The CRISP awardees are:

Julie Burland, Kinesiology - $46,512.36
Neurological Correlates of Learned Helplessness in ACL Reconstruction: A Multimodal Imaging Approach

Prazwala Chirravur, Oral and Maxillofacial Diagnostic Sciences - $10,000
Assessing the modulatory effect of prebiotic xylooligosaccharides in the human oral microbiome

Dr. Kshitiz, Biomedical Engineering - $59,984.30
Understanding dysregulation of cellular communication at the maternal fetal interface leading to placenta accreta

Akshay Maggu, Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences - $99,928.99
Comparison of auditory-cognitive versus auditory training on speech-perception-in-noise performance of children with listening difficulties

Stephanie Milan, Psychological Sciences- $88,126.98
Integrating Natural Language Processing into Teletherapy to Enhance Mental Health Treatment for Young Adults

Juan Salazar, Pediatrics - $99,534.23
HART Center Pilot Project

Gee Su Yang, Nursing - $60,000
Exploring the Impact of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors on Cognitive Function on Older Cancer Survivors: A Longitudinal Pilot Study

The REP awardees are:

Jenna Bartley, UConn Center on Aging - $74,950.91
Influenza-induced muscle atrophy and amino acid partitioning

Dennis D' Amico, Animal Science - $21,467.35
Controlling foodborne pathogens on seeds for sprouting using a novel cold plasma system as a standalone and hurdle approach

Shardé Davis, Communication - $24,963.04
The Blaxit Movement: Investigating (Young) Black Women’s Global Relocation and the Implications on Mental Health and Well-Being

Caroline Dealy, Orthodontics - $100,000
Cartilage Healing in a Human Preclinical Model

Johan Gogarten, Molecular and Cell Biology - $49,791.50
A newly discovered gene drive operating in viruses - exploring extent and underlying mechanisms

Swapna Gokhale, Computer Science and Engineering - $49,247
REP Priority Area: Using Machine Learning to Determine the Significance of Racism and Psychosocial Factors Predicting Substance Use Disorders (SUDs) in Young Adults

Song Han, Computer Science and Engineering - $25,000
Towards Real-Time Traffic Management in Industrial 5G Radio Access Networks

Jie He, Chemistry - $50,000
Biocatalysts with Metal-Cofactor Artificial Enzymes from Non-Catalytic Natural Proteins

Mayu Inaba, Cell Biology - $75,000
Identification of genetic modifiers of stem-cell clonal expansion

Hunmin Jung, Pharmaceutical Science - $25,000
Novel Strategies for Combating Colorectal Cancer and Its Drug Resistance Targeting Pyrimidine Biosynthesis

Kasi Rajeswari, Chemistry - $50,000
Stress Coupled Optical Response of Anisotropic Nanoparticles in Ferroelectric Liquid Crystalline Elastomers for Health Monitoring

Ana Legrand, Plant Science and Landscape Architecture - $24,994.55
Development of a push-pull system for diamondback moth management

Na Li, Pharmaceutical Sciences - $50,000
The impact of villi and mucus structure on nanoparticle movement and drug absorption

Kathryn Libal, Social Work - $24,747.55
Refugees and Asylum Seekers’ Perspectives on Community Sponsorship Initiatives in the United States

Yao Lin, Chemistry - $25,000
Developing Synthetic Copolypeptides for Bioinspired, Self-healing Supramolecular Hydrogels

Chang Liu, Mechanical Engineering - $25,000
Nonlinear stability of time-dependent flows based on convex optimizations

Changchun Liu, Biomedical Engineering - $75,000
CRISPR-powered Liquid Biopsy of Cancer

Jessica Lubell-Brand, Plant Science and Landscape Architecture - $25,000
Tetraploidy to boost hemp yield through increased female to male plant ratio

Asif Majid, Dramatic Arts - $10,000
Performing Muharram in Plurality: Art, Bodies, and Commemoration in Lucknow and Hyderabad

Daniel McCarron, Physics - $49,995.80
Ultracold quantum gases by and for underrepresented minorities in physics

Sanja Novak, Center for Regenerative Medicine and Skeletal Development - $25,000
Interferon gamma as a regulator of bone healing

Spencer Nyholm, Molecular and Cell Biology - $25,000
Characterizing host immune cell interactions with symbiotic bacteria in the Hawaiian bobtail squid, Euprymna scolopes

Flora Oswald, Psychological Sciences - $23,419.68
Understanding Visual Perception of Safety Cues Among Women of Color via Eye-Tracking: Identifying Avenues for Intervention to Reduce Minority Health and Education Disparities

Sung Yeul Park, Electrical and Computer Engineering - $25,000
Enhancing the Transient Stability of Inverter-Dominated Power System Through PMU Coordination

Georges Pavlidis, Mechanical Engineering - $50,000
Overcoming the Thermal Barrier in Semiconductors for Power Electronics

Wei Ren, Natural resources and the Environment - $25,000
Harnessing Solar-Induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence Data for Simulating Vegetation Carbon Uptake Capacity in the Northeastern US: Towards a More Realistic Assessment

Mohamadmahdi Samandari, Biomedical Engineering - $25,000
In situ bioprinting of vascularized scaffolds for treatment of volumetric muscle loss

Benjamin Sinder, Orthopaedic Surgery - $74,925
New Factors Regulating the Periosteal Response to Mechanical Loading

Ley Smith, Pharmaceutical Sciences - $24999.88
Role of estrogen signaling in female susceptibility to non-allergic asthma

Lorena Solis, Psychological Sciences - $23,299.15
Latina Workers: identifying Individual and Work factors that Influence their Well-being

Ioulia Valla, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering - $50,000
Electrochemical Upgrading of Bio-oils to Drop-in Bio-fuels

Wei Zhang, Comuter Science and Engineering - $25,000
PipeLess: Fast Pipelined ML Inference in Serverless Computing

The Spring 2024 SFF awardees are:

Kathleen Adams, Pharmacy Practice - $2,000
Initiating buprenorphine to treat opioid use disorder without prerequisite withdrawal: a systematic review -- update

Melisa Arganaraz Gomez, Urban and Community Studies - $1,400
Geographies of Care: immigrant Latina experiencing housing and neighborhood insecurity in a Welcoming city

Kenneth Campellone, Molecular and Cell Biology - $2,000
Expansion microscopy on misfolded protein aggregates

Carlos Cardonha, Operations and Information Management - $2,000
Assortment Optimization under Uncertainty

Xiang Chen, Geography - $2,000
Developing a tabletop game to promote children’s nutrition education

Ruimin Chen, Mechanical Engineering - $1,999
A Mixed Reality-aided Workforce Training Solution for Revolutionizing Manufacturing Data Annotation

Elizabeth Della Zazzera, History - $2,000
The First Modern Culture War: Romanticism, Classicism, and the Battle for Restoration France, 1814–1830

Laurie Devaney, Kinesiology - $2,000
Optimizing Musculoskeletal Health Using an Evidence Based Medicine Data Management Platform- “Hylyght”

Jennifer Dineen, Public Policy - $2,000
Conversation Starters: Understanding the Facilitators and Barriers to Physician-Initiated Secure Firearm Storage Conversations

Alyssa Dunn, Education, Curriculum and Instruction - $2,000
Lincoln's Legacy: The Impact of the first Integrated Kentucky School on Former Students' and Teachers' Experiences and Histories

Damir Dzhafarov, Mathematics - $2,000
UConn Logic Group

Carrie Eaton, Nursing - $1,580
POST-BIRTH Warning Signs: Secondary Qualitative Data Analysis

Miao Guo, Digital Media and Design - $2,000
Political Deepfake Video Exposure in the Age of Fake News: Antecedents and Consequences

Thomas Hayes, Political Sciences - $2,000
How the Big Lie Undermines American Democracy

Oliver Hiob-Bansal, English -$2,000
First-Year Writing Conference on the Scholarshop of Teaching of Writing

Svetlana Kalnova, Communication - $1,693
Colloquia Series and Qualitative Methods Workshop

Kyoungjo Oh, Boucher Management and Entrepreneurship - $2,000
Star employees at work: The negative effects of task interdependence

Rosa Raudales, Plant Science and Landscape - $1,965
Publication of Manuscript “Spatial variation of oomycetes and bacteria on surfaces, solutions, and plants from a commercial hydroponic greenhouse”

Marcus Rossberg, Philosophy - $2,000
Society for the study of the History of Analytical Philosophy, annual conference

Michael Rubin, Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute - $2,000
Territorial Control in Civil Wars

Jessica Rubin, Law Instruction and Research - $2,000
An Evaluation of the Features of Animal Cruelty Prosecutions and Court Advocates – What are the most common features (race, gender, ethnicity) of individuals prosecuted for animal cruelty crimes, and what is the relation of courts’ appointments of advocates (under G.G.S. 54-86n) to those features?

Gregory Semenza, English - $2,000
Powell and Pressburger's Post-War War Films

Julia Smachylo, Plant Science and Landscape Architecture - $2,000
Post-Growth at the Periphery

Steven Smith, Journalism - $2,000
Birds and Climate Change

Jiyoun Suk, Communication - $1,000
WordPPR: A Researcher-Driven Computational Keyword Selection Method for Text Data Retrieval from Digital Media

Nu-Ahn Tran, History - $2,000
Nationalists at War: Tales of Revolution and Betrayal in the Republic of Vietnam

Nathaniel Trumbull, Geography - $2,000
Coastal Perspectives Lecture Series, Spring 2024

The Fall 2023 SFF awardees are:

Daniel Adler, Anthropology - $2,000
Final Data Collection at the Georgian National Museum, Tbilisi

Talbot Andrews, Political Sciences - $1,128
Climate Games: Experiments on how people prevent disaster

Carol Atkinson-Palombo, Geography - $2,000
Geography Colloquium Series

Phil Birge-Liberman, Urban and Community Studies - $2,000
Using Camera Traps to Study the Ecology of an Urban Park

Danielle Brick, Marketing - $2,000
How Consumer Goals Influence Choice of a Novel Brand

Kimberly Chaney, Psychological Sciences - $2,000
Perceptions of Marginalized Ally Confronters

Martha Cutter, English - $2,000
African American Writers and Healing: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Race, Gender, and Health Disparities

Alexandra Freidus, Educational Leadership - $2,000
No Magic: School Diversity, Neoliberal Policy, and Young People’s Learning in New York City

Debarchana Ghosh, Geography - $2,000
Open access publication: Spatial measures and methods in sustainable urban morphology - A systematic review

Victor Hugo Lachos Davila, Statistics - $2,000
Lasso Regularization for High-Dimensional Censored Linear Mixed Models

Emily Larned, Art and Art History - $1,926
Police Others As You Would Have Others Police You

Gail Macdonald, Journalism - $2,000
Book: The Harris family: Portrait of the Life and Times of an Influential 19th Century Black Connecticut Family

Ana Maria Diaz-Marcos, Literature, Cultures, and Languages - $2,000
Digital Humanities project “Fundraising democracy: US civilian aid to the Spanish Republic”

Jon Phillips, Social Work - $2,000
Assessing Social Workers' Competency and Training Needs Related to Interprofessional Collaboration

Marcus Rossberg, Philosophy - $2,000
UConn Logic Group

Ricardo Salazar-Rey, History - $2,000
Digitizing the Paper Trail: Enslaved and Freedpeople in the Making of Spanish America

Michel Geovanni Santiago-Martinez, Molecular and Cell Biology - $2,000
Optimization of methods for culturing oxygen-sensitive microorganisms

Gregory Sartor, Pharmaceutical Science - $2,000
2023 Neuroscience at Storrs

Sara Silverstein, History - $2,000
Research Assistant for "Diplomacy by Other Means: The Postwar History of Health and International Relations"

Bradley Simpson, History - $2,000
The First Right: Self-Determination and the Transformation of International Order, 1941-1991

Juliette Shellman, Nursing Instruction and Research - $2,000
The Impact of a Telephone Reminiscence Program on Mental Health Outcomes in Community-dwelling Older Adults

Alexia Smith, Anthropology - $2,000
Novel Approaches to Examining Plant Use in Antiquity

Rhiannon Smith, Psychological Sciences - $2,000
Prejudice confrontation among adolescents

Chunsheng Yang, Linguistics - $2,000
Training of natural prosody in second language Chinese

Steven Zinn, Animal Science - $2,000
Preliminary investigation to determine acute and adaptive immune response to LPS challenge in sheep.

Mark Zurolo, Art and Art History - $2,000
Workaround

The SPARK awardees are:

Sheida Nabavi, Computer Science and Engineering - $50,000
AI-CAD for Breast Cancer Screening

Caroline Dealy, Orthodontics - $50,000
Preclinical Validation of an Osteochondral Allograft Treatment in a Large Animal ex vivo Model

Song Han, Computer Science and Engineering - $50,000
Towards a Full-stack Programmable Real-time High-speed Wireless Platform for Large-scale Industrial IoT Systems

Ali Tamayol, Biomedical Engineering - $50,000
Engineering an in-situ bone graft fixation system for segmental large bone defect treatment

The SCHARP awardees are:

Douglas Degges, Art and Art History - $5,010
Blinky Palermo & Sigmar Polke in Düsseldorf + Alfred University’s Düsseldorf Summer Artist Residency Program + Arts Letters & Numbers in NY

Darcie Dennigan, English - $8,000
Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight

Debapriya Sarkar, English - $49,999.08
Environmental and Racial Justice in Early Modernity

Bruno Seraphin, Anthropology - $8,000
Telling the Story of the Lightning Complex: Indigenous Perspectives on Fire Management, Community Solidarity, and Collective Memory in the Wake of the 2023 California Wildfires

Nu-Ahn Tran, History- $8,000
Denunciation: Anticommunism and the Vietnamese Origins of the Vietnam War

The CARIC awardees are:

Nancy Redeker, School of Nursing - $149,892.31
UConn Storrs Aging Research Incubator (USA-RI)

Anji Seth, Geography Department - $149,953.34
Collaboratory for JUST Innovation and Climate Equity (JUSTICE)

The IQSE awardees are:

Clyde Cady, Chemistry - $27,000
Entanglements with Quantum Chemistry – coherence and collaborations through linking secondary and post-secondary chemistry teaching and learning

Jason Hancock, Physics - $50,000
The QEd project: developing quantum conceptualiza9on in UConn’s STEM curriculum

Tomoyasu Mani, Chemistry - $49,994.90
Connecting Quantum Concepts to Real Life Through Virtual Reality and Experiments

Vincent Tycer, Dramatic Arts - $49,836.37
Quantum for Kids Media

The QISG awardees are:

Chang Liu, Mechanical Engineering - $49,999.14
Quantum-assisted stability analysis of unsteady flow: from aerospace to oceanography

Ilya Sochnikov, Physics - $50,000
Superconducting Quantum Microwave Sensors for Topological and Magnetic Materials

Pavel Volkov, Physics - $50,000
Quantum-enhanced sensing with collective excitations in multiferroics

Bahram Javidi, Electrical and Computer Engineering - $50,000
Quantum Multi-Dimensional Maritime Sensing Systems

Junbo Zhao, Electrical and Computer Engineering - $49,999.86
Quantum Computing-Enabled Cybersecurity Solutions for Power Distribution Systems

The QSU awardees are:

Alexander Balatsky, Physics - $15,000
Doublet labs

Bodhisattwa Chaudhuri, Pharmaceutical Science - $15,000
QUASIM: A groundbreaking and novel quantum computing software for manufacturing process modeling

Sanjeev Nayak, Materials Science and Engineering - $15,000
Business Model Development for Topological Quantum Materials

The 2023-2024 REP awardees are:

Marina Astitha, Civil and Environmental Engineering- $24,962.75
Climate change assessment for the offshore wind energy sector in New England and impacts in disadvantaged populations

Dashzeveg Bayarsaihan, Center for Regenerative Medicine and Skeletal Development- $75,000
Molecular mechanisms of the Kabuki syndrome-associated KMT2D gene during early tooth formation

Burcu Beykal, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering- $25,000
Hyperparameter Optimization of Machine Learning Models using Bi-Level Programming

Kelsi Carolan, Social Work Instruction and Research- $49,000
Understanding the effects of long-COVID on work, families, and mental health:  Informing pathways for psychosocial intervention

Ruimin Chen, Mechanical Engineering- $47,440.78
Algorithms, Systems, and Augmented Reality for Human-in-the-loop Collective Intelligence in Cyber Manufacturing

Caiwen Ding, Computer Science and Engineering- $49,998.81
An End-to-end Two-party Computation Framework Enabling Ultra-Efficient Privacy-Preserving Deep Learning

Gua-Hua Fong, Department of Cell Biology- $25,000
A novel strategy to suppress choroidal neovascularization in retinal tissues

Lesley Frame, Material Science and Engineering- $49,999.15
Oxidation Rate Control on Ferritic Stainless Steel through Mechanical and Thermal Treatments

Jose Gascon, Chemistry- $49,995.58
Discovery of binding sites and mechanism of action of azoboronate photoswitches in CRAC channels

Carolyn Greene, Department of Psychiatry- $24,460
An ecologically valid approach to assessing parent emotion socialization processes and children’s use of emotion regulation strategies in early adolescence

Xiaoyan Guo, Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences- $25,000
Elucidating mitochondrial stress response pathways and their roles in aging

Rosa Guzzo, Neuroscience- $72,070
Local delivery of chromatin modifying drug at fracture site to promote bone healing

Aoife Heaslip, Molecular and Cell Biology- $50,000
Identification of novel inhibitors of Toxoplasma gondii replication

Jeongho Kim, Civil and Environmental Engineering- $24,997
Finding Net-Zero-Thermal-Expansion Titanium and Components Design for Space Technologies: An Inter-Disciplinary Approach

Sarah Knutie, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology- $25,000
Do cooler urban temperatures rescue Darwin’s finches from the lethal effects of invasive vampire flies?

