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 Schtilbans | 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 Euter | 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
Co-Pi: Evelyn Taiwo | WCM | Hematology/Medical Oncology

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 | WCM | Pediatrics
Co-Pi: Stefan Worgall | WCM | Pediatrics

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 Reley | 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

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