New Grants FY 2025
December
The University of Texas System
Title: Supporting Parenting of Young Children (ages 3-6) with most common mental health concerns (Anxiety Disorders, Mood Disorders, and/Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)
Principal Investigator: Seema Jacob
Department/Division: Psychiatry and Behavioral Science
Period of Support: 9/1/2024–8/31/2026
Total Direct Costs: $260,866.00
The University of Texas System
Title: A longitudinal mixed-methods study of adolescent coping
Principal Investigator: Caitlyn Mytelka
Department/Division: Psychiatry and Behavioral Science
Period of Support: 9/1/2024–8/31/2026
Total Direct Costs: $130,434.00
The University of Texas System
Title: Harnessing Artificial Intelligence to Develop Brain and Psychosocial Predictors of Suicidal Behavior in Children and Adolescents with Bipolar Disorders
Principal Investigator: Benson Irungu
Department/Division: Psychiatry and Behavioral Science
Period of Support: 9/1/2024–8/31/2026
Total Direct Costs: $236,559.00
National Jewish Health
Title: Role of FABP5 in COPD exacerbations
Principal Investigator: Harry Karmouty-Quintana
Department/Division: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Period of Support: 8/1/2024–6/30/2028
Total Direct Costs: $42,784.00
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Title: Reducing future fractures and improving outcomes of fragility fracture
Principal Investigator: Nahid Jamal Rianon
Department/Division: Internal Medicine
Period of Support: 5/1/2024–4/30/2025
Total Direct Costs: $35,900.00
University of Maryland at Baltimore
Title: Lifespan Vascular Biology on White Matter
Principal Investigator: L Elliot Hong
Department/Division: Psychiatry and Behavioral Science
Period of Support: 8/15/2024–8/14/2025
Total Direct Costs: $75,000.00
Aotrauma North America
Title: Single-incision intracompartmental leg fasciotomy; technique description and cadaveric validation
Principal Investigator: Avrey Ann Novak
Department/Division: Orthopaedics Surgery
Period of Support: 9/1/2024–8/31/2025
Total Direct Costs: $8,348.00
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Title: Recruitment and Engagement in Care to Impact Practice Enhancement (RECIPE) for Sickle Cell Disease
Principal Investigator: Modupe Idowu
Department/Division: Internal Medicine
Period of Support: 8/1/2024–7/31/2027
Total Direct Costs: $351,000.00
Columbia University
Title: SLEAP: a Sleep ancillary to the Long-term Effectiveness of the Anti-obesity medication Phentermine trial
Principal Investigator: Deborah Bade Horn
Department/Division: Surgery
Period of Support: 5/15/2024–4/30/2028
Total Direct Costs: $64,394.00
InnateVR, LLC
Title: Modular Virtual Reality Therapeutic for Opioid and Stimulant Use Disorders
Principal Investigator: Michelle Anne Patriquin
Department/Division: Psychiatry and Behavioral Science
Period of Support: 9/30/2023–5/31/2025
Total Direct Costs: $8,094.00
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Title: Targeting leukemia stem cells with the novel antibody drug conjugate
Principal Investigator: Kyoji Tsuchikama
Department/Division: IMM
Period of Support: 71/2024–6/30/2027
Total Direct Costs: $263,100.00
Michael E. Debakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Title: Anatomic Microniches And Their Contribution To Vascular Remodeling In Pulmonary Hypertension
Principal Investigator: Harry Karmouty-Quintana
Department/Division: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Period of Support: 10/1/2024–9/30/2025
Total Direct Costs: $3,836.00
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Title: Brain Health Equity Research Collaborative
Principal Investigator: Anjail Z Sharrief
Department/Division: Neurology
Period of Support: 12/15/2024–11/30/2029
Total Direct Costs: $395,953.00
National Institute on Aging
Title: Ultrastructural alterations to neuronal autophagy during aging delineated with Cryo-EM tomography
Principal Investigator: Andrea KH Stavoe
Department/Division: Neurobiology and Anatomy
Period of Support: 1/1/2025–12/31/2026
Total Direct Costs: $275,000.00
Akebia Therapeutics, Inc.
