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Round Six Awardees
| Investigator Names | Type | Title of Project | Funding |
| Thalachallour Mohanakumar, MD – Dignity Health St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Chair, Translational Sciences, Norton Thoracic Institute Steven Zangwill, MD – Phoenix Children's Hospital, U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix, Clinical Professor, Department of Child Health |
P2 | Role for Antibodies to Vimentin (Autoimmunity) in Pediatric Heart Transplantation | $50,000 |
| Nimit Agarwal, MD – Banner – University Medical Center Phoenix, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine Diana Elizalde, MD – U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix, Resident, Department of Internal Medicine |
P1a | Role of a Medical Power of Attorney Document in Improving Cost and Quality of Care: Identifying Barriers and Defining a Plan for Successful Implementation | $10,000 |
| Steven Erickson, MD – Banner – University Medical Center Phoenix, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine Genevieve Lambert, MD – U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix, Resident, Department of Family Medicine |
P1a | The Relation Between Subjective and Objective Sleep Measurement and Recovery from Sport-Related Concussion | $10,000 |
| Christopher Glembotski, PhD – U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix, Associate Dean, Research Erik Blackwood, PhD – U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix, Postdoctoral Researcher, Translational Cardiovascular Research Center |
P1a | ATF6 Regulation of Proteostasis in a Murine Model of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction | $10,000 |
| Jian Gu, PhD – U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix, Associate Professor, Department of Basic Medical Sciences Adam Akkad – U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix, Graduate Research Intern, Center for Applied NanoBioscience and Medicine |
P1a | Fabrication of Nanobubbles for Genomic Based Modeling of BBB Behavior on Chip Under Focused Ultrasound | $10,000 |
| Melissa Herbst-Kralovetz, PhD – U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix, Associate Professor, Department of Basic Medical Sciences Gabriella Smith, MD – U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix, Resident, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology |
P1a | Impact of Chlorhexidine Gluconate Versus Povidone-Iodine on the Vaginal Microenvironment as Vaginal Operative Preparation during Gynecologic Surgeries | $10,000 |
| Melissa Herbst-Kralovetz, PhD – U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix, Associate Professor, Department of Basic Medical Sciences Addison Alley, MD – U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix, Resident, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology |
P1a | The Vaginal Microenvironment and IVF-Related Outcomes | $9,955 |
| Melissa Herbst-Kralovetz, PhD – U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix, Associate Professor, Department of Basic Medical Sciences Daniela Gomez, MD – U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix, Fellow, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology |
P1a | Latency in Women with Preterm Prelabor Rupture of Membranes Stratified by Vaginal Fluid Interleukin-6 Concentration | $9,987 |
| Melissa Herbst-Kralovetz, PhD – U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix, Associate Professor, Department of Basic Medical Sciences Taylor Norton, MD – U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix, Resident, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology |
P1a | Vaginal and Gut Microbiome in Chronic Pelvic Pain and Endometriosis | $9,996 |
| Suwon Kim, PhD – U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix, Associate Professor, Department of Basic Medical Sciences Emily Tsutsumi – U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix, PhD Student |
P1a | Molecular Mechanism of the Cxcl10 Chemokine in Breast Cancer Metastasis | $10,000 |
| Michael Kruer, MD – Phoenix Children's Hospital, U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix, Associate Professor, Department of Child Health Sandra Nordlie – Arizona State University, PhD Student |
P1a | The Role of CoASH in Regulating Acetyl-CoA Production via CoAlation | $10,000 |
| Won Hee Lee, PhD – U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix, Assistant Professor, Department of Basic Medical Sciences Hoai Huong Le – U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix, PhD Student |
P1a | Identification of EVALI Biomarkers among Diabetic Patients using iPSCs | $10,000 |
| Jonathan Lifshitz, PhD – Phoenix Children's Hospital, U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix, Professor, Department of Child Health Luisa Rojas – U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix, PhD Student |
P1a | The Microbiota Gut-Brain Axis as a Pharmacodynamic Outcome of the Therapeutic Efficacy for Probiotics After Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). | $10,000 |
