October 2025 Member Grant Awards

Congratulations to the CIEHS members who had new grants, supplements and competitive renewals activated/awarded in the month of October 2025!  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
Kupper Wintergerst

Megan Coriell;

Lisal Folsom;

Emily Montgomery;

Bradly Thrasher

24-N0073 A Phase 2 Multi-Center, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Subtype-Selective JAK Inhibitors for Preservation of Pancreatic Cell Function in Newly Diagnosed Type 1 Diabetes MellitusNIH - National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases |NIDD$29,900.00
Theodore SmithMatthew Cave;
Luz Huntington-Moskos
Environmental and Health Assessment Following the Westlake Vinyls Fire: A Time-Sensitive StudyNational Institutes of Health - NIH$431,750.00
Total New Awards October 2025 $461,650.00