Research Excellence Program
UConn Health
Spring 2016
In partnership with the School of Medicine and the School of Dental Medicine, the Office of the Vice President for Research is pleased to announce the recipients of the Research Excellence Program (REP) Convergence Grants competition for Spring 2016. This year’s competition included 36 proposals at the $50,000 – $75,000 level and 11 proposals at the $76,000 – $100,000 level. Award support totaling $400,000 will be provided to six collaborative faculty projects.
The REP Convergence Grant Program aims to better position multiple investigator teams to receive external funding by providing seed grants for the development of new or existing areas of research and technology.
The Spring 2016 REP Convergence Grant Competition awardees are:
At the $100,000 level:
Senescence as a Biomarker for Colorectal Cancer Risk
PI: Christopher Heinen, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine and Department of Molecular Biology and Biophysics; Center for Molecular Medicine
Collaborators:
Daniel W. Rosenberg, PhD, Department of Medicine and Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences; Center for Molecular Medicine
Charles Giardina, PhD, Department of Molecular & Cell Biology
Thomas Devers, MD, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology
Biomarkers of Renal Injury in Children with Congenital Urinary Anomalies
PI: Linda Shapiro, PhD, Associate Professor Cell Biology, Director, Center for Vascular Biology
Collaborators:
Fernando Ferrer, MD, Surgery and Cell Biology, Surgeon-in-Chief, CCMC
Mallika Ghosh, PhD, Center for Vascular Biology
Miriam Harel, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, CCMC
Miranda Lynch, PhD, Center for Quantitative Medicine
Cynthia Silva, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatric Nephrology, CCMC
At the $50,000 level:
Development of Translesion Synthesis Inhibitors as Anti-Cancer Drugs
PI: Dmitry Korzhnev, PhD, Molecular Biology, School of Medicine
Collaborator:
M. Kyle Hadden, PhD, Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences
Analgesic and Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Dimethyl Sulfoxide in Symptomatic Apical Periodontitis in Mice
PI: I-Ping Chen, PhD, Assistant Professor, Oral Health and Diagnostic Sciences, School of Dental Medicine
Collaborator:
Kyle Baumbauer, PhD, Neuroscience, School of Nursing
Pharmacological Inhibition of Mal as a Therapeutic Approach in Lupus
PI: Andrei Medvedev, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Immunology, School of Medicine
Collaborator:
Santhanam Lakshminarayanan, MD, Department of Rheumatology
Peripheral Nerve Regeneration Using Ionically Conducting Polymers
PI: Sangamesh Kumbar, PhD, Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery, Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine
Collaborators:
Kazunori Hoshino, PhD, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Sumit Yadav, BDS, MDS, PhD, Department of Craniofacial Sciences, Division of Orthodontics
Additional information about future REP Convergence Grant Competitions will be announced at a later date and will be posted on the Office of the Vice President for Research website (research.uchc.edu).
Congratulations to the Spring 2016 REP-UCH Award recipients!
