ICTR Pilot Grant Awardee News
Congratulations to the 2024 UMB ICTR Pilot Grant Awardees!
Past Awardees Describe Projects
ATIP (Accelerated Translational Incubator Pilot) Grant Awardees
From a total of 34 applications, 14 one-year, milestone-driven ATIP pilot grants were awarded.
Congratulations and wishing you great success with your research!
Lead and Co-Principal Investigators
Lead PI/Co-PI (if applicable) |
Project Title |
Project Type |
Man-Kyo Chung, DMD, PhD UMB School of Dentistry, Neural and Pain Sciences Cynthia Renn, PhD, RN, FAAN UMB School of Nursing, Pain and Translational Symptom Science |
Swine model of temporomandibular joint pain |
Innovative Collaboration Pilot Grant |
Yifan Yuan, PhD UMB School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology Konstantin Birukov, MD, PhD UMB School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Medicine and Pulmonary |
Deciphering the novel role of VEGF-D in acute lung injury |
Innovative Collaboration Pilot Grant |
Anthony Kim, PhD UMB School of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery Bruce Yu, PhD UMB School of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences |
Development of Fn14-targeted DART nanotherapeutics for cancer patient clinical trials |
Innovative Collaboration Pilot Grant |
Aaron Ciner, MD UMB School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology Jason Molitoris, MD, PhD UMB School of Medicine, Department of Radiation Oncology |
A pilot study of chemoimmunotherapy combined with hyperthermia and spatially-fractionated radiotherapy in advanced biliary tract cancer |
Innovative Collaboration Pilot Grant |
Tim Luetkens, MD UMB School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center Arpita Upadhyaya, PhD University of Maryland, College Park, Department of Physics |
Therapeutic targeting and biophysical characterization of CAR-mediated trogocytosis |
Innovative Collaboration Pilot Grant |
Amed Ouattara, PhD, MSc, PharmD UMB School of Medicine, Department of Medicine |
Employing mRNA approach and malaria functional assays to assess the vaccine relevance of the pre-erythrocytic Plasmodium falciparum antigen P36 |
Innovative Collaboration Pilot Grant |
Kimberly Claeys, PharmD UMB School of Pharmacy, Department of Practice, Sciences, and Health Outcomes Research (P-SHOR) |
Leveraging Pharmacists to Improve Infectious Diseases Diagnosis |
Innovative Collaboration Pilot Grant |
Hongshuo Song, MD, PhD UMB School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, IHV |
Viral entry pathway alteration as an evolutionary mechanism of immune evasion |
Innovative Collaboration Pilot Grant |
Douglas Frey, PhD University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Department of Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering Kashif Munir, MD UMB School of Medicine, Department of Medicine |
Advancing diabetes diagnosis and treatment through high-resolution chromatofocusing, scientific machine learning, and comparative analysis with continuous glucose monitoring
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Innovative Collaboration Pilot Grant |
Bing Ma, PhD UMB School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Institute for Genome Sciences Tracy Hazen, PhD UMB School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Immunology |
Gut permeability and microbiome in very low birth weight neonates |
Innovative Collaboration Pilot Grant |
Ze Wang, PhD UMB School of Medicine, Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine |
Machine Learning Enhanced ASL MRI for Non-invasive Glymphatic System Assessment in Traumatic Brain Injury |
Innovative Collaboration Pilot Grant |
Sharon Tennant, PhD UMB School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, CVD Srinivasa Raghavan, PhD University of Maryland, College Park, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering |
Biopolymer microcapsules for oral delivery of live attenuated Salmonella vaccines |
Innovative Collaboration Pilot Grant |
Sui-Seng Tee, PhD UMB School of Medicine, Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine |
Watching macrophages eat: Deuterium labeled Raman Ultraviolet Mapping of Metabolites (DRUMM) in fatty liver disease |
Innovative Collaboration Pilot Grant |
Edward Bernat, PhD University of Maryland, College Park, Department of Psychology Fadia Shaya, PhD, MPH UMB School of Pharmacy, Department of Practice, Sciences, and Health Outcomes Research |
Preparing and demonstrating readiness for machine learning with the electronic medical record (EMR) data from a community drug treatment center |
Artificial Intelligence/Cybersecurity/Machine Learning Pilot Grant |
From a total of 16 applications, 9 one-year, milestone-driven ATIP pilot grants were awarded.
