Targeting Metastases in triple Negative Breast Cancer

David W. Polly, Jr., MD, and Charles Ledonio, MD. Project title: 3D rendering of the thoracic cage from plain 2D radiographs of scoliosis in children

David Potter, MD, PhD. Project title: Epoxygenase mechanisms of breast cancer progression

Kari Roberts, MD (previous PI, Arif Somani, MD). In collaboration with Abbe Vision, Inc. Project title: Intra-pulmonary aerosol generator for drug delivery in intubated patients

Michael Rosenberg, MD. Project tile: Predicting rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) by anatomic and hemodynamic markers from in-vivo and in-vitro imaging

Elizabeth Seaquist, MD. Project title: Wearable Food Intake Tracking Device

Srinand Sreevatsan, PhD. Project title: Point-of-care Detection and Monitoring System for Tuberculosis

Robert Tranquillo, PhD. Project title: Preclinical demonstration of growth capacity of a tissue-engineered RVOT graft

David Walk, MD. Project title: Longitudinal MRI Spectroscopy in ALS

Gregor Adriany, PhD. Project title: A high density coil array for visual, auditory and motor cortex fMRI at 7 Tesla

Karen Ashe, MD, PhD. Project title: Rapid analysis of pathogenic tau proteins in human fluid specimens

Maneesh Bhargava, MD, PhD. Project title: SWIFT-MRI in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

John Bischof, PhD. Project title: Improved Disease Diagnosis Using Lateral Flow Assays with Thermal Contrast

Wade Bresnahan, PhD. Project title: Identification of novel therapeutic targets against human cytomegalovirus using a genome wide shRNA screen and next generation sequencing

Michael Farrar, PhD. Project title: T Cell Epitope Discovery for Cancer Immunotherapy

Michael Farrar, PhD. Project title: Genomic analysis of BCR-ABL+ human leukemia with high versus low STAT5 activation

Deborah Ferrington, PhD. Project title: Enhancing Mitochondrial Function as a Treatment for Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Dan, Gallaher, PhD. Project title: The effect of viscous and fermentable dietary fiber consumption on the gut microbiota and its significance in obesity

Allison Hubel, PhD. Project title: Microfluidic Device for Removal of DMSO from Frozen and Thawed Cell Therapy Products

Hubert Lim, PhD. Project title: A New Noninvasive Approach for Brain Activation to Treat Tinnitus

Paula Ludewig, PhD, PT. Project title: Shoulder Motion Guided Patient Diagnostic and Treatment Classification

Theoden Netoff, PhD. Project title: Closed loop neuromodulation of seizures in an in vivo model of epilepsy

Mark Osborn, PhD. Project title: Engineered nuclease mediated generation of non-alloreactive, tumor specific T-cells for human cancer therapy

Julie Ostrander, PhD. Project title: Identification of PELP1 inhibitors

Jayanth Panyam, PhD. Project title: Development of tylocrebrine for clinical use as an anticancer agent

Jayanth Panyam, PhD. Project title: Surface Functionalized Nanoparticles for Improved Chemotherapeutic Efficacy

Jayanth Panyam, PhD. Project title: Silicate Prodrug Nanoparticles of Paclitaxel

Valerie Pierre, PhD. Project title: Iron-based fluorine MRI contrast agents

Wynne Schiffer, PhD. Project title: Simultaneous FDG PET and fMRI measures of functional connectivity in the rodent brain

Timothy Starr, PhD. Project title: Modeling combination targeted therapy

Alena Talkachova, PhD. Project title: Vagal nerve stimulation and stem cell cardio-transplantation: a novel combination therapy for heart disease

Robert Tranquillo, PhD. Project title: Preclinical Evaluation of a Novel Tissue-engineered Heart Valve

Chun Wang, PhD, College of Science and Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering. Project title: Semi-solid Polymer Delivery Systems for Immunotherapy against Melanoma

Khalil Ahmed, PhD. Project title: Cancer Nanotherapeutic Targeting CK2

Michael Bowser, PhD. Project title: Tunable control of sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ transport using single stranded DNA antagonists of a polyanion binding site on phospholamban

Scott Dehm, PhD. Project tile: Genome engineering to model prostate cancer therapy resistance

Peter Dosa, PhD. Project title: Development of Novel Therapeutics for Glaucoma

Deborah Ferrington, PhD. Project title: Enhancing Mitochondrial Function as a Treatment for Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Erik Finger, MD, PhD. Project title: Isolation and Expansion of Regulatory T Cells from Patients with End Stage Liver Disease for the Induction of Tolerance in Transplantation

Melissa Geller, MD. Project title: Transposon-mediated targeting of natural killer cells for ovarian cancer immunotherapy

Jafar Golzarian, MD. Project title: Pharmacokinetic and Safety of Doxorubicin-Elutable Bioresorbable Microspheres in a Rabbit Model of Hepatic Arterial Embolization

Susanta Hui, MS, PhD. Project title: Advanced 3D MR imaging to characterize changes in the bone marrow of leukemia patients undergoing transplant

Marc Jenkins, PhD. Project title: Hepatitis B Conjugate Vaccine

Samir Khariwala, MD. Project title: SWIFT MRI for evaluation of mandibular invasion in oral squamous cell carcinoma

Michael Linden, MD, PhD. Project title: Identifying Immunophenotypic Markers Suitable for Clinical Laboratory Testing for Early Identification of Bortezomib Resistance in Human Multiple Myeloma

Steven Patterson, PhD, and Louis Mansky, PhD. Project title: Investigation of HIV-1 Lethal Mutagenesis in a Humanized HIV Mouse Model

Ann Parr, MD, PhD. Project title: Autologous OPCs for Transplantation into Human Spinal Cord Injury

Rita Perlingeiro, PhD. Project title: Therapeutic Approaches for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy using iPS Cells

David Potter, MD, PhD. Project title: Epoxygenase Mechanisms of Breast Cancer Prevention

Valerie Pierre, PhD. Project title: Siderophore Aptasensors for Immediate Point-of-care Diagnosis of Urinary Tract Infection

Daniel Vallera, PhD. Project title: Developing Biological Drugs Targeting Chemo-Refractory Carcinoma

Carston R. Wagner, PhD. Project title: In vivo Proof-of-Concept Studies on Chemically Self Assembled Nanostructures (CSANS) as Targeted Diagnostic Imaging and Drug Delivery agents for Brain Cancer