July 2023 Member Grant Awards

Congratulations to the CIEHS members who had new grants, supplements and competitive renewals activated/awarded in the month of July 2023! Below is a list of the new awards. We are so proud of all the hard work of our CIEHS members. You truly are making UofL a nationally recognized premier metropolitan research University and promoting interdisciplinary collaborative research in our Center!

PI NameOther InvestigatorLong TitleSponsorAmount
Walter, Mary NancyGobejishvili, Leila
McClain, Craig James
The role of MKP-1/MAPK in hepatocytes and macrophages in alcohol-associated liver disease pathogenesisNIH - National Institutes of Health$36,462.00
Tse, William Tsun YanCai, Jun;
Huang, Michael Angelo Cacdac;
McGowan, Kerry Kaye;
Mistry, Akshitkumar M.
Multiplex Immune Profiling and Target Discovery in Pediatric Solid Tumors C4288KY Cabinet for Health and Family Svs$250,000.00
Tan, YiCai, Lu; 
Raj, Ashok;
Tse, William Tsun Yan
Non-Mitogenic FGF1 Prevents Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiotoxicity in Pediatric Cancer SurvivorsKY Cabinet for Health and Family Svs$250,000.00
Wise, John PierceKouokam, JosephSup #1: Calvin Kouokam: Chromosome Instability Drives Metal-Induced Lung CancerNIH- National Institutes of Health$63,104.00
Wise, John Pierce Admin Sup #3: Chromosome Instability Drives Metal-Induced Lung CancerNIH- National Institutes of Health$355,720.00
Cai, JunCai, Lu; 
Huang, Michael Angelo Cacdac;
Mistry, Akshitkumar M.;
Raj, Ashok;
Tse, William Tsun Yan
FY24 Environmental Cadmium & Eipgenomic Reprogramming in Pediatric High-Grade GliomaKY Cabinet for Health and Family Svs$250,000.00
Huang, Michael Angelo CacdacGuo, HaixunFY24 ImmunoPET Platform for In Vivo Immunohistochemisty C4301KY Cabinet for Health and Family Svs$250,000.00
Kong, MaiyingHuang, Haojiang;
Kulasekera, Karunarathna;
McClain, Craig James; Zheng, Qi
Different Services for Patients Diagnosed with Alcohol Use Disorder: Telehealth, Certified Peer Support Services, and Targeted Case ManagementKY Dept for Medicaid Services$187,079.82
Huang, JiapengBai, Lihui;
Kalra, Dinesh;
Little, Bertis Britt;
Pahwa, Siddharth
Manage Cardiac Surgery Associated Acute Kidney Injury with Advanced Machine Learning and Decision OptimizationAmerican Heart Association$250,000.00
Slaughter, Mark SGallo, Michele;
Huang, Jiapeng;
Koenig, Steven Christopher;
Monreal, Gretel
Preclinical Testing of the CoRISMA Mechanical Circulatory Support SystemCoRISMA MCS Systems Inc$228,381.00
Gobejishvili, LeilaMcClain, Craig JamesPhosphodiesterase 4 Mediated Pathogenic Mechanisms in Alcohol Associated Liver DiseaseNIH- National Institutes of Health$156,442.00
Hill, Bradford G Physiologic regulation of metabolons in the heartAmerican Heart Association$100,000.00
   Total New Awards July 2023: $2,377,188.82