2018 Awardees

Award Type: Pilot

Pi: Scott Blanchard | WCM | Physiology & Biophysics           
Co-Pi: Jackie Bromberg | MSKCC | Medicine
Co-Pi: David Lyden | WCM | Pediatrics

Title of Proposal: A novel approach for differentiation therapy in metastatic disease

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Award Type: Pilot

Pi: Leandro Cerchietti | WCM | Urology                      
Co-Pi: Nicole Liebman | AMC | Medical Oncology
Co-Pi: 
Kristy L Richards | Cornell University | Biomedical Sciences

Title of Proposal: Precision translation of DNA hypomethylating-based epigenetic therapy for aggressive B-cell lymphomas

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Award Type: Pilot

Pi: Praveen Raju | WCM | Pediatrics                  
Co-Pi: Kevin C De Braganca | MSKCC | Pediatrics
Co-Pi:
 Suzanne Wolden | MSKCC | Radiation Oncology

Title of Proposal: Therapeutic Dose Reduction Strategies for Medulloblastoma

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Award Type: Pilot

Pi: Emily Stein | HSS | Research        
Co-Pi: Christopher J Hernandez | Cornell University | Mechanical Engineering

Title of Proposal: The Microbiome as a Biomarker for Poor Bone Quality in Spine Fusion Patients 

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Award Type: Special Population Pilot

Pi: Juhi Kumar | WCM | Pediatrics         
Co-Pi: Danielle Friedman | MSKCC | Research
Co-Pi: Anuradha Gajjar | WCMC | Medicine

Title of Proposal: Identifying Biomarkers of Kidney Injury in Neuroblastoma Survivors 

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Award Type: Special Population Pilot

Pi: Barbara Milrod | WCM | Psychiatry                
Co-Pi: Cory K Chen | Manhattan VA | Psychology  
Co-Pi: Wendy Lichtenthal | MSKCC | Psychology & Behavioral Sciences

Title of Proposal: A Pilot randomized controlled trial of PTSD-Specific Psychodynamic Psychotherapy [PTSD-FPP] at the VA in Veterans with PTSD

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Award Type: Community Pilot  

Pi: Patrick Gulligan | WCM | Urology    
Co-Pi: Laura Robbins | HSS | Education and Academic Affairs

Title of Proposal: Assessment of postoperative urologic and pelvic floor complaints in male-to-female transgender patients: a mixed methods study

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Award Type: Community Pilot

Pi: Sheida Tabaie | WCM | Anesthesiology                   
Co-Pi: Karen Yelick | Indigo Africa 

Title of Proposal: Sexual Health Education to Empower Female Refugees  

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Award Type: Novel Technology Team Pilot 

Pi: David Erickson | Cornell University |  Institute of Biotechnology                 
Co-Pi: Marshall Glesby | WCM | Medicine 

Title of Proposal: Novel Phenotypic Assay for Determining the Antibiotic Susceptibility of Neisseria gonorrhoeae 

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