Faculty Innovation Fund Awardees:
2017 Faculty Innovation Fund Recipients
- Tonia Poteat & Lorraine Dean, Epidemiology
"A mixed-methods approach to identify intervenable factors associated with breast cancer screening and follow-up for Black sexual minority women"
- Ni Zhao, Biostatistics
"Statistical methods for human microbiome data from 16s rRNA sequencing in longitudinal studies"
- Li Liu, Population, Family & Reproductive Health
Edward Margaret Brewster Memorial Fund Award
"Reproductive trajectory, neighborhood dynamics and preterm birth"
2016 Faculty Innovation Fund Recipients
- Jennifer Kavran, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Ho-Ching Yang Memorial award
"Molecular mechanisms regulating Hippo pathway signaling"
- Beth McGinty, Health Policy & Management
"Research-Policy Translation Initiative: studying strategies to improve the use of research evidence in public health policy formation and implementation"
- Rashelle Musci, Mental Health
Edward Margaret Brewster Memorial Fund Award
"Modeling autism symptomatology across development in early life; the impact of changing measures"
2015 Faculty Innovation Fund Reipients
- Meghan Davis, Environmental Health Sciences
"Do household reservoirs cause recurrent MRSA colonization and infection in people?"
- Mara McAdams DeMarco, Epidemiology
"Feasibility and efficacy of hemodialysis-based interventions to preserve cognitive function"
- Roland Thorpe, Health, Behavior & Society (Ho-Ching Yang award)
"Black men health project"
- Kasper Hansen, Biostatistics
“Statistical methods for analysis of metabolomics data generated from a LC-MS instrument”
- Phil Jordan, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
“PLK4 is essential for ensuring accurate X-Y chromosome segregation during meiosis”
- Wietse Tol, MH, Mental Health
“Building a stepped care model for maternal mental disorders in post-conflict settings”
- Junya Zhu, Health Policy & Management
“Longitudinal profiling of hospital performance on patient experience of care: Applications to value-based purchasing”
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"Utilizing Maryland's HIE to develop and evaluate an inter-provider hospital readmission risk detection and notification system"
"Circulating RNAs as transgenerational gene regulators and disease biomarkers"
"Assessing feasibility of tele-rehabilitation in low vision patients"
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"Exploration of attitudes and experiences of Maryland Hispanics with regard to a cancer-related biobank"
- Sameera Talegawkarternational Health
“Neighborhood environments, dietary patterns and risk for cardiovascular disease in African American"
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (Ho Ching Yang Memorial Faculty Fellowship)
"Role of RPS3 in ultraviolet radiation-induced activation of NF-kB"
- Environmental Health Sciences
"Epigenetic modulations of lung mesenchymal stem cells in mice exposed to house-dust mites"
- Epidemiology
"Characterizating the human ocular bacterial microbiome using high-throughout sequencing"
2011 Faculty Innovation Fund Recipients:
- Alain Labrique, International Health
“Wireless Public Health Technologies to Prevent Drowning"
- Steven Bowman, Health Policy & Management (HPM award)
“Rural Prehospital Emergency Medical Services for Children”
- Zhibin Wang, Environmental Health Sciences (Ho Ching Yang Cancer fund)
"Explore the Functional Roles of Two Long Non-coding RNA's in Stem Cell Differentiation, Chromatic Structure and Gene Expression, and Lung Cancer Biology"
- Mary Elizabeth Hughes, Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health (Gustav J. Martin fund)
"Foundations for Studying the Well-being of Elders in Rural Uganda"
- Cheryl Anderson, Epidemiology
“Tests of a New Biomarker for High Fructose Corn Syrup Intake in Humans"
- Scott Bailey, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (Ho Ching Yang Cancer Prevention Fund)
“Structural Studies of V(D)J Recombination”
- Jeffrey Leek, Biostatistics
"Statistical and Computational Methods for RNA-seq"
- Keshia Pollack, Health Policy & Management (HPM award)
"Using Research to Advance the Role of Health Impact Assessments in Policymaking"
- Jiou Wang, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
"Identifying Key Genes Underlying Age-dependent Neurodegenerative Diseases in Caenorhabditis elegans Models"
2009 Faculty Innovation Fund Recipients:
- Jurgen Bosch, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
“Nanobodies as crystallization chaperones for essential Malaria parasite proteins leading to structure guided drug design"
- Gypsamber D'Souza, Epidemiology
“Oral Human Papillomavirus (HPV) transmission in cancer patients – associated oropharyngeal cancer and their partners”
- Adam Spira, Mental Health
“Sleep Disturbance in Older African Americans in Baltimore City: Functional Correlates and the Impact of Volunteering”
2008 Faculty Innovation Fund Recipients:
- John Bridges, Health Policy & Management
"Assessing Women's preferences for cervical cancer screening using conjoint analysis"
- Tamar Mendelson, Mental Health
"Affective and physiological effects of experimentally-induced social status"
- Laura Murray-Kolb, International Health
"Iron status and daily functioning in young women of reproductive age"
2007 Faculty Innovation Fund Recipients:
- Sining Chen, Environmental Health Sciences & Biostatistics
"Validation of DIGE Analysis Software DeCyder and Improved Analysis of DIGE Experiments"
- DeLisa Fairweather, Environmental Health Sciences
"A Coxsackievirus-induced model of Atherosclerosis"
- Michelle J. Hindin, Population and Reproductive Health
"Sex, Mood and Settings: Using Experience Sampling Methods and PDA's in Cebu, Philippines"
- Sabra L. Klein, Microbiology & Immunology
"Sex and susceptibility to Influenza"
- Maria Merritt, International Health
"Ancillary Care in Public Health Intervention Research in Resource-Limited Settings: Researchers' Practices and Decision-Making"
- Holly Taylor, Health Policy & Management
"Ancillary Care in Public Health Intervention Research in Resource-Limited Settings: Researchers' Practices and Decision-Making"
- Elizabeth A. Stuart, Mental Health
"Sensitivity of Instrumental Variables and Propensity Score Methods when Dealing wiht Noncompliance"
