2022 Awardees
Award Type: Pilot
Pi: Jacqueline Burre | WCM | Brain and Mind Research Institute
Co-Pi: Virginia Gao | WCM | Neurology
Co-Pi: Andrea Lee | WCM | Neurology
Co-Pi: Alexander Shtilbans | HSS | Neurology
Title of Proposal: Enteric nervous system a-synuclein as a biomarker for Parkinson’s Disease
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Award Type: Pilot
Pi: Bishoy Faltas | WCM | Medicine
Co-Pi: Jonathan Rosenberg | MSKCC | Medicine
Title of Proposal: Reinterpreting the pathogenicity of VUS in UC patients from diverse ancestries
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Award Type: Pilot
Pi: Lynn Francesconi | Hunter College of CUNY | Chemistry
Co-Pi: Jason Lewis | MSKCC | Radiology
Title of Proposal: Facilitating theranostics with Thorium-227 targeted alpha therapy (TAT) using the bifunctional chelator p-SCN-Bn-HOPO
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Award Type: Pilot
Pi: James Kelly | WCM | Radiology
Co-Pi: Chad Euler | Hunter College of CUNY | Medical Laboratory Sciences
Co-Pi: Thomas Jeitner | WCM | Radiology
Title of Proposal: Imaging the mouth-to-brain transport of aggregated gingipains by PET
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Award Type: Special Population Pilot
Pi: Onyinye Balogun | WCM | Radiation Oncology and Evelyn Taiwo| WCM | Hematology Oncology
Co-Pi: Nicola Dell |Cornell Tech
Title of Proposal: Improving access to clinical trials (IMPACT) in women’s cancers through community-based education and provider accessibility
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Award Type: Special Population Pilot
Pi: Andrea Heras | NYP | Pediatrics and Stefan Worgall | WCM | Pediatrics
Co-Pi: Elizabeth Johnson | Cornell | Nutritional Sciences
Title of Proposal: Impact of sphingolipids disbalance on bronchopulmonary dysplasia
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Award Type: Special Population Pilot
Pi: Doreen Deyin Hsing | WCM | Pediatrics
Co-Pi: Jaap-Jan Boelens | MSKCC | Pediatrics
Title of Proposal: Impact of Annexin A2 Loss on Development of Acute Lung Injury in Young Children After Cardiopulmonary Bypass
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Award Type: Special Population Pilot
Pi: Yawei Yang | WCM | Pathology
Co-Pi: Angeline-Pendergrass | Cornell University | Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Co-Pi: Sallie Permar | WCM | Pediatrics
Co-Pi: Laura Riley | WCM | Obstetrics and Gynecology
Title of Proposal: Prevalence and Impact of in-utero exposure to maternal SARS-CoV-2 infection or vaccination on pediatrics outcomes
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Award Type: Kristy Richards Precision Medicine - Pilot
Pi: Emily Slotkin | MSKCC | Pediatrics Hematology Oncology
Co-Pi: Shauna Houlihan | WCM | Physiology and Biophysics
Title of Proposal: Identifying Therapeutic Vulnerabilities in Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumor