Team Science Seed Grant Awardees
January 29, 2025
A central pillar of Department of Medicine (DoM) Team Science is to expand opportunities for clinical faculty to engage with our research mission. DoM Team Science Seed Grants aim to develop faculty careers and nurture new projects. Seed grant awards are for CEL and UML faculty at the assistant-, associate-, and full- professor levels who currently spend most of their professional time caring for patients, but who wish to pursue new research projects.
In addition to seed grant funding, awardees are eligible for other DoM Team Science resources, including grant writing support, assistance with IRB protocols, statistical support, FDA applications, contracting, and Proposal Development Support Requests.
Congratulations to Our Awardees
Chris Chen, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Oncology
Faculty Mentor: Calvin Kuo
Research Project: Organoids for immunotherapy drugs for colorectal cancer
Vanessa Kennedy, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Blood and Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapy
Faculty Mentor: Lori Muffly
Research Project: Two NGS assays to detect measurable residual disease in AML patients post HCT
Raquel Lyn, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Medicine
Faculty Mentor: Roham Zamanian
Research Project: Methamphetamine-associated arterial PAH
Ryan Sandoval, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Cardiovascular Medicine
Faculty Mentor: Francois Haddad
Research Project: New criteria for Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction (LVDD)
Susan Ziolkowsk, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Nephrology
Faculty Mentor: Shuchi Anand
Research Project: Kidney disease following stem cell transplant: focus on graft vs host disease and viral mechanism
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