New grants awarded to School of Medicine faculty with project start dates from April 1 – 15 and a total award amount greater than $100,000 are outlined.
Below is a list of new grants awarded to UNC School of Medicine faculty with project start dates from April 1 – 15, 2023, and a total award amount greater than $100,000.
PI | Project Title | Sponsor | Award Amount | Project Begin Date |
Deshmukh, Mohanish | miR-29: A brain homeostasis molecule for Alzheimer’s disease prevention | NIH National Institute on Aging (NIA) | $622,753 | 4/1/2023 |
Giudice, Jimena | CAREER: Mechanotransduction, transcription, and alternative splicing in cell biology | National Science Foundation (NSF) | $340,000 | 4/1/2023 |
Sheikh, Shehzad | High throughput functional studies of IBD-associated GWAS variants | NIH National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases (NIDDKD) | $671,329 | 4/1/2023 |
Liu, Jiandong | Macrophage functional dynamics in adult heart regeneration | NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) | $596,814 | 4/1/2023 |
Kash, Thomas | Regulation of alcohol-induced social disturbances by lateral habenula serotonin receptors | NIH National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) | $107,869 | 4/1/2023 |
Stein, Jason | IBIS-iPSC: Organoid modeling of cortical surface area hyperexpansion in autism spectrum disorder | NIH National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) | $859,996 | 4/1/2023 |
Yuan, Hong | Preclinical Vevo-F2 ultrasound imaging system for Small Animal Imaging core facility | NIH Office of the Director | $490,700 | 4/1/2023 |