Twelve Tufts CTSI Pilot Study awards were made to the following investigators. Congratulations to them all.
PI: Daniel Jay, PhD, Professor of Physiology, Tufts University School of Medicine
Co-PI: Julian Wu, MD, Professor of Neurosurgery, Tufts University School of Medicine
Title: Inhibiting Semaphorin 3A-Neuropilin-1-mediated GBM Dispersal
Type of Grant: Catalyst
PI: Charlotte Kuperwasser, PhD Associate Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Tufts University School of Medicine
Co-PI: Grace Gill, PhD, Associate Professor, Tufts University Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences
Title: Regulation of Breast Progenitor and Tumor Cell Phenotype by a BRCA1-Slug-LSD1 Pathway
Type of Grant: Catalyst
PI: David Thorley-Lawson, PhD, Professor of Pathology, Tufts University School of Medicine
Co-PI: Andreas Klein, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine; IRB Chair, Tufts Medical Center
Title: Whole Genome Sequencing of the Epstein-Barr Virus and Post-transplant Lymphoproliferative Disease Tissue
Type of Grant: Planning
PI: Janet E. Forrester, PhD, Associate Professor of Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine
Co-PI: Hoon Ji, MD, PhD Assistant Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine
Title: The Effect of Genetic Variants on the Relation Between Fatty Liver and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in HIV Infection
Type of Grant: Catalyst
PI: Brent Cochran, PhD, Professor of Physiology, Tufts University School of Medicine
Co-PI: Doug Jefferson, PhD Associate Professor, Tufts University Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences
Title: Identification of Novel Biomarkers of Glioblastoma Stem Cells
Type of Grant: Catalyst
PI: Li Zeng, PhD, Assistant Professor of Anatomy and Cellular Biology, Tufts University School of Medicine
Co-PI: Elizabeth Matzkin, MD, Department of Orthopedics, Tufts Medical Center
Title: Novel Strategies to Enhance Host-integration in Cartilage Repair
Type of Grant: Catalyst
PI: Elizabeth Tanefis, BA, Program Associate, Environmental Health Department, Health Resources in Action (HRIA)
Co-PI: Doug Brugge, PhD, MS, Professor of Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine
Title: An Investigation of Multiple In-Home Health Hazards in Boston-based Family Childcare Providers Facilities
Type of Grant: Planning
PI: Lewis M. Cohen, MD, Professor of Psychiatry, Tufts University School of Medicine; Department of Psychiatry, Baystate Health
Co-PI: John Griffith, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Tufts University Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences
Title: Renal Supportive Care
Type of Grant: Catalyst
PI: Scott Preston, PhD, Director of Program Improvement, Compliance, and Technology, The Walker School and Home
Co-PI: Dominic Hodgkin, PhD, Associate Professor, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University
Title: Examining Pediatric Psychotropic Medication Use in Residential and Day Treatment Facilities
Type of Grant: Planning
PI: John Leung, MD, Division of Gastroenterology, Tufts Medical Center
Co-PI: Peter Bonis, MD, Division of Gastroenterology, Tufts Medical Center
Title: Exhaled Nitric Oxide as a Non-invasive Surrogate for Eosinophilic Esophagitis
Type of Grant: Planning
PI: Chenchen Wang, MD, MSc, Division of Rheumatology, Tufts Medical Center
Co-PI: John Wong, MD, Chief, Division of Clinical Decision Making, Tufts Medical Center
Title: Cost-effectiveness of Tai Chi Mind-body Exercise for the Treatment of Fibromyalgia
Type of Grant: Catalyst
PI: Roula Choueiri, MD, Center for Children with Special Needs, Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center
Co-PI: Sheldon Wagner, PhD, Community-based Child Developmental Psychologist
Title: Validation and Reliability of Play-based Tests in the Clinical Evaluation of Toddlers with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)
Type of Grant: Planning
For more information about the Tufts CTSI Pilot Studies Program, visit here.
