The LA CaTS Pilot Grants Program is pleased to announce the awardees of the Round 10 Pilot Grants Funding Opportunities. Abstracts for each project can be found on our Pilot Projects page: /research-funding/pilot-projects/. Congratulations to the following awardees:
Round 10 Pilot Grants Projects |
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Applicant |
Institution |
Project Title |
Yilin Yoshida, PhD |
Tulane University |
Sex Differences in COVID-19 Outcomes: Role of Sex Hormones, Inflammatory Biomarkers, Comorbidities, and Socio-demographic Factors |
Vance L. Albaugh, MD, PhD |
Pennington Biomedical |
Intestinal Glucose Utilization Drives the Weight Loss Benefits of Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass |
Rutkai Ibolya, PhD |
Tulane University |
Role of mitochondrial quality control in vascular aging |
Timothy Allerton, PhD |
Pennington Biomedical |
The Role of Hydrogen Sulfide in Adipose Tissue Microvascular Function in Obesity-Associated Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction |
Prachi Singh, PhD |
Pennington Biomedical |
Addressing health disparities in African Americans – exploring sleep and developing interventions |
Larissa Sweeny, MD |
LSU Health New Orleans |
Characterizing Immune Response in Viral and Non-Viral Mediated Oropharyngeal Carcinomas |
Maria Sanchez-Pino, PhD |
LSU Health New Orleans |
Epigenetic signature of obese-induced MDSC: decoding the link with increased risk for Cancer |
Yinghua Jiang, MD, PhD |
Tulane University
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Preclinical pharmacological evaluation of novel therapeutic compound itaconate for treating ischemic stroke complication in HIV Tg26 mice |