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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, UArizona 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 – UArizona 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 – UArizona 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  – UArizona College of Medicine – Phoenix, Associate Dean, Research
Erik Blackwood, PhD – UArizona 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 – UArizona College of Medicine – Phoenix, Associate Professor, Department of Basic Medical Sciences
Adam Akkad – UArizona 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 – UArizona College of Medicine – Phoenix, Associate Professor, Department of Basic Medical Sciences
Gabriella Smith, MD – UArizona 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 – UArizona College of Medicine – Phoenix, Associate Professor, Department of Basic Medical Sciences
Addison Alley, MD – UArizona College of Medicine – Phoenix, Resident, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
P1a The Vaginal Microenvironment and IVF-Related Outcomes  $9,955
Melissa Herbst-Kralovetz, PhD – UArizona College of Medicine – Phoenix, Associate Professor, Department of Basic Medical Sciences
Daniela Gomez, MD – UArizona 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 – UArizona College of Medicine – Phoenix, Associate Professor, Department of Basic Medical Sciences
Taylor Norton, MD – UArizona 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 – UArizona College of Medicine – Phoenix, Associate Professor, Department of Basic Medical Sciences
Emily Tsutsumi – UArizona 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, UArizona 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 – UArizona College of Medicine – Phoenix, Assistant Professor, Department of Basic Medical Sciences
Hoai Huong Le – UArizona 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, UArizona College of Medicine – Phoenix, Professor, Department of Child Health
Luisa Rojas – UArizona 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 – UArizona 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 – UArizona College of Medicine – Phoenix, Associate Professor, Department of Basic Medical Sciences
Natascha Schippel – UArizona 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, UArizona 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 – UArizona College of Medicine – Phoenix,  Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Emma Simpson, MD – UArizona 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 – UArizona 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 – UArizona College of Medicine – Phoenix, Assistant Professor, Department of Basic Medical Sciences
Chungyon John Lin, PhD – UArizona 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  – UArizona College of Medicine – Phoenix, Associate Professor, Department of Basic Medical Sciences
Carleen Cuevas – UArizona 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 – UArizona 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, UArizona College of Medicine – Phoenix, Clinical Professor, Department of Child Health​
Vrishti Shah – UArizona 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 – UArizona College of Medicine – Phoenix, Chair, Department of Neurosurgery
Dara Farhadi – UArizona College of Medicine – Phoenix, Medical Student
P1b Rapid and Specific Diagnosis of Astrocytomas with Fluorescent Aptamers  $4,899