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New and Competitively Renewed
Peer-Reviewed Awards Received in 2021



Dr. Marwah Abdalla
Young Physician-Scientist Award, American Society for Clinical Investigation

Dr. Julian Abrams
5-year new R01, NIH/NCI
“The Role of the Microbiome and Notch Signaling in Esophageal Adenocarcinoma”

2-year Administrative Supplement to Support Cancer Disparity Collaborative Research, NIH/NCI
“Study of the Oral Microbiome to Address Racial Disparities in Esophageal Cancer”

Dr. Domenico Accili
3-year grant, JPB Foundation
“Causes and Treatment of Cell Dedifferentiation in Diabetes”

5-year R01 competitive renew al, NIH/NIDDK
“Mechanisms of Beta Cell Failure”

Dr. Anca Askanase
3-year Impact Award, DoD/Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program/Lupus Research Program
“Validation of SLE Virtual Outcome Measures”

2-year award, Department of Health and Human Services/Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health and the Office of Minority Health
“New York City Lupus Outreach and Clinical Trial Education Program”

Dr. Matthew Baldwin
4-year Investigator-Initiated Research Award - COVID - Partnering PI Option, DoD/Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program/ Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program
“COVID-19 Lung Injury, ARDS, and Thrombosis: Acute Disease and Long-Term Subphenotypes”

Dr. R. Graham Barr
1-year grant, American Lung Association
“Collaborative Cohort of Cohorts for COVID-19 Research (C4R) CT Study”

Dr. Susan Bates
3-year Translational Research Partnership Award - Pilot Clinical Trial, DoD/Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program/ Pancreatic Cancer Research Program
“Modulating Neural Signaling in the Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer”

Drs. Joan Bathon and Robert Winchester
5-year new institutional training grant (T32), NIH/NIAMS
“Multidisciplinary Training in Molecular and Translational Rheumatology Research”

Dr. Jahar Bhattacharya
5-year institutional training grant competitive renewal (T32), NIH/NHLBI
“The Columbia University Training Program in Lung Science”

Dr. John Bilezikian [Multiple PI award with Drs. Roberto Pacifici and Rheinallt Jones (Emory University)]
4-year new R01, NIH/NIDDK
“Role of the Gut Microbiome in the Bone Loss Induced by Hyperparathyroidism in Mice and Humans”

Dr. Jeffrey Birk
5-year new R01, NIH/NHLBI
“Positive and Negative Psychological Predictors of Long-Term Recovery after Cardiac Arrest”

Dr. Michael Brener  (mentor: Dr. Nir Uriel)
!-year Research Fellowship in Cardiovascular Disease and Cardiometabolic Disorders, America College of Cardiology/Merck
“Pressure-Volume Analysis to Predict Right Ventricular Failure After Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation”

Dr. John Christin (mentor: Dr. Michael Shen)
3-year Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship (F32), NIH/NCI
“Epigenetic Regulators of Subtype Plasticity in Bladder Cancer”

Dr. Enrico Cocchi
Jared J. Grantham Research Fellowship, KidneyCure (the ASN Foundation)/American Society of Nephrology
“Somatic Mutations in Kidney Disease”

Dr. Remi Creusot
2-year “Passion to Find a Cure” research grant, Thomas J. Beatson, Jr. Foundation
“A Novel mRNA Vaccine for Type 1 Diabetes”

Dr. Katherine Crew
2-year Impact Award, Hope Foundation for Cancer Research
“Application of a Convolutional Neural Network-Based Model to Breast Imaging to Assess Prognosis and Predict Response to Adjuvant Breast Cancer Treatment”

Mr. Saxton Cruz (mentor: Dr. Kelley Yan)
2-year “Research Supplement to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research”, NIH/NIA
“Intestinal Stem Cell Function During Aging and Tumo r Initiation”

Dr. Matthew Cummings
2-year Postdoctoral Fellowship in Tropical Infectious Diseases, Burroughs Wellcome Fund/American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
“Dissecting Sepsis Heterogeneity in Uganda Using Pathogen Sequencing and Host Transcriptomics”

