University of Maryland College Park &
University of Maryland Baltimore

Seed Grant Program

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Recent Grants

The Seed Grant program joins faculty researchers from UM and UMB. Seed Grant winners are:

2008

Dr.Yu Chen (UM), and Dr. Reuben Mezrich / Dr. Cha-Min Tang (UMB)
Multi-Modality and Multi-Scale Imaging of Breast Cancer / A Novel Imaging Probe for Interventional and Surgical Procedures

Dr. William Fourney (UM) and Dr. Gary Fiskum (UMB)
Brain Injury Caused by Explosions: Mechanisms & Neuroprotection

Dr. Carl W. Lejuez (UM) and Dr. Kevin W Chen (UMB)
Integrative Meditation as an Adjunct Therapy in Treating Cocaine Addiction

Dr. Tongtong Wu (UM) and Dr. Sharon M. Gordon (UMB)
Evaluation of Behavioral and Molecular-Genetic Contributions to Pain Experience in Humans

Dr. Yang Tao (UM) and Dr. Eliot Siegel (UMB)
A Novel Combined Multimodal Multispectral Ultra Low-Dose X-Ray and Photon-Selective Imaging Technology for Non-Contrast Agent Differentiation of Vasculatures, Tissues, and Abnormalities.

Dr. Yu Chen (UM) and Dr. Bruce Yu (Pharmacy - UMB)
Mechanical Characterizations of Force-responsive Peptide-based Biomaterials with Optical Coherence Elastography and Dynamic Rheometry

Dr. Mei-Ling Ting Lee (UM) and Dr. Ebere Onukwugha (UMB)
Hospital admissions among veterans with congestive heart failure: the role of medical noncompliance and mental illness

Dr. Volker Briken (UM) and Dr. Andrei Medvedev (UMB)
Molecular Mechanisms of Impaired Sensing of Mycobacteria and Their Components by TLR2 and TLR4 Polymorphic Variants

Dr. Kevin S. McIver (UM) and Dr. Mark E. Shirtliff (UMB)
Identification of determinants essential for biofilm formation and virulence in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) using a global genetic approach

2007

Michael Cummings (UM) and Christopher Plowe, M. D. (UMB)
will work together to better understand the basis for resistance in a parasite causing malaria to a class of drugs derived from a Chinese herb.

Peter Kofinas (UM) and Bartley Griffith, M. D. (UMB)
will work together to develop molecular imprinted polymer coatings to enhance the biocompatibility of artificial lungs

Sameer Shah (UM) and Robert Bloch (UMB)
will work together to examine the roles of intermediate filaments in the stability and function of skeletal muscles

Iqbal Hamza (UM) and Angela Wilks (UMB)
will work together using genetic, genomic and cell biochemical approaches to elucidate the molecular mechanisms that underlie host-pathogen interactions

Siba Samal (UM) and Abdu Azad (UMB)
will work together to develop an efficacious and safe vaccine for highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (H5N1 Vietnam/1203/04 strain)

Hey-Kyoung Lee (UM) and Scott Thompson (UMB)
will work together to explore the concept of using homeostatic synaptic plasticity to better understand how the human brain responds to changes in activity after injury or loss of peripheral sensory inputs

Adam Hsieh (UM) and Alan Shuldiner, M.D. (UMB)
will work together to study genetic modifiers of disease phenotypes as they relate to osteogenesis imperfecta, a heritable form of osteoporosis

Steve Rokita (UM) and Sarah Michel (UMB)
will work together to develop a new class of gene therapy agents based upon a zinc finger protein platform.

University of Maryland College Park & University of Maryland Baltimore

Seed Grant Program

2008

2007

University of Maryland College Park &
University of Maryland Baltimore