Congratulations and wishing you great success with your research!
Lead and Co-Principal Investigators
Lead PI/Co-PI (if applicable) |
Project Title |
Project Type |
Sandeep Devabhakthuni, PharmD, BCPS-AQ UMB School of Pharmacy, Department of Practice, Sciences, and Health Outcomes Research |
Impact of Social Determinants on Medication Adherence in Patients with Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction |
Innovative Collaboration Pilot Grant |
Miroslaw Janowski, MD, PhD UMB School of Medicine, Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine Dirk Mayer, PhD UMB School of Medicine, Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine |
Hyperpolarized 13C metabolic imaging in an endovascular swine model of ischemic stroke |
Innovative Collaboration Pilot Grant |
Feng Jiang, MD, PhD |
Biomarkers to Improve CT Screening for Lung Cancer Early Detection |
Innovative Collaboration Pilot Grant |
Raya E. Kheirbek, MD UMB School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Gerontology, Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine Brock Beamer, MD UMB, School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Gerontology, Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine Kristin Watson, PharmD UMB School of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science |
Hypertension Mortality Risks in Nonagenarians |
Innovative Collaboration Pilot Grant |
Alexander Ksendzovsky, MD, PhD UMB School of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery Weizhen Xie, PhD University of Maryland, College Park |
Cognitive testing during invasive monitoring of refractory epilepsy patients scheduled for neurosurgical intervention |
Innovative Collaboration Pilot Grant |
Achuth Padmanabhan, PhD Xiaoxuan Fan, PhD UMB School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Immunology |
Determining the therapeutic utility of a novel pro-metastatic transcription factor in metastatic ovarian cancer |
Innovative Collaboration Pilot Grant |
Ryan Pearson, PhD UMB School of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences Svetlana Chapoval, PhD UMB School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Immunology |
Tolerogenic nanoparticle-based mRNA vaccine to treat allergic airway disease |
Innovative Collaboration Pilot Grant |
Chamindi Seneviratne, MD Department of Psychiatry Weihong Lin, PhD University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Department of Psychiatry |
Characterizing Molecular and Neurotoxic Effects of Heavy Metals in E-Cigarette Aerosol Using Mouse Olfactory Neurons |
Innovative Collaboration Pilot Grant |
Stefanie N. Vogel, PhD UMB School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Immunology Robert Ernst, PhD UMB School of Dentistry, Department of Microbial Pathogenesis |
Novel TLR4-based Therapeutics for the Treatment of influenza
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Innovative Collaboration Pilot Grant |
From a total of 23 applications, 13 one-year, milestone-driven pilot grants were awarded (9 Innovative Collaboration Pilot projects, 4 Artificial Intelligence/Cybersecurity/Machine Learning Pilot projects).
Congratulations and wishing you great success with your research!
