Tufts CTSI is very pleased to announce the recipients of the 2009 Pilot Studies awards, which provide researchers with critical planning and preliminary study support.
Ten awards were made for the following studies:
Jonathan Garlick, DDS, PhD, Professor and Director of Cancer Biology and Tissue Engineering
Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells to Treat Skin Disease
Iris Zamir Jaffe, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor
Mechanisms of Cardiac Fibrosis in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Miaofen G. Hu, MD, PhD, Instructor of Medicine
Role of CDK6 in T Cell Development and Cancer
Brigitte T. Huber, PhD, Professor
The Role of DPP2 in Controlling the Insulin Metabolism
Eric Miller, PhD, Professor
Image Processing Tool for Quantification of Knee Cartilage in MR1 Data Stacks
Gordon Huggins, MD, Assistant Professor
Genetic Modifiers of Hypertropic Cardiomyopathy
Rocco Ricciardi, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor
Transmission and Clustering of C.difficile colitis in U.S. Acute Care Hospitals
Jayanthi Mistry, PhD, Associate Professor
CBPR Approach in Assessing Programs for Youth From Immigrant Families
Katherine L. Tucker, PhD, Senior Scientist
Formative Research for the Design of a Multi-Level Cadiovascular Disease Prevention Intervention in Puerto Rican Adults
Carol A. Kumamoto, PhD, Professor
Effect of Diet on Intestinal Colonization by Candida Albicans
For more information on the Tufts CTSI Pilot Studies Program, go here.