Title: Vadadustat for the prevention and treatment ARDS due to suspected aspiration, pathogen-associated pneumonia, or sepsis
Principal Investigator: Holger K Eltzschig
Department/Division: Anesthesiology
Period of Support: 12/16/2024–12/15/2026
Total Direct Costs: $2,303,849.00
American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry
Title: Elevating Care: Evidence-Based Harm Reduction Training for Behavioral Health Providers
Principal Investigator: Namrata Walia
Department/Division: Psychiatry and Behavioral Science
Period of Support: 1/1/2025–12/31/2025
Total Direct Costs: $10,000.00
Education Development Center, Inc.
Title: National Collaboratory to Address Elder Mistreatment, Phase IV: Integrating Elder Mistreatment Prevention and Intervention in Mainstream Health and Social Care
Principal Investigator: Jason Burnett
Department/Division: Internal Medicine
Period of Support: 10/1/2024–9/30/2027
Total Direct Costs: $130,908.00
American Heart Association
Title: Investigating Hippo Signaling in Sinoatrial Node Development
Principal Investigator: Julianna Nicole Quinn
Department/Division: Pediatrics
Period of Support: 1/1/2025–12/31/2026
Total Direct Costs: $69,548.00
American Heart Association (AHA)
Title: Determining the role of genomic adaptations in Staphylococcus aureus disease severity
Principal Investigator: Jesus Mariano Duran Ramirez
Department/Division: Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Period of Support: 1/1/2025–12/31/2026
Total Direct Costs: $69,548.00
National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS
Title: Mechanism of ARIA following Anti-Amyloid Immunotherapy
Principal Investigator: Akihiko Urayama
Department/Division: Neurology
Period of Support: 1/1/2025–11/30/2029
Total Direct Costs: $491,110.00
CDH UK
Title: Understanding the role of the heart in Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH) – Fetal Through Adolescence, Cellular through Clinical
Principal Investigator: Matthew Harting
Department/Division: Pediatric Surgery
Period of Support: 12/19/2024–12/18/2029
Total Direct Costs: $71,918.00
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Title: hiPSC-derived region-specific airway basal stem cells for CF disease modeling
Principal Investigator: Sarah Xuelian Huang
Department/Division: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Period of Support: 1/1/2025–12/31/2026
Total Direct Costs: $250,000.00
University of California San Francisco
Title: Removing Barriers to PrEP Uptake and Adherence among Cisgender Women with Unhealthy Levels of Substance Use
Principal Investigator: Angela M Heads
Department/Division: Psychiatry and Behavioral Science
Period of Support: 9/1/2024–4/30/2025
Total Direct Costs: $18,519.00
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Title: Extracellular microRNA-mediated intercellular communication between retinal microglia and RPE
Principal Investigator: Yin Liu
Department/Division: Neurobiology and Anatomy
Period of Support: 9/30/2024–4/30/2028
Total Direct Costs: $334,456.00
November
William Marsh Rice University
Title: Towards High-Resolution Neuro-Behavioral Quantification of Sheep in the Field to Study Complex Social Behaviors
Principal Investigator: Sunil A Sheth
Department/Division: Neurology
Period of Support: 8/1/2024–7/31/2026
Total Direct Costs: $30,000.00
Brain & Behavior Research Foundation
Title: Orexin receptor antagonism and relapse-related outcomes in stimulant use disorder
Principal Investigator: Heather E Webber
Department/Division: Psychiatry & Behavioral Science
Period of Support: 1/15/2025–1/14/2027
Total Direct Costs: $69,955.00
University of Notre Dame
Title: EAGER: AI-powered, targeted instructional support for teachers
Principal Investigator: Tricia Zucker
Department/Division: Pediatrics
Period of Support: 10/1/2024–9/30/2026
Total Direct Costs: $30,262.00
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Title: Lymphedema prevention through Immediate Lymphatic reconstruction
Principal Investigator: Melissa B Aldrich
Department/Division: IMM
Period of Support: 8/1/2024–7/31/2029
Total Direct Costs: $775,255.00
Texas Education Agency
Title: 2024-2025 Early Childhood School Readiness Models
Principal Investigator: April Crawford
Department/Division: Pediatrics
Period of Support: 9/1/2024–8/31/2025
Total Direct Costs: $3,074,246.00
Eurofins Viracor, LLC
Title: Eurofins-Viracor NexGen Fungal/AFB Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) Assay
Principal Investigator: Luis Zeichner Ostrosky
Department/Division: Internal Medicine
Period of Support: 11/11/2024–5/10/2026
Total Direct Costs: $101,286.00
University of Houston
Title: Deprescribing of Disease Modifying Agents in Older Adults with Multiple Sclerosis
Principal Investigator: Holly M Holmes
Department/Division: Internal Medicine
Period of Support: 6/1/2024–5/31/2027
Total Direct Costs: $62,106.00
Medical AI Co., Ltd.
