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.
2025 Pilot Study Awards
Awardees | BTC Institution | Title of Project |
|---|---|---|
Stephanie Anzman-Frasca, PhD Leonard Epstein, PhD Bridget K. Hughes, MD Sarah J. Ventre, MD, MPH Kameron J. Moding, PhD | Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences UB|MD Practice Plan | Developing Tailored Clinical Resources for Promoting Children's Healthy Food Preferences |
Leslie J. Bisson, MD Heidi Suffoletto, MD Nomi S. Weiss-Laxer, PhD, MPH, MA Gregory Wilding, PhD Laurene Tumiel-Berhalter, PhD | Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences School of Public Health and Health Professions | Piloting a Hands Only CPR/AED Education and Outreach Program to Improve Implementation of Health Care Interventions in Underserved Communities in Western New York |
Huei-Yen (Winnie) Chen, PhD, Xiaoyu Chen, PhD Peter Kim, MD, PhD Steve Schwaitzberg, MD Jinjun Xiong, PhD | Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science | Visual Perception and Scanning Behaviors of Surgeons for the Design of AI Guidance |
Thomas Covey, PhD Huei-Yen (Winnie) Chen, PhD David Shucard, PhD | Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences | Investigation of the Neural Underpinnings of Declining Driving Performance in Aging Adults |
Leonard Epstein, PhD Jennifer Temple, PhD David Hostler, PhD Nicholas Neuwald, PhD Rocco A. Paluch, MA | Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences School of Public Health and Health Professions | Effect of Meal Timing and Dietary Changes on Metabolic and Behavioral Factors Involved in the Food Insecurity-obesity Paradox |
Michael Feigin, PhD Scott Abrams, PhD Jianmin Wang, PhD | Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center | Repurposing an Anti-anxiety Drug to Reverse Immunosuppression in Pancreatic Cancer |
John Hu, MD, PhD Elsa Bou Ghanem, PhD Arthur Chan, PharmD Kari A. Mergenhagen, PharmD | Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Buffalo VA Medical Center | Optimizing Real-time Screening and Enrollment Strategies for Time-sensitive Clinical and Translational Studies in Pneumonia |
Liise Kayler, MD Thomas H. Feeley, PhD Ekaterina Noyes, PhD Renee Cadzow, PhD Laurene Tumiel-Berhalter, PD | Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences School of Public Health and Health Professions | Supporting Live Kidney Donor Outreach in Low-income Communities |
Nandor Pinter, MD Kinga Szigeti, MD Lei Leslie Ying, PhD Vincent Tutino, PhD | Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences | Developing a Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging Biomarker for Amyloid Beta Protein in Humans |
Xiaozhong Wen, MD, PhD Maciej Goniewicz, PhD, PharmD Sara Berkelhamer, MD Nicholas Felicione, PhD Faye E. Justicia-Linde, MD Zhongzheng Niu, MD, PhD Rocco A. Paluch, MA | Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center School of Public Health and Health Professions | Simultaneous Versus Stepwise Cessation of Dual Use of Cigarettes and E-cigarettes During Pregnancy Among Mothers With Low Incomes |
Anna Woloszynska, PhD Barbara Foster, PhD Spencer Rosario, PhD Bo Xu, MD, PhD | Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center | Androgen Receptor-mediated DNA Damage Repair Signaling Within Prostate Tumors in African American Men |
Jungeun Won, PhD Chelsie E. Armbruster, PhD Michele M. Carr, MD, PhD | Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences | Long-range, Volumetric Middle Ear Imaging Towards Pediatric Otitis Media |