CUSP Awards October 2026

PI​

Co-PI or Collaborator(s)​

Title​

Application Type​

Brian Guinn​

Ted Smith; Rochelle Holm; Charlie Zhang​

A nested sampling structure proposed to “chase” upstream wastewater signal alongside childhood blood lead levels in Jefferson County, Kentucky​

Medium CUSP (A) – New Hypothesis Expansion ​
TRSC CUSP​

Frederick Ekuban​

Venkatakrishna Jala; Maiying Kong​

Effects of PFOA and Ethanol Co-exposure on the Gut Microbiome and Gut-Liver Axis in Mice​

Medium CUSP (A) – New Hypothesis Expansion​
OEFC CUSP​

J. Calvin Kouokam​

David Hein; Yan Li; Robert Martin​

Human Liver Organoids to Investigate the Role of Dietary Heterocyclic Amines in Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease​

Medium CUSP (A) – New Hypothesis Expansion​
OEFC CUSP​

Emily Montgomery​

Sara Watson; Charlie Zhang; Maiying Kong; Hettige Kaveesha Fernando​

Trends in presentation and autoimmunity profiles of new onset type 1 diabetes in children and adolescents and the impact of air pollution and greenspace​

Medium CUSP (A) – New Hypothesis Expansion​
OEFC CUSP​

Jared Scott​

J. Christopher States​

Proteomic Dysregulation in miRNA Overexpressing Keratinocytes​

Medium CUSP (A) – New Hypothesis Expansion​
OEFC CUSP​