Shao-yu Chen, PhD, Lu Cai, MD, MPH, and Natalie DuPré, ScD, MS, Awarded Funding from SOM & SPHIS Joint Pilot Project Program
Congratulations to Drs. Shao-yu Chen, Lu Cai, and Natalie DuPré on receiving pilot project funding through the School of Medicine and the School of Public Health & Information Sciences Joint Pilot Project Program!
Title: Integrating artificial intelligence and gene editing to identify and validate epigenetic targets for nutrient-based interventions in fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
Investigators: Shao-yu Chen, PhD; Shuoyang Wang, PhD
Title: Exposome approach to environmental carcinogen exposures and breast cancer incidence
Investigators: Lu Cai, MD, MPH; Natalie DuPré, ScD, MS
Katie Cardarelli, Dean of the School of Public Health & Information Sciences (SPHIS), and Jeffrey Bumpous, Dean of the School of Medicine (SOM), developed the Joint Pilot Project Program with $250,000 to support novel, collaborative research projects forming the basis for new NIH ROI grant applications. The Joint Pilot Project Program offers valuable resources for SOM and SPHIS investigators to tackle pressing health and public health challenges.