The CTSI Traditional Pilot Awards are intended to support innovative, multidisciplinary and multi-institutional studies that advance Clinical and Translational Research. This approach has been successful and has catalyzed the formation of many multi and transdisciplinary research teams of scientists.
Support for the 2020 Traditional Pilot Awards comes from Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Research and Education Program (AHW REP) and is supported by grant UL1TR001436 from the Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) program of the National Center for Research Resources and the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences.
Congratulations to the 2020 traditional pilot awardees.
Fatigue and neuromuscular function in adults with achilles tendinopathy
Co-PI: Craig Young, MD
Medical College of Wisconsin
Co-PI: Sandra Hunter, PhD
Marquette University
Co-Investigators: Lauren Sara, DPT, Marquette University; Marie Hoeger Bement, MPT, PhD, Marquette University
A pilot study of a randomized sham-control auricular tens unit stimulation to improve symptoms through vagal modulation in pediatric functional gastrointestinal disorders
PI: Gisela Chelimsky, MD
Medical College of Wisconsin
Co-Investigators: Marcellus Meritt, PhD, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Thomas Chelimsky, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin; Pippa Simpson, PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin; James Verbsky, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin
A randomized, double-blinded, placebo controlled pilot trial of the feasibility of high definition transcranial direct current stimulation and cognitive training in patients with mild cognitive impairment
PI: Elias Granadillo, MD
Medical College of Wisconsin
Co-Investigators: Kristy Nielson, PhD, Marquette University; Hrissanthi (Chris) Ikonomidou, MD, PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Laura Hancock, PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Priyanka Shah-Basak, PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin
Assessing function at a cellular scale in patients with inherited retinal degenerations
Co-PI: Thomas Connor, MD
Medical College of Wisconsin
Co-PI: Robert Cooper, PhD
Marquette University
Co-Investigator: Joseph Carroll, PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin
Bioengineered heart tissue in congenital heart disease
Co-PI: Aoy Tomita-Mitchell, PhD
Medical College of Wisconsin
Co-PI: Brandon Tefft, PhD
Medical College of Wisconsin
Co-Investigators: John LaDisa, PhD, Marquette University; Lobat Tayebi, PhD, Marquette University; Michael Mitchell, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin
Using hospital records of patients presenting to froedtert hospital to predict risk of opioid use disorder (OUD), fatal and non-fatal opioid overdose, and ed readmission
Co-PI: Stephen Hargarten, MD, MPH
Medical College of Wisconsin
Co-PI: Praveen Madiraju, PhD
Marquette University
Co-Investigator: Nicole Fumo, MPH, Medical College of Wisconsin
Missed opportunities to protect children: quality improvement in identification of substance exposures among at-risk pediatric patients
PI: Hillary Petska, MD, MPH
Medical College of Wisconsin
Co-Investigators: Mark Kostic, MD, Zablocki VA; Amy Drendel, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin; David Gummin, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin; Brian Peterson, MD, Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office
Racial differences in dna-methylation profiling of human placentas in pregnancies complicated by preeclampsia
Co-PI: Anna Palatnik, MD
Medical College of Wisconsin
Co-PI: Yi-Wen Huang, PhD
Medical College of Wisconsin
Co-Investigators: Chiang-Ching Huang, PhD, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Curt Sigmund, PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin
Hearing patient’s voice: contextual phenotyping of patient narratives and clinical data using ml & nlp
Co-PI: Melek Somai, MD, MPH
Medical College of Wisconsin
Co-PI: RJ Nowling, PhD
Milwaukee School of Engineering
Co-Investigators: Bradley Crotty, MD, MPH; Medical College of Wisconsin; Aaron Winn, Medical College
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