Dr. Keith Diaz
4-year new R01, NIH/NHLBI
“Evaluating Standing as a Health Behavior to Promote Cardiovascular Risk Reduction in African Americans”

5-year new R01, NIH/NHLBI [Multiple PI award with Dr. Ying Kuen (Ken) Cheung (Dept. of Biostatistics)]
“Breaking up Prolonged Sedentary Behavior to Improve Cardiometabolic Health: An Adaptive Dose-Finding Study”

3-year Florence and Herbert Irving Clinical Research Career Award (“Irving Scholars”), Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research
“Breaking Up Prolonged Sedentary Behavior to Improve Cardiometabolic Health: Investigating the Effectiveness of Resistance Exercises”

Dr. Emily DiMango
Cystic Fibrosis Center award, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

Dr. Donald Edmondson [Multiple PI award with Dr. Walter Bockting (New York State Psychiatric Institute)]
4-year new R01, NIH/NHLBI
Impact of Minority Stress on Cardiovascular Disease Risk and Resilience”

Dr. Ana Emiliano
“CUIMC Grants Program for Junior Faculty Who Contribute to the Diversity Goals of the University”
“Celiac Ganglia Hyperactivity in Obesity”

Dr. Trevor Fidler (mentor: Dr. Alan Tall)
Dr. Ines Mandl Connective Tissue Research Fellowship, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University

5-year Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00), NIH/NHLBI
“Mechanisms of Atherogenesis in Clonal Hematopoiesis”

Dr. Jianing Fu
2-year Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant (R21), NIH/NIAID
“Immune Profiling of γδ T Cells after Human Intestinal Transplantation”

Dr. Jing Fu
1-year Concept Award, DoD/Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program/Rare Cancer Research Program
“Amyloid Fibril-Specific Chimeric Antigen Receptor Macrophages (CAR-M)-Based Immunotherapy for Amyloid Clearance in Light Chain Amyloidosis”

Dr. Joel Gabre
2-year Research Supplement to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research Program, NIH/NCI
“The Role of the Metaplastic Microenvironment in Barrett's Esophagus”

Dr. Dympna Gallagher [Multiple PI award with Drs. Rudolph Leibel and Michael Rosenbaum (Dept. of Pediatrics) and Dr. Laurel Mayer (Dept. of Psychiatry)]
Clinical Trial Consortium Cooperative Agreement Phase 1 (UG3), NIH/NIDDK
“Predictors of Recidivism to Obesity in Weight-Reduced Individuals”

Dr. Su Gao
3-year Career Development Award, American Heart Association
“Endothelial Cell Cholesterol Metabolism Dysregulation in Obstructive Sleep Apnea”

Dr. Christine Garcia
4-year Investigator-Initiated Research Award - COVID - Partnering PI Option, DoD/Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program/ Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program
“COVID-19 Lung Injury, ARDS, and Thrombosis: Acute Disease and Long-Term Subphenotypes


4-year R01 competitive renewal, NIH/NHLBI
“Pulmonary Fibrosis and Telomerase Dysfunction”

Dr. Ali Gharavi
[Multiple PI award with Drs. Jan Novak (University of Alabama) and Francesco Scolari (University of Brescia, Italy)]
4-year R01 competing renewal, NIH/NIDDK
“Elucidating IgA Nephropathy through Genetic Studies of IgA1 Glycosylation”

3-year Expansion Award, DoD/Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program/ Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program
“Genetic Determinants of Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis in Mouse and Humans”

Drs. Ali Gharavi and Jonathan Barasch [Multiple PI award with Dr. Cathy Mendelsohn (Dept. of Urology)]
5-year George M. O'Brien Urology Cooperative Research Center (U54) competing renewal, NIH/NIDDK
“Investigating the Genetic, Cellular, and Metabolic Events Important for Urothelial Homeostasis and Response to Injury”

Dr. Jon Giles [Multiple PI award with Dr. Ahmed Tawakol (Massachusetts General Hospital)]
5-year R01, NIH/NIAMS
“Neuroimaging Measures of Psychosocial Stress as Predictors of Articular and Arterial Inflammation, Cardiometabolic Disease, and Treatment Response in Rheumatoid Arthritis”