Title: International Collaboration Project for Global Licensing and Commercialization of AI-Based ECG Software as a Medical Device
Principal Investigator: Min Ji Kwak
Department/Division: Internal Medicine
Period of Support: 11/13/2024–11/12/2025
Total Direct Costs: $19,205.00
Cook Research Incorporated
Title: Zenith® t-Branch® Thoracoabdominal Endovascular Graft Services Agreement
Principal Investigator: Gustavo Silveira de Castro e Oderich
Department/Division: Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery
Period of Support: 11/13/2024–11/12/2025
Total Direct Costs: $11,880.00
Baylor College of Medicine
Title: The pathophysiology of vascular remodeling in pulmonary hypertension
Principal Investigator: Harry Karmouty-Quintana
Department/Division: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Period of Support: 9/6/2024–6/30/2028
Total Direct Costs: $42,784.00
Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Inc.
Title: REACH-EpiVCID
Principal Investigator: Anjail Z Sharrief
Department/Division: Neurology
Period of Support: 8/5/2024–7/31/2027
Total Direct Costs: $17,405.00
The University of Texas Foundation, Inc.
Title: PAP Project for Cervical Cancer Screening
Principal Investigator: Abigail Smith Zamorano
Department/Division: Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences
Period of Support: 12/1/2024–11/30/2025
Total Direct Costs: $175,000.00
University of California San Francisco
Title: acutE Perfusion Imaging in Childhood LVO (EPIC-LVO): A Prospective Neuroimaging Pilot Study
Principal Investigator: Stuart Mason Fraser
Department/Division: Pediatrics
Period of Support: 7/1/2024–6/30/2027
Total Direct Costs: $9,411.00
October
Texas Department of Family & Protective Services
Title: Building Capacity to Improve Texas Adult Protective Services Financial Exploitation Investigations and Client Services
Principal Investigator: Jason Burnett
Department/Division: Internal Medicine
Period of Support: 9/1/2024–2/28/2025
Total Direct Costs: $340,909.00
W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
Title: UTHealth Houston MIST Fellowship
Principal Investigator: Erik B Wilson
Department/Division: Surgery
Period of Support: 8/1/2024–7/31/2025
Total Direct Costs: $25,000.00
John S. Dunn Research Foundation
Title: Exploring excitatory to inhibitory synaptic ratio as a novel target in bipolar disorder and suicide
Principal Investigator: Gabriel Rodrigo Fries
Department/Division: Psychiatry and Behavioral Science
Period of Support: 9/1/2024–8/31/2026
Total Direct Costs: $49,976.00
Baylor College of Medicine
Title: Novel non-invasive approaches for the neuromodulation of cortical and subcortical targets in Neuropsychiatric disorders
Principal Investigator: Sunil A Sheth
Department/Division: Neurology
Period of Support: 12/1/2023–11/30/2024
Total Direct Costs: $14,879.00
KLS Martin Manufacturing LLC
Title: KLS Martin LP 2024-2025 Unrestricted Educational Grant Agreement
Principal Investigator: Matthew R Greives
Department/Division: Surgery
Period of Support: 7/1/2024–6/30/2025
Total Direct Costs: $20,000.00
Baylor College of Medicine
Title: Integrated Genomics of Mucosal Infections
Principal Investigator: Michael Lorenz
Department/Division: Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Period of Support: 5/17/2024–4/30/2025
Total Direct Costs: $201,300.00
American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society (AOFAS)
Title: Foot and Ankle Fellowship FY24/25
Principal Investigator: William C McGarvey
Department/Division: Orthopaedic Surgery
Period of Support: 8/1/2024–7/31/2025
Total Direct Costs: $21,467.00
University of Houston
Title: CAREER: Neuromuscular Coordination (NeuroCoord)-Guided Human-Machine Interaction for Quantifying and Improving Motor Function after Stroke
Principal Investigator: Sheng Li
Department/Division: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Period of Support: 10/14/2024–5/31/2027
Total Direct Costs: $5,400.00
Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation
Title: Reach Out and Read
Principal Investigator: Jocelyn M McConnell
Department/Division: Pediatrics
Period of Support: 10/1/2024–9/30/2025
Total Direct Costs: $13,889.00
The Methodist Hospital Research Institute
