Current and Past Awards
See the full list of projects (2010 to present) awarded pilot studies funding, sorted by year and highlighting the awardees, Buffalo Translational Consortium institution, and title of project.
2024 Pilot Study Awards
Awardees | BTC Institution | Title of Project |
|---|---|---|
Anthony Dakwar, MD Gal Shafirstein, DSc Alan Hutson, PhD | Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center | Image Guided Surgery Followed by Intraoperative Photodynamic Therapy for Improving Local Tumor Control in Patients With Loco-regionally Advanced or Recurrent Colorectal Cancer Undergoing Surgery |
Scott Doyle, PhD Margaret Brandwein-Weber, MD | Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences | Initiative for Private and Secure Collaborative AI Training in Computational Pathology |
Ciprian Ionita, PhD Albert Titus, PhD Jason Davies, MD, PhD Filip Stefanovic, PhD Jihnhee Yu, PhD | Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences School of Public Health and Health Professions
| AHEAD — Acoustic Hemodynamic Examination Through AI Diagnosis |
Dejan Jakimovski, MD, PhD Robert Zivadinov, MD, PhD Bianca Weinstock-Guttman, MD Ralph Benedict, PhD Ferdinand Schweser, PhD Michael Dwyer, PhD Niels Bergsland, PhD Penny Pennington, MAS | Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences | Understanding the Cortical Inflammatory and Neurodegenerative Changes in Underserved People With Multiple Sclerosis (MS): Cross-sectional Case-controlled Study |
Jessica Martinolich, MD Ekaterina Noyes, PhD, MPH Bonnie Vest, PhD Ajay Myneni, PhD Eylon Arbel Steven Schwaitzberg, MD | Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences | Impact of the Increase in Availability of Ambulatory Surgery on Treatment Decision Making: A Mixed Methods Study |
Jacob McPherson, PT, DPT, PhD Christopher Stavisky, PhD Mohammad Nadir Haider, MD, PhD Jeffrey Miecznikowski, PhD Haley Chizuk, PhD, MS John Leddy, MD | School of Public Health and Health Professions Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences | Feasibility of Aerobic Exercise for Recovery From Work-related Concussion |
Pauline Mendola, PhD Thaddeus Waters, MD Ekaterina Noyes, PhD, MPH Laurene Tumiel-Berhalter, PhD | Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences School of Public Health and Health Professions | Feasibility of Reducing Postpartum Mortality Among Rural Patients: Use of Remote and Community-based Interventions |
Ferdinand Schweser, PhD Scott Doyle, PhD Simon Hametner, MD, PhD Stuart Inglis, PhD Olga Pletnikova, MD Suyog Pol, PhD Murali Ramanathan, PhD Robert Zivadinov, MD, PhD | Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences | Buffalo Bioimaging Brain Bank for Neurological Disorders (B4ND) |
Darryl Somayaji, PhD, MSN, CNS, RN, CCRC Laurene Tumiel-Berhalter, PhD Ranjit Singh, MBBChir, MBA Patrick Glasgow, MD Ekaterina Noyes, PhD, MPH Gregory Wilding, PhD | School of Nursing Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences School of Public Health and Health Professions | Increasing Lung Cancer Screening: An Urban Primary Care Primary Care Health Center Approach |
Robert Straubinger, PhD Michael Feigin, PhD Donald Mager, PhD Jun Qu, PhD Wen Wee Ma, MD | School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center | Immune Priming Strategy to Improve Delivery and Efficacy of Immunotherapeutics in Pancreatic Cancer |
Michelle Visser, PhD Jennifer Lang, MD Patricia Diaz, DDS, PhD B. Rita Alevriadou, PhD | School of Dental Medicine Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences School of Engineering and Applied Sciences | The Missing Link: Elucidating the Role of Periodontitis-derived Extracellular Vesicles As Mediators of Cardiovascular Disease |
Bianca Weinstock-Guttman, MD Robert Zivadinov, MD, PhD Ralph Benedict, PhD Murali Ramanathan, PhD Michael Dwyer, PhD Ferdinand Schweser, PhD Niels Bergsland, PhD Dejan Jakimovski, MD, PhD Svetlana Eckert, MD David Hojnacki, MD | Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences | Metformin As an Add-on or Monotherapy in Treatment of Aging People With Multiple Sclerosis (MS): Randomized, Placebo-controlled Pilot Study |