Faculty Innovation Fund Awardees:

2018 Faculty Innovation Fund Recipients

• Kimberly Davis, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
  "Heterogeneity in virulence factor expression in Staphylococcus aureus"
   
• Johnathon Ehsani, Health Policy and Management     
  "Preparing adolescent drivers for the last mile: crash avoidance training"
   
• Matthew Eisenberg, Health Policy and Management 
  "Disparities in the impact of consumer-directed health plans on financial strain"

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"

2014 Faculty Innovation Fund Recipients

• 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” 

2013 Faculty Innovation Fund Recipients:

• Hadi Kharrazi,  Health Policy and Management
  "Utilizing Maryland's HIE to develop and evaluate an inter-provider hospital readmission risk detection and notification system"

• Anthony Leung,  Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
  "Circulating RNAs as transgenerational gene regulators and disease biomarkers"

• Tianjing Li,  Epidemiology
  "Assessing feasibility of tele-rehabilitation in low vision patients"
   

2012 Faculty Innovation Fund Recipients:

• Lori Erby,  Health Behavior & Society (Ho Ching Yang Memorial Faculty Fellowship)
  "Exploration of attitudes and experiences of Maryland Hispanics with regard to a cancer-related biobank"

• Sameera Talegawkar, International Health
  “Neighborhood environments, dietary patterns and risk for cardiovascular disease in African American"
   
• Fengyi Wan,  Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (Ho Ching Yang Memorial Faculty Fellowship)
  "Role of RPS3 in ultraviolet radiation-induced activation of NF-kB"

• Winnie Wan-yee Tang, Environmental Health Sciences
  "Epigenetic modulations of lung mesenchymal stem cells in mice exposed to house-dust mites"
   
• Robert Wojciechowski, 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"
   

2010 Faculty Innovation Fund Recipients:

• 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"