Title: A prospective, multicenter clinical study of the Implantable Miniature Telescope, Model SING in patients with central vision impairment associated with end-stage age-related macular degeneration
Principal Investigator: Bhavani R Iyer
Department/Division: Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Period of Support: 10/21/2024–10/20/2025
Total Direct Costs: $51,150.00
TIRR Foundation
Title: taVNS Pilot Jerry Johnston Andrew Award for Spinal Cord Injury Research
Principal Investigator: Radha Korupolu
Department/Division: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Period of Support: 10/1/2024–9/30/2025
Total Direct Costs: $10,000.00
Boston Scientific
Title: IC Fellowship Grant 2024-2025
Principal Investigator: Salman A Arain
Department/Division: Internal Medicine
Period of Support: 7/1/2024–6/30/2025
Total Direct Costs: $15,000.00
Research Triangle Institute International, LLC
Title: Pharmacotherapies for Alcohol and Substance Use Disorder Research Program Consortium
Principal Investigator: Scott D Lane
Department/Division: Psychiatry and Behavioral Science
Period of Support: 7/1/2024–6/30/2026
Total Direct Costs: $370,692.00
Edwards Lifesciences, LLC
Title: Interventional and Structural Heart Cardiology Fellowship Grant 2024-2025
Principal Investigator: Salman A Arain
Department/Division: Internal Medicine
Period of Support: 7/1/2024–6/30/2025
Total Direct Costs: $100,000.00
University of Texas at San Antonio
Title: Development of a behavioral economic Intervention to improve HIV-related behaviors among sexual minority men
Principal Investigator: Jin Ho Yoon
Department/Division: Psychiatry and Behavioral Science
Period of Support: 9/15/2024–8/31/2027
Total Direct Costs: $65,271.00
September
Icotec Medical Inc.
Title: Evaluation of Biofilm Formation on Carbon Peek and Titanium
Principal Investigator: Catherine G Ambrose
Department/Division: Orthopaedic Surgery
Period of Support: 9/3/2024–9/2/2025
Total Direct Costs: $30,465.00
Gulf Coast Consortia
Title: Systematic identification of enhancer RNAs as biomarkers and therapeutic targets for breast cancer treatment
Principal Investigator: Wenbo Li
Department/Division: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Period of Support: 9/1/2023–8/31/2025
Total Direct Costs: $40,000.00
Episcopal Health Foundation
Title: HOPE: A Cost-Effectiveness Study
Principal Investigator: Logan Rhea Thornton
Department/Division: UTP DSRIP Projects
Period of Support: 10/1/2024–9/30/2025
Total Direct Costs: $379,661.00
National Institute on Aging
Title: Circadian regulation of mitochondrial function by muscle RORs to promote healthy aging
Principal Investigator: Zheng Chen
Department/Division: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Period of Support: 9/15/2024–8/31/2029
Total Direct Costs: $1,646,080.00
National Institutes of Health
Title: Cellular senescence as a potential sex-specific driver of small vessel disease and post-stroke cognitive impairment in late adulthood
Principal Investigator: Rodney Ritzel
Department/Division: Neurology
Period of Support: 9/15/2024–5/31/2026
Total Direct Costs: $150,000.00
University of Iowa
Title: Women’s Health in Tuberous Sclerosis Complex: A Population Based Assessment of Morbidity to Inform Clinical Care
Principal Investigator: Lara A Friel
Department/Division: Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences
Period of Support: 7/1/2024–6/30/2027
Total Direct Costs: $22,005.00
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Title: Social Isolation, Loneliness and Health Outcomes Amongst Prostate Cancer Survivors
Principal Investigator: Seokhun Kim
Department/Division: Center for Clinical Research and Evidence-Based Medicine
Period of Support: 9/15/2024–9/14/2027
Total Direct Costs: $19,133.00
Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Title: Longitudinal assessment of cryoneurolysis effects on painful spasticity
Principal Investigator: Sheng Li
Department/Division: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Period of Support: 9/12/2024–9/11/2025
Total Direct Costs: $84,930.00
Emory University
Title: Molecular and Network Analyses of Lewy Body Dementia Pathogenesis
Principal Investigator: Sheng Pan
Department/Division: IMM
Period of Support: 9/1/2024–8/31/2025
Total Direct Costs: $115,384.00
Emory University