Dr. Angela Gomez-Simmonds
Young Physician-Scientist Award, American Society for Clinical Investigation

Dr. Marlena Habal
Nelson Faculty Development Award, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
“A Synergistic Approach to Targeting HLA Antibodies with Belatacept and a Proteasome Inhibitor”

Dr. Jessica Hawley
3-year Young Investigator Award, Prostate Cancer Foundation
“Association of Circulating Markers of Pro-Tumorigenic Inflammation with Clinical Progression and Race/Ethnicity in Men with Prostate Cancer”

Dr. Maria Hamm De Miguel
1-year grant through the program, “Building Trust through Diversity, Health Care Equity, & Inclusion in Internal Medicine Training”, Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine
“Residency-Community Partnership: Cultural Humility, Community Assets”

Drs. Brian Henick and Hiroshi Nakagawa [with Drs. Andrea Califano (Dept. of Systems Biology) and Chao Lu (Dept. of Genetics & Development)]
Precision Medicine Pilot Award, Columbia University Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center
“Patient-Derived Organoids to Model and Manipulate Tumor Regulatory Dependencies in Esophageal Adenocarcinoma”

Dr. Dawn Hershman
1-year Research Grant, Breast Cancer Research Foundation
“Interventions to Reduce Therapy Related Adverse Effects”

Drs. Dawn Hershman and Daichi Shimbo [Multiple PI award with Drs. Elizabeth Gross Cohn (Hunter College), Erica Phillips (Weill Cornell Medicine), Mary Beth Terry (Mailman School of Public Health) and Olajide Williams (Dept. of Neurology)]
5-year Center Grant (P50), NIH/NIMHD “Center to Improve Chronic disease Outcomes through Multi-level and Multigenerational approaches Unifying Novel Interventions and Training for health EquitY (The COMMUNITY Center)”

Dr. David Ho [with Dr. Masayuki Yazawa (Dept. of Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine)]
Life Science Accelerator Grant, Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research [Translational Therapeutics Accelerator (TRx)]
“SARS-CoV-2 Envelope as a New Therapeutic Target for COVID-19”

Dr. Huachao Huang
2-year Discovery Award, DoD/Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program/ Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program
“The Role(s) of Tuft Cells during Virus-Mediated Acute Lung Injury“

Dr. Chin Hur
NorthEast Cerebrovascular Consortium Mini-Grant Program, American Heart Association/American Stroke Association
“Pre-Hospital Triage Decisions for Patients with Suspected Stroke due to Large Vessel Occlusion: A Decision Analytic Modeling Cost-Effectiveness Study”

[Multiple PI award with Drs. Jennifer Yeh (Boston Children's Hospital) and Reinier Meester (Erasmus MC University Medical Center)
5-year new cooperative agreement (U01), NIH/NCI
“Comparative Modeling of Gastric Cancer Disparities and Prevention in the US and Globally”

Drs. Chin Hur and Fay Kastrinos
5-year new R01, NIH/NCI
“Optimal Colorectal Cancer Surveillance Strategy for Lynch Syndrome by Genotype”

Dr. Chin Hur and Nicholas Tatonetti
2-year Exploratory Collaborative Innovation Award (R21), NIH/NCI
“Domain-Knowledge Informed Deep Learning for Early Detection of Pancreatic Cancer”

Dr. Benjamin Izar
5-year Merit award, NIH/NCI
“Mechanisms of Liver Metastasis and Associated Resistance to Immunotherapy”

Young Physician-Scientist Award, American Society for Clinical Investigation

Tara Miller Melanoma Foundation – MRA Young Investigator Award, Melanoma Research Alliance
“Dissecting the Role of CD58 in Cancer Immune Evasion and T Cell Exclusion”

2-year Exploratory Collaborative Innovation Award (R21), NIH/NCI
“Dissecting Drug Resistance in Serial Uveal Melanoma Biopsies Using Integrated, Multi-Modal Single-Cell Profiling and Novel Machine Learning Tools”

