Announcing Round 7 Full Pilot Projects

We are proud to announce the six projects selected for Round 7 of the Full Pilot Program. These innovative studies reflect the creativity and commitment of our investigators and will generate important new insights to advance environmental health research and improve community well-being.

Awardees:

• Bingning Dong, PhD, Assistant Professor, Baylor College of Medicine
  “Dissecting Lipid-Immune Crosstalk in Liver Cancer Driven by Environmental Xenobiotic Receptor CAR”
• Kevin Lanza, PhD, Assistant Professor, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
  “Particulate Matter as a Potential Driver of Tuberculosis Progression and Post-Treatment Morbidity and Mortality”
• Michael Mancini, PhD, Professor, Baylor College of Medicine
  “A Quantitative High-Throughput Zebrafish Screening Platform to Uncover and Characterize Environmental Chemicals that Adversely Affect Embryonic Vascular Development”
• Guy Nir, PhD, Assistant Professor, The University of Texas Medical Branch
  “Unraveling the Impact of Genotoxins on Cancer Epigenomes”
• Melissa Suter, PhD, Assistant Professor, Baylor College of Medicine
  “Maternal Adipose as a Reservoir for Environmental Chemicals: Implications for Placental Transfer and Fetal Exposure”
• Onur Turkoglu, PhD, Assistant Professor, Baylor College of Medicine
  “Environmental Drivers of Placental Accreta Spectrum (PAS): A Multi-Omics Approach”

We congratulate the awardees and look forward to the discoveries these projects will bring.

See the complete list of Pilot Projects here