Title: Emory University/UTHealth Houston T. pallidum Research Service Agreement
Principal Investigator: Diane G Edmondson
Department/Division: Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Period of Support: 9/13/2024–12/31/2024
Total Direct Costs: $4,000.00
University of Southern California
Title: ENIGMA World Aging Center
Principal Investigator: Peter Kochunov
Department/Division: Psychiatry and Behavioral Science
Period of Support: 1/1/2024–12/31/2024
Total Direct Costs: $31,106.00
Texas A&M University Kingsville
Title: Detection of CWD prions exposed to copper and zinc enriched feeding
Principal Investigator: Rodrigo Morales
Department/Division: Neurology
Period of Support: 8/1/2024–9/29/2024
Total Direct Costs: $14,545.00
Texas Alzheimer’s Research and Care Consortium
Title: Cellular senescence as a sex-specific driver of amyloid pathology
Principal Investigator: Rodney Ritzel
Department/Division: Neurology
Period of Support: 9/1/2024–8/31/2026
Total Direct Costs: $300,000.00
Texas Alzheimer’s Research and Care Consortium
Title: Sex specific function of ACSL4 in aging and Alzheimer’s disease
Principal Investigator: Andrey Tsvetkov
Department/Division: Neurology
Period of Support: 9/1/2024–8/31/2026
Total Direct Costs: $400,000.00
Texas Alzheimer’s Research and Care Consortium
Title: Harnessing DNA methylation patterns in TARCC cohort to reveal novel biomarkers
Principal Investigator: Huihui Fan
Department/Division: Neurology
Period of Support: 9/1/2024–8/31/2026
Total Direct Costs: $300,000.00
Texas Alzheimer’s Research and Care Consortium
Title: Cerebrovascular Dysfunction and Rejuvenation in Alzheimer’s Disease Pathogenesis
Principal Investigator: Sithara Thomas
Department/Division: Neurosurgery
Period of Support: 9/1/2024–8/31/2026
Total Direct Costs: $200,000.00
Texas Alzheimer’s Research and Care Consortium
Title: Pathological characterization and seeding activity of Aß aggregates in eyes
Principal Investigator: Salvatore Saieva
Department/Division: Neurology
Period of Support: 9/1/2024–8/31/2026
Total Direct Costs: $184,752.00
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Title: 1/2 Inhaled Nitric Oxide for Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia—The “NONO trial”—a pragmatic, multi-center, de-implementation, stepped-wedge, cluster-randomized trial
Principal Investigator: Matthew Harting
Department/Division: Pediatric Surgery
Period of Support: 9/17/2024–7/31/2031
Total Direct Costs: $476,703.00
Texas Alzheimer’s Research and Care Consortium
Title: The role of G4 helicase DHX36 in neuronal and astrocytic senescence
Principal Investigator: Vijay Kumar Marumulla Jagadeshwar Rao
Department/Division: Neurology
Period of Support: 9/1/2024–8/31/2026
Total Direct Costs: $200,000.00
Texas Alzheimer’s Research and Care Consortium
Title: Dysfunctional Neuron-Microglia Interactions in Alzheimer’s Disease
Principal Investigator: Keran Ma
Department/Division: Neurobiology and Anatomy
Period of Support: 9/1/2024–8/31/2026
Total Direct Costs: $400,000.00
National Institutes of Health
Title: Study of essential genes in Fusobacterium nucleatum
Principal Investigator: Chenggang Wu
Department/Division: Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Period of Support: 9/17/2024–9/16/2026
Total Direct Costs: $275,000.00
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Title: An innovative device for management of neuropathic pain after spinal cord injury
Principal Investigator: Sheng Li
Department/Division: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Period of Support: 9/19/2024–8/31/2026
Total Direct Costs: $1,315,557.00
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Title: Targeting Extracellular Nucleoside Metabolism as a Strategy to Potentiate the Effects of Immunotherapy in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma
Principal Investigator: Ali Azhdarinia
Department/Division: IMM
Period of Support: 11/1/2024–10/31/2025
Total Direct Costs: $40,087.00
Texas Alzheimer’s Research and Care Consortium
Title: Role of Innate lymphoid Cells in Alzheimer’s Pathology
Principal Investigator: Vijayasree Vayalanellore Giridharan
Department/Division: Psychiatry and Behavioral Science
Period of Support: 9/1/2024–8/31/2026
Total Direct Costs: $272,726.00
