Irving Institute Announces 2018-2019 CaMPR Pilot Awardees
The Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, home to Columbia University’s Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) Program hub, announces the winners of the 2018-19 Collaborative and Multidisciplinary Pilot Research (CaMPR) pilot awards.
The Collaborative and Multidisciplinary Pilot Research Pilot Award (CaMPR) is a two-phase award that provides planning and start-up funds to support the formation of newly-configured investigative teams with the aim of addressing a significant health problem at the cellular, individual, or community level. The pilot awardees are:
Optimizing Tumor-Derived Exosomes as a Biomarker for Immune Checkpoint Blockade in Advanced Solid Tumors
- Fatemeh Momen-Heravi, DDS, PhD, MPH, MS, College of Dental Medicine - Periodontics (Principal Investigator)
- Codruta Chiuzan, PhD, Biostatistics
- Mathew Matthen, MD, Medicine - Hematology
- Raul Rabadan, PhD, Biomedical Informatics
- Alex Rai, PhD, Pathology and Cell Biology
- Gary Schwartz, MD, Medicine - Hematology
Investigating the Dissemination and Implementation of Opioid Education and Naloxone Training on College Campuses
- Rachel Shelton, ScD, MPH, Sociomedical Science (Principal Investigator)
- Melanie Bernitz, MD, MPH, Center for Family and Community Medicine, Columbia Health
- Michael McNeil, EdD, Columbia Health, Sociomedical Science
- Edward Nunes, MD, Psychiatry - Substance Abuse
- Carrigan Parish, DMD, PhD, Sociomedical Science
- Lisa Rosen-Metsch, PhD, Sociomedical Science