Dr. Atlas Khan
5-year Mentored Quantitative Research Development Award (K25), NIH/NIDDK
Predictive Utility of Polygenic Risk Scores for Chronic Kidney Disease”

Dr. Ananya Kondapalli (mentor: Dr. Marcella Walker)
1-year Research Grant, Endocrine Fellows Foundation
“Bone Microarchitecture Using High-Resolution Peripheral Quantitative Tomography in Men with Celiac Disease”>

Dr. Xiao-Fei Kong
3-year AGA-Takeda Research Scholar Award in Celiac Disease, AGA Research Foundation
“A Genetic and Immunological Investigation of JAK-STAT in the Pathogenesis of Celiac Disease”

5-year Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award (K08), NIH/NIDDK
“A Genetic and Immunological Investigation of JAK-STAT in the Pathogenesis of Celiac Disease”

Dr. Ian Kronish
5-year new R01, NIH/NHLBI
“Implementing Remote Patient Monitoring to Improve Hypertension Control in a Primary Care Network"

Dr. Jared Kushner
3-year Career Development Award, American Heart Association
“Regulators and Interactomes of CaV1.2 in Health and Disease”

Dr. Blandine Laferrere
1-year cooperative agreement (U01 ) competitive renewal, NIH/NIDDK
Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study (DPPOS) Clinical Center 13

Dr. Benjamin Lebwohl [Multiple PI award with Dr. Randi Wolf (Teachers College)]
2-year new Multi-Center Clinical Study Implementation Planning Cooperative Agreement (U34), NIH/NIDDK
“Evaluation of Novel Technologies to Improve Clinical Management of Celiac Disease”

Drs. Suzanne Lentzsch, Jing Fu and Markus Mapara
5-year new R01, NIH/NCI
“Binding of MMP13 to Immune Checkpoint Receptor PD-1H links Bone Disease with Immune Suppression in Multiple Myeloma”

Dr. Shirong Li
1-year Translational Research Grant, International Myeloma Society/Paula and Rodger Riney Foundation
“GCK, a New Therapeutic Target for Undruggable RAS in Myeloma Treatment”

Dr. Jose Luchsinger
5-year R01 competitive renewal, NIH/NIA
“Diabetes and Brain Amyloid in Middle Aged Hispanics”

Drs. Mohsen Maharlooei and Megan Sykes
Life Science Accelerator Grant, Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research [Translational Therapeutics Accelerator (TRx)]/ Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science [Biomedical Engineering Technology Accelerator (BiomedX)]
“Development of Enhanced CAR T Regs for Targeted Induction of Immune Tolerance”

Dr. Rohan Maniar (mentor: Dr. Steven Reiner)
Young Investigator Award, Conquer Cancer Foundation/American Society of Clinical Oncology
“Promoting Self-Renewal of CD8+ T Cells to Overcome Immunotherapy Resistance”.

Dr. Steven Marx
4-year new R01, NIH/NHLBI
“Investigating Cardiac Ion Channels by Novel Methods”

[Multiple PI award with Dr. Mark Hardy (Dept. of Surgery)]
5-year institutional training grant competitive renewal (T32), NIH/NHLBI
“Postdoctoral Training in Cardiovascular Disease”

Dr. Mathew Maurer
1-year Cardiac Amyloidosis Fellowship Program, Amyloidosis Foundation

Dr. Julia McGuinness (mentor: Dr. Katherine Crew)
Marc L. Citron, MD, Young Investigator Award in Breast Cancer, Conquer Cancer Foundation/American Society of Clinical Oncology
“Use of a Novel Convolutional Neural Network Based Mammographic Evaluation to Assess Response to Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy Among Women with Early-Stage Breast Cancer”

Dr. Sumit Mohan
4-year new R01, NIH/NIDDK
“Continuous Therapeutic Drug Monitoring of Antibiotics in CRRT”

[Multiple PI award with Drs. Ana Navas-Acien (Dept. of Environmental Health Sciences) and Vivekanand Jha (George Institute for Global Health)]
5-year cooperative agreement, NIDDK
“India - Factors of CKDu in Uddanam Study (India-FOCUS)”

