The 秀色app Brain Health Research Institute is pleased to announce the following Pilot Grant 2020 award winners:
Blue Awards ($20,000)
Jianxin Bao, Ph.D. (Anatomy and Neurobiology, NEOMED) and Tsung-Heng Tsai, Ph.D. (Mathematical Sciences, 秀色app)
- A new method based on machine learning for diagnosis of cochlear synaptopathy
Min-Ho Kim, Ph.D. (Biological Sciences, 秀色app) and Woo-Yang Kim, Ph.D. (Biological Sciences, 秀色app)
- A feasibility study for the application of magnetic hyperthermia towards the clearance of beta-amyloids in mouse model of Alzheimer鈥檚 Disease
Jennifer McDonough, Ph.D. (Biological Sciences, 秀色app) and Jessica Williams, Ph.D. (Neuroscience, Cleveland Clinic)
- Betaine as a neuroprotective therapy for multiple sclerosis
Angela Neal-Barnett, Ph.D. (Psychological Sciences, 秀色app), Carla Goar, Ph.D. (Sociology, 秀色app), Na鈥橳asha Evans, Ph.D. (School of Health Sciences, 秀色app) and Starr Solomon, Ph.D. (Sociology, 秀色app)
- Examining the impact of systemic racism and COVID-19 on the well-being of Black college students at 秀色app
Gold Awards ($5,000)
Joshua Albrecht, Ph.D. (College of Music, 秀色app)
- Interdisciplinary Music Cognition Lab infrastructure funding request
Heather Caldwell, Ph.D. (Biological Sciences, 秀色app)
- The impact of embryonic oxytocin receptor signaling on the transcriptome
Karin Coifman, Ph.D. (Psychological Sciences, 秀色app) and David Disabato, Ph.D. (Psychological Sciences, 秀色app)
- Emotion dynamics as a psychotherapy process in community adults
Phillip Hamrick, Ph.D. (English, 秀色app)
- Toward an exemplar-based context-sensitive distributional model of semantic memory
Louise Steele, Ph.D. (Biological Sciences, 秀色app, Salem Campus)
- Effects of Ultrasound on Nervous System Development in the Nematode Roundworm, C. elegans
Rafaela Takeshita, Ph.D. (Anthropology, 秀色app) and Wilson Chung, Ph.D. (Biological Sciences, 秀色app)
- The role of adrenarche in the evolution of the human brain
Congratulations to all awardees! We look forward to hearing the results of your research.