2007
Early Career Awards in Translational Research
Career
Awardee: Ayman El-Baz
Clinical
CO-Investigator: Robert Falk Institution: University of Louisville Project
Title: Novel Image Analysis Framework for Early Diagnosis
of Lung Cancer
Career
Awardee: Chang Lu
Clinical
CO-Investigator: Kenneth Cornetta Institution: Purdue
University Project Title: Fluidic electroporation
devices for large quantity genetic modification of
cells
Career
Awardee: Chun Wang
Clinical
CO-Investigator: William Gillanders Institution: University
of Minnesota Project Title: Translational Development
of Novel Biodegradable Polymer Platform for Genetic
Vaccine Delivery
Career
Awardee: Daniel Kamei
Clinical
CO-Investigator: William Weiss Institution: University
of California, Los Angeles Project Title: Engineering Intracellular
Trafficking Pathways of Transferrin-Drug Conjugates
for Treatment of Malignant Gliomas
Career
Awardee: Edward Boyden
Clinical
CO-Investigator: Eric Leuthardt Institution: Massachusetts
Institute of Technology Project Title: Direct Optical
Neural Silencing: A New Strategy for Treating Brain
Disorders
Career
Awardee: Gabriel Silva
Clinical
CO-Investigator: William Freeman Institution: University
of California, San Diego Project Title: Clinical management
of age related macular degeneration using a control
release nanoengineered drug delivery system
Career
Awardee: Ho-Wook Jun
Clinical
CO-Investigator: Brigitta Brott Institution: University
of Alabama at Birmingham Project Title: Biomimetic
Nano Matrix for Drug Eluting Stent Application
Career
Awardee: Jeffrey Zahn
Clinical
CO-Investigator: Akif Undar Institution: Rutgers
University Project Title: Microfluidic Dialysis
Platforms for Monitoring Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Systemic Inflammation
Career
Awardee: Jesse Yen
Clinical
CO-Investigator: Edward Grant Institution: University of Southern
California Project Title: Ultrasound Transducers
for Near-Field 3-D Imaging
Career
Awardee: Jessica Ramella-Roman
Clinical
CO-Investigator: Quan Nguyen Institution: Catholic University
of America Project Title: Retinal Oximeter
using Novel Multi-aperture Camera for assessment
of early signs of Diabetic Retinopathy
Career
Awardee: Julie Hasenwinkel
Clinical
CO-Investigator: Amir Fayyazi Institution: Syracuse University Project Title: Novel Two-Solution
Based Bone Cements for Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty
Career
Awardee: Owen McCarty
Clinical
CO-Investigator: Jonathan Lindner Institution: Oregon Health & Science
University Project Title: Contrast-enhanced
ultrasound imaging of atherosclerosis using glycoprotien
Ib-microbubbles
Career
Awardee: Pedro Irazoqui
Clinical
CO-Investigator: Robert Worth Institution: Purdue University Project Title: A Hermetic
Biocompatible Ceramic Package for Neural
Prostheses
Career
Awardee: Utkan Demirci
Clinical
CO-Investigator: Daniel Kuritzkes Institution: Harvard
University -- MIT Project Title: Electrical Sensors
for Rare Cell Populations in Whole Blood
Career
Awardee: Xiaojun Yu
Clinical
CO-Investigator: Cato Laurencin Institution: Stevens
Institute of Technology Project Title: Novel structured
nanofibrous scaffolds for bone healing
Career
Awardee: Yunzhi Yang
Clinical
CO-Investigator: Robert Heck Institution: University
of Tennessee, Memphis Project Title: Study of
a biomimetic porous scaffolds with high mechanical
strength
Career
Awardee: Ayman El-Baz