Summer research seed grants awarded to Institute of Medicine affiliated faculty
The Institute of Medicine awarded summer research seed grants to six affiliated faculty members. IoM requested proposals in the areas of health and life sciences. The program is meant to support the goals and objectives of the Institute and aims to generate new grant proposals for research funding from federal agencies, especially NIH.
Applicants were encouraged to explain, if applicable, if the IoM seed grant would be replacing funding paused, terminated, or otherwise interrupted from another source.
The funded projects include research on age related disease, cardiomyopathies, gut inflammation and Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Cannabis Dosing Assessment and traumatic brain injury in children.
One of the projects “Genetic Influence on Physical Activity and Cognition in Middle Age” is a collaboration with Dr. Gareth Howell, a Jackson Laboratory faculty member affiliated with GSBSE.
Three of the projects will lead to submission or resubmission of NIH R15 grants.
The grants will fund graduate students summer stipends, travel to conferences, lab supplies, genome sequencing and tissue culture.
Full list of faculty and project titles
| Faculty | Project |
| Suzanne Ishaq, Associate Professor of Veterinary Sciences | Identifying novel glucosinolate converting bacteria in pursuit of an anti-inflammatory probiotic. |
| Jessica Riccardi, Assistant Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders | Exploring a wearable assessment of cognitive fatigue for children with traumatic brain injury |
| Samantha Barrick, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry | Defining the muscle-specific role of metavinculin in cardiac mechanotransduction and contractility |
| Suzanne Angeli, Assistant Professor of Molecular and Biomedical Sciences | Examining sex-specific differences in mitochondrial aging using C. elegans |
| Cara Struble, Assistant Professor of Psychology in Clinical Psychology & Clinical Psychologist | Developing an Ecological Momentary Assessment of Cannabis Dosing |
| Fayeza Ahmed, Associate Professor of Psychology | Genetic Influence on Physical Activity and Cognition in Middle Age |