2018 GRASP, GCAT and FIT Awardees
Research Affairs is pleased to announce the Grants for Research and School Partnerships (GRASP) awards for 2018. Four applications were received from several different co-principal investigators from three LLU schools. They were reviewed and scored by a panel of 18 or more senior researchers. Based on the combined scores of the reviewers, one project with investigators from two different schools was selected for award, fulfilling the GRASP objective to encourage collaborative research between researchers in various parts of the institution. All the applicants will shortly receive copies of the reviewer’s comments to guide them in preparing subsequent grant applications.
Please join us in congratulating Drs. Denise Bellinger, Matthew Bock, Ike De La Pena, Johnny Figueroa, Ahmed Khocht, Xiaolei Tang, Charles Wang, and Daniel Wongworawat. We earnestly hope that their studies are successful, that their results will be reported in peer-reviewed publications and will contribute to applications for extramural funding.
The 2018 GRASP application that was selected for a $75,000, 24-month award is:
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co-PIs |
School |
Title |
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Johnny Figueroa |
SM |
Brain Monoamine Neurotransmission as Pathological Hub in Obesity-Mediated Mental Disorders |
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Ike De La Pena |
SP |
The 2018 GCAT applications that were selected for $75,000, 24-month awards are:
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co-PIs |
School |
Title |
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Xiaolei Tang |
SM |
Harnessing T cells to Regenerate Articular Cartilage |
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Daniel Wongworawat |
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Charles Wang |
SM |
Simultaneous cellular reprogramming and genome-editing to generate cardiomyocytes |
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Matthew Bock |
The 2018 FIT application that was selected for a $50,000, 24-month award is:
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co-PIs |
School |
Title |
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Ahmed Khocht |
SD SM |
Effect of HIV Infection and ART on the Subgingival Microbiome |
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Denise Bellinger |