The following is a list of new grants awarded to SOM faculty with project start dates August of 2024 (the awards listed have a total award amount greater than $100,000):
Latest Grant Awards to SOM Faculty
Listing of recent competitive grant awards to SOM faculty
The following is a list of new grants awarded to SOM faculty with project start dates August of 2024 (the awards listed have a total award amount greater than $100,000):
| PI | Project Title | Sponsor | Award Amount | Project Begin Date |
| Dotti, Gianpietro | B7H3 CAR T Therapy of Therapeutically Resistant Pancreatic Cancer | V Foundation for Cancer Research | 350000 | 15-Aug-24 |
| Cohen, Todd | Environmental risk factors linked to TDP-43 proteinopathies | NIH National Institute on Aging (NIA) | 772621 | 15-Aug-24 |
| Vielot, Nadja | Developing and piloting an intervention to reduce HPV vaccination disparities in rural adolescents | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) | 157744 | 01-Aug-24 |
| Chen, Chong | Opioidergic control of the cerebellar microcircuit during placebo analgesia | International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS) | 175000 | 01-Aug-24 |
| Diering, Graham | Developmental sleep disruption interacts with underlying CHD8 genetic vulnerability in autism spectrum disorder | NIH National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) | 187431 | 01-Aug-24 |
| Friedlander, David | Using mixed methods to reduce disparities in renal colic care: a model for surgical value transformation. | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) | 159255 | 01-Aug-24 |
| Qian, Li | Post-transcriptional mechanisms of direct cardiac reprogramming | NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) | 106201 | 02-Aug-24 |
| Morrison, Kaitlin | Building Hybrid Operations to Promote Equity (HOPE) and improve clinical trial access across North Carolina | DHHS Food and Drug Administration (FDA) | 250000 | 01-Aug-24 |
| Steinbach, Erin | Revealing the mechanisms of increased intestinal epithelial cell barrier permeability in peanut allergy. | NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) | 202314 | 15-Aug-24 |
| Jaspers, Ilona | Effects of wildfire smoke on respiratory antiviral defense responses | NIH National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) | 607668 | 10-Aug-24 |
| Reeves, Brandi | Chronic Kidney Disease in Myeloproliferative Neoplasms | MPN Research Foundation | 100000 | 15-Aug-24 |
| Young, Samuel | Regulation of Synaptic Vesicle Dynamics in the Auditory System | NIH National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) | 324881 | 01-Aug-24 |
| Pinton, Gianmarco | Ultra-high precision image-guided incisionless transcranial ultrasound surgery | NIH National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) | 764056 | 20-Aug-24 |
| Kovarova, Martina | In Situ Forming Implant technology for TB LAI application (INV-077040) | Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | 617734 | 28-Aug-24 |
| Sheth, Sid | Phase 1 First-in-Human Dose Escalation and Expansion Study to Assess Safety and Tolerability of Intravenous Administration of ICVB-1042 in Patients with Advanced Solid Tumors | VCU Medical College of Virginia | 240000 | 28-Aug-24 |
| Good, Misty | Reprogramming intestinal immunity in preterm neonates to prevent and cure necrotizing enterocolitis | NIH National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) | 725077 | 15-Aug-24 |
| Johri, Parul | Jointly modeling the effects of evolutionary processes on genomic variation | NIH National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) | 388750 | 16-Aug-24 |
| Keet, Corinne | The Role of Food Sensitization in Cardiovascular Disease | NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) | 745898 | 13-Aug-24 |
| Ranney, Leah | NC Quitline Evaluation FY2025 | NC DHHS Division of Public Health (DPH) | 211468 | 01-Aug-24 |