Pilot Award
The Pilot Grants program promotes new networks of multidisciplinary and inter-institutional research teams. The following UGA researchers were awarded a Pilot Grant.
| Year Awarded | Degree(s) | First Name | Last Name | Department | Project Title | Amount (direct) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | PhD | Zhuo | Chen | Department of Health Policy and Management | Achieving Health Equity by Improving Participant Representativeness in the All of Us Research Program: A Pilot Community-Based Participatory Research in Georgia | $48,771 |
| 2024 | PhD | Daniel | Jung | Department of Health Policy and Management | Disparities in Machine-Learning Modeling to Predict Hospital Readmissions among Patients Discharged to Skilled Nursing Facility | $38,202 |
| 2023 | PhD | Brian | Bauer | Examining Changes in Suicidality as a Result of Long COVID in Individuals from Underrepresented Populations | $44,069 | |
| 2023 | PhD | Jessica | Knight | Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics Georgia | Addressing stress-related pathways of disparities in cardiovascular health for young Georgia families using a wearable biometric device | $39,973 |
| 2023 | PhD | Leidong | Mao | School of Electrical and Computer Engineering | Label-free isolation of rare cells from blood with ultrahigh throughput and resolution | $39,930 |
| 2023 | PhD | Suhang | Song | Department of Health Policy and Management | Trends and Modifiable Risk Factors to Reduce Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Cognitive Function and Dementia: Evidence From the Health and Retirement Study | $40,000 |
| 2022 | Sun Joo (Grace) | Ahn | Positive Youth Development in the Metaverse - Development of a Virtual Reality Afterschool Program for Middle Childhood Youth | $40,000 | ||
| 2022 | Sarah | Henes | A Community Nutrition Initiative to Promote Healthy Eating Behavior Changes and Food Security in Expecting Families by Utilizing the University of Georgia (UGA) Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) | $49,859 | ||
| 2022 | Jing | Xu | Building a Stroke Patient Research Network in Athens and Northeast Georgia | $49,970 | ||
| 2021 | PhD | Elizabeth | Brisbois | E.L. Rhodes Center for ADS & College of Engineering | Multifunctional hemocompatible polymers for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) utilized in critically ill COVID-19 patients | $30,000 |
| 2021 | PhD | Sina | Gallo | FACS - Nutritional Sciences | Prevalence Of Vitamin D Deficiency In Cord Blood From The National Children’s Study: Impact Of Race/Ethnicity, Preterm Birth And The Association With Biochemical Markers Of Rickets | $40,000 |
| 2021 | PhD | Ming | Zhang | CPH - Epidemiology & Biostatistics | Determining The Order Of HIV Recombinants’ Breakpoint Occurrence | $20,000 |
| 2020 | PhD | Julianne | Schmidt | COE - Kinesiology | Longitudinal Assessment of Post-concussion Driving (LAPD): Developing Evidence-Based Driving Recommendations | $41,250 |
| 2019 | Grace Bagwell | Adams | CPH | Innovation in Delivery of Prenatal Care to Women with OUD: The CenteringPregnancy Model | $20,000 | |
| 2019 | PhD | Jin | Xie | Chemistry | NaCl nanoparticles for bladder cancer therapy | $39,941 |
| 2018 | PhD | Eric | Harvill | Infectious diseases | Developing a Novel Vaccine against Whooping-Cough | $40,000 |
| 2018 | PhD | Richard | Meagher | Genetics | Immunoliposome-targeting of the visceral adipocyte epigenome to control obesity’s comorbidities | $40,000 |
| 2018 | MD, PhD | Changwei | Li | CPH - Epidemiology & Biostatistics | Genomic and Gene-Smoking Interaction Studies for Cognition Trajectories and Cognition Changing Rates | $33,980 |
| 2018 | PhD | Balazs | Rada | CVM - Infectious Diseases | Neutrophil Extracellular Traps in Cystic Fibrosis-Related Diabetes | $40,000 |
| Year Awarded | Degree(s) | First Name | Last Name | Department | Project Title | Amount (direct) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Ph.D | Grace | Adams | Department of Health Policy & Management | Innovation in Delivery of Prenatal Care to Women with OUD: The Centering Pregnancy Mode | $20,000 |
| Year Awarded | Degree(s) | First Name | Last Name | Department | Project Title | Amount (direct) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | PhD | Ming | Zhang | Epidemiology & Biostatistics | Determining The Order Of HIV Recombinants’ Breakpoint Occurrence | $20,000 |
| 2020 | DrPH | Sekandi | Juliet | Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Global Health Institute | Artificial Intelligence Solutions for Effective Monitoring of Medication Adherence: A Pilot Study | $20,000 |