CCTST Pilot Programs Fund New Studies

Congratulations to those that received funding through the CCTST's Pilot Translational Science and Mentored Science Grant Program, along with the Community Engagement Translational Science Pilot Grant Program.

Funding for the Community Engagement Translational Science Pilot Grant Program will run from December 19, 2025 - May 31, 2026:

Co-Designing Data Governance for Trust and Agency

• PI: Lauren Forbes, UC School of Public and International Affairs

Funding for the Pilot Translational Science and Mentored Science Grant Program will run from January 16 - May 31, 2026:

Advancing Translational Science Through a Patient-Facing Registry and Natural History Study for PAM

• PI: Frank McCormack, UC Pulmonary Critical Care & Sleep Medicine

• Co-PI: Suzanne Summer, CCHMC Schubert Research Clinic

Targeted Novel Ionizable Lipid-based mRNA Delivery System

• PI: Joo-Youp Lee, UC Chemical & Environmental Engineering

Efficacy of Topical Ruxolitinib in Acute Skin GVHD: A Pilot Study

• PI: Zahra Hudda, CCHMC Bone Marrow Transplantation & Immune Deficiency

• CO-PI: Pooja Khandelwal, CCHMC Bone Marrow Transplantation & Immune Deficiency

Enhanced Magneto-Nanoparticle Drug Delivery for Treating Hearing Loss

• PI: Donglu Shi, UC College of Engineering

• Co-PI: Daniel Sun, UC Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery

An Innovative Approach to Pancreatic Cancer Precision Medicine

• PI: Georg Weber, UC College of Pharmacy

• Co-PI: Shesh Rai, UC Biostatistics, Health Informatics & Data Science

Personalized Dupilumab PK/PD in Eosinophilic Esophagitis

• PI: Tetsuo Shoda, CCHMC Allergy & Immunology

• Co-PI: Tomoyuki Mizuno, CCHMC Translational and Clinical Pharmacology

Nanovesicle-based model for treating in-utero conditions

• PI: Braxton Forde, UC Obstetrics and Gynecology Fetal Care Center

• Co-PI: Xiaoyang Qi, UC Internal Medicine