September 2024 Member Grant Awards

Congratulations to the CIEHS members who had new grants, supplements and competitive renewals activated/awarded in the month of September 2024! Below is a list of the new awards. We are so proud of all the hard work of our CIEHS members. You truly are making UofL a nationally recognized premier metropolitan research University and promoting interdisciplinary collaborative research in our Center!

PI Name Other Investigator Long Title Sponsor Amount
Nail, Alexandra Nichole States, J. Christopher Unraveling the Molecular Link Between Heavy Metal Exposure and Triple Negative Breast Cancer NIH - National Institutes of Health $124,087.00
Rane, Madhavi Jagdish Targeting Divergent Roles of Caspase 3 to Promote Endothelial Barrier Recovery Johns Hopkins University_JHU $35,213.00
Barnes, Gregory Neal CBD as a New Treatment for ASD: Efficacies and Biomarkers US Army Medical Rsch Acquisition Activit $114,766.00
Sears, Lonnie Lyn Kuravackel, Grace Mathai 22-N0517 Optimizing and Testing the Care.Coach Avatar as a Personalized, Engaging and Adaptive Virtual Health Assistant for Maximizing Functional and Quality of life Outcomes in Autistic Young Adults. Care Coach Corporation $110,953.00
McMasters, Kelly Marc Hao, Hongying;
Mitchell, Robert A;
Park, Juw Won;
Yaddanapudi, Kavitha;
Zhang, Xiang
Unveiling PAF/PTAFR Signaling in Lymphatic System in Melanoma Patients with Nodal Metastasis US Department of Defense_DOD $766,848.00
Baba, Shahid Pervez Bhatnagar, Aruni;
Dwivedi, Amit Jitendra;
Krishnasamy, Sathya S.;
Lorkiewicz, Pawel Konrad;
Mokshagundam, Sriprakash;
Negahdar, MohammadJavad;
Ng, Chin K;
Sigdel, Abindra
Role of Carnosine in Peripheral Arterial Disease NIH - National Institutes of Health $660,220.00
Hill, Bradford G Lorkiewicz, Pawel Konrad;
Nong, Yibing;
Riggs, Daniel
Metabolic regulation of myocardial perfusion in the aging heart NIH - National Institutes of Health $508,368.00
McClain, Craig James 2024 VA IPA - Frimodig V.A. Medical Center $117,319.90
McClain, Craig James Song, Ming 2024 VA IPA - Ming Song V.A. Medical Center $192,812.00
McClain, Craig James Gobejishvili, Leila;
Hardesty, Josiah Everett;
Jophlin, Loretta Lynn
Marsano, Luis S;
Singal, Ashwani;
Stewart, Christopher Michael;
Vatsalya, Vatsalya
Integrated therapies for alcohol use and ALD (ITAALD) Network - UofL Clinical Center NIH - National Institutes of Health $344,300.00
Palmer, Kenneth Edward Preclinical Models of Infectious Diseases NIH - National Institutes of Health $2,500.00
Total New Awards September 2024:  $2,977,384.90