Pablo Kokay Valente, Allied Health Sciences- $25,000
REP Priority Area: Developing a web-based decision aid tool to facilitate HIV prevention decision-making among sexual and gender minority youth and healthcare providers

Sangamesh Kumbar, Orthopaedic Surgery- $100,000
Polymeric Implants for Soft-Tissue Wound Healing

Kyle Hadden, Pharmaceutical Science- $25,000
Identification of small molecule inhibitors of the RNA methyltransferase METTL1

Victor Hugo Lachos Davila, Statistics- $24,906.29
Robust Mixed-Effect Models with Multiple Censored and High Dimensional Predictors

Ji-Young Lee, Nutritional Sciences- $49,988.94
Role of astaxanthin in the prevention of alcohol-induced mitochondrial stresses

Mark Peczuh, Chemistry- $49,900.58
Development of beta-turn peptidomimetics targeting mitochondrial function

Stefan Pinter, Genetics and Genome Sciences- $75,000
Towards an inducible mouse model of Turner Syndrome

Hugo Posada-Quintero, Biomedical Engineering- $24,999
Design and validation of a multimodal device for the collection of electrocardiography and electrodermal activity in horses

Beth Russell, Human Development and Family Studies- $43,837.71
REP Priority Area: A Mind-Body Intervention to Reduce Distress and Promote Wellbeing in LGBQT+ College Students

Linda Shapiro, Cell Biology- $100,000
CD13 as a target for controlling the immune response to implanted sensors.

Gregory Sotzing, Chemistry- $25,000
PolyCannabinoids, nonphenolic antioxidant and naturally biodegradable coatings for corrosion protection

Bo Tao, Natural Resources and the Environment- $25,000
Quantifying Long-term Carbon Footprints of Deforestation and Reforestation towards a Climate-Resilient Ecosystem: A New England Perspective

Mahesh Thirunavukkarasu, Department of Surgery- $25,000
Repair and Regeneration of Ischemic myocardium with Engineered Exosomes Obtained from Ischemic Preconditioned Heart

Nathaniel Trumbull, Geography- $49,625
Offshore Wind Blows Ashore: Investigating Community Acceptance of Offshore Wind's Onshore Presence and Grid Interconnection Points in Southern New England

Wei Zhang, Computer Science and Engineering- $25,000
Lightweight, Scalable and Dynamic Load Balancer for Edge Computing

Yuping Zhang, Statistics- $25,000
Novel Integrative Learning Methods for Single Cell Omics Data

Xiaobo Zhong, Pharmaceutical Science- $25,000
Improvement of therapeutic efficacy of siRNA drugs by altering ADME

The Fall 2022 SFF awardees are:

Jorge Agüero, Economics
Addressing Employment Barriers of Ethnic Minorities: The Case of Romani in Spain

Mary Anne Amalaradjou, Animal Science
Determining the energy status of the hatchling

Zehra Arat, Political Sciences
Human Rights Norms in Turkey

Michele Back, Education Curriculum and Instruction
Cross-cultural collaborations in language and literacy education

Ali Bazzi, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Power quality of Multilevel Inverter PWM to reduce Motor  Stator Insulation Stress

Gerlinde Berger-Walliser, Marketing
Proactive Law Initiative

Mary Burke, English
Race, Politics, and Irish America: A Gothic History

Kimberly Chaney, Psychological Sciences
Biased or Ally? How Lay Theories of Activism Impact People of Color's Desire to Include White Allies in Racial Activism

Chen Chen, Educational Leadership
Decolonization in Sport, Leisure, and Tourism (Frontiers in Sports and Active Living)

Kun Chen, Statistics
Principal Amalgamation Analysis for Microbiome Data

Vernon Cormier, Physics
Mantle Phase Detection: publication support

Annamaria Csizmadia, Human Development and Family Studies
Risk and Protective Factors for Multiracial Young Adults’ Identity, Inter-group Attitudes, and Well-Being: The Role of Family Background and Socialization

Douglas Degges, Art and Art History
Fall 2022 Solo Exhibition at Whitespace Gallery in Atlanta, GA

Gerald Dunne, Physics
Monograph on Resurgent Asymptotics in Physics

Miles Evers, Political Sciences
The Color of International Trade

Carlos Garcia-Robledo, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
DNA-based ecological forensics: developing techniques to identify pollinators using DNA barcodes

Deneen Hatmaker, Public Policy
Virtual Work: Boundary Negotiation Among Public Sector Workers

Menka Jain, Physics
Workshop: Quantum Matter: Dynamics and Sensor

Jeffrey Ladewig, Political Sciences
Confronting Trump: The Story of How Joe Biden Won the Democratic Nomination and  Defeated Donald Trump in the 2020 Presidential Election

Juliet Lee, Molecular and Cell Biology
The use of zebrafish transgenics to study how stretch-activated calcium channels regulate the molecular dynamics of adhesions in moving cells.

Ying Li, Mechanical Engineering
Publication in Science Advances, a Premium Open-access Journal for Maximum Impact

Na Li, Pharmaceutical Science
Open access publication: Mechanisms and extent of enhanced passive permeation by colloidal drug particles

Xiuling Lu, Pharmaceutical Science
Imaging Tumor Heterogeneity and the Variations in Nanoparticle Accumulation using Perfluorooctyl Bromide Nanocapsule X-ray Computed Tomography Contrast

Spencer Nyholm, Molecular and Cell Biology
Developing new molecular and genetic tools for microbiome research in the Hawaiian bobtail squid

John Redden, Physics
Science Communication in Undergraduate Majors

Marcus Rossberg, Philosophy
Cambridge Handbook of Analytic Philosophy

John Salamone, Psychological Sciences
2022 Neuroscience at Storrs

Erin Scanlon, Physics
Impacts of the Guide to Fostering Effective and Inclusive Group Work

Eric Schultz, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Genomics of Alewife

Helena Silva, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Circuit Simulation of an Erasable Physical Unclonable Function using a Phase-Change Memory Array

Sukhmani Singh, Social Work
Examining the Associations between Critical Consciousness, School Exclusion, & Student Engagement for Juvenile Legal System-Involved Girls of Color

Samantha Sommers, English
Reading in Talking Books

Eduardo Urios-Aparisi, Literature, Cultures, and Languages
Copy-editing costs of my book Liquid environments: Water and Waterscapes in Cinema

Maxim Volgushev, Psychological Sciences
The role of adenosine A1 receptors on mediating effects of ethanol on synaptic transmission in neocortex

Scott Wallace, Journalism
In the Crosshairs

Zongjie Wang, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Enabling Sustainable Modern Power Systems Through Innovative Tools in Optimal System Dispatch

The Spring 2023 SFF awardees are:

Brian Aneskievich, Pharmaceutical Science
Identification of Novel Connections among Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation Potential and Cornified Envelope Proteins

Daniel Hershenzon, Literature, Cultures, and Languages
Translation to Spanish of "The Captive Sea: Slavery, Communication, and Commerce in Early Modern Spain and the Mediterranean."

Janet Pritchard, Art and Art History
More than Scenery: Yellowstone, an American Love Story

Felicia Pratto, Psychological Sciences
United States' political climates and the spread of SARS-2-COVID-19 during 2020

Christina Kan, Marketing
The Negative and Positive Consequences of Placing Products Next to Promoted Products

Lauren Corso, Allied Health Sciences
Behavioral and Biological Indicators of Stress and Cardiometabolic Risk in Young Adults

Chuanrong(Cindy) Zhang, Geography
Geography Colloquium Series, Fall 2022 and Spring 2023

Margaret Lloyd Sieger, Social Work Instruction and Research
Reproductive Justice & Family Care Plans

Anne Oeldorf-Hirsch, Communication
Social Media User Experience with Algorithmic Transparency Cues

Adam Zweifach, Molecular and Cell Biology
Modeling compound activity to improve drug screening

Gio Iacono, Social Work Instruction and Research
Socially Engaged Mindfulness: Inner Transformation to Support Outer Transformation

Louise Reagan, Nursing Instruction and Research
Examining Digital Literacy in Persons with Diabetes upon release from Prison to the Community

Zongjie Wang, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Enabling Sustainable Modern Power Systems Through Innovative Tools in Optimal System Dispatch

Stephen Trumbo, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
The Chemical Attraction of Burying Beetles to Carrion

Geoffrey Tanner, Physiology and Neurobiology
Targeted neural-tissue metabolite measurement in a Drosophila model of ketone body treatment for TBI

Xiuling Lu, Pharmaceutical Science
Sublingual Film Formulations for Inflammation Detection

Erika Skoe, Sociology
Blood tests of hearing health

John O'Donnell, Art and Art History
Printmaking and Representations of Italian Architecture

Louis Riel, Chemistry
the Falling Television Suicide

Tammo Reichgelt, Geosciences
Resolving the age debate of the fossiliferous New Zealand Manuherikia Group: A key Southern Hemisphere Miocene climate archive

Jeremy Pressman, Political Sciences
Evaluating Israel’s Claim of Exceptional Treatment About Human Rights Violations

Nathaniel Trumbull, Geography
Coastal Perspectives Lecture Series, Spring 2023

Anke Finger, Literature, Cultures, and Languages
Memoryland: A Cold War Report

Valerie Saugera, Literature, Cultures, and Languages
The survival of back slang, the secret language of London butchers

Sohyun Park, Plant Science and Landscape Architecture
Spatial Heterogeneity in Park Inequity Pattern

The SPARK awardees are:

Yupeng Chen, Biomedical Engineering - $50,000
Commercialization of an ambient temperature-stable mRNA delivery technology

Jessica Rouge, Chemistry - $50,000
Nucleic Acid Nanocapsules for the Targeted Delivery of RNA therapeutics to the Lungs

Xiuling Lu, Pharmaceutical Science - $50,000
LAAM Capsules for Treating Substance Use Disorder with Low Side Effect

Lixia Yue, Cell Biology - $50,000
A novel therapeutic peptide for ischemic stroke 

The SCHARP awardees are:

Heather Cassano, Digital Media and Design - $7,845
The Fate of Human Beings (documentary film)

Michael Orwicz, Art and Art History - $8,000
Evidence at the Limits of the Visible: Art, Human Rights and Environmental Justice

Jacqueline Loss, Literature, Cultures, and Languages - $50,000
FINOTYPE

The 2022-2023 REP awardees are:

Derek Aguiar, Computer Science and Engineering- $24,974.38
Probabilistic Learning Algorithms for Haplotype Phasing and Haplotype Assembly Unification

Ghada Almashaqbeh, Computer Science and Engineering- $24,997.70
Anonymity and Restricted Interaction Patterns in Private Machine Learning

Byoung-Il Bae, Neuroscience- $75,000
Unique Vulnerability of the Developing Human Cerebral Cortex to Loss of a Centrosomal Protein
Co-PIs: Jaime Imitola, Neurology; Fumihiro Watanabe, Neurology; Sonu Singh, Neuroscience; Hyopil Kim, Neuroscience

Mukul Bansal, Computer Science and Engineering- $47,084.51
Algorithms for Genome-Scale Inference of Microbial Phylogenies
Co-PIs: J. Peter Gogarten, Molecular and Cell Biology

Kelly Burke, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering- $25,000
Implantable Degradable Films for Right-Size Post-Operative Pediatric Pain Control

Kimberly Chaney, Psychological Sciences- $25,259.36
Victims Can’t be Perpetrators: Anti-White Discrimination Claims Engender Anti-Black Discrimination Gap
Co-PIs: Kimberly Chaney, Psychological Sciences

Bodhisattwa Chaudhuri, Pharmaceutical Science- $49,998.08
Continuous manufacturing (CM) of the biological drug product for pulmonary drug delivery
Co-PIs: Yu Lei, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Yanchao Luo, Nutritional Sciences; Matthew Stuber, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Cristina Colon-Semenza, Kinesiology- $49,999.51
Comparison of whey protein and targeted amino acid supplementation on acute symptoms and L-Dopa pharmacokinetics in people with Parkinson's disease
Co-PIs: Jacob Earp, Kinesiology; Nancy Rodriguez, Nutrition; Bernardo Rodrigues, Neurology,

Jessica Costa, Center for Regenerative Medicine and Skeletal Development - $25,000
CDC73/parafibromin in mesenchymal progenitors and tumorigenesis

Nathan Fiala, Agricultural and Resource Economics- $49,150
Extension services in Ugandan schools: Exploratory evidence on teaching the next generation
Co-PIs: Jeantyl Norze, Extention; Nathan Fiala, ARE

Monika Filipovska, Civil and Environmental Engineering- $50,000
Interpretable Mobility-on-Demand Prediction and Hierarchical  Data-Driven Fleet Coordination
Co-PIs: Suining He, Computer Science and Engineering

Breno Fragomeni, Animal Science- $25,000
Implementation of a genomic selection program for Service Dogs using a standardized database for behavior and health phenotypes

Alexandra Freidus, Educational Leadership- $49,659.25
A Qualitative Study of the Implementation of Ethnic Studies Mandates in Majority White Connecticut Schools

Shuresh Ghimire, Department of Extension- $24,762
Substitutability of cash and in-kind benefits among the poor farming households in a developing country
Co-PIs: Binod Khanal, Agricultural and Resource Economics

Rosaria Guzzo, Neuroscience - $25,000
Identification of novel Dot1L-protein interactions that regulate chondrocyte differentiation

Jie He, Chemistry- $50,363.63
C-H Bond Electroactivation of Nonpolar Organic Substrates in Water: Enzyme-Mediated Reaction Pathways in Microemulsions
Co-PIs: James Rusling, Chemistry

Christopher Heinen, Medicine- $75,000
Impacts of mismatch repair loss on the innate immune response
Co-PIs: Vijay Rathinam, Immunology; Abhijit Rath, Medicine

Mayu Inaba, Cell Biology - $25,000
Role of microtubule acetylation in preventing membrane micro-rupture in aged tissues

Solomiya Ivakhiv, Music- $10,000
Music of the Ukrainian Diaspora
Co-PIs: Virko Baley, University of Nevada in Las Vegas; Laryssa Kuzmenko, University of Toronto; Gary Kulesha, University of Toronto; Christina Quilico, York University; Theodore Kuchar, Lviv Philharmonic

Menka Jain, Physics- $50,000
New approaches for on-chip cooling for applications in electronics and quantum devices
Co-PIs: Ilya Sochnikov, Physics

Naba Karan, Material Science and Engineering- $48,372.91
Evaluation of Nanoscale Lithium Distribution Within a Secondary Cathode Particle for Li-ion Battery Using Identical Location (S)TEM-EELS
Co-PIs: Jasna Jankovic, Materials Science and Engineering

Jonathan Klassen, Molecular and Cell Biology- $50,000
Who is Protecting Whom? Defining Defensive Roles in a Multipartite Symbiosis
Co-PIs: Marcy Balunas, Pharmaceutical Sciences

Maria LaRusso, Human Development and Family Studies- $49,809.91
Adapting and Piloting a Social Justice Multi-Modal Intervention to Reduce Anxiety in BIPOC Youth
Co-PIs: Cesar Abadia, Anthropology and HRI

Seok Woo Lee, Material Science and Engineering- $25,000
Investigation on cryogenic shape memory effects of kinetically frozen ThCr2Si2-structured intermetallic compounds

Chen Liang, Operations and Info Management- $49,750
Enhancing the Well-being of Gig Workers Under Algorithmic Control: Adapting to Challenges and Changes
Co-PIs: Chen Liang, OPIM; Bowen Lou, OPIM

Kathleen Lynch, Educational Psychology- $24,911.36
The Impacts of Early Childhood Science, Technology, and Engineering Education Interventions on Science Achievement: A Meta-Analysis

Andreas Malmendier, Mathematics- $20,227.82
An algebro-geometric approach to special-function identities and their implementation into computing environments
Co-PIs: Carl Waller, University of Connecticut

Georgios Matheou, Mechanical Engineering- $50,000
Weather Forecast 2.0: Towards highly localized and accurate environmental forecasting
Co-PIs: Malaquias Pena, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Daniel McCarron, Physics- $25,000
Quantum Science with Ultracold RbCs Molecules

Meaghan McKenna, Educational Psychology- $25,000
Investigating Kindergarten and First Grade Sentence Writing
Co-PIs: Hope Gerde, Texas A&M University/Teaching, Learning, & Culture; Robert Dedrick, University of South Florida/Educational Measurement and Research Program

Hideyuki Oguro, Cell Biology- $75,000
Hematopoietic stem cell mobilization, cholesterol metabolism, and complications in pregnant women
Co-PIs: Andrea Shields, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Chia-Ling Kuo, Connecticut Convergence Institute for Translation in Regenerative Engineering and Department of Public Health Sciences

Malaquias Pena Mendez, Civil and Environmental Engineering- $50,000
Multi-Time Scale Forecasting in Dispatch Hierarchy Frameworks for Renewable Energy Integration
Co-PIs: Zongjie Wang, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Rebecca Puhl, Human Development and Family Studies- $24,177.54
Advancing Understanding of Diabetes Stigma in Healthcare: The Role of Physician Biases in Patient Communication, Perceived Barriers, and Provision of Care.
Co-PIs: Brooke Bennett, UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy & Health

Diane Quinn, Psychological Sciences- $19,115
Unpacking the relationship between mental health stigma and treatment seeking intentions
Co-PIs: Nishith Prakash, Economics

James Rusling, Chemistry- $50,000
Rapid CRISPR-based blood test for early Alzheimer's disease
Co-PIs: Breno Diniz, Uconn Health, Center for Aging; Islam Mosa, Chemistry

Tannin Schmidt, Biomedical Engineering- $74,853
Role of Proteoglycan 4 (PRG4) in Inflammatory Bone Loss
Co-PIs: Sun-Kyeong Lee, Medicine; Joseph Lorenzo, Medicine; Kshitiz Gupta, UCHC Biomedical Engineering; Alix Deymier, Biomedical Engineering

Sandra Sirota, Human Rights Institute- $49,923.94
Transformative agency in teachers and youth: cultivating civic engagement through human rights education
Co-PIs: Thomas Levine, Education; Ian McGregor, Human Rights Institute; Alan Marcus, Education; Glenn Mitoma, Human Rights Institute/Education

