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Funded awards March 2024

Fahd Ahmad, David Butler, Brian DeBosch, Jorge Di Paola, Margaret Ferris, Nicole Gilbert, Lakshmi Gokanapudy Hahn, Carmen Halabi, Monica Hulbert, Jeffrey Magee, Melissa Mavers, Dzmitry Matsiukevich, Bryan Sisk, Gregory Storch and Kel Vin Woo.
NameAgencyTitle
Fahd Ahmad NIH/R01/Wayne State University Bedside Exclusion of Pulmonary Emboli in Children without Exposure to Radiation (BEEPER) 
David Butler Washington University Age-Dependent Mechanisms of Hypoxic-lschemic/Reperfusion Injury in Human Neurons 
Brian DeBosch BJHF-ICTS/Research Grants Predictors of Childhood Obesity and Fatty Liver Disease Through Early-Life Stool Virome and Metagenomics
Jorge Di Paola SLCH Foundation Pedal the Cause 2024: Germline mutations in ETV6 and cancer predisposition
Margaret Ferris SLCH Foundation 2024 Pedal the Cause: Role of Retinoids in Acute Myeloid Leukemia Treatment
Nicole Gilbert NIH/R01/University of Louisville 3D-bioprinting of probiotic bacterial interference catheters for prevention of catheter-associated urinary tract infections
Lakshmi Gokanapudy Hahn AHAContemporary Approach to Desensitization: Targeted therapies for HLA sensitized Pediatric Heart Transplant Candidates
Carmen Halabi NIH/R01 Cell-specific contributions of lysyl oxidase to arterial integrity
Monica Hulbert State of Missouri – Department of Health & Senior Services State of MO Pediatrics Hemoglobinopathy (Sickle Cell) Resource Center Services 2024
Jeffrey Magee NIH/R01 The role of KIDA1 in KMT2A/MLL-rearranged acute leukemias
Melissa Mavers SLCH Foundation 2024 Pedal the Cause: Impact of human iNKT cell expansion with different glycolipid
Dzmitry Matsiukevich Washington University Mechanisms regulating Perivascular and Interstitial Smooth Muscle Plasticity in the AngII/PE model of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF)
Bryan Sisk SLCH Foundation 2024 Pedal the Cause: Developing Novel Chatbots Powered by Large Language Models for Pediatric Cancer and Vascular Anomalies
Bryan Sisk SLCH Foundation/Pedal the Cause PTC 2024 – Developing Novel Chatbots Powered by Large Language Models
Bryan Sisk Project FAVA VACcess: Developing a Collaborative Network to Support Vascular Anomalies Care
Gregory Storch HRSA/St. Clair County DOH St. Clair Case Management
Kel Vin Woo AHA/Collaborative Sciences Award High-throughput, parallelized vascular microphysiologic system for identifying therapies for pulmonary hypertension