| Zaman Mirzadeh, MD, PhD – Barrow Neurological Institute at Dignity Health St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery Chelsea Faber, PhD – Barrow Neurological Institute at Dignity Health St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Postdoctoral Researcher |
P1a | Circadian Regulation of the Dorsomedial Hypothalamic Nucleus and Its Impact on Energy Homeostasis | $10,000 |
| Michael Morris, MD – Banner – University Medical Center Phoenix, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology Damir Vukomanovic, MD – U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix, Resident, Department of Internal Medicine |
P1a | Utility of 3-D Printing for Transcatheter Closure of Post Infarct Ventricular Septal Defects | $9,996 |
| Mark Pruel, MD – Barrow Neurological Institute at Dignity Health St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Director, Neurosurgery Research Irakliy Abramov, MD, PhD – Barrow Neurological Institute at Dignity Health St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical, Postdoctoral Research Fellow |
P1a | Quantitative Systematic Neurosurgical Anatomic Analysis and Compendium of Endoscopic Endonasal Transclival Approaches | $10,000 |
| Mark Pruel, MD – Barrow Neurological Institute at Dignity Health St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Director, Neurosurgery Research Marian Park – Creighton School of Medicine, Medical Student |
P1a | Comparison of Intraoperative in vivo and ex vivo Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy Visualization of Brain Tumor Microstructure | $5,000 |
| Rita Sattler, PhD – Barrow Neurological Institute at Dignity Health St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Associate Professor, Neurobiology and Neurology Stephen Moore – Arizona State University, PhD Student |
P1a | Mechanisms of A-I RNA Editing Dependent Nuclear Export of TDP-43 | $10,000 |
| Shalini Sharma, PhD – U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix, Associate Professor, Department of Basic Medical Sciences Natascha Schippel – U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix, PhD Student |
P1a | Role of Bone Marrow Microenvironment in the Pathogenesis of Myeloid Malignancies | $10,000 |
| Theresa Currier Thomas, PhD – Barrow Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children's Hospital, U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix, Associate Professor, Department of Child Health Caitlin Hair – Arizona State University, PhD Student |
P1a | Traumatic Brain Injury Changes to Pharmacokinetics in Both Male and Female Rats | $10,000 |
| Jay Turner MD, PhD – Barrow Neurological Institute at Dignity Health St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery Harrison Farber, MD – Barrow Neurological Institute at Dignity Health St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Resident, Neurosurgery |
P1a | Improving Outcomes in Spinal Fusion Implants through Decreasing Graft Subsidence: A Biomechanical Study | $10,000 |
| Marilyn Glassberg, MD – U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix, Professor, Department of Internal Medicine Emma Simpson, MD – U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Internal Medicine |
P1a | The Novel Role of Trefoil Factor 2 (TFF2) in Acute Lung Injury | $10,000 |
| Nichole Mahnert, MD – Banner – University Medical Center Phoenix, Clinical Assistant Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology Catherine Ingbar – U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix, Medical Student |
P1b | Qualitative Effects of Using the Calm App to Optimize Pain-Related Outcomes in Women Who Undergo Hysterectomy for Pelvic Pain | $4,896 |
| Jerome Lacombe, PhD – U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix, Assistant Professor, Department of Basic Medical Sciences Chungyon John Lin, PhD – U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix, Medical Student |
P1b | Development of a Lung Tumor-on-Chip to Investigate Response to Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy | $4,996 |
| Rayna Gonzales, PhD – U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix, Associate Professor, Department of Basic Medical Sciences Carleen Cuevas – U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix, Medical Student |
P1b | Endothelial oxLDL/LOX-1: A Novel Target for Acute Ischemic Stroke Therapy | $4,998 |
| Haiyong Han, PhD – Translational Genomics Research Institute, Professor, Molecular Medicine Claire Faulkner – U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix, Medical Student |
P1b | Pancreatic Ductal Fluid and Plasma Exosomal RNAs as Biomarkers for Pancreatic Cancer Detection | $5,000 |
| Stephen Pophal, MD – Phoenix Children's Hospital, U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix, Clinical Professor, Department of Child Health Vrishti Shah – U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix, Medical Student |
P1b | Evaluating the Impact of Tactile Learning through 3D Models of Congenital Abnormalities on Understanding Complex Cardiac Anatomy | $5,000 |
| Peter Nakaji, MD – U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix, Chair, Department of Neurosurgery Dara Farhadi – U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix, Medical Student |
P1b | Rapid and Specific Diagnosis of Astrocytomas with Fluorescent Aptamers | $4,899 |