Ali Tamayol, Biomedical Engineering- $100,000
Nanoengineered multifunctional microneedles for treatment of chronic wounds
Co-PIs: Robert Clark, Immunology; Yupeng Chen, Biomedical Engineering; Tannin Schmidt, Biomedical Engineering

Fiona Vernal, History- $25,000
Hartford Bound: Race, Place, and Ethnicity through the Great Migration Traditions of African Americans, Puerto Ricans and West Indians

Huanzhong Wang, Plant Science and Landscape Architecture- $25,000
Inter-cell layer peptide signal in regulating vascular cambium activity

Guiling Wang, Civil and Environmental Engineering- $24,649
Take the flashness out of flash drought: Flash drought early warning based on remotely sensed solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence

Yi Zhang, Biomedical Engineering- $49,863.63
A wireless, battery-free multimodal neural probe for simultaneous neuropharmacology and membrane-free neurochemical sampling in freely moving rodents
Co-PIs: Alexander Jackson, Physiology & Neurobiology; John Salamone, Psychological Sciences; Xudong Yao, Chemistry

Junbo Zhao, Electrical and Computer Engineering- $25,000
Cyber-Physical Distribution System Attack Forecasting, Location, and Service Restoration with High Penetration of Distributed Energy Resources

The Fall 2022 SFF awardees are:

Jorge Agüero, Economics
Addressing Employment Barriers of Ethnic Minorities: The Case of Romani in Spain

Mary Anne Amalaradjou, Animal Science
Determining the energy status of the hatchling

Zehra Arat, Political Sciences
Human Rights Norms in Turkey

Michele Back, Education Curriculum and Instruction
Cross-cultural collaborations in language and literacy education

Ali Bazzi, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Power quality of Multilevel Inverter PWM to reduce Motor  Stator Insulation Stress

Gerlinde Berger-Walliser, Marketing
Proactive Law Initiative

Mary Burke, English
Race, Politics, and Irish America: A Gothic History

Kimberly Chaney, Psychological Sciences
Biased or Ally? How Lay Theories of Activism Impact People of Color's Desire to Include White Allies in Racial Activism

Chen Chen, Educational Leadership
Decolonization in Sport, Leisure, and Tourism (Frontiers in Sports and Active Living)

Kun Chen, Statistics
Principal Amalgamation Analysis for Microbiome Data

Vernon Cormier, Physics
Mantle Phase Detection: publication support

Annamaria Csizmadia, Human Development and Family Studies
Risk and Protective Factors for Multiracial Young Adults’ Identity, Inter-group Attitudes, and Well-Being: The Role of Family Background and Socialization

Douglas Degges, Art and Art History
Fall 2022 Solo Exhibition at Whitespace Gallery in Atlanta, GA

Gerald Dunne, Physics
Monograph on Resurgent Asymptotics in Physics

Miles Evers, Political Sciences
The Color of International Trade

Carlos Garcia-Robledo, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
DNA-based ecological forensics: developing techniques to identify pollinators using DNA barcodes

Deneen Hatmaker, Public Policy
Virtual Work: Boundary Negotiation Among Public Sector Workers

Menka Jain, Physics
Workshop: Quantum Matter: Dynamics and Sensor

Jeffrey Ladewig, Political Sciences
Confronting Trump: The Story of How Joe Biden Won the Democratic Nomination and  Defeated Donald Trump in the 2020 Presidential Election

Juliet Lee, Molecular and Cell Biology
The use of zebrafish transgenics to study how stretch-activated calcium channels regulate the molecular dynamics of adhesions in moving cells.

Ying Li, Mechanical Engineering
Publication in Science Advances, a Premium Open-access Journal for Maximum Impact

Na Li, Pharmaceutical Science
Open access publication: Mechanisms and extent of enhanced passive permeation by colloidal drug particles

Xiuling Lu, Pharmaceutical Science
Imaging Tumor Heterogeneity and the Variations in Nanoparticle Accumulation using Perfluorooctyl Bromide Nanocapsule X-ray Computed Tomography Contrast

Spencer Nyholm, Molecular and Cell Biology
Developing new molecular and genetic tools for microbiome research in the Hawaiian bobtail squid

John Redden, Physics
Science Communication in Undergraduate Majors

Marcus Rossberg, Philosophy
Cambridge Handbook of Analytic Philosophy

John Salamone, Psychological Sciences
2022 Neuroscience at Storrs

Erin Scanlon, Physics
Impacts of the Guide to Fostering Effective and Inclusive Group Work

Eric Schultz, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Genomics of Alewife

Helena Silva, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Circuit Simulation of an Erasable Physical Unclonable Function using a Phase-Change Memory Array

Sukhmani Singh, Social Work
Examining the Associations between Critical Consciousness, School Exclusion, & Student Engagement for Juvenile Legal System-Involved Girls of Color

Samantha Sommers, English
Reading in Talking Books

Eduardo Urios-Aparisi, Literature, Languages, and Cultures
Copy-editing costs of my book Liquid environments: Water and Waterscapes in Cinema

Maxim Volgushev, Psychological Sciences
The role of adenosine A1 receptors on mediating effects of ethanol on synaptic transmission in neocortex

Scott Wallace, Journalism
In the Crosshairs

Zongjie Wang, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Enabling Sustainable Modern Power Systems Through Innovative Tools in Optimal System Dispatch

The Spring 2022 SFF awardees are:

Oksan Bayulgen, Political Sciences
Twisting in the Wind: The Politics of Tepid Transitions to Renewable Energy

Phil Birge-Liberman, Urban Studies
The Olmsted Legacy in Connecticut: Building Sustainable Cities

Frank Costigliola, History
Between America and Russia: The Inner Life of George F. Kennan

Shardé Davis, Communication
Resistance and Pleasure: Investigating the Interconnectedness of Black women’s Resistance to US Anti-Black Racism and Misogynoir Through Global Travel

Sarah DeCapua, English
Research Methods for Multilingual Writing Educators: An Afternoon with Paul Kei Matsuda

Andrew Deener, Sociology
The Crisis of Climate Change and the Transformation of Infrastructure

Douglas Degges, Art and Art History
Summer 2022 Solo Exhibition at Proyecto T in Mexico City, Mexico

Shiri Dori-Hacohen, Computer Science and Engineering
"Black-on-Asian-Crime": an exploration of wedge issues in minority communities on social media

Kenneth Foote, Geography
Final copy editing of book manuscript: Contested Places, Contested Pasts

Farhad Imani, Mechanical Engineering
Brain-inspired Hyperdimensional Computing for Empowering Cognitive Additive Manufacturing

Jasna Jankovic, Material Science and Engineering
STEAM Tree Earth Day Celebration

Emily Larned, Art and Art History
ILSSA Residency

Tracy Llanera, Philosophy
Resilience: The Brown Babe's Burden and the Global Pandemic

Andreas Malmendier, Mathematics
Developing Best Practices for Inclusive Graduate Mentoring in Mathematics

Tomoyasu Mani, Chemistry
Stereoselective Control of Electron Transfer Reactions

Laura Mauldin, Human Development and Family Studies
For All We Care

Christin Munsch, Sociology
Masculine Organizational Defaults: Gender Differences in Time and Cognitive Effort

Anne Oeldorf-Hirsch, Communication
Assessing Predictors of Algorithmic Literacy across US and German Social Media Users

Juliette Shellman, Nursing Instruction and Research
The Healing Power of Storytelling

NaRi Shin, Educational Leadership
(Dis)connection to society?: Motivation, experience, and outcomes of minoritized participants in ethnic sport teams

Dongjin Song, Computer Science and Engineering
Continual Graph Representation Learning

Luyi Sun, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Publication in PNAS, a Premium Journal for Maximum Impact

Geoffrey Tanner, Physiology and Neurobiology
Intact-protein sequencing of autophagy-related 8a to detect ketone-body-induced post-translational modifications

Nathaniel Trumbull, Geography
Coastal Perspectives Lecture Series, Spring 2022

Hendrikus Van der hulst, Linguistics
Indexing for edited three volumes

Pieter Visscher, Marine Sciences
Viruses Shaping the Earliest Ecosystems on Earth

Sarah Winter, English
Archival Research in the UK for Book: “The Right to a Remedy: Habeas Corpus, Empire, and Human Rights Narratives.”

Bin Zou, Mathematics
New Trends in Stochastic Control

The 2021-2022 JEDI awardees are:

Emma Amador, History - $19,638
Bright Futures: Antonia Pantoja and the Practice of Ethnic Studies in US History

Alaina Brenick, Human Development and Family Studies - $19,997.19
Validating a measure of school-based interpersonal and institutional discrimination experienced by transgender and gender non-binary youth

Brenda Brueggemann, English - $20,000
The UConn - "Mansfield Training School" Cross-Institutional History:  A Memorial and Museum

Kiel Brennan-Marquez, Law Instruction and Research - $20,000
Reimagining School Safety—in Connecticut and Beyond
Co-PIs: Sukhmani Singh, School of Social Work; Miguel de Figueiredo, School of Law; Ken Barone, Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy; Andrew Clark, Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy; Casey Cobb, School of Education

Sukhmani Singh, Social Work Instruction and Research - $59,998.64
An Intersectional Examination of the Educational Trajectories of Youth Sentenced to Probation

Davis Chacon Hurtado, Civil and Environmental Engineering - $60,000
Equity in livability: An exploratory analysis of spatial equity in roadway safety and driver behavior using naturalistic driving data
Co-PIs: Alexandra Paxton, Psychological Sciences; John Ivan, Civil and Environmental Engineering; Kerry Marsh, Psychological Sciences

The SPARK 2022-2023 awardees are:

Laijun Lai, UConn, Department of Allied Health Sciences
Targeting TAPBPL in antitumor immune therapy

Raman Bahal, UConn, Department of Pharmaceutical Science
Liver- and Kidney-targeted delivery of next generation miRNA inhibitors using carbohydrate-based conjugates

Eugene Pinkhassik, UConn, Department of Chemistry
Integration of palladium-catalyzed reactions in continuous manufacturing

Ali Tamayol, UConn Health, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Engineering a Handheld One-step Foaming and Printing Device for the Treatment of Soft Tissue Injuries

Luyi Sun, UConn, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
High Performance Nanocoatings for Packaging Applications

The 2022 CARIC awardees are:

Avinash Dongare, Material Science and Engineering
Virtual Investigation of Structures Using an Intelligent and Optimized Digital Network (Vision)

The 2022-2023 NEUCORSE awardees are:

Emmanouil Anagnostou, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering - $100,000
Clean Earth: CoLaboratrory of Environmental Advocacy, Net-ZEro-Carbon And Renewable TecHnologies
Co-PIs: Guiling Wang, Marina Asitha, Junbo Zhao, Diego Cerrai, Lyle Scruggs, Eleanor Ouimet, Oksan Bayulgen, Robert Fahey

Stoyan Bliznakov, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering - $100,000
Development of Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies for Renewable and Sustainable Energy Systems
Co-PIs: Radenka Maric, Jasna Jankovic, Yang Shao-Horn, Iryna Zenyuk, Gladis Kersaint

Steven Suib, Department of Chemistry - $100,000
New England Consortium for Sustainable Fuels
Co-PIs: Puxian Gao, Jie He, Julia Valla, Yuanyuan Zhu

The 2022-2023 CRISP awardees are:

Corey Baker, CT Children's, $10,000
Fecal Microbiome in Pediatric Functional Dyspepsia
Co-PIs: Jeffrey Hyams, Connecticut Children's, Division of Digestive Diseases, Hepatology and Nutrition; Joerg Graf, UConn, Molecular and Cell Biology/Microbiology

Sharon Casavant, School of Nursing, $60,000
Epigenetic Biomarkers of Health Equity in Mother-Preterm Infant Dyads
Co-PIs: Judy Brown, School of Nursing | UConn Storrs Associate Professor, Dept. of Genetics and Genome Sciences | UCONN Health; Adam Matson, Connecticut Children’s Medical Center; Emil Coman, Health Disparities Institute; Bo Reese, Center for Genome Innovation; Vijender Singh, Associate Director, Computational Biology Core; Shabnam Lainwalla, Connecticut Children's Medical Center Neonatal Follow-Up Clinic; Jacquelyn Taylor; Columbia University School of Nursing

Martin Freilich, School of Dental Medicine, $10,000
Pumping Mechanism for Human Scale Artificial Salivary Gland Dental Implant Device
Co-PIs: Martin Freilich, UConn Health; Julian Norato, UConn; Liisa Kuhn, UConn Health; Thanh Nguyen, UConn

David Hersh, CT Children's, $6,900
Application of Virtual Reality Interventions in Post-Operative Recovery of a Pediatric Scoliosis Patient Population
Co-PIs: Robert Astur, UConn - Psychological Sciences; Mark Lee, CT Children's - Orthopedic Surgery; Megan Anderson, Connecticut Children's

Alexander Hogan, CT Children's, $10,000
Bronchiolitis hospitalization clusters among our children: Drawing a health disparities map of Connecticut
Co-PIs: Debarchana Ghosh, Geography

Denis Lafreniere, School of Medicine, $5,000
Measurement of Laryngeal pressure from Endotracheal Intubation as it relates to Hypopharyngeal-Laryngeal Angle
Co-PIs: Vito Moreno, BioEngineering

Rajesh Lalla, School of Dental Medicine, $48,170.45
Clinical Testing of a Novel Formulation of a Topical Anesthetic for Oral Mucositis Pain in Patients with Cancer
Co-PIs: Diane Burgess, School of Pharmacy

Eric Mortensen, School of Medicine, $97,142.94
Improving the Identification of Patients at High Risk for Readmission after Pneumonia
Co-PIs: Nkiruka Atuegwu, UConn Health/Department of Medicine; Scott Allen, UConn Health/Department of Medicine; Khadija Poitras-Rhea, UConn Health; Dirk Stanley, UConn Health/Department of Medicine

Sheida Nabavi, School of Engineering, $92,042.48
Personalized and interpretable automatic 3D mammogram imaging diagnostics
Co-PIs: Sheida Nabavi, UConn/Computer Science and Engineering; Clifford Yang, UConn Health/Radiology; Jinbo Bi, UConn/Computer Science and Engineering

Hideyuki Oguro, School of Medicine, $60,000
Impact of the levels of Hematopoietic stem cell mobilization on anemia-related pregnancy complications
Co-PIs: Andrea Shields, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Chia-Ling Kuo, Connecticut Convergence Institute for Translation in Regenerative Engineering and Department of Public Health Sciences

Amisha Parekh De Campos, School of Nursing, $10,000
BIPOC Perceptions on Barriers and Facilitators to End-of-Life Care
Co-PIs: Christina Ross, School of Nursing

Robert Parker, CT Children's, $10,000
Pediatric Rolling Refreshers
Co-PIs: Elliot Melendez, CCMC Critical Care; Matthew Nardozza, CCMC Simulation; Meaghan Sullivan Yarnaros, CCMC Critical Care; Carla Pruden, CCMC Emergency Department

James Rusling, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, $60,000
CRISPR Tau-protein and miRNA  blood test assay validation for Alzheimer's disease
Co-PIs: Breno Diniz, UConn Health, Center on Aging; Islam Mosa, UConn Chemistry

Andrea Shields, School of Medicine, $100,000
Meals 4 Moms: Development and Feasibility of a Multilevel Community-based Lifestyle Intervention for Gestational Diabetes
Co-PIs: Shontreal Cooper, MD, UConn Health; Sonal Grover, MD, UConn Health; Helen Wu, MD, UConn Health; Ock Chun, PhD, UConn Storrs; Linda Pescatello, PhD, UConn Storrs; Molly Waring, PhD, UConn Storrs

Olga Toro-Salazar, CT Children's, $55,942.09
Role of transforming growth factor-ß signaling pathway on cardiotoxicity from chemotherapeutic agents
Co-PIs: Emily Germain-Lee, University of Connecticut, Department of Pediatrics, School of Dental Medicine, Department of Reconstructive Sciences; Se-Jin Lee, Jackson Laboratory, UCHC, Department of Genetics

Tarunya Vedere, School of Medicine, $8,835
Retrospective review of patients who underwent adrenalectomy for surgically remediable aldosteronism and correlation of functional histopathology with adrenal vein sampling characteristics.
Co-PIs: GaHie Nam, Dept. of Pathology and Lab Medicine; Kevin Claffey, Dept. of Cell Biology

Yanjiao Zhou, School of Medicine, $85,902
Dynamics of oral microbiome during whole pregnancy and their association with development of preeclampsia
Co-PIs: Shon Cooper, OB/GYN; Andrea Shields, OB/GYN; Adam Borgida, Hartford Hospital; Sejal Thacker, Division of Periodontology, Dental Medicine

The 2022-2023 SCHARP Development awardees are:

Sharde Davis, Department of Communication - $8,000
Resistance and Pleasure: Investigating the Interconnectedness of Black women’s Resistance to US Anti-Black Racism and Misogynoir Through Global Relocation

Anne Mae Duane, Department of English - $6,700
The Children's Table Podcast Development

Martine Granby, Department of Journalism - $8,000
The Untitled D.A.R.E. Project

Yohei Igarashi, Department of English - $8,000
“Word Count: Literature and Data Analysis, 1875-1965”

Asif Majid, Department of Dramatic Arts - $8,000
Making Memorials and Muslimness in Manchester

Sarah Willen, Department of Anthropology - $8,000
"Picturing Pandemic Truths: A Multimedia Exhibition"

The 2021-2022 REP awardees are:

Douglas Adamson, Chemistry- $50,000
Observing Nanoscale Interactions at the Filler-Matrix Interface During the Synthesis of Polymer Nanocomposites
Co-PIs: Lucas parent, ThermoFisher Center for Advanced Microscopy and Materials Analysis (ACMMA)

Biree Andemariam, Medicine- $85,000
Sickle Cell Trait, Bone Loss, Physical Function and Frailty in Older Women
Co-PIs: Marja Hurley, Division of Endocrinology; George Kuchel, Center of Aging; Richard Fortinsky, Center of Aging; Sasia Jones, Cancer Center; Deborah Steciak-Noujaim, Center of Aging

Marina Astitha, Civil and Environmental Engineering- $24,772
Improving prediction of severe wind storms with the combination of weather prediction models, observations and machine learning algorithms
Co-PIs: Diego Cerrai, Civil and Environmental Engineering; Israt Jahan, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Gerald Berkowitz, Plant Science and Landscape Architecture- $25,000
Hormone regulated transcriptional modulation of cannabinoid biosynthesis in Cannabis sativa
Co-PIs: Yi Ma, Plant Science and Landscape Architecture

Kai Chen, Medicine- $25,000
Effect of Beta-blocker Withdrawal on Functional Capacity and Cardiac Hemodynamics in Patients with Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction

Ido Davidesco, Educational Psychology- $49,078
Investigating Student Engagement through a Virtual Reality Classroom
Co-PIs: Kenneth Thompson, Fine Arts; Noah Glaser, Educational Psychology

Amanda Denes, Communication- $48,313.18
Exploring Communication About Relational and Sexual Cancer-Related Changes Among LGBTIQ+ and Heterosexual Individuals in Active Treatment for a Reproductive Cancer in the United States and Australia
Co-PIs: Keith Bellizzi, Human Development and Family Sciences

Delia Furtado, Economics- $23,260.95
Does Immigration Improve Quality of Care in Nursing Homes?

