CTRU welcomes new seed grant studies
Six CTRU seed grants were recently awarded to investigator teams to start new clinical and translational research studies at the unit. The CTRU is excited to welcome these new investigator teams and their studies:
Jamie A. Cooper, PhD (Foods and Nutrition) and Ronald Pegg, PhD (Food Science and Technology). Title: Antioxidant Responses to Exercise and Tart Cherry Consumption.
Brian Miller MD, PhD (Augusta University Dept. of Psychiatry), Rich Meagher, PhD (Genetics), Shelley Nuss, MD (AU/UGA Medical Partnership). Title: Inflammation and the Epigenome in Schizophrenia.
Jonathan Murrow, MD (AU/UGA Medical Partnership), Melissa Hallow, PhD (Epidemiology and Engineering), Lynetta Jobe, DVM, PhD (AU/UGA Medical Partnership), Kent Nilsson, MD (AU/UGA Medical Partnership), Catherine Marti, MD, MSc (Piedmont Athens Regional). Title: Evaluation of the effects of SGLT2 inhibition on cardiac hemodynamics and volume status in diabetic patients with preserved ejection fraction heart failure.
Assaf Oshri, PhD, Margaret Caughy, ScD, Emilie Smith, PhD (Human Development and Family Science), Cynthia Suveg, PhD (Psychology). Title: Early life stress, parenting and risky decision-making: A multilevel mechanism.
Cynthia Suveg, PhD and Ronald Blount, PhD (Psychology). Title: Self-Regulation as a Predictor of Transition Readiness in College Students With and Without Medical Conditions.
Henry Young, PhD (Clinical and Administrative Pharmacy), Lokesh Guglani, MD (Emory University), Maria Len-Rios, PhD (Grady), Kyle Johnsen, PhD (Engineering), Stephen Rathbun, PhD (Biostatistics). Title: Improving chronic respiratory illness medication use by enhancing pediatric care communication.
We would like to thank all who applied for the seed grant awards this year. The quantity and quality of the applications far surpassed our expectations, and we are grateful for the continued interest in the CTRU.