Career Awardee: Edward Boyden Clinical CO-Investigator: Alan Horsager Institution: University of Southern California Project Title: Direct Optical Neural Silencing: A New Strategy for Treating Blindness

Career Awardee: Utkan Demirci Clinical CO-Investigator: Robert Falk Institution: Harvard University -- MIT Project Title: Electrical Sensors for Rare Cell Populations in Whole Blood

Career Awardee: Ayman El-Baz Institution: University of Louisville Project Title: Novel Image Analysis Framework for Early Diagnosis of Lung Cancer

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: Pedro Irazoqui Clinical CO-Investigator: Robert Worth Institution: Purdue University Project Title: A Hermetic Biocompatible Ceramic Package for Neural Prosthesess

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: Yunzhi Yang Clinical CO-Investigator: Milan Sen Institution: University of Tennessee, Memphis Project Title: Study of a Biomimetic Porous Scaffolds with High Mechanical Strength

Career Awardee: Xiaojun Yu Clinical CO-Investigator: Cato Laurencin Institution: Stevens Institute of Technology Project Title: Novel Structured Nanofibrous Scaffolds for Bone Healing

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