Robin Gold, Family Medicine- $3,000
Using Telemedicine Group Visits to Improve Maternal and Infant Health Outcomes
Co-PIs: Andrea Gillis, Family Medicine; Sophia Rashid-Khan, Family Medicine; Andria Matthews,  Family Medicine; Kelley Sheller,  Family Medicine; Shayna Cunningham, Community Medicine and Health Care

Kristen Govoni, Animal Science- $24,968
Effect of maternal over-nutrition during gestation on offspring liver
Co-PIs: Nicole Tillquist, Animal Science

Oscar Guerra, Digital Media and Design- $24,999.35
COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout in Stamford, CT: A Multimedia Archiving Project
Co-PIs: Glenn Tatsuya Mitoma,  Curriculum & Instruction and Human Rights Institute; Kathryn Libal, Human Rights Institute

Kshitiz Gupta, Biomedical Engineering- $75,000
Investigating Scar Induced Dysregulation of Endometrial Resistance in Placenta Accreta
Co-PIs: Molly Brewer, OBGYN

Gio Iacono, Social Work Instruction and Research- $49,899.67
Tuned In! — A Mindfulness-Based Affirmative Program to Virtually Address the Mental Health Needs of Sexual and Gender Minority Youth During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Co-PIs: Ryan J. Watson, Development and Family; Emily Loveland, School of Social Work

Ivo Kalajzic, Center for Regenerative Medicine and Skeletal Development- $25,000
Cellular therapy for osteoarthritis
Co-PIs: Sanja Novak, Reconstructive sciences

Jolaade Kalinowski, Human Development and Family Studies- $49,995.48
Stress, COVID-19, Cardiovascular Risk, and Journaling:  Assessing Black Women's Experiences of Therapeutic Writing
Co-PIs: Sarah Willen, Anthropology

Molly Land, Law Instruction and Research- $25,000
Speech Regulation In Context: Assessing The Local Impacts Of Coordinated Online Harassment
Co-PIs: Richard Wilson, Law

Beth Lawrence, Natural Resources and the Environment- $25,000
Examining the role of plants on the pathways of sediment organic matter stabilization and mineralization in experimental wetlands

Louise Lewis, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology- $47,880.34
Evolution of desiccation tolerance in green algae. A window on transitions to land.
Co-PIs: Jill Wegrzyn, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Rigoberto Lopez, Agricultural and Resource Economics- $49,945.34
Implications of the Evolving Food Retail Landscape for Competition and Human Well-Being in the United States
Co-PIs: Sandro Steinbach, Agricultural & Resource Economics; Kristen Cooksey-Stowers, Allied Health Sciences; Debarchana Ghosh, Geography

Xiuling Lu, Pharmaceutical Science- $50,000
Overcoming Hypoxia-Induced Treatment Resistance through Oxygen and Cisplatin Containing Nanocarriers
Co-PIs: Raji Kasi, Chemistry

Kazuya Machida, Genetics and Genome Sciences- $25,000
SH2 domain-based prognostic biomarker for chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)

Bruce Mayer, Genetics and Genome Sciences- $25,000
Single cell SH2 profiling by flow cytometry
Co-PIs: Kazuya Machida,  Genetics and Genome Sciences

Fei Miao, Computer Science and Engineering- $49,999
Enhancing Security and Robustness in Multi-Party Machine Learning and Decision-Making
Co-PIs: Caiwen Ding, Computer Science and Engineering

Jenifer Nadeau, Animal Science- $24,954.70
Influence of the gut microbiome on parasitic load and blood analytes in horses
Co-PIs: MaryAnne Amalaradjou, Animal Science

Lakshmi Nair, Orthopaedic Surgery- $50,000
Endocannabinoid Analogue lipids as local anesthetic carriers for prolonged pain management
Co-PIs: Mu-Ping Nieh, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Frank Nichols, Periodontology- $49,999.19
A novel periodontal bacterial lipid, Lipid 1256, mediates bone loss through promotion of osteoclast activity
Co-PIs: Archana Sanjay, Surgery

Volkan Ortalan, Material Science and Engineering- $50,000
Unraveling Ultrafast Dynamics: Bridging Atomic to Continuum Scales with Integrated Experimental and Computational Multimodality
Co-PIs: Avinash Dangore, Materials Science and Engineering

Alexei Poludnenko, Mechanical Engineering- $25,000
High-Fidelity Modeling Of Supersonic Multi-Phase Reacting Flows For Novel Propulsion Applications

Margaret Rubega, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology- $23,960
Uncovering Migratory Flexibility in Salt Lake Bird Populations

Archana Sanjay, Orthopaedic Surgery- $49,998.85
Fracture Repair in Diabetes: Identifying mRNA and microRNA networks
Co-PIs: Anne Delany, Molecular Oncology

Daniel Schwartz, Physiology and Neurobiology- $25,000
Toward the refinement of a novel method for kinase-substrate identification

Linda Shapiro, Cell Biology- $85,000
CD13 as a target for controlling myeloid cell fusion.
Co-PIs: Mallika Ghosh, Cell Biology; Joseph Lorenzo, Endocrinology; Ivo Kalajzic, Reconstructive Sciences; Alix Deymier, Biomedical Engineering

Reza Sheikhi, Mechanical Engineering- $23,699.67
Data-Enabled Combustion Modeling for Simulation of Turbulent Reacting Flows

Dongjin Song, Computer Science and Engineering- $24,991.96
Contrastive and Explainable Self-supervised Representation Learning for Multivariate Time Series Data

Matthew Stuber, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering- $49,999.95
Deterministic global optimization for rigorous validation of novel hydrodeoxygenation kinetic mechanisms
Co-PIs: Ioulia Valla, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

Anna Tarakanova, Mechanical Engineering- $25,000
Effects of physicochemical modifications on biological aging of elastin

Xueju (Sophie) Wang, Material Science and Engineering- $24,759
Multifunctional 3D Bioelectronic/Microfluidic Hybrid Material System for Online  Monitoring, Regulation, and Vascularization of Brain Organoids
Co-PIs: Zizheng Wang, Material Science and Engineering

Andrew Wiemer, Pharmaceutical Science- $50,000
Synthesis and activity of pHLIP-phosphoantigen conjugates
Co-PIs: Raman Bahal, Pharmaceutical Sciences

Howard Winston, Physics- $16,500
Evaluation of Learning Improvements from Mixed Reality-Based Physics Instruction

Yao Zheng, Statistics- $24,999.67
Novel Statistical Modeling Techniques for High-Dimensional Time Series Data

The Fall 2020 SFF awardees are:

Cesar Abadia-Barrero, Anthropology
Book Translation: Health in Ruins: The Capitalist Destruction of Medical Care

Michele Back, Education Curriculum and Instruction
Designing Open Educational Resources for Language Teacher Recruitment

Michele Baggio, Economics
On Fertility and Income Inequality: Investigating the Effect of Changes in Access to Abortion in the US.

Anna Bourgault, Nursing Instruction and Research
Digital Bear: Smartphone Application for Patients with Delirium

Meina Cai, Political Sciences
The Political Origins of Property Rights in Land

Fabiana Cardetti, Mathematics
Increasing Elementary Teachers’ Capacity for Teaching Mathematical Writing

Carlos Cardonha, Operations and Info Management
Online Scheduling for Queuing Systems

Andrea Celli, Literature, Cultures, and Languages
Extensive Editing of a Long Article for Resubmission to a Peer-Reviewed Journal

Douglas Degges, Art and Art History
Artist Residency Participation & Fall Exhibition Costs

Francoise Dussart, Anthropology
Contemporary Indigenous Cosmologies and Pragmatics

Antonio Garmendia, Pathobiology
Refereed Publication

Jane Gordon, Political Sciences
Creolizing Rosa Luxemburg

Scott Harding, Social Work Instruction and Research
Risk, Vulnerability and the Limits of Choice: Home Care Workers’ Views on COVID-19

Stefan Hock, Marketing
Mobile Device Browsing Behavior

Matthew Hughey, Sociology
Racialized Media: The Design, Delivery, and Decoding of Race and Ethnicity

Yohei Igarashi, English
Data Collection for "Recent Trends in British Romantic Scholarship"

Gregory Kivenzor, Marketing
Changes in Life Satisfaction and Consumer Behavior due to the Pandemic: Cross-Cultural Study”

Hassanaly Ladha, Literature, Cultures, and Languages
Solomon and the Caliphate of Man

Juliet Lee, Molecular and Cell Biology
The use of zebrafish transgenics to study the molecular dynamics of adhesions in moving cells.

Louise Lewis, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Developing a novel genomic resource to a frontier in biodiversity research: target-capturing genes from symbiotic algae

Kathryn Libal, Social Work Instruction and Research
Indexing Support for Contributory Volume on  Beyond Borders: The Human Rights of Non-Citizens at Home and Abroad

Yangchao Luo, Nutritional Sciences
Testing a Highly Sensitive Rheometer to Measure Rheological Properties of Colloidal Nanoparticles Prepared with Dilute Biopolymers

Robert Lupton, Political Sciences
Principles and Polarization in American Politics

Melanie Newport, History
This is My Jail: Reform and Mass Incarceration in Chicago

Kenny Nienhusser, Educational Leadership
Equity-Minded Policy Implementation Imagination to Achieve Greater Higher Education Access for Marginalized Communities

John O'Donnell, Art and Art History
Plastic Resin: Lens and Barrier

Kyoungjo Oh, Management
Work Behaviors and Changes during COVID-19

NATHANAEL OKPYCH, Social Work Instruction and Research
How Campus Support Programs for Students with Foster Care Histories Adapt to the Covid-19 Pandemic

Jeremy Pais, Sociology
AN  ECOMETRIC ASSESSMENT OF NEIGHBORHOOD DISADVANTAGE

Sohyun Park, Plant Science and Landscape Architecture
COVID-19 Research

Marcus Rossberg, Philosophy
UConn Logic Colloquium

Sara Silverstein, History
Maps for book manuscript: "For Your Health and Ours: A History of International Cooperation in the Origins of Global Health and Universal Healthcare"

Evelyn Simien, Political Sciences
Historic Firsts in US Elections

Erika Skoe, Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
Blood biomarkers of age-related changes to hearing

Geoffrey Tanner, Physiology and Neurobiology
Western blot validation of calcium-handling protein levels from proteomic analysis traumatic brain injury-subjected male Drosophila.

Anna Tarakanova, Mechanical Engineering
3D printing the extracellular matrix

Nathaniel Trumbull, Geography
Geography Colloquium Series, Fall 2020 and Spring 2021

Kristina Wagstrom, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Optimizing External Coursework in a Flipped Chemical Reaction Engineering Classroom

Steven Wilf, Law Instruction and Research
Comparative Trade Secret Law

Dimitrios Xygalatas, Anthropology
Online gatherings as resilience mechanisms

Eiling Yee, Psychological Sciences
Conceptual convergence in the Context of COVID-19

The Spring 2021 SFF awardees are:

Susan Herbst, Political Science
Troubled Birth: American Public Opinion in the 1930s

Gee Su Yang, Nursing Instruction and Research
Investigation of Circadian Clock Genes: Mechanisms Underlying Contribution of Sleep Disturbances to Pain in Breast Cancer Survivors on Aromatase Inhibitors

Brian Chapman, Human Development and Family Studies
Drag Expression and how it interfaces with Dragism, Coping, Resilience, and Generativity

Maryclaire Capetta, Kinesiology
Does eccentric exercise improve range of motion, strength and pain pressure threshold in the contralateral shoulder?

Dr. Gio Iacono, Social Work Instruction and Research
Tuned In! — A Mindfulness-Based Affirmative Program to Virtually Address the Mental Health Needs of Sexual and Gender Minority Youth

Ruodan Zhang, Public Policy
Nonprofit Identification by Mission and Activity Text Data with Word Embedding

Cristina Connolly, Agricultural and Resource Economics
Efficacy of Food Label Education

Maria LaRusso, Human Development and Family Studies
The “mental health crisis” of U.S. students:  Perspectives from elementary, middle, and high school educators

Christine DiLeone, Nursing Instruction and Research
The Experiences of Sons caring for a Parent with Alzheimer's Disease in the Home: A Phenomenological study

Sue Huang, Digital Media and Design
Erotic Ecologies

Jessica Rubin, Law Instruction and Research
An Evaluation of the Impact of Desmond's Law - Do Court Advocates Impact the Prosecution and Outcomes of Animal Cruelty Cases?

Kim Price-Glynn, Sociology
Confronting the Global Care Crisis during COVID-19: Past Problems, New Issues, and Pathways to Change

Thomas Hayes, Political Science
Democratic Norm Violations and Elite Messaging

Monty Escabi, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Neural representation of natural sounds textures

Yuping Zhang, Statistics
A new graph-based clustering method with application to single-cell RNA-seq data from human pancreatic islets

David Campbell, Education Curriculum and Instruction
Disseminating research on the UConn E-Corps STEM service learning model

Jorge Aguero, Economics
Lost Learning, Lost Earning: Avoiding School Dropout during COVID-19

Rosa Raudales, Plant Science and Landscape Architecture
Sequencing of bacterial populations in recycled irrigation water

Amanda Denes, Communication
A Pilot Study of Couples’ Communication About Intimacy when Facing a Terminal Cancer Diagnosis

Caitlin Elsaesser, Social Work Instruction and Research
The UConn-Hartford Youth Council: Enhancing health equity through authentic youth participation

Brian Aneskievich, Pharmaceutical Science
Intrinsic Disorder Assessment of Skin Cell-Specific Proteins Identifies Novel Research Opportunities

Chrystal Smith, Anthropology
Disseminating research on the Academic Climate, Social Networks, and Persistence of LGBTQIA+ STEM Undergraduates project

Nishith Prakash, Economics
Understanding Behavioral Barriers to Demand for Domestic Violence Services

Nathaniel Trumbull, Geography
Coastal Perspectives Lecture Series, Spring 2021

The 2020-2021 COVID-19 RSF awardees are:

James Cole, Molecular and Cell Biology, $43,439
Targeting the Endoribonuclease of Coronaviruses
Co-PIs: Mark Peczuh, Chemistry

Bahram Javidi, Electrical and Computer Engineering, $49,999
Compact Field Portable Biophotonics Instrument for Real-Time Automated Analysis and Identification of Blood Cells Impacted by COVID-19

Changchun Liu, Biomedical Engineering, $49,149
Rapid and Ultrasensitive SARS-CoV-2 Detection in Wastewater by Smartphone
Co-PIs: Maroun Sfeir, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Rachel O'Neill, Molecular and Cell Biology, $50,000
An integrated surveillance program for improved detection, containment and mitigation of COVID-19
Co-PIs: Kendra Maas, UConn MARS; Joel Salisbury, Digital Media and Design; Michael Vertefeuille, UConn Digital Media and Design; Suzanne Onorato, UConn Student Health and Wellness; Judy Brown, Institute for Systems Genomics; Mike Jednak, Facilities Operations; Jessica Healthcote, Information Technology Services; Emily Wilson, Center for Land Use Education and Research; Dan Schwartz, Core2e

Penghua Wang, Immunology, $50,000
Elucidation of E3 ligases in SARS-CoV2 pathogenesis
Co-PIs: Anthony Vella, Immunology; Tingting Geng, Immunology; Duomeng Yang, Immunology

The 2020-2021 COVID-19 RSF2 awardees are:

Xiaomei Cong, Nursing Instruction and Research, $9,997
Decision Making for COVID-19 Diagnostics and Future Vaccine Uptake in Hispanic Families and Community with Pregnant Women and Young Children (DECODE-COVID-19)
Co-PIs: Kelley Newlin Lew, Nursing; Eileen Carter, Nursing; Ming-Hui Chen, Statistics; David Henderson, Medicine; Wendy Henderson, Nursing; Natalie Shook, Nursing; Yanjiao Zhou, Medicine

Todd Falcone, Surgery, $6,000
Tolerance of Povidone-Iodine (PVP-I) in the Sinonasal and Oral Cavities as Antisepsis in Healthy Volunteers during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Co-PIs: Samantha Frank, Surgery; Belachew Tessema, Surgery

Kerry Gilmore, Chemistry, $7,500
Novel, Glycosylated Artemisinin-Derivatives as Prodrugs Against COVID-19

Paul Herrnson, Political Sciences, $10,000
The Pandemic Elections Project

Megan O'Grady, Public Health, $8,990
An evidence-based intervention to prevent transmission and acquisition of COVID-19 among health disparity and vulnerable populations in the Hartford, CT region
Co-PIs: Shayna Cunningham, Public Health; Stephen Schensul, Public Health; Stacey Brown, Public Health