Dr. Nathalie Moise
[Multiple PI award with Drs. Parisa Tehranifar (Department of Epidemiology) and Drs. Rachel Shelton (Dept of Sociomedical Sciences)]

5-year new R01, NIH/NCI
“De-implementation of Mammography Overuse in Older Racially and Ethnically Diverse Women”

Dr. Ryan Moy
5-year Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award (K08), NIH/NCI
“Defining the Mechanism of Inositol 1,4,5-Triphosphate Receptor-Mediated Metastatic Liver Colonization in Colorectal Cancer”

Dr. Max O'Donnell [Multiple PI award with Dr. Michelle Larsen (Albert Einstein College of Medicine)]
4-year R01 competing renewal, NIH/NIAID
“Advanced Genotypic and Phenotypic monitoring of Drug Resistant TB to Improve TB Treatment Outcomes”

Dr. Elizabeth Oelsner
5-year new R01, NIH/NHLBI
“Metal Exposure and Subclinical Lung Disease in Adult E-cigarette Users”

4-year new R01, NIH/NHLBI
“COVID-19 Lung Microvascular and Parenchymal Sequelae (Lung-MaPS)”

Drs. Priya Palta and Keith Diaz [Multi-PI award with Dr. Kelley Gabriel (University of Alabama)]
4-year new R01, NIH/NIA
“Leveraging the 24-hour Movement Paradigm to Preserve Cognitive Function and Prevent Alzheimer's Disease: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) 24H-ACT Study”
 

Ms. Arianne Papa (mentor: Dr. Steven Marx)
2-year Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (F31), NIH/NHLBI
“Elucidating the mechanism of beta-adrenergic regulation in L-type Calcium Channels (CaV1.2)”

Dr. Timothy Poterucha
1-year Glorney-Raisbeck Junior Faculty Research Award, New York Academy of Medicine
“Prospective Detection of Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis using Deep Learning”

Dr. Yoanna Pumpalova (mentor: Dr. Al Neugut)
Janssen Oncology Young Investigator Award, Conquer Cancer Foundation/American Society of Clinical Oncology
“The Impact of HIV and Other Factors on Survival Among Women with Triple Negative Breast Cancer in South Africa”

Dr. Jianwen Que
4-year new R01, NIH/NHLBI
“VEGF/KDR Signaling in Airway Epithelial Regeneration and Disease”

4-year new R01, NIH/NHLBI
“Improve Lung Regeneration Through Targeting Tuft Cells Following Viral Infection”

Dr. Edd Ricker (mentor: Dr. Jennifer Amengual)
Hematology Opportunities for the Next-Generation of Research Scientists (HONORS), American Society of Hematology

Dr. Karie Runcie (mentor: Dr. Mark Stein)
Early Career Development Pilot Award, Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center
“Combination Anti-PD-1 and IL-1 Blockade Prior to Nephrectomy in Localized Renal Cell Carcinoma to Evaluate Novel Targets for Treatment of Renal Cell Carcinoma”

Dr. Yvonne Saenger [Multiple PI award with Dr. Rui Chang (University of Arizona Health Sciences)]
5-year new R01, NIH/NCI
“Applying Pathomics to Establish a Biosignature for Aggressive Skin Melanoma

Dr. Shawn Sarkaria
1-year Research Training Award for Fellows, American Society of Hematology
“Examining Mesenchymal Stromal Cells as a Therapeutic Vulnerability in Primary Myelofibrosis”

Dr. Robert Schwabe
4-year new R01, NIH/NIDDK
“Protective and Fibrosis-Independent Functions of Hepatic Stellate Cells”

5-year new R01, NIH/NCI
“Tumor-promoting and tumor-suppressive roles of Hepatic Stellate Cell Subpopulations in NASH-HCC”

Drs. Gary Schwartz and Dawn Hershman
5-year Institutional Training Grant (T32) competitive renewal, NIH/NCI
Molecular Oncology Training Program

Dr. Elizabeth Shane
[Multiple PI award with Drs. Sundeep Khosla (Mayo Clinic Rochester) and Clifford Rosen (Maine Medical Center Research Institute)