Lead and Co-Principal Investigators
Lead PI/Co-PI (if applicable) |
Project Title |
Project Type |
Areck Ucuzian, Assistant Professor, SOM, Department of Surgery/Vascular Surgery |
The effects of exercise on quality of life and fluid dynamics in patients with aortic dissection. |
Innovative Collaboration Pilot Grant |
Ritu Agarwal, Professor, UMCP, Department of Information Systems Shana Ntiri, Associate Professor, SOM, Department of Family & Community Medicine |
Ambiguity in Medical Decision Making: Effects on Health Disparities and Healthcare Costs |
Artificial Intelligence/Cybersecurity/ Machine Learning Pilot Grant |
Mary Ann Jabra-Rizk, Professor, SOD, Department of Oncology and Diagnostic Sciences Peter Rock, Professor, SOM, Department of Anesthesiology |
Impact of SARS-CoV-2 mediated salivary gland dysfunction on secreted salivary antimicrobial peptides and risk of oral opportunistic infections |
Innovative Collaboration Pilot Grant |
Amber Kleckner, Assistant Professor, SON, Department of Pain and Translational Symptom Science |
Time-restricted eating to address persistent cancer-related fatigue |
Innovative Collaboration Pilot Grant |
Audra Stinchcomb, Professor, SOP, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences |
Confirming Quality Performance of Extemporaneously Compounded Estrogen Hormone Products |
Innovative Collaboration Pilot Grant |
Ze Wang, Associate Professor, SOM, Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine |
Improving Arterial Spin Labeling Perfusion MRI with Advanced Deep Learning |
Artificial Intelligence/Cybersecurity/ Machine Learning Pilot Grant |
Jamie Podell, Assistant Professor, SOM, Department of Neurocritical Care |
Dysautonomia after brain injury |
Artificial Intelligence/Cybersecurity/ Machine Learning Pilot Grant |
Jaylyn Waddell, Assistant Professor, SOM, Department of Pediatrics Aditi Banerjee, Assistant Professor, SOM, Department of Pediatrics |
Mechanisms and biomarkers of therapeutic hypothermia in neonatal hypoxia ischemia |
Innovative Collaboration Pilot Grant |
Ranee Mehra, Professor, SOM, Department of Medicine |
DNA methylation signature of head and neck cancer patients of African ancestry |
Innovative Collaboration Pilot Grant |
Poonam Mathur, Assistant Professor, SOM, Medicine/Infectious Diseases Guangming Li, Assistant Professor, SOM, Department of Pharmacology |
"The role of the plasmacytoid dendritic cell-CD38-NAD+ axis in cellular aging in people with HIV." |
Innovative Collaboration Pilot Grant |
Brajesh Lal, Professor, SOM, Department of Surgery/Vascular |
Artificial Intelligence for Venous Thromboembolism Risk Assessment Modeling |
Artificial Intelligence/Cybersecurity/ Machine Learning Pilot Grant |
Shimei Pan, Associate Professor, UMBC, Department of Information Systems Joan Carpenter, Assistant Professor, SON, Organizational Systems and Adult Health |
An AI-based Method to Assess and Monitor the Cognitive Functions in Persons with Dementia |
Innovative Collaboration Pilot Grant |
Jonathan Bromberg, Professor, SOM, Surgery Bing Ma, Assistant Professor, SOM, Microbiology and Immunology |
Immunological and functional consequences triggered by the gut microbiota regulate alloimmunity and cardiac transplant outcome: Spatiotemporal analysis of intestinal responses to microbiota for elucidating alloimmune regulation at single-cell resolution |
Innovative Collaboration Pilot Grant |
From a total of 26 applications,13 one-year milestone-driven pilot grants were awarded (6 Innovative Collaboration Pilot projects, 4 Community-Engaged Research projects, and 3 Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence).
Congratulations and wishing you great success with your research!
Lead and Co-Principal Investigators
PI/Co-PI (Schools) |
Project |
France Carrier (SOM) | Optimization of small molecules inhibitors of the heterogeneous Ribonuclear protein A18 (hnRNP A18); a regulator of cancer progression and an immune checkpoint |
Lujie Chen (UMBC) Kelly Doran (SON) |
Towards predictive and proactive in-the-moment stress management among healthcare workers: A pilot study in long-term care |
Steven Fletcher (SOP) Curt Civin (SOM) |
Novel Venetoclax-Based Chimeric Compounds to Deactivate the Anti-Apoptotic BCL-2 Protein in Acute Myeloid Leukemia |
Mathangi Gopalakrishnan (SOP) Chein-I Chang (UMBC) |
Transfusion Risk Assessment using Vital Sign Dynamics based Machine Learning Algorithms |
Yi Huang (UMBC) Michael Domanski (SOM) |
Evaluation of the Effect of Serum Lipid Levels on the Progression of Renal Dysfunction |
Rena Malik (SOM) David Rasko (SOM) |
Exploration of Host & Microbiological Biomarkers in Catheterized Urine Samples |
Oksana Mishler (SOD) Michael Woolley (SSW) |
Psychosocial Screening Methods for Dental Settings |
Tinoosh Mohsenin (UMBC) Mohammad Sajadi (SOM) |
COVID-Matter: A Scalable Multimodal Sensory Machine Learning Framework forCOVID-19 Diagnosis and Pandemic Prevention |
Elana Rosenthal (SOM) | Integrating HIV Treatment and Prevention Into Transgender Care Utilizing Hormone Therapy (HITCH) |
Mohummad Siddiqui (SOM) Recai Aktay (SOM) |
Metabolic Imaging in the Diagnosis and Risk-Stratification of Prostate Cancer |
Lydia Tang (SOM) | Augmentation of humoral immunity using TLR 9 adjuvanted HBV surface antigen to enhance anti-HBSAg response |
Doris Titus-Glover (SON) George Unick (SSW) |
Exploring recovery-oriented capital support factors (personal, social, family functioning and community) to sustain opioid addiction recovery |
Kelly Westlake (SOM) | Exploring the neural basis of fear of falling in relation to balance perturbations in older adults |
2020 - COVID-19 ATIP Award Recipients
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From a total of 40 applications, 10 one-year milestone-driven pilot grants were awarded (6 pre-clinical pilot projects, 3 public health research projects, and 1 clinical research project).