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Title: The role of Huntingtin in endolysosomal trafficking and Huntington’s disease pathogenesis
Principal Investigator: Stephen Matthew Farmer Jr
Department/Division: IMM
Period of Support: 9/18/2024–8/31/2026
Total Direct Costs: $38,124.00
National Institutes of Health/DHHS
Title: Hemin Production by Veillonella: A Novel Mechanism in Inhibiting P. gingivalis Hemolysis
Principal Investigator: Chenggang Wu
Department/Division: Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Period of Support: 9/18/2024–9/17/2026
Total Direct Costs: $275,000.00
Texas Alzheimer’s Research and Care Consortium
Title: Unraveling the Influence of Delirium in Alzheimer’s Disease Pathogenesis
Principal Investigator: Tatiana Barichello
Department/Division: Psychiatry and Behavioral Science
Period of Support: 9/1/2024–8/31/2026
Total Direct Costs: $390,678.00
Texas Department of Family and Protective Services
Title: Unraveling the Influence of Delirium in Alzheimer’s Disease Pathogenesis
Principal Investigator: Tatiana Barichello
Department/Division: Psychiatry and Behavioral Science
Period of Support: 9/1/2024–8/31/2026
Total Direct Costs: $390,678.00
U.S. Department of Defense
Title: Long Term Impact of Deployment Exposures on Neuropathy of Brainstem Pathways, Associated Symptoms, and Health Measures in Veterans with GWI
Principal Investigator: Deborah M Little
Department/Division: Psychiatry and Behavioral Science
Period of Support: 9/30/2024–9/29/2026
Total Direct Costs: $499,993.00
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Title: Screening of strain-specific anti CWD prion molecules
Principal Investigator: Rodrigo Morales
Department/Division: Neurology
Period of Support: 9/30/2024–9/29/2025
Total Direct Costs: $225,434.00
Rhode Island Hospital
Title: Neuromuscular Response to Competing ACL Surgeries
Principal Investigator: Payam Zandiyeh
Department/Division: Orthopaedic Surgery
Period of Support: 7/30/2024–6/30/2028
Total Direct Costs: $116,453.00
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Title: Bio-engineered Cell Therapy to Treat Candidiasis
Principal Investigator: Michael Lorenz
Department/Division: Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Period of Support: 8/26/2024–7/31/2026
Total Direct Costs: $21,428.00
Ohio State University
Title: Comparative effective of two aspirin doses for prevention of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy
Principal Investigator: Baha M Sibai
Department/Division: Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences
Period of Support: 3/1/2024–2/28/2025
Total Direct Costs: $115,150.00
Texas Education Agency
Title: 2024–2026 Improving Kindergarten Reading Instruments
Principal Investigator: April Crawford
Department/Division: Childrens Learning Institute
Period of Support: 8/1/2024–4/30/2026
Total Direct Costs: $813,585.00
NEXT for Autism, Inc.
Title: Launching! to Adulthood program
Principal Investigator: Antonio Francisco Pagan
Department/Division: Psychiatry and Behavioral Science
Period of Support: 10/1/2024–9/30/2025
Total Direct Costs: $25,848.00
Project 8P Foundation
Title: Comprehensive genotype-phenotype curation, analysis, and visualization to enhance the Project8p database and portal
Principal Investigator: Dennis Lal
Department/Division: Neurology
Period of Support: 5/1/2024–5/30/2025
Total Direct Costs: $20,000.00
National Institute on Aging
Title: Patient Priorities Survivorship Care for Older Women with Breast Cancer
Principal Investigator: Dana Elena Giza
Department/Division: Internal Medicine
Period of Support: 9/27/2024–9/26/2026
Total Direct Costs: $200,000.00
National Institutes of Health
Title: Direct activation of CRF neurons by Abeta disrupts the stress response in Alzheimer’s Disease
Principal Investigator: Nicholas John Justice
Department/Division: IMM
Period of Support: 9/30/2024–8/31/2026
Total Direct Costs: $275,000.00
U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity
Title: Stress Inoculation Training (SIT): An Evidence-Driven, Military-Aligned Psychological Performance and Health Sustainment Prototype
Principal Investigator: Sarah E Jackson
Department/Division: Psychiatry and Behavioral Science
Period of Support: 9/30/2024–9/29/2027
Total Direct Costs: $499,862.00