2024 Awardees
Award Type: Pilot
Pi: Mohamad Hamieh | WCM | Pediatrics
Co-Pi: Daniel Heller | MSKCC | Molecular Pharmacology
Title of Proposal: Glycolipid-based Lipid Nanoparticles for Improved Ex-vivo T-Cell Manufacturing
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Award Type: Pilot
Pi: Daniel Shalev | WCM | Geriatrics & Palliative Medicine
Co-Pi: Craig Blinderman | MSKCC | Supportive Care Services
Co-I: Irina Mindlis | WCM | Geriatrics & Palliative Medicine
Co-I: Deborah Estrin | Cornell University-Tech Campus | Computer
Title of Proposal: Ecological Momentary Assessment to Improve Symptom Management in Palliative Care: An Exploratory Study
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Award Type: Pilot
Pi: Jonathan Mamou | WCM | Radiology
Co-Pi: Claire Eliasberg | HSS | Orthopaedic Surgery
Co-I: Camilla Carballo | HSS | Orthopaedic Soft Tissue Research Program
Co-I: Cameron Hoering | WCM | Radiology
Co-I: Rodeo Scoff | HSS | Orthopaedic Surgery
Title of Proposal: Point-of-care High-frequency Quantitative Ultrasound Assessment of Tendon Healing
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Award Type: Pilot
Pi: Jonathan Zippin | WCM | Dermatology
Co-Pi: Ganesh Karuna | MSKCC | MSKCC
Co-Pi: Benjamin Hopkins | WCM | Medicine
Co-Pi: Kira Minkis | WCM | Dermatology
Title of Proposal: Development of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma organoids
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Award Type: Special Populations Pilot
Pi: Bishoy Faltas | WCM | Medicine
Co-Pi: Kim Jaehee | Cornell University Ithaca Campus | Computational Biology
Title of Proposal: Ethnically-Inclusive Multimodal Artificial Intelligence Models for Predicting Cancer Outcomes
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Award Type: Special Populations Pilot
Pi: Aliza Ben-Zacharia | Hunter College of CUNY | Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing
Co-Pi: William Samuels | Hunter College of CUNY | Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing
Co-Pi: Stacy Ann Smith | WCM | Neurology
Co-Pi: Angelo Volandes | Harvard Medical School | Hospice & Palliative Medicine
Title of Proposal: A Palliative Care Model Impact on Knowledge and Attitudes among Patients with Disabilities
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Award Type: Special Populations Pilot
Pi: Arnab Kumar Ghosh | WCM | Medicine
Co-Pi: Qi Li | Cornell University Ithaca Campus | School of Environmental Engineering
Co-I: Chani Traube | WCM | Pediatrics
Title of Proposal: Understanding Disparities in Heat-related Morbidity in the Pediatric Population
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Award Type: Special Populations Pilot
Pi: Liana Senaldi | WCM | Pediatrics
Co-Pi: Elizabeth Johnson | Cornell University Ithaca Campus | Division of Nutritional Sciences
Co-I: Genevieve Fouda | WCM | Pediatrics
Co-I: Camilia Martin | NYP | Pediatrics
Title of Proposal: Impact of Fatty Acid Status in the Immune Response of Extremely Preterm Infants
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Award Type: Community Engagement Pilot
Pi: Silva Milagros | WCM | Geriatrics & Palliative Medicine
Co-Pi: Manney Carrington Reid | WCM | Medicine
Title of Proposal: Perspectives of hospice providers and family caregivers of patients with Limited English Proficiency in the home hospice setting
2023 Awardees
Award Type: Pilot
Pi: Jeanyoung Kim | WCM | Dermatology
Co-Pi: Theresa Lu | HSS | Autoimmunity and Inflammation
Co-I: Joanna Harp | WCM | Dermatology
Title of Proposal: Understanding Pathophysiologic Differences Associated with Severe Cutaneous Drug Reactions Through Precision Medicine
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Award Type: Pilot
Pi: Jennie Ono | WCM | Pediatrics
Co-Pi: Rajalakshmi Nandakumar | Cornell University - Tech Campus | Computer Sciences
Co-I: Alexander Adams | Georgia Institute of Technology | Interactive Computing
Co-I: Stefan Worgall | WCM | Pediatrics
Title of Proposal: Development of a mobile clinical monitoring device to assess lung sounds in pediatric and adolescent asthma
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Award Type: Pilot
Pi: Brian Zeglis | Hunter College of CUNY | Chemistry
Co-Pi: Kristen Pepin | WCM | Obstetrics and Gynecology
Title of Proposal: ImmunoPET as a Diagnostic Tool for Endometriosis
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Award Type: Special Population Pilot
Pi: Lisa Mandl | HSS | Rheumatology
Co-Pi: Iris Navarro-Millan | WCM | Medicine
Co-I: Joseph Lane | HSS | Metabolic Bone Disease
Co-I: Sarah Young | SUNY Binghamton | Social Work
Title of Proposal: HIPVOL: Developing and Testing a Volunteer Program to Improve Social Isolation and Improve Outcomes in Hip Fracture Patients
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Award Type: Kristy Richards Precision Medicine - Pilot
Pi: Lisa Gfrerer | WCM | Surgery
Co-Pi: Darryl Sneag | HSS | Radiology
Co-Pi: Fei Wang | WCM | Population Health Sciences
Co-I: Thomas Campion | WCM | Research Informatics
Co-I: Weishen Pan | WCM | Population Health Sciences
Title of Proposal: Development of an AI-algorithm based mobile application for nerve compression headache screening