Congratulations and wishing you great success with your research!
Lead and Co-Principal Investigators
PI/Co-PI (Schools) |
Project |
Adnan Bhutta (SOM) | Quantification of aerosolization of SARS-CoV-2 by High Flow Nasal Cannula devices in intensive care units |
Charles Hong (SOM) Anna Birucova (SOM) |
Modulating GPR68 to Attenuate COVID-19-related Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) |
Alfredo Garzino-Demo (SOM) Joseph Kao (SOM) |
Development of a non-infectious entry/fusion assay for SARS-CoV2, to be used for screening of neutralizing antibodies and small molecule therapeutics |
Zhe Han (SOM) | COVID-19 Functional Genomics Study in Drosophila and Human Cells |
Feng Jiang (SOM) | A Rapid and Sensitive Test for Detection of SARS-Cov-2 |
Jace Jones (SOP) | Rapid and Comprehensive Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Envelope Lipids |
Fei Han (UMBC - The Hilltop Institute) Zachary Dezman (SOM) |
Reducing Patient Risk through Actionable Artificial Intelligence |
Erin Hager (SOM) Maureen Black (SOM) |
Policies to Prevent Spread of COVID-19: Implications for Health Equity among Maryland Families of Preschool and School-Age Children |
Henry Silverman (SOM) Kheirbek Raya (SOM) |
Moral Distress in Health Care Providers Caring for Patients with COVID-19. A Qualitative Study |
Ester Villalonga Olives (SOP) | Social capital and psychological burden during the COVID-19 outbreak: Why are Hispanics one of the most vulnerable groups? |
From a total of 35 applications, 17 one-year milestone-driven pilot grants were awarded (15 Innovative Collaboration Pilot projects, 1 Community-Engaged Research projects, and 1 Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence).
Congratulations and wishing you great success with your research!
Lead and Co-Principal Investigators
PI/Co-PI (Schools) |
Project |
Charles Bieberich (UMBC) Xiang Li (UMBC) Maria Baer (SOM) |
Dual targeting of mRNA splicing in acute myeloid leukemia |
David Kaczorowski (SOM) | Pre-clinical development of a novel left ventricular device inflow cannula to mitigate thrombotic complications |
Ryan Pearson (SOP) Nevil Singh (SOM) |
Engineering B Cell Modulating Vaccines for T cell Cancer Immunotherapy |
Sarah Dababnah (SSW) Charina Reyes (SOM) |
Addressing Racial Disparities in Autism Diagnosis and Treatment: Translating Peer-to-Peer Support into a Clinical Setting |
Ze Wang (SOM) | Brain entropy mapping in Alzheimer's Disease |
Scott Devine (SOM) | Clinical implications of retrotransposon activity in Acute Myeloid Leukemia |
Achuth Padmanabhan (UMBC) | High-throughput screen to identify novel selective regulators of mutant p53 in ovarian cancer cells |
Kamal Moudgil (SOM) | Defining the cellular receptor for a novel joint-homing peptide for arthritis therapy |
Yvonne Rasko (SOM) | Evaluation of Efficacy of Breast Irrigant Solutions Against the Breast Microbiome |
Osamah Saeedi (SOM) | Use of Machine Learning to Quantify Age-Related changes in Vasomotion |
Nicholas Morris (SOM) Sarah Murthi (SOM) Micheal Armahizer (SOP) |
Adjunct Virtual Reality Pain Management in Acute Brain Injury |
Soobum Lee (UMBC) Jose Bosio (SOD) |
Force sensing clear aligner for real-time orthodontic force monitoring |
Hening Ren (SOD) | Anti-HDGF/VEGF Combination Therapy to Overcome Resistance to the Third-generation Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer |
Fadia Shaya (SOP) James Oates (UMBC) |
Artificial Intelligence and Machine learning Methods to Manage the Risk of Opioids in Older Adults |