“Beta1-Selective Blockade for Prevention of Postmenopausal Bone Loss: A Randomized Controlled Trial”

Dr. Michael Shen
[with Dr. Cory Abate-Shen (Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Therapeutics)]
Multi-PI Planning Grant, CU Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research/Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center
“Investigating Cell-Intrinsic and Extrinsic Interactions in Prostate Cancer at the Single-Cell Level”

3-year Translational Science Award, DoD/Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program/Prostate Cancer Research Program
“B7-H3 (CD276) as a Therapeutic Target in Lethal Prostate Cancers”

Dr. Yuichi Shimada
5-year new R01, NIH/NHLBI
“Proteomics Profiling in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy and Cardiac Event Prediction”

Research Grant, The Feldstein Medical Foundation
“Transcriptomics to Reveal Signaling Pathways Associated with Pathogenesis and Cardiac Events in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy”

Dr. Ji-Yeon Shin
3-year Pinnacle Research Award, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases Foundation
“LAP1-torsinA Complex in NASH and HCC Development”

Dr. Jennifer Small-Saunders
4-year new Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award (K08), NIH/NIAID
“tRNA Modification Reprogramming in Artemisinin-Resistant Plasmodium falciparum: An Epigenetic Driver of Resistance?“

Dr. Ali Soroush
Velocity Data Science Fellow, CU Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center
“Personalized Upper GI Cancer Risk Calculation Using an EHR-Based Algorithm”

Dr. Nina Suda (mentor: Dr. Utpal Pajvani)
Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship (F32), NIH/NIDDK
“Jagged 1-Notch Signaling Determines β Cell Maturity and Function”

Daland Fellowship in Clinical Investigation, American Philosophical Society
“NOTCH2 Polymorphisms as Predictors of Low β-Cell Mass in Type 2 Diabetes”

Dr. Marie-Pierre St. Onge
7-year Outstanding Investigator Award (R35), NIH/NHLBI
“Mechanisms Addressing the Causal Relationships of Sleep, Circadian Rhythms, and Cardiometabolic Health”

Drs. Marie-Pierre St. Onge and Blandine Laferrere
3-year new R01, NIH/NIDDK
Sleep Stability, Weight, and Glycemic Control

Dr. Alan Tall
4-year new R01, NIH/NHLBI
“Clonal Hematopoiesis, Inflammasomes and Atherosclerosis”

Dr. Emily Tsai
2-year Innovative Project Award, American Heart Association
“The Causal Role of Atrial Fibrillation in the Development of Right Heart Dysfunction: Atrial-Ventricular Cell Signaling”

Dr. Anne-Catrin Uhlemann
[Multi PI award with Dr. Kartik Chandran (Dept. of Earth and Environmental Engineering)]
2-year Cooperative Agreement (U01), NIH/Office of the Director, RADx-rad Wastewater Detection of SARS-COV-2 (RADx-rad) Initiative
“Optimizing SARS-CoV-2 Wastewater Based Surveillance in Urban and University Campus Settings”

2-year Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant (R21), NIH/NIAID
“Delineating Genetic Determinants of Polymyxin Resistance in Serratia marcescens

Dr. Elizabeth Verna [Multi PI award with Dr. Jasmohan Bajaj (Virginia Commonwealth University)]
2-year Exploratory Collaborative Innovation Award (R21), NIH/NCATS
“Gut Microbiota in the Modulation of Outcomes after Liver Transplant”

[Multi PI award with Dr. Robert Brown (Weill Medical College of Cornell University)
5-year cooperative agreement (U01), NIH/NIDDK
“Strategies and Therapies for Outcomes Prevention in Cirrhosis: The STOP-C Liver Cirrhosis Network”

Dr. Aaron Viny
2-year Scholar Award, American Society of Hematology
“Determining 3D Chromatin Structure Dynamics, Transcription, and Dependency in Cohesin Mutant Leukemia”

3-year Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., Scholars Program award
“Alterations in DNA Methylation and Chromatin Structure as Convergent Pathogenic Drivers in Myelodysplastic Syndrome”