Linda Pescatello, Kinesiology, $10,000
Evaluating UConn Student Well-Being in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic  The #UConnBeWell Study
Co-PIs: Saraswhathi Bellur-Thandaveshwara, Communication; Rebecca Acabchuk, InCHIP; Emily Hennessey, InCHIP; Leslie Synder, Communication; Deborah Cornman, InCHIP; David Ouimette, First Year Programs; Mary-Jeanne Raleigh, UConn; Gregory Champion, Honors Programming

Natalie Shook, Nursing Instruction and Research, $9790.69
Reducing COVID-19 Vaccination Hesitancy
Co-PIs: Baris Sevi, Psychological Sciences

Lawrence Silbart, Allied Health Sciences, $10,000
Poly-functional siRNA nanoparticles (PFNPs) modulate key inflammatory genes relevant to SARS-CoV-2 infection
Co-PIs: Jessica Rouge, Chemistry; Jessica Beaudet, Allied Health Sciences

Young Tang, Animal Science, $10,000
To Define the New Mechanism of Virus/Host Cell Interaction and Develop Novel Therapeutics to Block SARS-COV-2 Infection
Co-PIs: Jiaqi Zhu, Animal Sciences

Anna Tarakanova, Mechanical Engineering, $10,000
Machine-Learning Enabled Dynamical Characterization and Control of the Fluctuating SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Toward Protective Immunogen Development
Co-PIs: Simon White, Molecular and Cell Biology; Paulo Verardi, Pathobiology

The START 2021 Q2 Awardees are:

Young Tang, College of Agriculture. Health, and Natural Resources, Department of Animal Science- $10000
Evaluating the In Vivo Effect of Compound B7 to Block the Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus (PRRSV) Infection

Douglas Adamson, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Department of Chemistry- $10000
Electrifying and Polarizing HEPA Filters with Graphene to Improve the Efficiency of Virus Removal from Air

Yi Li, College of Agriculture. Health, and Natural Resources, Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture- $9995
Evolution of citrus rootstock overexpressing iaaM and CKX genes for HLB tolerance

Karl Guillard, College of Agriculture. Health, and Natural Resources, Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture- $9985.89
A Low-Cost, Semi-Automated and Integrated System for Soil Health Assessments

Rahul Kanadia,College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Department of Physiology and Neurobiology- $10000
Testing potential antiviral drugs against SARS-CoV-2

Alexandru Asandei, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Department of Chemistry- $10000
Controlled Radical Polymerization of Conjugated Alkenes in Water

Steven Demurjian, School of Engineering, Department of Computer Science and Engineering- $10000
Mobile app for medication reconciliation to achieve Best Possible Medication History

The START 2021 Q3 Awardees are:

Na Li, School of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Science- $10,000
Enhancing the intestinal permeability of non-permeable drug aggregates

Eugene Pinkhassik, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Department of Chemistry- $10,000
Integration of palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions in flow processes

Erika Taylor, Wesleyan, Department of Chemistry- $10,000
Targeting tRNA modifying enzymes for inhibitor development

Madhur Upadhyay, School of Dental Medicine, Department of Orthodontics- $10,000
Deep learning (Mask R-CNN) for organization of Diagnostic Records in Orthodontics

Brian Willis, School of Engineering, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering- $10,000
Demonstration of Wavelength Tunable Photodetector Arrays

The START 2021 Q4 Awardees are:

Markus Bookland, School of Medicine, Department of Surgery- $10,000
Mobile Screening of Pediatric Cranial Deformities Using Artificial Intelligence and Image Recognition Software

Leslie Caromile, School of Medicine, Department of Cell Biology- $10,000
Bone Metastasis in a Dish - A novel way to personalize cancer treatment

Constance DeVereaux, School of Fine Arts, Department of Dramatic Arts- $10,000
ArtZapp: An Arts and Culture Game and Info App

Khaled Elleithy, University of Bridgeport, Department of Computer Science and Engineering- $10,000
HomeLock

Aoife Heaslip, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology- $10,000
Development of new anti-parasitic drugs targeting in Toxoplasma gondii

Marmar Moussa, School of Medicine, NEAG Comprehensive Cancer Center- $10,000
Cloud-based interactive single-cell immune profiling platform empowering precision medicine

Gary Robbins, College of Agriculture. Health, and Natural Resources, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment- $6,500
Permeable Asphalt Air Permeameter

James Rusling, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Department of Chemistry- $10,000
Rapid CRISP-Based Point-of-Care Detection of COVID-19 and COVID-19 Antibodies in Saliva

Paulo Verardi, College of Agriculture. Health, and Natural Resources, Department of Pathobiology- $10,000
Modified Live Vaccines for PRRSV Incorporating Mosaic Immunogens

Hao Wu, Southern Connecticut State University, Department of Computer Science and Engineering- $10,000
Multi-dimensional U.S. STEM Scholars Demographics and Impact Research Database System

The 2021 CARIC awardees are:

Marcy Balunas, Pharmaceutical Science
Mining the Microbiome: Unraveling and Exploiting the Role of Metals in Host-Microbe Interactions

The 2020-2021 REP awardees are:

Brian Aneskievich, Pharmaceutical Science- $49,553
Targeted development of small molecule modulators of an anti-inflammatory protein
Co-PIs: Ross Wilderman, Pharmaceutical Sciences; Dennis Wright, Pharmaceutical Sciences

Robert Astur, Psychological Sciences- $24,980
Using Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to Reduce Problematic Cannabis Use in Undergraduates
Co-PIs: Fumiko Hoeft, Psychological Sciences

Jessica Beaudet, Allied Health Sciences- $49,975.60
Tailoring the Host Immune Response to Mycoplasma gallisepticum live-attenuated vaccines using Polyfunctional-siRNA Nanoparticles
Co-PIs: Jessica Rouge, Chemistry; Lawrence Silbart, Allied Health Sciences; Steven Szczepanek, Pathobiology and Veterinary Sciences; Steven Geary, Pathobiology and Veterinary Sciences

Osama Bilal, Mechanical Engineering- $50,000
Elastic Metamaterials as a Generic Haptic Interface for Virtual and Augmented Reality
Co-PIs: Hongyi Xu, Mechanical Engineering

Margaret Briggs-Gowan, Psychiatry- $93,374.94
Auditory threat processing in children at-risk for posttraumatic stress disorder
Co-PIs: Inge-Marie Eigsti, Psychological Sciences; Letitia Naigles, Psychological Sciences; Damion Grasso, Psychiatry; Fumiko Hoeft, Psychological Sciences; Carolyn Greene, Psychiatry; Brandon Goldstein, Psychiatry

Ketan Bulsara, Surgery- $25,000
Encephalomyosynangiosis (EMS) to Promote Angiogenesis and Neurogenesis Following Ischemic Stroke in a Mouse Model
Co-PIs: Rajkumar Verma, Neuroscience

Milagros Castillo-Montoya, Educational Leadership- $25,000
Policies and Practices Impacting the Recruitment and Retention of Racially Minoritized Faculty: A Systemic Review

Kevin Claffey, Cell Biology- $25,000
Tumor Vascular Activation to Overcome REsistance to Immunotherapies

Maksym Derevyagin, Mathematics- $19,243
Padé approximation in noise filtering
Co-PIs: Gerald Dunne; Alexander Teplyaev

Chris Elphick, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology- $24,993
EntoGEM: a systematic global evidence map of insect population and biodiversity trends
Co-PIs: David Wagner, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Eliza Grames, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Monty Escabi, Electrical and Computer Engineering- $49,665
Neural and computational bases for natural sound recognition in normal and impaired hearing
Co-PIs: Ian Stevenson, Psychological Sciences

Michael Fendrich, Social Work Instruction and Research- $50,000
Tailoring a Mindful Intervention to Enhance Opioid Treatment Outcomes in a Community Program
Co-PIs: Crystal Park, Psychological Sciences; Elizabeth Russell, Human Development and Family Sciences

Suining He, Computer Science and Engineering- $24,950.15
Towards Smart Connected Campus via Efficient Indoor Location Sensing and Deep User Mobility Analytics
Co-PIs: Bing Wang, Computer Science and Engineering; Chuanrong Zhang, Geography

Robert Henning, Psychological Sciences- $49,999.60
Rapid Assessment of Team Adaptation using Wearable Physiological Sensors to Augment Communication and Decision Making of Action Teams
Co-PIs: Insoo Kim, Medicine

Marja Hurley, Medicine- $18,819.44
PTH, FGF2 and fracture repair molecular mechanisms

Jasna Jankovic, Material Science and Engineering- $25,000
Nature Inspired Design of a Novel Tubular Fuel Cell Electrode

Liisa Kuhn, Biomedical Engineering- $75,000
Layer-by-Layer Janus base Nano-Matrix for Growth Plate Regeneration
Co-PIs: Yupeng Chen, Biomedical Sciences; Imran Hafeez

Sangamesh Kumbar, Orthopaedic Surgery- $100,000
Biodegradable Polysaccharide Putty Formulation for Bone Tissue Engineering
Co-PIs: Syam Nukavarapu, Biomedical Engineering; Ivo Kalajzic, Reconstructive Sciences

Emily Larned, Art and Art History- $9,999.69
Efemmera Reissue Project

Nicholas Leadbeater, Chemistry- $25,000
Light and Electricity as Tools for Preparing Molecules

Jessica Lubell-Brand, Plant Science and Landscape Architecture- $24,917.60
Protecting the U.S. Hemp Market Through Development of Sterile and High Yield Cannabidiol (CBD) plants

Earl MacDonald, Music- $10,000
Ears to Hear: A Musical Conversation Starter Seeking Social Justice

Debanjan Mitra, Marketing- $10,000
Objective Consequences of Student Diversity in MBA Programs: Broad Based and Long Term Evidence
Co-PIs: Mariya Topchy, Marketing

Yonatan Morse, Political Sciences- $23,568
Discovering Welfare: Democracy and the Transformation of Social Protection in Africa

Sheida Nabavi, Computer Science and Engineering- $49,999.04
Deep Learning for Analyzing 3D Digital Breast Tomosynthesis
Co-PIs: Jinbo Bi, Computer Science and Engineering; Clifford Yang, Radiology

Evan Perkoski, Political Sciences- $37,261.30
Veterans, Novices, and Patterns of Insurgent and Counterinsurgent Recruitment

Theodore Rasmussen, Pharmaceutical Science- $50,000
Precise Identification of Human Liver Stem Cells and their Differentiation in vivo
Co-PIs: José Manautou, Pharmaceutical Sciences

Sarah Reed, Animal Science- $24,999.80
Effects of astaxanthin on deconditioning and reconditioning in horses

Ernst Reichenberger, Reconstructive Sciences- $25,000
3D skin model from hiPSC-derived fibroblasts and keratinocytes with keloid mutations
Co-PIs: Shyam Sah, Reconstructive Sciences

Lisa Sanetti, Educational Psychology- $49,990.40
Cognitive Interviewing to Increase Comprehension of Fidelity Self-Report Measures: A Pilot Study
Co-PIs: Jennifer Dineen

Archana Sanjay, Orthopaedic Surgery- $25,000
Identification of bone forming factors using a proteomics approach
Co-PIs: Jeremy Balsbaugh, Proteomics & Metabolomics

Peter Setlow, Molecular Biology and Biophysics- $25,000
Identify novel germinants of bacterial spores to facilitate spore eradication
Co-PIs: Dennis Wright, Pharmacy

William Snyder, Linguistics- $21,240
Setting a Child's Linguistic Parameters

Ilya Sochnikov, Physics- $25,000
Quantum Sensing for Probing Materials

Sudha Srinivasan, Kinesiology- $25,000
Effects of creative movement and play interventions in school-age children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Sandro Steinbach, Agricultural and Resource Economics- $49,968.20
The Impact of Non-Occupational Pesticide Exposure on the Development and Performance of Children and Teenagers
Co-PIs: Doug Brugge, Public Health Sciences; Eric Loken, Educational Psychology

Steven Szczepanek, Pathobiology- $24,992
Identification of Protective Antigens of Mycoplasma pneumonia

Gael Ung, Chemistry- $25,000
Organic polyradicals for the emission of chiral luminescence

Rajkumar Verma, Neuroscience- $75,000
Next generation gamma Peptide Nucleic Acids (gPNAs) for the treatment of ischemic stroke
Co-PIs: Raman Bahal, Pharmacy

Xiaojing Wang, Statistics- $25,000
The Promise of Bayesian Learning in Mobile Health

Michael Whitney, Marine Sciences- $20,774
Observing Icelandic River-Water Pathways from River Mouths through the Ocean

Shengli Zhou, Electrical and Computer Engineering- $24,999
A New Paradigm: Resonant-Beam Optical-Wireless Charging and Communication for Industrial Internet of Things

The Fall 2019 SFF awardees are:

Cesar Abadia-Barrero, Anthropology
Strengthening Peace Efforts in Colombia.

Christopher Blesso, Nutritional Sciences
Evaluation of Commensal Gut Bacterial Lipids on Neuroinflammation

Ruth Braunstein, Sociology
The Moral Meaning of Taxes

Anne Dailey, Law Instruction and Research
Midway: A Family Memoir of Slavery

Ray DiCapua, Art and Art History
Digital Improvisations: Like A Whisper Portfolio

Mary Donegan, Urban and Community Studies
Transparent Incentives

Anna Mae Duane, English
Archival Research for "Intimate Incarcerations: Race and Age in Early American Carceral Culture"

Justin Evanovich, Educational Leadership
Experiences and Impacts of Critical Service Learning Course

Carlos Garcia-Robledo, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Using Forensic DNA and Artificial Seeds to Understand Seed Dispersal by Elusive Mammals on a Tropical Mountain

Julie Gillingham, Geography
Understanding Greenland Landscape and Ice Sheet Change Over Deep Time Using Detrital Tracer Thermochronometry

Deneen Hatmaker, Public Policy
Through the Tenure Years: Balancing Work and Life after Graduate School

Kelly Herd, Marketing
Does Affiliation Among Backers Help or Hurt Crowdfunding Success of New Ideas?

Sue Huang, Digital Media and Design
(De)composition in Eight Movements

Alexander Jackson, Physiology and Neurobiology
Neuroscience at Storrs Research Symposium

Gregory Kivenzor, Marketing
Consumption and Life Satisfaction: Cross-Cultural Study

Sarah Knutie, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Incorporating Citizen Science into Understanding the Geographic Mosaic Theory of Co-Evolution

Sungmin Lee, Plant Science and Landscape Architecture
Risk Factors of Indoor and Outdoor Falls in Older Adults: A Systematic Review

Frederick Lee, Political Sciences
Professor Sharon Stanley Public Lecture & Graduate Workshop

Ruth Lucas, Nursing Instruction and Research
Lab Testing the Second Intraoral Pressure Sensor Prototype of the Breastfeeding Diagnostic Device

David Lund, Marine Sciences
A New Proxy for Sea Ice Extent in the Southern Ocean

Tomoyasu Mani, Chemistry
Triplet-Triplet Annihilation Upconversion Without Heavy Atoms Under Aerobic Conditions

Yonatan Morse, Political Sciences
Discovering Welfare: The Politics of Social Protection in Africa

John O'Donnell, Art and Art History
Exhibition at Blue House Arts and Lecture at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio.

Belter Ordaz Mendoza, Physics
Retention of Underrepresented Students in STEM fields in Connection with Flipped Classroom

Elizabeth Polifroni, Nursing Instruction and Research
Adolescent stress and anxiety: How real is it?

Victoria Robinson, Molecular and Cell Biology
Structure-Function Relationships Involved in NS-Dependent Nucleolar Localization Pathways

Marcus Rossberg, Philosophy
UConn Logic Group — Logic Colloquium

Luciana Santoferrara, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Hypoxia Effects on Planktonic Herbivores and Decomposers

Jennifer Scapetis-Tycer, Dramatic Arts
Singing Into Accents

Gregory Semenza, English
"Powell and Pressburger’s War: The Archers and the WW2 Propaganda Film"

Brad Simpson, History
Dictatorship and Disorder: The United States, the International Community and Indonesia’s New Order, 1966-1998.

Sandro Steinbach, Agricultural and Resource Economics
Assessing the Impact of International Air Services on Passenger and Cargo Flows

Jennifer Sterling-Folker, Political Sciences
American Nationalism and Hawaiian Sovereignty Movements

Geoffrey Tanner, Physiology and Neurobiology
Proteomic Probe for Candidate Mediators of Dietary-Therapeutic Amelioration of Tauopathy-Induced Learning Deficits in a Drosophila Model of Alzheimer’s Disease.

Chris Vials, English
America Firsts: White Nationalism and Empire from the 1920s to the Present

Scott Wallace, Journalism
Descent into Chaos: The Battle for the Amazon

Howard Winston, Physics
Partner Support - Holographic Projection for Physics Instruction

Bin Zou, Mathematics
New Development in Actuarial Science and Risk Management

The Spring 2020 SFF awardees are:

David Bergman, Operations and Info Management
JANOS Website Development

Brenda Brueggemann, English
The Aesthetics, Rhetorics, and Bioethics of Disability in The Museum

Debanuj DasGupta, Geography
Geography Colloquium Series

Shardé Davis, Communication
Talking with my Sistahs: Testing the Role of Stress During HIV-Related Discussions among Black Women and HIV Risk and Prevention Outcomes

Maksym Derevyagin, Mathematics
Orthogonal Polynomials and Their Applications

Elena Dormidontova, Physics
Computer Modeling of Molecular Self -Assembly: Exploring Chemical Nature Effect

Michael Fendrich, Social Work Instruction and Research
A Workshop on GIS Methods and Software

Nathan Fiala, Agricultural and Resource Economics
Poverty and Addiciton: The Role of Social Networks in Reducing Substance Use Disorder

Krystyna Gielo-Perczak, Biomedical Engineering
Website design:  GP Musculoskeletal System Modeling Lab

Kenneth Gouwens, History
"Portraits of Famous Men"

Gideon Hartman, Anthropology
"Geochemical Evidence for the Control of Fire by Middle Palaeolithic Hominins"

Stefan Hock, Marketing
Product Recalls

Darrell Irwin, Sociology
How are Surpluses in City Police Budgets Allocated after the Recovery Post-Recession?

