2024 Rush to Progress: Accelerating Research through Pilot Awards
Many of the awardees are early stage investigators or new investigators indicating Rush's commitment to investigators in early career researchers.
* Early-Stage Investigator: a PI who has completed their terminal research degree or end of post-graduate training, whichever date is later, within the past 10 years and has not previously competed successfully for a substantial NIH independent research award.
# New Investigator: a PI who has not previously competed successfully as a PI for a substantial NIH independent research award (RO1 or its equivalent).
$50,000 Awardees (One-Year $50,000 Pilot Award)
| TELEHEALTH DELIVERED STRATEGY TRAINING TO PROMOTE PARTICIPATION AMONG OLDER ADULTS WITH SUBJECTIVE COGNITIVE DECLINE Steven Taylor, PhD, OTD, OTR/L * Assistant Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy, CHS |
| CHARACTERIZING MYOSITIS-RELATED PAIN IN INFLAMMATORY MYOPATHIES (CRAMP-IM) Didem Saygin, MD * Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, RMC |
| DEVELOPING DIAGNOSTIC FUNCTIONAL TESTING OF INNATE IMMUNE REACTIVITY TO ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANT DEBRIS Nadim Hallab, PhD Professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, RMC |
| NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR AND JOINT REMODELING IN OSTEOARTHRITIS Jian Huang, PhD # Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, RMC |
$100,000 Awards (Two-Year $50,000 Pilot Award)
| PILOT TESTING A CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY TAILORED WEB-BASED DECISION AID TOOL FOR ADRD CARE PLANNING AMONG CHINESE AMERICAN FAMILY CAREGIVERS Chien-Ching Li, PhD # Associate Professor, Department of Health Systems Management, CHS |
| A PILOT STUDY TO EVALUATE THE FEASIBILITY OF A CULTURALLY TAILORED DIGITAL THERAPEUTIC FOR VIOLENCE-IMPACTED YOUNG BLACK MALES Chuka Emezue, PhD, MPH, MPA * Assistant Professor, Department of Women, Children and Family Nursing, CON |
| ENZALUTAMIDE PROMOTES METASTASIS AND IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT THROUGH CD52 INDUCTION Adrian Mansini, PhD * Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology, RMC |
| NEURONAL NOTCH SIGNALING PATHWAY IN OSTEOARTHRITIS PAIN AND PROGRESSION Lai Wang, MD, PhD # Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, RMC |
| PRDM1 AND SUSCEPTIBILITY TO CRYPTOSPORIDIUM FOLLOWING HIV INFECTION Xian-Ming Chen, MD Professor, Department of Microbial Pathogens and Immunity, RMC |
| THE ROLE OF SHP-1 IN OSTEOARTHRITIS-INDUCED PAIN Adrienn Markovics, MD, PhD # Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, RMC |
| ACCURATE DETERMINATION OF CAUSES OF IMPLANT LOOSENING IN TOTAL SHOULDER ARTHROPLASTY Robin Pourzal, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, RMC |
| CRISPR-ENHANCED STEM CELL THERAPY FOR OSTEOARTHRITIS Lan Zhao, PhD # Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, RMC |