3-year Discovery Research Grant, Edward P. Evans Foundation
“Dynamics of DNA Methylation and Chromatin Structure in the Pathogenesis and Therapeutic
Responsiveness of Myelodysplastic Syndrome”

Dr. Jianlong Wang
3-year Breakthrough Award, DoD/Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program/Breast Cancer Research Program
“Deciphering the Stemness Code for Breast Cancer Metastasis”

Dr. Timothy Wang
3-year Translational Research Partnership Award - Pilot Clinical Trial, DoD/Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program/ Pancreatic Cancer Research Program
“Modulating Neural Signaling in the Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer”

4-year new R01, NIH/NIDDK
“Gastrin Regulation of Gastric Antral Stem and Corpus Progenitor Cells”

Drs. Robert Winchester and Laura Geraldino-Pardilla [with Dr. Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic (Dept. of Biomedical Engineering)]
Life Science Accelerator Grant, Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science [Biomedical Engineering Technology Accelerator (BiomedX)]
“AutoDetect: Diagnostic Tool for Autoimmune Myocarditis”

Dr. Winston Wong (mentor: Dr. Gulam Manji)
Shanken Family Foundation Young Investigator Award, Conquer Cancer Foundation/American Society of Clinical Oncology
“Evaluating the Immune Modulatory Effects of Combination MEK and Autophagy Inhibition in KRAS Mutated Pancreas Cancer via an Autologous Patient Derived T-Cell and Organoid Model System”

Drs. Howard Worman and John Morrow [Multiple PI award with Dr. Gregg Gundersen (Dept. of Pathology and Cell Biology)]
4-year new R01, NIH/NHLBI
“Mechanistic Basis of Cardiac Laminopathy”

Dr. Xuebing Wu
3-year Pershing Square Sohn Prize for Young Investigators in Cancer Research, Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance
“Targeting Tumor with CRISPR/Cas13-Based Sequence Specific Cell Knockout”

[with Co-Investigators: Drs. Steven Marx (Dept. of Medicine), Teresa Lee (Dept. of Pediatrics) and Mythily Ganapathi (Dept. of Pathology and Cell Biology)]
Precision Medicine Pilot Award, Columbia Precision Medicine Initiative/Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center/Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research
“A Special Ribosome in the Heart: Understanding how Mutations in Ribosomal Protein RPL3L Cause Neonatal Dilated Cardiomyopathy by Using Patient-derived iPSCs and Genetically Engineered Mice”

Paul A. Marks Scholars, Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons

Dr. Xueling Wu
1-year Bridge Award (R56), NIH/NIAID
“Characterization of HIV-1 IgA bNAbs and ADCP Function”

Dr. Xun Wu (mentor: Dr. Hanrui Zhang)
2-year Postdoctoral Fellowship, American Heart Association
“Wdfy3 Promotes Macrophage Efferocytosis via Accelerating the Uptake and Degradation of Dying Cells”

Dr. Michael Yin
5-year Midcareer Investigator Award in Patient-Oriented Research (K24), NIAID
“Mentoring Research in Non-infectious Complications of HIV”

Drs. Michael Yin and Peter Gordon [Multiple PI award with Dr. David Albert (College of Dental Medicine)]
2-year Clinical Trial Planning and Implementation Cooperative Agreement, NIH/NIDCR
“Effectiveness of Comprehensive ETE interventions in the Dental Setting”

Dr. Hanrui Zhang
3-year Florence and Herbert Irving Clinical Research Career A ward (“Irving Scholars”), Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research
“Targeting Macrophage Proliferation and Efferocytosis in Atherosclerosis.”

Dr. Yiyi Zhang [Multiple PI award with Dr. Jaejin An [(Kaiser Permanente)]
5-year new R01, NIH/NHLBI
“Optimize Risk Assessment for Incident and Recurrent Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease”

Dr. Xiao Zhao
3-year Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., Scholars Program award
“The Molecular Basis of Cholangiocyte Identity and Injury in Biliary Atresia”

Dr. Emmanuel Zorn
1-year new High Priority, Short-Term Project Award (R56), NIH/NIAID
“Local Antibody Responses in Human Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy”