The FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine and Baptist Health South Florida Research Collaboration Committee is proud to announce the 2024 Pilot Funds recipients. This funding initiative is dedicated to advancing innovative pilot funds that advance our shared research efforts.
Pilot funds are awarded for a one-year period with the goal of generating preliminary data that can support future independent grant applications. Learn more about this funding opportunity.
Here are the 2024 Pilot Project Awardees:
"Designing a more effective CAR-T cell treatment against diffuse large B cell lymphoma"
Charles Dimitroff, Ph.D., Manmeet Ahluwalia, M.D., & Guenther Koehne, M.D., Ph.D. - $61,000
"Glycoprotein Biomarkers for Early Detection of Oral Cancer"
Kevin Chandler, Ph.D., & Geoffrey Young, M.D., Ph.D. - $70,000
"Advanced Screening of Novel Compounds for Targeting Glioblastoma Stem Cells"
Adel Nefzi, Ph.D., & Yazmin Odia, M.D. - $75,000
"Mapping Meningioma Phosphoproteome and Circular Transcriptome to Patient Outcomes"
Maria Franco, Ph.D., Jose Otero, M.D., Ph.D., & Maria Abreu, Ph.D. - $80,000
"Development of proteasome inhibitors for the treatment of glioblastoma"
Kyung Bo Kim, Ph.D., & Manmeet Ahluwalia, M.D. - $55,000
"Uncovering the Mechanisms of Pain Relief by Peripheral Magnetic Stimulation (PMS)"
Saurabh Aggarwal, M.D., Ph.D., Patricia Junquera, M.D., & Eduardo Icaza, M.D. - $50,000
"Extracellular Vesicles as Circulating Biomarkers of Malignant Neoplasms of the Lung"
David Marciano, Ph.D., Maria Abreu, Ph.D., & Rumaisa Rashid, Ph.D. - $54,000
"Linking Patients' Subjective Cognitive Impairment to the Default Mode Network: Implications for the Development of Dementia"
Patricia Junquera, M.D., & G. Peter Gliebus, M.D. - $35,000