The Office of Human Subjects Protections (OHSP) is pleased to announce that Zachary Bynum, member of Dr. Michael Kilgard’s lab at the Texas Biomedical Device Center (TxBDC), has been selected as the recipient of the Spring 2025 HIVE Award! Zach…
Dr. Robert Rennaker, along with his team of co-principal investigators (Co-PIs), Dr. Seth Hays, Dr. Michael Kilgard, and Chad Swank, have been awarded a $2,341,089 Phase II grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for their research on Enhancing…
The Congressional Directed Medical Research Program (CDMRP) awarded Dr. Pamela Rollins a $2,744,321 grant for her four-year project titled Meeting the Needs of Young Hispanic Autistic Children: Developing a Culturally and Linguistically Sensitive Intervention to Alleviate Core Social Challenges. This…
The National Institutes of Health has awarded Dr. Kristen Kennedy $3,727,995 for the renewal of the Dallas Area Longitudinal Lifespan Aging Study (D.A.L.L.A.S.), an innovative project aimed at unraveling the complications of brain aging and cognition. With this funding, this…
Dr. Girgis Obaid received $2,116,760 from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support his research on Molecular Imaging Guidance for Potentiating Chemoimmunotherapy in Pancreatic Cancer using Photodynamic Priming. With a 5-year survival rate of just 3% for patients with…
Dr. Xintong Dong has been granted $2,804,716 from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for her research centered on Genetic Dissection of Defensin Signaling in Urinary Tract Infections. This grant will support Dr. Xintong Dong’s innovative investigation into the role…
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded Dr. Hedieh Torabifard $1,935,708 for her research project on Computational Framework to Investigate the Inorganic Ion Transporters. This project intends to address the critical gaps in our understanding of how ions, such…
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded Dr. Filippo Romiti a grant of $1,950,000 for his project on the New Methods and Strategies for the Scalable Synthesis of Complex Bioactive Molecules. The primary objective of this research is to…
Dr. Adrianna Shembel has received $2,910,950 from National Institutes of Health (NIH) to further her research on Central Modulation-Paired Motor Rehabilitation for Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Injury. This award supports Dr. Shembel’s innovative approach to improving laryngeal motor function following recurrent…
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded Dr. Noa Ofen $1,741,495 for her research on the Development of Memory Networks in Children. This research project will address the challenge of understanding the neurophysiological mechanisms behind memory retrieval. This cognitive ability…