Douglas Kaufman, Education Curriculum and Instruction
A Comparative Examination of Writing Practices and Instruction in United Kingdom and United States Schools

Anna Lindemann, Digital Media and Design
Presenting THE COLONY, an Art-Science Performance, at ISEA2020

Jenifer Nadeau, Animal Science
Investigating the Effect of Strongyle Load on Hematology in Horses

NATHANAEL OKPYCH, Social Work Instruction and Research
“Climbing a Broken Ladder” Book to Publication

Evan Perkoski, Political Sciences
Divided and Conquered? How Splinter Groups Emerge, Behave, and Survive

Jon Phillips, Social Work Instruction and Research
The Impact of Interagency Collaboration on Child Welfare and Substance Abuse Treatment Outcomes

Diane Quinn, Psychological Sciences
Weight Cycling and Depressive Symptoms in a National Sample of U.S. Adults

Thomas Recchio, English
The Novels of Frances Hodgson Burnett: In 'the World of Actual Literature"

Marcus Rossberg, Philosophy
Abstractionism 2 Conference

Stefan Schaffoener, Material Science and Engineering
Characterization of Pyrrhotite-Containing Concrete by Automatic Electron Backscatter Diffraction

Fumilayo Showers, Sociology
Sending-Country Perspectives: Migration Aspirations among college students in Ghana

Anna Tarakanova, Mechanical Engineering
Manuscript in Scientific Reports

Carolyn Teschke, Molecular and Cell Biology
A view of the Salmonella phageome in wastewater

Nu-Anh Tran, History
Nationalists at War: Tales of Revolution and Betrayal in the Republic of Vietnam

Nathaniel Trumbull, Geography
Coastal Perspectives Lecture Series, Spring 2020

Fiona Vernal, History
Three Great Migrations: African American, Puerto Rican, and West Indian Migration to Hartford

J Evan Ward, Marine Sciences
Examining the Resiliency of the Microbiome of Bivalve Molluscs: Response to Disturbance

Michael Whitney, Marine Sciences
Tracking Iceland’s Rivers through Ocean Fisheries

The START 2020 Q1 Awardees are:

Jemel Aguilar, Southern Connecticut State University, Department of Social Work - $10,000
Inside the energy envelope: Health promotion among people with mild to moderate Myalgic encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Co-PIs/Team: Romi Khan, Fiverr Consulting

Khaled Elleithy, University of Bridgeport, Department of Computer Science and Engineering - $10,000
HomeLock
Co-PIs/Team: Thomas Arciuolo, University of Bridgeport; Kosaraju Venkata Uday Shankar, University of Bridgeport

Julia Irwin, Southern Connecticut State University, Department of Psychological Sciences - $15,000
Hearing Assessment in Response to Noise Screener (HeARS)
Co-PIs/Team: Jessica Sullivan, Hampton University; Barbara Fernandes, Smarty Ears

Yusuf Khan, UConn Health, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery - $10,000
Polymer-coated Allograft for Large Scale Bone Defect Repair

Ruth Lucas, University of Connecticut, Department of Nursing Instruction and Research - $8,199.99
Breastfeeding Diagnostic Device Intraoral Sensor Testing in the Lab
Co-PIs/Team: Thanh Nguyen, Department of Mechanical Engineering; Eli Curry, Department of Mechanical Engineering; Megan Jalbert, Allied Health; Jimi Francis, University of Texas at Tyler

Beth Taylor, University of Connecticut, Department of Kinesiology - $9,035
Development and Validation of a Clinical Prediction Mobile Application Tool for the Diagnosis of Statin-Associated Muscle Symptoms
Co-PIs/Team: Amanda Zaleski, Department of Kinesiology; Paul Thompson, Hartford Hospital

The START 2020 Q2 Awardees are:

Krystyna Gielo-Perczak, School of Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering - $10,000
Mobile Application in Rehabilitation
Co-PIs/Team: Alexandros Mathioudakis, Department of Biomedical Engineering; Jeren Koh, Department of Mathematics

Ausif Mahmood, University of Bridgeport, Department of Computer Science and Engineering - $10,000
AI based Online Customer Assist and Social Media Response Handling Application for Small to Medium Businesses
Co-PIs/Team: Sushant Singh, University of Bridgeport

Eugene Pinkhassik, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Department of Chemistry - $10,000
Integration of homogeneous catalysts entrapped in nanocapsules in flow processes
Co-PIs/Team: Sergey Dergunov, Department of Chemistry

Frank Torti, School of Medicine, Department of Medicine - $10,000
Sideroflexin 4: A Novel Target for Cancer Therapy
Co-PIs/Team: Lia Tesfly, UConn Health

The START 2020 Q3 Awardees are:

Carl Coelho, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences - $10,000
Digitalized Executive Functioning Rehabilitation Application

Alaa Sheta, Southern Connecticut State University, Department of Computer Science and Engineering - $10,000
Diagnosis of Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Computer-Aided Tool Based on Deep Learning
Co-PIs/Team: Shafaet Hossain, Department of Computer Science; Salim Surani, Department of Medicine

Lawrence Silbart, College of Agriculture. Health, and Natural Resources, Department of Allied Health Sciences - $10,000
Development of a therapeutic bandage to treat MRSA skin infections
Co-PIs/Team: Thanh Nguyen, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Young Tang, College of Agriculture. Health, and Natural Resources, Department of Animal Science - $10,000
Evaluating the In Vitro Effect of STAT3 Inhibitors to Block the Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus (PRRSV) Infection
Co-PIs/Team: Antonio Garmendia, Department of Pathobiology

Madhur Upadhyay, School of Dental Medicine, Department of Community Medicine and Health Care - $10,000
Artificial Intelligence Powered Orthodontic Diagnosis  (AIPOD)
Co-PIs/Team: Suhail Yasir, Department of Biomedical Engineering; Kshitz Gupta, Department of Biomedical Engineering

Miaowei Weng, Southern Connecticut State University, Department of Literature, Cultures, and Languages - $10,000
Mysteries of History/Misterios de la historia: Game-Based Virtual Immersive Spanish Learning
Co-PIs/Team: Yulei Pang,Department of Mathematics

The START 2020 Q4 Awardees are:

Sousan Arafeh, Neag School of Education, Department of Educational Leadership - $10,000
LIFE LANDSCAPE PLANNING: A PROPOSAL TO FURTHER DEVELOP AND TEST A PROOF-OF-CONCEPT APP

Linda Pescatello, College of Agriculture. Health, and Natural Resources, Department of Kinesiology - $10,000
The Development of a Mobile Application for an Evidence-based Decision Support System to Prescribe Exercise for Adults with  Multiple Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors

Hao Wu, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Department of Computer Science and Engineering - $10,000
Virtual Reality Safety Training Platform for Workplace Safety in Chemical Industry

Hao Wu, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Department of Computer Science and Engineering - $10,000
OMNIBUS: a Complete HIPPA-compliant Data Management Solution for Labs Conducting Human-Subjects Research

Steven Szczepanek, College of Agriculture. Health, and Natural Resources, Department of Pathobiology - $10,000
Therapeutic Optimization of a Monoclonal Antibody for Severe and Treatment Refractory Mycoplasma pneumoniae Pneumonia

Victoria Robinson, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology - $10,000
Structure Based Virtual Screening to Uncover Inhibitors of BipA

Bodhisattwa Chaudhuri, School of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Science - $10,000
A Novel V- Blender (Powder Processing equipment) for mitigation of electrostatic charging in Pharmaceutical Powders

Henry Smilowitz, School of Medicine, Department of Cell Biology - $10,000
Use of inflammatory modulators to prolong tumor dormancy following radiation-induced tumor dormancy

The 2020 Microbiome Research Seed Grant awardees are:

Jonathan Klassen, Molecular and Cell Biology
Metal-Binding Antimicrobial Peptide Mediation of a Fungus-Growing Ant Symbiosis
Co-PIs: Alfredo Angeles-Boza

Mark Peczuh, Chemistry
Characterizing the Role of Siderophores in the Euprymna Scolopes – Vibrio Fischeri Symbiosis
Co-PIs: Spencer Nyholm

J Evan Ward, Marine Sciences
The Effect of a Common Anthropogenic Pollutant on the Microbiome of an Ecologically and Commercially Important Bivalve
Co-PIs: Penny Vlahos, Lisa Nigro

Wing Ki Mok, Molecular Biology and Biophysics
Friend or Foe? Impact of Chronic Infection Microbiome Constituents on Persistence of Staphylococcus Aureus toward Antifolate Antibiotics
Co-PIs: Dennis Wright, Maria Rocha Granados, Debjani Si

The 2020-2021 SCHARP Development awardees are:

Cesar Abadia-Barrero, Department of Anthropology - $8,000
Healing the Land to Attain Peace: A Community-Based Art Project in Rural Colombia.
Co-PIs: Camilo Ruiz-Sanchez, Adriana Katzew

Heejoo Kim, Department of Digital Media and Design - $8,000
The Loom
Co-PIs: Helene Kvale, Simon Hutchinson, Tanju Ozdemir

Ariel Lambe, Department of History - $8,000
Living in the Monster: Cuban Exiles in the United States, 1920–1952

Sara Silverstein, Department of History - $8,000
Toward Global Health: A History of International Cooperation

The 2019-2020 REP awardees are:

Dashzeveg Bayarsaihan, Regenerative Medicine and Skeletal Development - $74,015.23
Delineating the molecular basis of odontoblast differentiation
Co-PIs: Dong-Guk Shin, Computer Science and Engineering

Oksan Bayulgen, Department of Political Sciences - $23,143
Tilting at Windmills?: Electoral repercussions of wind turbine projects in the United States
Co-PIs: Lyle Scruggs, Political Science

Necmi Biyikli, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering - $25,000
Ultrawide bandgap semiconductors for flexible electronics

Christian Brueckner, Department of Chemistry - $49,986
Isobacteriochlorin Metal Complexes as CO2 Reduction Electrocatalysts: Mimicking Nature's Multi-Electron Reduction Processes
Co-PIs: Alfredo Angeles-Boza, Chemistry

Yongku Cho, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering - $49,000
Human antibodies recognizing oligomeric tau and its brain-wide mapping
Co-PIs: Guoan Zheng, Biomedical Engineering

Anne Delany, Department of Medicine - $25,000
miR-433 in chondrogenesis
Co-PIs: Rosaria Guzzo, Neuroscience

Robert Fahey, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment - $24,896.8
Interacting disturbance in forest ecosystems: Does disturbance memory affect resistance and resilience of forest productivity?
Co-PIs: Christopher Gough, Virginia Commonwealth University

Yuwen Gu, Department of Statistics - $14,645.5
A New Approach to Asymmetric Least Squares Regression

Kyle Hadden, Department of Pharmaceutical Science - $25,000
Development of Gli1 Inhibitors as Anti-Cancer Agents
Co-PIs: Angela Zaino, Pharmaceutical Sciences

Song Han, Department of Computer Science and Engineering - $24,994.30
Towards Real-Time Data Retrieval with Mobile Edge Devices in Wireless-Powered Industrial IoT Systems
Co-PIs: Shengli Zhou, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Marc Hansen, Department of Medicine - $25,000
A targeted strategy to disrupt the chemotactic interaction that occurs in Paget’s disease of bone between osteoblasts expressing mutations in Sequestosome 1 (SQSTM1) and osteoclast precursors expressing the Measles virus nucleocapsid protein (MVNP) through a self-amplifying positive feedback loop involving the C-C Motif Chemokine Ligand 5 (CCL5)

Steven Harrison, Department of Kinesiology - $50,000
Using advanced positioning technologies to both understand and improve functional mobility and navigating skills.
Co-PIs: Kristen Morgan, Biomedical Engineering

Aoife Heaslip, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology - $25,000
Mechanisms of dense granule secretion in Toxoplasma gondii
Co-PIs: Irio Schiano, Molecular and Cell Biology

Christopher Heinen, Department of Medicine - $25,000
Saturation Genome Editing Approach to Functionally Test All Possible MSH2 Variants
Co-PIs: Justin Cotney, Genetics and Genome Sciences; James Grady, Community Medicine and Healthcare

Ling Huang, Department of Economics - $24,968.69
Measuring the Housing Market from Space
Co-PIs: Edward Leardi, Management Information Systems and Applied Mathematics

Efthimia Ioannidou, Department of Periodontology - $74,148
Treat to target and personalized approach to periodontal therapy
Co-PIs: Patricia Diaz, Biomedical Science; Julia Oh, Jackson Laboratory

Solomiya Ivakhiv, Department of Music - $10,000
Singles & Doubles-Mendelssohn Concertos
Co-PIs: Antonio Pompa-Baldi, Cleveland Institute of Music; Theodore Kuchar, Slovak National Orchestra Zilina; Vladimir Salaga, Slovak National Orchestra, Pieter van Winkel, Brilliant Classics Label; Da-Hong Seetoo, Da-Hong Seetoo Recording Studio

Kyungseon Joo, Department of Physics - $23,500
Studies of Proton Generalized Parton Distributions Using Hadronic Probes at J-PARC in Japan
Co-PIs: Stefan Diehl, Physics; Brandon Clary, Physics

Prakash Kashwan, Department of Political Sciences - $25,000
Institutions and Policy Networks for Climate Justice Amidst Rapid Urbanization in the Global South

Walter Krawec, Department of Computer Science and Engineering - $18,069.6
Analyzing the Security of Quantum Cryptographic Protocols through Classical-Quantum Sampling

Challa Kumar, Department of Chemistry - $45,000
Protein-Based NanoMaterials: Highly Efficient Supercapacitors for Next Generation Energy Systems for Space (NASA) Applications
Co-PIs: Rajeswari Kasi, Chemistry; James Rusling, Chemistry

Dong-Hun Lee, Department of Pathobiology - $25,000
Revealing the epidemiological and evolutionary dynamics of rabies virus transmission
Co-PIs: Guillermo Risatti, Pathobiology & Veterinary Science

Ji-Young Lee, Department of Nutritional Sciences - $25,000
Identification of molecular mediator for sex differences in metabolism

Caitlin Lombardi, Department of Human Development and Family Studies- $24,997.99
The Impact of Health Insurance Expansions for Adults on Children’s Academic Achievement and Socioemotional Functioning

Catherine Matassa, Department of Marine Sciences - $24,988
Can meta-ecosystems provide a theoretical framework for the ‘landscape of fear’?

Peter Maye, Center for Regenerative Medicine and Skeletal Development - $25,000
Paraxial Mesoderm Formation from Pluripotent Stem Cells

Fei Miao, Department of Computer Science and Engineering - $24,999.41
Robust Control Protocol Synthesis and Safe Learning for Connected Autonomous Vehicles

Stuart Miller, Department of Literature, Cultures, and Languages - $9,725
From Temple, to Home, To Community: The Survival and Transformation of Jewish Life in the Wake of Catastrophe

Thanh Nguyen, Department of Mechanical Engineering - $50,000
Biodegradable Piezoelectric Scaffold for Bone Regeneration
Co-PIs: Kevin Lo, Institute for Regenerative Engineering

Michael O'Neill, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology - $42,912
Role of Xlr3 genes in Neurodevelopment and Male Fertility
Co-PIs: Holly Fitch, Psychology

Blanka Rogina, Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences - $75,000
Metabolic Regulation in Stem Cells
Co-PIs: James Y.H. Li, Genetics and Genome Sciences

Daniel Rosenberg, Department of Medicine - $100,000
Microbial-epithelial cross-talk modulates UC phenotype via DNA methylation of colon stem cells
Co-PIs: Charles Giardina, Molecular and Cell Biology; George Weinstock, JAX; John Birk, Medicine

Stephen Ross, Department of Economics - $24,940.4
Academic Probation, Intervention and Student Performance

Jessica Rouge, Department of Chemistry - $50,000
Visualizing the synthesis and assembly of RNA and DNA nanostructures Using in situ Liquid Cell TEM
Co-PIs: Lucas Parent, Center for Advanced Microscopy and Materials Analysis

Ricardo Salazar-Rey, Department of History - $49,950
Digitizing the Paper Trail: Enslaved and Freedpeople in the Making of The Spanish Empire
Co-PIs: Laura Bunyan, Sociology; Pamela Bramble, Department of Art and Art History; Adriana Martinez Aguirre, National University of Columbia

Alexander Teplyaev, Department of Mathematics - $16,731
PERFECT AND NEAR PERFECT QUANTUM STATE TRANSFER AND INVERSE SPECTRAL PROBLEMS ON GRAPHS
Co-PIs: Gerald Dunne, Physics

Judith Thorpe, Department of Art and Art History - $10,000
The Passions

Kumar Venkitanarayanan, Department of Animal Science - $24,994.86
Investigating the efficacy of baicalin for controlling Clostridium difficile infection

Paulo Verardi, Department of Pathobiology - $25,000
Rapid Development of Vaccines for Emerging Tickborne Viral Diseases
Co-PIs: Antonio Garmendia, Pathobiology; Yuxiang Wang, Pathobiology; Matthew Costello, Pathobiology

Simon White, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology - $24,933
Understanding the role of non-coding RNA in the Picornavirus life-cycle
Co-PIs: David Olson, Molecular and Cell Biology

Andrew Wiemer, Department of Pharmaceutical Science - $50,000
Enabling cancer-specific drug targeting with antibody phage display
Co-PIs: Marcy Balunas, Pharmaceutical Science

Sarah Woulfin, Department of Educational Leadership - $9,840
Special but (in)equal: A qualitative study of special education teachers’ work

Xiaodong Yan, Department of Mathematics - $23,000
Heat convection and domain walls

Qian Yang, Department of Computer Science and Engineering - $50,000
Machine Learning for Additive Manufacturing (ML4AM)
Co-PIs: W. K. Anson Ma, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Lixia Yue, Department of Cell Biology - $75,000
Oxidative stress activated TRPM2 as a novel therapeutic target for ischemic stroke
Co-PIs: Rajkumar Verma, Neuroscience; Sheng Li, Jackson Laboratory

The Fall 2018 SFF awardees are:

Daniel Adler, Anthropology
Tracking the Earliest Dispersal of Humans from Africa at Haghtanak-3, an Early Pleistocene Archaeological Site in Northern Armenia

Jorge Aguero, Economics and El Instituto
Can Inclusive Education Programs Reduce Racial and Gender Discrimination in the Labor Market?

