Outcomes of the Pilot Project Program
| Year | Principle Investigator | Pilot Project Title | Publications |
Resulting funding (Direct Costs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Cai, Lu | Genomic and epigenetic mechanisms for environmentally Cd-induced carcinogenesis | $200,000 | |
| 2007 | Li, Yong | Benzo[a]pyrene-Dysregulated MicroRNAs in Lung Cancer |
1 |
$430,000 |
| 2007 | Powell, David W. | Defining the functional interaction partners for hepatic P450s |
7 |
$374,000 |
| 2007 | Scott, David A. | Tobacco smoke-induced alterations to Porphyromonas gingivalis virulence |
6 |
$1,340,000 |
| 2008 | Dean, William, L | Effect of Butadiene Metabolite on Angiogenesis |
4 |
|
| 2008 | Litvan, Irene | Polymorphic Genes of Detoxification Enzymes as Risk Factors for PSP |
1 |
|
| 2008 | Pisano, M. Michele | Developmental Neurotoxicity of Prenatal Cigarette Smoke Exposure |
6 |
$400,000 |
| 2008 | Zhang, Qunwei | Carcinogenesis of Nickel Nanoparticles |
5 |
$200,982 |
| 2008 | Cave, Matthew | Biomarkers for hemangiosarcoma and toxicant associated steatohepatitis (TASH) |
9 |
$1,181,603 |
| 2008 | Helm, C. William | Plasma microRNA biomarkers of ovarian cancer |
3 |
$20,000 |
| 2008 | Li, Yong | MicroRNAs as Biomarkers for Multiple Myeloma |
2 |
$339,323 |
| 2008 | Prabhu, Sumanth | MicroRNA as Biomarkers in Human Heart Failure |
|
$20,000 |
| 2009 | Cunningham, Albert | Rational selection of chemical probes to identify breast cancer microRNA biomarker |
1 |
|
| 2009 | Samuelson, David, J | Toward BreastCancer Susceptibility Gene-Networks Genotype-Environment Interaction |
|
$20,000 |
|
Totals |
45 |
$4,525,908 |
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