2021 Awardees

Award Type: Pilot

Pi:  Alireza Abbaspourrad | Cornell University | Food Science              
Co-Pi: Gianpiero Palermo | WCM | Reproductive Medicine 
Co-Pi: Younas Dadmohammadi | Cornell University | Food Science 

Title of Proposal:  Precise sperm selection, sperm capacitation, and egg fertilization using a microfluidic chip-based platform 

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Award Type: Pilot

Pi: Emily Stein | HSS | Research
Co-Pi: Eve Donnelly | Cornell University | Materials Science Engineering

Title of Proposal:  Trabecular Bone Texture Index: A Novel Tool for Osteoporosis Screening 

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Award Type: Pilot

Pi: Pengbo Zhou | WCM | Pathology and Laboratory Medicine 
Co-Pi: Yueming Li | MSKCC | Pharmacology

Title of Proposal:  Small Molecule Inhibitors of G3BP1 Reinvigorate the Tumor Suppressive SPOP Ubiquitin Ligase in Prostate Cancer 

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Award Type: Special Population Pilot

Pi: Jonathan Avery | WCM | Psychiatry 
Co-Pi: Jamie Ostroff | MSKCC | Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Co-Pi: K. Marie Sizemore | Hunter College | Psychology

Title of Proposal:   Improving Physicians’ Self-Awareness and Attitudes Toward Patients with Substance Use Disorders via a Role-Playing Virtual Game  

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Award Type: Special Population Pilot

Pi: Monica Fornier | MSKCC | Breast Medicine Service
Co-Pi: Joseph Lane | HSS | Orthopaedic Surgery
Co-Pi: Azeez Farooki | MSKCC | Medicine

Title of Proposal:  Post-menopausal breast cancer patients treated with aromatase-inhibitors and denosumab: an observational study to assess rebound bone loss and insufficiency fractures after denosumab discontinuation

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