Zachary Dezman (SOM) | Healthcare Utilization of Violence-Related Injury in the State of Maryland |
Johana Diaz (SOM) Mary McKenna (SOM) |
Altered cord blood carnitine/acylcarnitine profile and placental OCTN2 level may be related to risk of neonatal brain injury |
Kim Mooney-Doyle (SON) Daya Bagdure (SOM) |
Family Communication in Serious Pediatric Illness: Through the Sibling's Lens |
From a total of 36 applications, 19 one-year milestone-driven pilot grants were awarded (16 Innovative Collaboration Pilot projects and 3 Community-Engaged Research projects).
Congratulations and wishing you great success with your research!
Lead and Co-Principal Investigators
PI/Co-PI (Schools) |
Project |
Paul Antony (SOM) |
Mining premalignant cancer for actionable neoantigen targets for development into a cancer vaccine |
Shashwatee Bagchi (SOM) |
Systemic and Epicardial Fat Inflammation and Local Coronary Atherosclerosis in HCV and HIV Patients |
Vincent Bruno (SOM) |
Genome-guided diagnostic development and surveillance of Mucormycosis-causing fungi |
Marianne Cloeren (SOM) Jodi Frey (SSW) |
Operation PROSPER: Peer Reintegration and Other Services Promoting Employment in Recovery |
Ivy Dick (SOM) Michael Nestor (Hussman Institute) |
Evaluating L-type calcium channels as a therapeutic target in Autism Spectrum Disorder |
David Dreizin (SOM) Alan Yuille (JHU) |
Development of a fully automated artificial intelligence algorithm for detection and segmentation of active bleeding on trauma CT scans |
Jeffrey Fink (SOM) Lee-Ann Wagner (SOM) |
Is the AVS usable for patients to prevent hospital readmission? |
David Marcozzi (SOM) Daniel Gingold (SOM) |
Evaluating relationships between interventions, social determinants of health and hospital readmissions in a community para-medicine program |
Vincent Ng (SOM) Motomi Enomoto-Iwamoto (SOM) Maureen Kane (SOP) |
Determination of therapeutic efficacy and actions of RARgamma agonists for chondrosarcomas |
Satoru Otsuru (SOM) Janette Harro (SOD) Masahiro Iwamoto (SOM) |
Application of long acting retinoid nano-particles for orthopaedic infection |
Robert Reed (SOM) |
Birth order and immunoglobulin E in the Old Order Amish (BOOM-IgE study) |
Gloria Reeves (SOM) |
Assessing pain and opioid treatment among caregivers of youth with serious mental illness |
Cynthia Renn (SON) Turhan Coksaygan (SOM) |
The effects of a topical AT1R antagonist on wound healing and pain responses in aged diabetic pigs with skin wounds. |
Joseph Scalea (SOM) |
Understanding the potential human impact of drone organ transportation |
Abraham Schneider (SOD) Anthony Kim (SOM) Jeffrey Winkles (SOM) |
Repurposing Metformin using DART Nanoparticle Technology for Treatment of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma |
Julia Slejko (SOP) |
Value of Prediction within the Learning Healthcare System |
Sui-Seng Tee (SOM) Jace Jones (SOP) Liqing Yu (SOM) |
Fructose Metabolism as a Biomarker for Monitoring NAFLD Progression |
Sharon Tennant (SOM) |
A broad-spectrum vaccine and passive antibody therapy against multidrug resistant Salmonella |
Zafar Zafari (SOP) |
Development of a unified national decision-analytic model to quantify treatment effects and cost-effectiveness of different interventions of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
CEnR (Community Engaged Research) Grant Awardees
From a total of 6 applications, 4 Community-Engaged Research (CEnR) pilot grants were awarded.
