RUSH to Progress: Accelerating Research through Pilot Awards Awardees

2024 RUSH to Progress: Accelerating Research through Pilot Awards

* Early-Stage Investigator: a PI who has completed their terminal research degree or end of post-graduate training, whichever date is later, within the past 10 years and has not previously competed successfully for a substantial NIH independent research award.

# New Investigator: a PI who has not previously competed successfully as a PI for a substantial NIH independent research award (RO1 or its equivalent)

$50,000 Awardees (One-Year $50,000 Pilot Award)

TELEHEALTH DELIVERED STRATEGY TRAINING TO PROMOTE PARTICIPATION AMONG OLDER ADULTS WITH SUBJECTIVE COGNITIVE DECLINE

Steven Taylor, PhD, OTD, OTR/L *
Assistant Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy, CHS

CHARACTERIZING MYOSITIS-RELATED PAIN IN INFLAMMATORY MYOPATHIES (CRAMP-IM)

Didem Saygin, MD *
Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, RMC

DEVELOPING DIAGNOSTIC FUNCTIONAL TESTING OF INNATE IMMUNE REACTIVITY TO ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANT DEBRIS

Nadim Hallab, PhD
Professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, RMC

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR AND JOINT REMODELING IN OSTEOARTHRITIS

Jian Huang, PhD #
Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, RMC

 

$100,000 Awards (Two-Year $50,000 Pilot Award)

PILOT TESTING A CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY TAILORED WEB-BASED DECISION AID TOOL FOR ADRD CARE PLANNING AMONG CHINESE AMERICAN FAMILY CAREGIVERS

Chien-Ching Li, PhD #
Associate Professor, Department of Health Systems Management, CHS

A PILOT STUDY TO EVALUATE THE FEASIBILITY OF A CULTURALLY TAILORED DIGITAL THERAPEUTIC FOR VIOLENCE-IMPACTED YOUNG BLACK MALES

Chuka Emezue, PhD, MPH, MPA *
Assistant Professor, Department of Women, Children and Family Nursing, CON

ENZALUTAMIDE PROMOTES METASTASIS AND IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT THROUGH CD52 INDUCTION

Adrian Mansini, PhD *
Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology, RMC

NEURONAL NOTCH SIGNALING PATHWAY IN OSTEOARTHRITIS PAIN AND PROGRESSION

Lai Wang, MD, PhD #
Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, RMC

PRDM1 AND SUSCEPTIBILITY TO CRYPTOSPORIDIUM FOLLOWING HIV INFECTION

Xian-Ming Chen, MD
Professor, Department of Microbial Pathogens and Immunity, RMC

THE ROLE OF SHP-1 IN OSTEOARTHRITIS-INDUCED PAIN

Adrienn Markovics, MD, PhD #
Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, RMC

ACCURATE DETERMINATION OF CAUSES OF IMPLANT LOOSENING IN TOTAL SHOULDER ARTHROPLASTY

Robin Pourzal, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, RMC

CRISPR-ENHANCED STEM CELL THERAPY FOR OSTEOARTHRITIS

Lan Zhao, PhD #
Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, RMC