Emma Amador, History (and El Instituto)
Contesting Colonial Citizenship

Mary Anne Amalaradjou, Animal Science
Early and sustained application of probiotics to improve growth and performance in chickens

Brian Aneskievich, Pharmaceutical Sciences
Publication of a Critical Evaluation of Current Literature, Emerging Trends, and Future Research Foci for the Anti-Inflammatory Protein TNIP1

Alfredo Angeles-Boza, Chemistry
Mechanistic Studies of N2 Binding and Activation

Alexander Anievas, Political Science
Legacies of Fascism: Race and the Far-Right in the Making of the Cold War

Saraswathi Bellur Thandaveshwara, Communication
Media Psychophysiology Lecture and Workshop

Pamela Brown, English
The Diva's Gift: The Italian Actress and the Shakespearean Stage

Brenda Brueggemann, English
Posting Mabel: An Epistolary Biography of Mabel Hubbard Bell

Clewiston Challenger, Educational Psychology
Dr. Challenger’s Transition to College Program for Student-Athletes (CTCPSA)

Chi-Ming Chen, Psychological Sciences
Neuronal oscillations in dysfunctions of obsessive-compulsive disorders

Ashwin Dani, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Visual Tracking Using Sparse Coding and Earth Mover’s Distance

Debanuj DasGupta, Geography
Precarious Transgender Subject and Shrinking Urban Spaces in Kolkata

Ana Maria Diaz-Marcos, Literatures, Cultures and Languages
Stages of Crisis: Spanish Women Playwrights in the 21st Century

Maria Gordina, Mathematics
Workshop "Functional inequalities in probability"

Solomiya Ivakhiv, Music
Singles and Doubles: Haydns, Mendelssohn and Hummel Double Concertos

Walter Krawec, Computer Science & Engineering
Numerical Tools for Practical Limited-Resource Quantum Cryptography

Maria LaRusso, Human Development and Family Studies
Intervening with Behaviorally Challenging Students in Schools: A Pilot Study of Collaborative and Proactive Solutions

Glen Macleod, English
Wallace Stevens and Surrealism—Public Lecture as part of “UConn Celebrates Wallace Stevens in Hartford”

Philip Mannheim, Physics
Sabbatical Research at Stanford University

Samuel Martinez, El Instituto: Institute of Latina/o, Caribbean, and Latin American Studies
2018 Mead Lecture: "Immigration in the Time of Trump"

Deborah McDonald, Nursing
The Analgesic Adverse Drug Response Measure: Development and Psychometric Testing

Matthew McKenzie, History
Breaking the Banks: Representation and Reality in New England Fisheries, 1866-1966.

Liansu Meng, Department of Literatures, Cultures & Languages
Man/Woman, Machine/Nature: Modern Chinese Poetry at the Intersection of Industrialism and Feminism (1915-1980)

Yonatan Morse, Political Science
Legislative Candidacy in Tough Environments: The Case of Cameroon

Nitis Mukhopadhyay, Statistics
Sabbatical Leave Fall 2018: Major Book Revision and Research Trips

Shayla Nunnally, Political Science
The Black Class Reunion Oral History Project

Kim Price-Glynn, Sociology
Contradictions of Caregiving: Negotiating Parenting, Child Care, and Labor

Sarah Reed, Animal Science
Alterations in insulin-like growth factor signaling in maternal and fetal placental tissues as a result of poor maternal nutrition

Barry Rosenberg, Art & Art History
Two International Centers for Contemporary Art: London and Paris

Marcus Rossberg, Philosophy and UConn Logic Group
Logic Group Colloquium

Susan Schneider, Philosophy
Designing the Mind: AI, Brain Enhancement, and the Nature of the Self

Matthew Singer, Political Science
PREPPS: The Political Representation, Parties and Presidents Survey

Christine Sylvester, Political Science
Commemorating War Defeat: Japan and Australia

Whitney Tabor, Psychology
Escape from Fraught States: Testing a Web-based Mechanism for the Study of Group Coordination

Brian Waddell, Political Science
Transcription of interview tapes

Lingling Wang, Finance
Textual Analysis on the Compensation Discussion and Analysis

Xiaodong Yan, Mathematics
Recent progress in multiscale nonlocal PDEs

Jing Zhao, Chemistry
Study of the electron transfer mechanism from colloidal quantum dots to molecular electron acceptors

The Spring 2019 SFF awardees are:

Emma Amador, History
Social Services and Puerto Rican Migration in the 20th Century

Carol Atkinson-Palombo, Geography
People's Attitudes Towards Fully Autonomous Vehicles

Michele Back, Education, Curriculum and Instruction
The Accuracy and Implications of Measurement in Schools (AIMS) Project

Hang Bai, Finance
Credit Risk Implications of Labor Market Fluctuations

William Berentsen, Geography
Geography Colloquium Series

Ellen Carillo, English
Recovering and Transforming the Pedagogy of Robert Scholes

Milagros Castillo-Montoya, Educational Leadership
Teaching through diversity: Faculty learning to teach racially and ethnically diverse college and university students

Anna Mae Duane, English
Educated for Freedom: Two Black Schoolmates who Grew up to Change a Slave Nation

Alexis Dudden, History
"Maritime Asia"

Tai-Hsi Fan, Mechanical Engineering
Publication Cost for an Invited Journal Paper

Megan Feely, School of Social Work
Mapping Critical Services for Connecticut Differential Response Cases

Patrick Hogan, English
Literary Universals Workshop

Jasna Jankovic, Materials Science and Engineering
International Workshop on Advanced Manufacturing and Characterization for Electrolyzers and Fuel Cells

Prakash Kashwan, Political Science
Role of Non-State Actors in Global Climate Negotiations

Charles Lansing, History
German Nazi Hunters and the Pursuit of Justice after the Holocaust

Eric May, Molecular and Cell Biology
15^th annual North Eastern Structure Symposium (NESS)

Sohyun Park, Plant Science and Landscape Architecture
Open-Access Journal Writing and Publication

Marcus Rossberg, Philosophy
UConn Logic Group — Annual Conference

Bhakti Shringarpure, English
Cold War Assemblages: Decolonization to Digital -- Book forthcoming with the Routledge Series on the Cultures of the Global Cold War.

Nancy Shoemaker, History
Inside Outside Soap: The History of a Global Composite

Sara Silverstein, History
Decoding telegrams that are a source for a book manuscript titled "Doctors as Diplomats: Revolutions in Internationalism and the Origins of Universal Health, 1918-1952"

Sandro Steinbach, Agricultural and Resource Economics
Understanding the global implications of China's import ban on plastic waste

Scott Stephenson, Geography
Climatic Responses to Future Trans-Arctic Shipping

Christine Sylvester, Political Science
Curating and Re-Curating the American Wars in Vietnam and Iraq

Nathaniel Trumbull, Geography
Coastal Perspectives Lecture Series, Univ. of Connecticut at Avery Point, Spring 2019

Anastasios Tzingounis, Physiology and Neurobiology
Videographic analysis of genetic mutants’ seizure like activity in a Drosophila model of epilepsy

Miriam Valdovinos, School of Social Work
The Accuracy and Implications of Measurement in Schools (AIMS) Project

Kumar Venkitanarayanan, Animal Science
A novel approach for controlling Enterohemorrhagic E. coli infection in humans

Simon White, Molecular and Cell Biology
Understanding viral evolution through structural analysis

Sebastian Wogenstein, Literatures, Cultures, and Languages
Past, Present, Future – Human Rights in Contemporary German Jewish Literature

Steven Zinn, Animal Science
Effects of poor maternal diet on maternal and offspring circulating leptin and ghrelin

The START 2018Q1 Awardees are:

Shakour Abuzneid, University of Bridgeport, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, $10,000
Dynamic Intrusion Detection System for the Internet-Of-Things Using Machine Learning

Ki Chon, University of Connecticut, Department of Biomedical Engineering, $10,000
Diabetic Cardiovascular Autonomic Neuropathy Detection Using Principal Dynamic Mode and Electrodermal Activity

Puxian Gao, University of Connecticut, Department of Material Science and Engineering, $10,000
Cross-functional Membrane with Integrated Nanostructures for VOC Treatment in Buildings

Julia Irwin, Southern Connecticut State University, Department of Psychology, $10,000
Hearing Assessment in Response to Noise Screener (HeArS)

Challa Kumar, University of Connecticut, Department of Chemistry, $10,000
Novel Nanocarriers for Vaccine Delivery Against Infectious Bronchitis Virus

Baikun Li, University of Connecticut, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, $10,000
Wireless Milli-electrode Array (WiMEA) Sensor Prototype for Low-Cost, Real-time, in situ Continuous Measurement of Nitrogen Species in Wastewater

Todd Ryder, Southern Connecticut State University, Department of Chemistry, $10,000
Novel C3-heterocyclic Substituted Cephalosporin Analogs as Potential Antibacterial Drugs

Rajkumar Verma, University of Connecticut, Department of Neuroscience, $10,000
Purinergic Receptor P2X4 Inhibitors: Potential Treatment for Ischemic Stroke

Dennis Wright, University of Connecticut, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, $10,000
Guanidine-Derived Phosphate Prodrug Delivery System

George Wu, University of Connecticut, Department of Medicine, $10,000
Targeted Mitochondrial Transplantation for the Treatment of Liver Failure in an Animal Model

The START 2018Q2 Awardees are:

Raman Bahal, University of Connecticut, Pharmaceutical Sciences, $10,000
Next generation short nucleic acis probes for targeting oncomiRs

Shafaeat Hossain, Southern Connecticut State University, Department of Computer Science, $10,000
Touch behavior-based automatic internet content filtering for child safety

Patrick Kumavor, University of Connecticut, Department of Biomedical Engineering, $9,130
Voice-Assisted Hands-Free Patient Bedside Communication Device

Cato Laurencin, University of Connecticut, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, $10,000
An injectable hydrogel to reduce the metal toxicity of metal-on-metal implants

Xiuling Lu, University of Connecticut, Pharmaceutical Sciences, $10,000
Inhibition of leukemic stem cells using doxorubicin-loaded nanoparticles

Gregory McVerry, Southern Connecticut State University, Curriculum and Learning, $10,000
ReVIEW talent feedback system

Mu-Ping Nieh, University of Connecticut, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, $10,000
Scalable, low-cost and targeted nanodisc: A universal oral drug carrier for cancer therapy

Linda Pescatello, University of Connecticut, Department of Kinesiology, $9,897
The Development of a Mobile Application for an Evidence-based Decision Support System to Prescribe Exercise for Adults with Multiple Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors

Young Tang, University of Connecticut, Department of Animal Science, $9,999.76
Screening and identifying STAT3 inhibitors that effectively block the porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) infection

The START 2018Q3 Awardees are:

Sousan Arafeh, Southern Connecticut State University, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, $10,000
Life Landscape Planning: A Proposal to Prototype and Test a Proof-of-Concept-APP

James Dixon, University of Connecticut, Department of Psychological Sciences, $10,000
Firefighter Partner Locator

Candy Hwang, Southern Connecticut State University, Department of Chemistry, $10,000
Reducing Biofilm Formation by Disrupting Quorum Sensing in Implanted Medical Devices

Insoo Kim, University of Connecticut, Department of Medicine, $10,000
Digital Bear: Smartphone Application for Patients with Delirium

Xiuling Lu, University of Connecticut, Pharmaceutical Sciences, $10,000
Novel Sublingual Films for Medical Imaging Applications

Victoria Robinson, University of Connecticut, Molecular and Cell Biology, $10,000
Host-Pathogen Interactions Regulated by BipA for Antimicrobial Development

Miaowei Weng, Southern Connecticut State University, Department of World Languages and Literature, $10,000
Mysteries of History/Misterios de la historia: Game-Based Virtual Immersive Spanish Learning

The START 2018Q4 Awardees are:

Krystyna Gielo-Perczak, University of Connecticut, Department of Biomedical Engineering, $10,000
MEDSTS Mobility Enhancing Device For Sit-To-Stand

Liisa Kuhn, University of Connecticut, Department of Biomedical Engineering, $10,000
Esophageal Regeneration Device

James Rusling, University of Connecticut, Department of Chemistry, $10,000
BioSuperCap-Harvest for Self-Powered Deep Brain Stimulators

Rahul Singhal, Central Connecticut State University, Department of Physics, $10,000
Systematic studies of the effect of multiwall carbon nanotube (CNT) on the electrochemical performance of MnO2/CNT nanocomposites

Luyi Sun, University of Connecticut, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, $10,000
Polyvinyl Alcohol (PVA)/Polydopamine (PDA) Composite Wet Adhesive for High Performance Underwater, Biomedical, and Wearable Electronics Applications

Steven Szczepanek, University of Connecticut, Department of Pathobiology, $10,000
Formula Optimization of a Novel Vaccine Candidate to Reduce the Severity of Community Acquired Pneumonia

Elu Tu, Southern Connectiut State University, Department of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages, $10,000
Land in Fog of World Languages: A Platform to Create Learning Activities through Authentic Videos

The SPARK 2018-2019 awardees are:

Mark Brand, UConn, Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture
Developing high output vegetative propagation methods for an improved northern bayberry

Baikun Li, UConn, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Enhancing Durability and Accuracy of Solid-state Ion Selective Membrane (S-ISM) Nitrogen Sensors for Long-term Monitoring of Wastewater Systems: with Septic Tanks as the Initial Demonstration Site

Ruth Lucas, UConn, Department of Nursing
Field testing the breastfeeding diagnostic device with synchronized biomechanical and biomarkers

Paul Nahass, UConn, Department of Material Science and Engineering
Medical devices for real-time radiation dosimetry at sub-millimeter spatial resolution

James Rusling, UConn, Department of Chemistry
BioCap-harvest for self-powered cardiac pacemakers

Kepeng Wang, UConn Health, Department of Immunology
Using GM-treg cells for the treatment of Crohn's disease

Simon White, UConn, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
Repurposing the FDA approved Itraconazole and Posaconazole to treat Picornaviral diseases

Dennis Wright, UConn, Department of Pharmaceutical Science
Propargyl-Linked Antifolates (PLAs) for the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)

The 2018 Microbiome Research Seed Grant awardees are:

Sarah Hird, Molecular and Cell Biology
Range-wide variation in the microbiome of an endangered wild songbird, the Saltmarsh Sparrow
Co-PIs: Chris Elphick

George Kuchel, UConn Center on Aging
Microbiome plasticity and pathogenicity in older adults: Baselines of community dwelling adults
Co-PIs: Julie Robinson, Julia Oh

The 2019 CARIC awardees are:

David Rowe, Center for Regenerative Medicine and Skeletal Development
Bed to Bench (BTB) Collaboration for Skeletal Research
 
Yu Lei, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Exposure, Health Effects, Sensing, and Remediation of Emerging Contaminants Superfund Research Program (SRP) Center

The 2019-2020 PATH Ascent awardees are:

Xiuling Lu, Department of Pharmaceutical Science - $75,000
Cutting Cancer at Its Root: Inhibition of Acute Leukemic Stem Cells Using Doxorubicin-Loaded Nanoparticles
Co-PIs: Rajeswari Kasi, Chemistry; Theodore Rasmussen, Pharmaceutical Sciences; Andrew Wiemer, Pharmaceutical Sciences; Raman Bahal, Pharmaceutical Sciences

Jessica Rouge, Department of Chemistry - $75,000
Determining the pharmacology of a novel DNAzyme-therapeutic formulation for the treatment of allergic airway disease
Co-PIs: Steven Szczepanek, Pathobiology

The 2019-2020 PATH Trailblazer awardees are:

Brian Aneskievich, Department of Pharmaceutical Science - $10,000
Establishing Protein Conformational Flexibility to Enhance Next-Step Drug-Screen Targeting
Co-PIs: Olga Vinogradova, Pharmaceutical Sciences

Nicholas Leadbeater, Department of Chemistry - $10,000
Towards Development of Novel Therapeutics for Treatment of Toxoplasmosis
Co-PIs: Aoife Heaslip, Molecular and Cell Biology

Rajkumar Verma, Department of Neuroscience - $10,000
Discovery of novel purinergic P2X4 receptor antagonist for the treatment of ischemic stroke

Simon White, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology - $10,000
Screening for small molecule inhibitors against Enterovirus D68 2C helicase
Co-PIs: Lauren Alexandrescu, Molecular and Cell Biology

Ming Xu, UConn Center on Aging - $10,000
Discover drugs targeting cellular senescence to improve healthspan and lifespan

The 2019-2020 SCHARP Breakthrough awardees are:

Jason Chang, Department of History - $50,000
Expressing the Transpacific Borderlands

The 2018-2019 REP awardees are:

Andrei Alexandrescu, Molecular and Cell Biology - $49,907.20
Structure and Function of Phage L Decorator Protein
Co-PIs: Carolyn Teschke, Molecular and Cell Biology

Robert Bagchi, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology - $49,930
Quantifying the Processes Linking Defaunation to Reduced Carbon Storage in Amazon Forests: Challenging Key Assumptions with Data Driven Models
Co-PIs: Erin Kuprewicz, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Ali Bazzi, Electrical and Computer Engineering - $49,431
Bayesian Modeling of Human Perception and Behavior in Vehicles Under Uncertainty
Co-PIs: Sabato Santaniello, Biomedical Engineering

Kelley Burke, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering - $25,000
Development of an Elastomeric Tubular Scaffold for Esophageal Regeneration

