Round One VRP Committee Members

Round One Awardees

Investigator Names Type Title of the Project Funding
Rayna Gonzales, PhD – UA College of Medicine –Phoenix Associate Professor
Puneet Raman – UA College of Medicine –Phoenix Medical Student
P1 Role of the TLR4/NFkB/COX-2 Pathway in Human Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Following High Fat Exposure $5,000
Karen Hastings, MD, PhD – UA College of Medicine –Phoenix Associate Professor
Kenneth Johnson – UA College of Medicine –Phoenix Medical Student
P1 Role of GILT in the Cross-Presentation of Melanoma Antigen gp100 $5,000
Trent Anderson, PhD – UA College of Medicine –Phoenix Associate Professor
Zachery Killeen – UA College of Medicine –Phoenix Medical Student
P1 Investigating the Mechanism of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Induced Post Traumatic Headache (PTH) $5,000
Rayna Gonzales, PhD – UA College of Medicine –Phoenix Associate Professor

Eleanor Gradidge, MD – PCH Pediatric Critical Care Fellow
P1 Anti-inflammatory Actions of Estrogen Receptor Beta Activation During Ischemic Injury in the Pre-pubescent Cerebrovasculature $5,000
Kurt Gustin, PhD – UA College of Medicine –Phoenix Associate Professor
Angelica Almader – UA College of Medicine –Phoenix Medical Student
P1 Prevalence of HRV-C in A Pediatric Cystic Fibrosis Population $5,000
Landon Inge, PhD – SJHMC Assistant Professor
Sue Kim, PhD – UA College of Medicine –Phoenix Associate Professor
P2 Tumor-Promoting Immune Modulation in KRAS-Driven Lung Cancer $80,000
Karen Hastings, MD, PhD – UA College of Medicine – Phoenix Associate Professor
Jade Homsi, MD – Banner Medical Oncologist
Nicholas Thomson, MD – Banner – University Medical Center Phoenix Internal Medicine Resident

 

P2 GILT in Melanoma Outcome $80,000