Congratulations and wishing you great success with your research!
Lead and Co-Principal Investigators
Lead PI/Co-PI (if applicable) |
Project Title |
Lynn Michalopoulos, PhD
Associate Professor
UMB School of Social Work |
Muay Thai as an Adjunctive Healing Tool for Female Trauma Survivors: A Feasibility Study |
Lisa Bress, RDH, MS
Associate Professor
UMB School of Dentistry, Department of Advanced Oral Sciences and Therapeutics Deborah Jones, DDS
Instructor
UMB School of Dentistry, Department of Advanced Oral Sciences and Therapeutics |
Addressing Oral Health Disparities through Collaborative Allied Dental Education and Community Engaged Research |
Max Spaderna, MD
Assistant Professor
UMB School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry |
Developing a Screening Tool for Intentional Opioid Overdose |
Natalie Spicyn, MD, MHS
Assistant Professor
UMB School of Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases Stephen Thomas, PhD
Professor
University of Maryland, College Park, School of Public Health, Department of Health Policy and Management |
Hair Salons as Venues for Sexual Health Promotion & HIV Prevention Education for Black Cisgender & Transgender Women in Baltimore |
Lead PI/Co-PI (if applicable) |
Project Title |
Omar Harfouch, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Principal Investigator
UMB School of Medicine
Institute of Human Virology
Darren Whitfield, PhD, MSW
Associate Professor, Co-Principal Investigator
UMB School of Social Work
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Facilitators and Barriers to HRA in Transgender Individuals |
Tera Reynolds, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Principal Investigator
University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
Information Systems
Sarah Holmes, PhD, MSW
Assistant Professor, Co-Principal Investigator
UMB School of Nursing
Organizational Systems and Adult Health
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Multi-stakeholder Perspectives on a Sensorized Work Environment in Nursing Home Setting |
CEnR 2022 Awardees (Inaugural Round)
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Lead PI/Co-PI (if applicable) |
Project Title |
Marik Moen, Assistant Professor, UMB School of Nursing, Department of Family Community Health |
Promoting Understanding in social needs Research Projects by Listening and Engaging |
Marianne Cloeren, Associate Professor, UMB School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division Ocupational and Environmental Medicine |
Online Training in Motivational Interviewing for Occupational Health Providers to Address Vaccine Hesitancy AmongEmployees |
Nathan O'Hara, Assistant Professor, UMB School of Medicine, Department of Mediciane, Division Orthopaedics |
Understanding Financial Toxicity after Lower Extremity Trauma: A Collaborative Community-based Approach |
Kerri Evans, Assistant Professor, Social Work Program, UMBC Nalini Negi, Associate Professor, School of Social Work, UMB |
Access to Higher Education for Refugees in the MD/VA/DC area |
NSRP (Nephrotic Syndrome Research Program) Grant Awardees
The UMB ICTR Announced a Special Call for Applications for Pilot Grant Funding Opportunities Focused on the Physiology, Pathophysiology and/or Treatment of Nephrotic Syndrome.
Lead PI/Co-PI (if applicable) |
Project Title |
Roberto Kalil, MD Professor, Principal Investigator UMB School of Medicine Department of Medicine, Nephrology |
The epidemiology of post-transplant nephrotic syndrome in African American patients with history of end-stage renal disease due to hypertensive nephrosclerosis and diabetic nephropathy at the University of Maryland |
Sui-Seng Tee, PhD Assistant Professor UMB School of Medicine Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine |
Metabolic Imaging of a Mouse Model of Diabetic Nephropathy |
Junyi Zhu, Dr. rer. nat., Assistant Professor UMB School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition |
Functional validation of novel genetic variants identified from nephrotic syndrome patients in Drosophila |
Haseeb Zubair, PhD Assistant Professor UMB School of Medicine Department of Surgery |
Cell-free RNAs as markers of FSGS recurrence after kidney transplantation |