ATIP Grant Program News
Congratulations to the ATIP 2020-2021 Award Recipients and the COVID-19 ATIP Award Recipients!
The University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR) is pleased to announce the second round of awardees of the Accelerated Translational Incubator Pilot (ATIP) grants. ICTR’s financial support (up to $50,000 per grant) is designed to foster new collaborations between faculty members across UMB schools and between UMB faculty and community partners.
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2019 ATIP Awardees
Please join us in congratulating our awardees, listed below, and visit the ICTR ATIP page of our website often to be the first to find out about the next round of ATIP grants.
2020 - COVID-19 ATIP Award Recipients
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From a total of 40 applications, 10 one-year milestone-driven pilot grants were awarded (6 pre-clinical pilot projects, 3 public health research projects, and 1 clinical research project).
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| Adnan Bhutta (SOM) | Quantification of aerosolization of SARS-CoV-2 by High Flow Nasal Cannula devices in intensive care units |
| Charles Hong (SOM) Anna Birucova (SOM) |
Modulating GPR68 to Attenuate COVID-19-related Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) |
| Alfredo Garzino-Demo (SOM) Joseph Kao (SOM) |
Development of a non-infectious entry/fusion assay for SARS-CoV2, to be used for screening of neutralizing antibodies and small molecule therapeutics |
| Zhe Han (SOM) | COVID-19 Functional Genomics Study in Drosophila and Human Cells |
| Feng Jiang (SOM) | A Rapid and Sensitive Test for Detection of SARS-Cov-2 |
| Jace Jones (SOP) | Rapid and Comprehensive Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Envelope Lipids |
| Fei Han (UMBC - The Hilltop Institute) Zachary Dezman (SOM) |
Reducing Patient Risk through Actionable Artificial Intelligence |
| Erin Hager (SOM) Maureen Black (SOM) |
Policies to Prevent Spread of COVID-19: Implications for Health Equity among Maryland Families of Preschool and School-Age Children |
| Henry Silverman (SOM) Kheirbek Raya (SOM) |
Moral Distress in Health Care Providers Caring for Patients with COVID-19. A Qualitative Study |
| Ester Villalonga Olives (SOP) | Social capital and psychological burden during the COVID-19 outbreak: Why are Hispanics one of the most vulnerable groups? |
2020 - Award Recipients
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From a total of 35 applications, 17 one-year milestone-driven pilot grants were awarded (15 Innovative Collaboration Pilot projects, 1 Community-Engaged Research projects, and 1 Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence).
PI/Co-PI (Schools) |
Project |
| Charles Bieberich (UMBC) Xiang Li (UMBC) Maria Baer (SOM) |
Dual targeting of mRNA splicing in acute myeloid leukemia |
| David Kaczorowski (SOM) | Pre-clinical development of a novel left ventricular device inflow cannula to mitigate thrombotic complications |
| Ryan Pearson (SOP) Nevil Singh (SOM) |
Engineering B Cell Modulating Vaccines for T cell Cancer Immunotherapy |
| Sarah Dababnah (SSW) Charina Reyes (SOM) |
Addressing Racial Disparities in Autism Diagnosis and Treatment: Translating Peer-to-Peer Support into a Clinical Setting |
| Ze Wang (SOM) | Brain entropy mapping in Alzheimer's Disease |
| Scott Devine (SOM) | Clinical implications of retrotransposon activity in Acute Myeloid Leukemia |
| Achuth Padmanabhan (UMBC) | High-throughput screen to identify novel selective regulators of mutant p53 in ovarian cancer cells |
| Kamal Moudgil (SOM) | Defining the cellular receptor for a novel joint-homing peptide for arthritis therapy |
| Yvonne Rasko (SOM) | Evaluation of Efficacy of Breast Irrigant Solutions Against the Breast Microbiome |
| Osamah Saeedi (SOM) | Use of Machine Learning to Quantify Age-Related changes in Vasomotion |
| Nicholas Morris (SOM) Sarah Murthi (SOM) Micheal Armahizer (SOP) |
Adjunct Virtual Reality Pain Management in Acute Brain Injury |
| Soobum Lee (UMBC) Jose Bosio (SOD) |
Force sensing clear aligner for real-time orthodontic force monitoring |
| Hening Ren (SOD) | Anti-HDGF/VEGF Combination Therapy to Overcome Resistance to the Third-generation Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer |
| Fadia Shaya (SOP) James Oates (UMBC) |
Artificial Intelligence and Machine learning Methods to Manage the Risk of Opioids in Older Adults |
| Zachary Dezman (SOM) | Healthcare Utilization of Violence-Related Injury in the State of Maryland |
| Johana Diaz (SOM) Mary McKenna (SOM) |
Altered cord blood carnitine/acylcarnitine profile and placental OCTN2 level may be related to risk of neonatal brain injury |
| Kim Mooney-Doyle (SON) Daya Bagdure (SOM) |
Family Communication in Serious Pediatric Illness: Through the Sibling's Lens |
2019 - Award Recipients
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From a total of 36 applications, 19 one-year milestone-driven pilot grants were awarded (16 Innovative Collaboration Pilot projects and 3 Community-Engaged Research projects).
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Mining premalignant cancer for actionable neoantigen targets for development into a cancer vaccine |
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Systemic and Epicardial Fat Inflammation and Local Coronary Atherosclerosis in HCV and HIV Patients |
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Genome-guided diagnostic development and surveillance of Mucormycosis-causing fungi |
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Operation PROSPER: Peer Reintegration and Other Services Promoting Employment in Recovery |
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Evaluating L-type calcium channels as a therapeutic target in Autism Spectrum Disorder |
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Development of a fully automated artificial intelligence algorithm for detection and segmentation of active bleeding on trauma CT scans |
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Is the AVS usable for patients to prevent hospital readmission? |
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Evaluating relationships between interventions, social determinants of health and hospital readmissions in a community para-medicine program |
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Determination of therapeutic efficacy and actions of RARgamma agonists for chondrosarcomas |
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Application of long acting retinoid nano-particles for orthopaedic infection |
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Birth order and immunoglobulin E in the Old Order Amish (BOOM-IgE study) |
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Assessing pain and opioid treatment among caregivers of youth with serious mental illness |
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The effects of a topical AT1R antagonist on wound healing and pain responses in aged diabetic pigs with skin wounds. |
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Understanding the potential human impact of drone organ transportation |
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Anthony Kim (SOM) |
Repurposing Metformin using DART Nanoparticle Technology for Treatment of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma |
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Value of Prediction within the Learning Healthcare System |
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Fructose Metabolism as a Biomarker for Monitoring NAFLD Progression |
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A broad-spectrum vaccine and passive antibody therapy against multidrug resistant Salmonella |
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Development of a unified national decision-analytic model to quantify treatment effects and cost-effectiveness of different interventions of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |