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RUSH to Progress: Accelerating Research through Pilot Awards Awardees

2024

$50,000 Awardees

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

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