2024 Pilot 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

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