The Comprehensive Transplant Center (CTC) is pleased to announce the Dr. Mark Pescovitz Memorial Grant Program. Funding is available for preliminary research projects likely to lead to extramural funding for CTC investigators. Projects must be related to adult or pediatric organ or cell transplantation. Up to $15,000 in costs will be awarded, divided among two or three awards. Funds may be used for supplies, reagents, staff, and similar expenses. Investigator salary, travel, and indirect costs will not be allowed under this mechanism. In addition, an amount of services equal in value to the awarded direct costs will be made available from any CTC core (e.g. immune monitoring, biostatistics, microsurgery, bioinformatics, clinical research support, etc.). We are pleased to announce that due to the large number of excellent proposals submitted, we have given four Pilot Grant awards. The awardees are: Novel Injectable Polyelectrolyte Nanogels for Cell Transplantation TherapyGuillermo Ameer, ScD - Biomedical Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science and IBNAMDouble Cord Blood Chimerism AssessmentOlga Frankfort, MD - Hematology/Oncology, Northwestern Memorial HospitalCost Effectiveness of Immunosuppression Reduction in Pediatric Liver Transplant RecipientsSaeed Mohammad, MD - Transplant Hepatology, Ann & Robert Lurie Children's Hospital of ChicagoElucidating Optimal 3D Bioplotted Scaffold Parameters for Enhancing the Viability, Growth, and Function of Mature and IPS Cell-Derived HepatocytesRamille Shah, PhD - Materials Science and Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science and IBNAMCongratulations!! | |
