Pilot & Feasibility Program

Current Awardees (2023 to 2024)

Toros Dincman, M.D.

Assistant Professor
Department of Hematology/Oncology

Project Title: The role of PCBP1 in colorectal cancer tumorigenesis.

Jessica H. Hartman, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Project Title: The Role of CYP2E1 in NAFLD.

Dirk van der Windt, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery

Project Title: DNase during normothermic perfusion to reduce inflammation in liver transplant.

Past Awardees (2022 to 2023)

Amy C. Engevik, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Regenerative Medicine & Cell Biology Department

Project Title: Determining the role of Myosin Vb in colonic goblet cell function.

Eric G. Meissner, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine (Infectious Disease)

Project Title: Modulation of IFNLR1 on macrophages to inhibit Hepatitis B virus infection.

Past Awardee (2021 to 2022)

Jessica H. Hartman, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Project Title: Subcellular targeting of CYP2E1 in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

Past Awardees (2020 to 2021)

Chad Novince, Ph.D., D.D.S.

Assistant Professor
Department of Oral Health Sciences

Project Title: Bile acid regulation of antibiotic gut dysbiosis effects on metabolism and skeletal growth.

Seok-Hyung Kim, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine

Project Title: Role of FAD in high fat diet induced non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

Jihad S. Obeid, M.D., FAMIA

Professor
Department of Public Health Sciences

Project Title: Leveraging artificial intelligence for the identification and early detection of cirrhosis in electronic health records.

Past Awardees (2019 to 2020)

Wenjian Gan, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Project Title: Interplay between HIPPO and mTORC1 signaling pathways in controlling liver size and fatty liver

Eric Meissner, M.D.

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine

Project Title: Role of canonical and non-canonical IFNLR1 isoforms in the regulation of type-III interferon signaling in HepG2 cells

Jorge Munera, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Department of Regenerative Medicine and Cell Biology

Project Title: Mechanisms of IL-10 dependent, macrophage mediated immune tolerance 

Özlem Yilmaz, D.D.S., Ph.D.

Professor
Department of Oral Health Sciences

Project Title: Modelling the progression of orodigestive cancers by human oral microbiota in gnotobiotic mice

Past Awardees (2018 to 2019)