Nicola Carpentieri, Literatures, Cultures, and Languages - $10,000
Towards a Digital Edition of the Canon Medicinae: Mental Health and the Brain in the Latin and Arabic Tradition

Kimberly Cuevas, Psychological Sciences - $25,000
A Longitudinal Analysis of the Neural Basis of Social Information Processing during Infancy and Early Childhood

Martha Cutter, English - $10,268
Deconstructing Slavery: The Lives and Afterlives of Henry Box Brown

Avinash Dongare, Materials Science and Engineering - $25,006.20
Scaling Relationships for Mesoscale Modeling of Shock Response of Energetic Materials

Elena Dormidontova, Physics - $25,000
Reversibly Associating Liquid Crystals

Jennifer Freeman, Educational Psychology - $24,847
Project STEP: Summarizing Teachers’ Effective Practices Web-based Application Development

Zheyin (Jane) Gu, Marketing - $10,000
Tuning Up Dynamic Product Positioning Strategies to Tune Out Individualized Social Bias in an Evolving Digitalized Consumer Social Network

Sarah Hird, Molecular and Cell Biology - $25,000
The Avian Microbiome Atlas

Kyounghae Kim, Nursing - $49,545.36
Development of a SPINE Mobile Application to Improve Low Back Pain Self-management
Co-PIs: Guoan Zheng, Biomedical Engineering

Sarah Knutie, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology - $24,946
Relationships among Microbiota, Defenses, and Introduced Parasites of Galapagos Birds

Seok-Woo Lee, Materials Science and Engineering - $49,998.08
Metal-like Strong, but Foam-like Compliant Nanocomposites
Co-PIs: Ying Li, Mechanical Engineering

Ana Legrand, Plant Science and Lanscape Architecture - $49,887.84
Development of a Model System for Scouting Potato Leafhopper Using Unmanned Aerial System Technology
Co-PIs: Chandi Witharana, Natural Resources and the Environment

Yao Lin , Chemistry - $25,000
Mechanics of Processive Enzymes that Degrade Crystalline Polymers and Its Implications in Designing Macromolecular Machines

Michael Lynes, Molecular and Cell Biology - $25,000
Metallothionein’s Role as an Agent of Mammary Tumorigenesis

Jose Manautou, Pharmaceutical Sciences - $25,000
Multidrug Resistance-associated Protein 4 (Mrp4): A Novel Genetic Determinant in the Development of Fatty Liver Disease during Liver Regeneration

Laura Mauldin, Human Development and Family Studies - $24,764.29
A Qualitative Study of Disparities in Pediatric Cochlear Implant Rehabilitation

Daniel McCarron, Physics - $25,000
A Cryogenic Molecular Beam Source for Quantum Science

Eugene Pinkhassik, Chemistry - $50,000
Catch and Release of Nucleic Acids with Porous Nanocapsules
Co-PIs: Jessica Rouge, Chemistry

Nishith Prakash, Economics - $48,026.09
Social Ties and Bureaucratic Corruption
Co-PIs: Ray Fisman, Economics

Daisy Reyes, Sociology - $25,000
How Colleges Shape Latino Millennials’ Trajectories to Adulthood

Eric Rice, Music - $8762.50
A Recording of “Luther’s Deutsche Messe”

Victoria Robinson, Molecular and Cell Biology - $50,000
Harmonizing Physiology with Structural Biology Approaches to Define the Roles of the BipA GTPase in Bacterial Translation
Co-PIs: David Benson, Molecular and Cell Biology

Marie Smith, Pharmacy Practice - $49,999.61
Pharmacist E-Consult Service for Primary Care Medication Use and Safety (PCMUST): An Implementation Science Pilot Project
Co-PIs: Ofer Harel, Statistics

Young Tang, Animal Science - $49,999.80
Identification of Small Molecules to Prevent PRRSV Infection and Fine-Mapping of the Region in CD163 Critical for PRRSV Binding/Infection
Co-PIs: Antonia Garmendia, Pathobiology

Maxim Volgushev, Psychological Sciences - $49,920
The Role of Adenosine A1 Receptors in Learning Visual Tasks and Synaptic Plasticity in Visual Cortex
Co-PIs: Roslyn Fitch, Psychological Sciences

HaiYing Wang, Statistics - $24,999.60
Subdata Selection for Statistical Inference with Big Data and Rare Events Data

Liang Xiao, Mathematics - $18,972
Special Values of L-functions: New Geometric and Arithmetic Methods

The Fall 2017 SFF awardees are:

Nathan Alder, Molecular and Cell Biology
Submission of Four-Year Study Accepted in High-Visibility Open Access Journal

Robert Astur, Psychological Sciences
Reducing Problematic Gambling in Undergraduates

Anna Bourgault, School of Nursing
Integration of Innovations and Health Solutions: Does it Matter?

Xiaomei Cong, School of Nursing
The Association of Genetic Polymorphisms (SNPs) and Symptoms in Young Adults with Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Dennis D’Amico, Animal Science
Characterizing the Microbial Ecosystems of Traditional Farmstead Cheese Production and Their Roles in Microbial Transfer and Population Succession

Amanda Denes, Communication
Expanding Research on Post Sex Communication to Understudied Populations: Investigating Pillow Talk in Same-Sex Relationships and Heterosexual Married Couples

Rebecca Eckert, Curriculum and Instruction
Co-Teaching and Mathematical Discourse: Exploring Innovative Intersections to Support Students and Teachers in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Classrooms

Michael Ego, Human Development and Family Studies
A Pilot Study: Measurement of Effectiveness of Baseball Reminiscence Program for Persons with Dementia in Cos Cob, CT

Christopher Elphick, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
How Will Social Factors Influence the Effectiveness of Common Conservation Strategies for Facilitating Ecosystems Migration?

Megan Feely, School of Social Work
Understanding the Relationship between the Activities of Court Appointed Special Advocates and the Well-Being of Children in Foster Care: A Preliminary Analysis

Michael Fendrich, School of Social Work
Analysis of a Faculty Survey Assessing the Impact of Trump's Executive Orders

Robert Fisher, School of Social Work
Developing a Community and University Partnership for Sustainable Community Organizing in Connecticut

Jon Gajewski, Linguistics
Bantu Language Informant for Field Methods Seminar

Norman Garrick, Civil and Environmental Engineering
The Car-less City in the Age of the Driverless Car

Jane Gordon and Cyrus Zirakzadeh, Political Science
A Political Companion to Richard Wright

Robin Greeley, Art & Art History
Modern and Contemporary Latin American and Latino Art

Mark Healey, History
The Shelter of Expertise: Planning, Politics, and Praxis at Colombia’s International Housing Lab, 1951-1966

Virginia Hettinger, Political Science
The Personal is Political: Gender and Political Ambition in College Students

Jonathon Klassen, Molecular and Cell Biology
Preliminary Characterization of the Firefly Microbiome and Its Role in the Transformation of Host Anti-predation Compounds

Ruth Lucas, School of Nursing
Testing the Prototypes of the Breastfeeding Diagnostic Device to Measure Sucking Microstructure during Breast and Bottle Feeding

Yangchao Luo, Nutritional Sciences
Development of an Organic Solvent-free Preparation of Solid Lipid Nanoparticles

Annette T. Maruca, School of Nursing
A Feasibility Study to Evaluate a Brief Intervention for Post-incarcerated Persons with Mental Illness in Community Halfway Houses

Steven Mellor, Psychological Sciences
Multiple Jobholders and Psychological Stress: An Empirical Test of a Moderated Mediation Model

Karen Menuz, Physiology & Neurobiology
RNASeq Identification of Cyp Enzymes Mediating Odor Degradation

John O’Donnell, Art & Art History
Neo-American Post-Teen Day-Dream

Mark Overmyer-Velázquez, El Instituto
Workshop and Robert G. Mead Jr. Annual Lecture

Victoria Robinson, Molecular and Cell Biology
North Eastern Structure Symposium (NESS). Through The Looking Glass: Inspecting Biological Processes by CryoEM

Lyle Scruggs, Political Science
Partisan Identity, (Mis)perceived Polarization, and Support for Climate Change Science and Policy

Jeff Seemann, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Development of a Dynamic, Innovative, and Effective Faculty Research, Teaching, and Outreach Website

Luyi Sun, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Publication in Science Advances, a Premium Open Access Journal for Maximum Impact

Andrea Voyer, Department of Sociology
Building the Emily Post Digital Corpus

Stephen Walsh, School of Nursing
Associations between IL-10 Gene Polymorphisms and Use of Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs

Yuping Zhang, Statistics
Joint Principal Trend Analysis for Longitudinal High-Dimensional Data

The Spring 2018 SFF awardees are:

Jorge Aguero, Economics
Does Educating Girls Promote Long-Run Economic Development? Evidence from Zimbabwe

Ellen Carillo, English
Teaching Readers in Post-Truth America

Andrea Celli, Literatures, Cultures, and Languages
Hagar’s Suffering: A Counter-Reformist Subject. The Roman Patronage, and the Invention of 'Abrahamic Religions'

Amanda Denes, Communication
Testing the Moderating Effects of Genotypic Variation on the Brain Mechanisms of Empathy

Shareen Hertel, Political Science
Tethered Fates: Promoting Cooperation between Communities and Corporations

Stephanie Kennedy, School of Social Work
Attitudes Toward Ex-offenders: An Exploration of Felt and Enacted Stigma

Kyounghae Kim, School of Nursing
Factors Associated with Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Administration: Findings of a Retrospective Study of Pediatric Clinics in Connecticut

Alexander Kovner, Physics
Quasi Collectivity in Proton-proton Collisions at High Energy

Brenda Kurz, School of Social Work
The Development of an Interprofessional Pain Management Group Using Interviews with Key Informants

Fred Lee, Political Science
Extraordinary Racial Politics: Four Events in the Informal Constitution of the United States

Seok-woo Lee, Materials Science and Engineering
Superelasticity and Cryogenic Linear Shape Memory Effects of CaFe2As2

Kathryn Libal, School of Social Work
Citizen Mobilization and New Solidarities Opposing European and US Restrictionism

Margaret Lloyd, School of Social Work
Assessing CAPTA State Plans: A Policy Implementation Evaluation

James Magnuson, Psychological Sciences
Interaction in Spoken Word Recognition Models: Feedback Helps

Samuel Martínez, El Instituto
2018 Eyzaguirre Lecture: Professor Fernando Rosenberg, Brandeis

Melissa McKinney, Natural Resources and the Environment
Validating a Commercially Available Canine Multiplex Cytokine Assay Kit to Measure and Quantify Polar Bear Cytokines

Stuart Miller, Literatures, Cultures, and Languages
From Temple to Home to Community: The Survival and Transformation of Ancient Jewish Life in the Wake of Destruction

Spencer Nyholm, Molecular and Cell Biology
Reproductive System Symbiotic Bacteria are Conserved between Two Distinct Populations of Euprymna scolopes from Oahu, Hawaii

Michael Orwicz, Art and Art History
Museums of Memory: Justice and Reconciliation in Post-Conflict Latin America

Linda Pescatello, Kinesiology
Using the Immediate Blood Pressure Benefits of Exercise to Improve Exercise Adherence: A Pilot Study (PULSE)

Daisy Reyes, Sociology
How Colleges Shape Latino Experiences Before and After Graduation

Lisa Werkmeister Rozas, School of Social Work
Stewarding the Social Work Profession in the Area of Diversity: The Role of Doctoral Education

Ilya Sochnikov, Physics
Conference: Entangled Orders and Quantum Criticality

Angela Starkweather, School of Nursing
An Exploratory Analysis of Circulating Endocannabinoid-related Lipidome Associated with the Transition from Acute to Chronic Low Back Pain

Scott Stephenson, Geography
Geography Colloquium Series

Steven Szczepanek, Pathobiology
Role of the AP-1 Transcription Factors in Long-term Immunity to Pneumococcal Vaccines

Judith Thorpe, Art and Art History
Like A Whisper, Limited Edition Portfolio, by the Hadrian’s Wall Working Group

Nathaniel Trumbull, Geography
Coastal Perspectives Lecture Series, Avery Point Campus

Miriam Valdovinos, School of Social Work
Health Effects Related to Intimate Partner Violence Impacting Undocumented Latina Immigrant Women

Ryan Watson, Human Development and Family Studies
LGBTQ+ Sexual Health: Foundational Investigations for Improving Health & Well-being of Vulnerable Populations

The SPARK 2017-2018 awardees are:

Dr. Douglas Adamson, UConn, Department of Chemistry
Graphene Based Conductive Ink

Dr. Ketan Bulsara, UConn Health, Department of Neurosurgery
Making Health Care Safer by Eliminating Air Bubbles in Patient Infusions

Dr. Caroline Dealy, UConn Health, Department of Reconstructive Sciences, Orthopaedic Surgery, and Cell Biology
A Personalized Medicine Approach to Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment

Dr. Kazunori Hoshino, UConn, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Smart Flow Monitor System for a Cerebral Shunt

Dr. George Lykotrafitis, UConn, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Whole Blood Micro-Rheometer

Dr. Jeffrey McCutcheon, UConn, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
3D Printed Desalination Membranes: The World’s First Intrinsically Anti-fouling Reverse Osmosis Membrane

Dr. Gregory Sotzing, UConn, Department of Chemistry
Development of Electrochromics – One Layer Assembly and Role of Atmospheric Contaminants on Optical Properties and Longevity

Dr. Xichun Tian, UConn, Department of Animal Science
A New Paradigm in Sperm Sorting for Sex Selection

Dr. Guoan Zheng, UConn, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Rapid Autofocusing Module for Whole Slide Imaging and Live-cell Microscopy

The 2017-2018 REP awardees are:

Jeffrey Aeschlimann, Pharmacy Practice - $49,458.10
Determining the Prevalence of Newly Described Trimethoprim Resistance Elements in United States Clinical Isolates of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
Co-PIs: Michael Nailor, Pharmacy Practice; Dennis Wright, Pharmaceutical Sciences; Stephanie Reeve, Pharmaceutical Sciences

Kyle Baumbauer, School of Nursing - $50,000
The Role of ASIC3 in Nociceptor Sensitization Following Spinal Cord Injury
Co-PI: Erin Young, School of Nursing

Christopher Blesso, Nutritional Sciences - $24,990.04
Defining the Impact of Dietary Sphingomyelin on Lipopolysaccharide Translocation and Inflammation

Xu Chen, Mechanical Engineering - $49,999.12
Mechatronics and Modeling of an Open-Protocol Powder Bed Fusion Additive Manufacturing System
Co-PI: Rainer Hebert, Materials Science and Engineering

Amanda Denes, Communication - $45,331.23
Can Social Support Mitigate the Stress of Weight Management? Investigating Physiological Stress Responses to Couples’ Communication about Weight Loss
Co-PI: Amy Gorin, Psychology

Caitlin Elsaesser, School of Social Work - $50,000
Understanding Aggressive Social Media Interactions among Youth Living in Violent Neighborhoods
Co-PIs: Desmond Patton, Christine Ohannessian

Nathan Fiala, Agricultural and Resource Economics - $43,819.46
Wheels of Change: Impact of Cycles on Female Education and Empowerment in Zambia
Co-PI: Nishith Prakash

Bernard Goffinet, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology - $49,940.34
Comparative Genomics and Transcriptomics of Closely Related Mosses with Contrasting Architectural Complexities
Co-PI: Jill Wegrzyn

Dalié Jiménez, School of Law - $25,000
Connecticut Financial Distress Research Project

Nicole Landi, Psychological Sciences - $25,000
Neural Basis of Text Processing in Specific Reading Comprehension Deficit

Elaine Chuoung-Hee Lee, Kinesiology - $40,000
Intriguing Roles of tRNAs as Stress Signals and Metabolic Regulators in Stress- resilient, Long-lived C. elegans Strains
Co-PI: Rachel O'Neill

Juliet Lee, Molecular and Cell Biology - $25,000
The Application of Zebrafish Transgenics to Study the Role of Mechanosensing in the Regulation Cell Movement

Lindsey Lepley, Kinesiology, $49,995
Neural and Morphological Alterations After Non-Invasive ACL Rupture: Identifying Modifiable Risk Factors of Post-Traumatic Osteoarthritis
Co-PI: Sarah Reed

Baikun Li, Civil and Environmental Engineering - $49,999.80
“Band-aid Battery” – Energy Scavenging from Human Sweat for Wearable Sensors
Co-PIs: Lei Wang, Electrical & Computer Engineering; Linda Pescatello, Kinesiology

Diane Lillo-Martin, Linguistics - $24,998.04
Relations between Language Experience and Outcomes for Deaf Children

David Lund, Marine Sciences - $24,995.40
Explosive Submarine Volcanism during Glacial Terminations: New Sediment Archives from the Global mid-ocean Ridge System

James Magnuson, Psychological Sciences - $49,945
Bridging Funds for Computational Modeling: Language Processing, Development, and Impairment
Co-PIs: Jay Rueckl, Psychological Sciences; Kevin Brown, Biomedical Engineering

Samuel Martínez, Anthropology & Institute for Latina/o, Caribbean and Latin American Studies - $15,363
Coverage of Haiti in the Dominican Republic’s Daily Newspapers: A Content Analysis
Co-PI: Thomas Craemer, Public Policy

Christin Munsch, Sociology - $49,347.06
Marital Status Discrimination: Evidencing Employment Bias
Co-PI: Janet Barnes-Farrell, Psychological Sciences

Michael Pettes, Mechanical Engineering - $25,000
Development of a Scientific Instrument for Accurate High-Throughput Characterization of Thermoelectric Properties

Eugene Pinkhassik, Chemistry - $50,000
Through-shell Communication in Cell-mimicking Rotaxane-like Structures
Co-PIs: Christian Brueckner, Chemistry; Sergey Dergunov, Chemistry

James Rusling, Chemistry - $50,000
Highly Selective Protein-Binding Nanoparticles for Biomolecule Purifications
Co-PI: Steven Suib, Chemistry

Valérie Saugera, Literatures, Cultures, and Languages - $5,000
Louchébem: Chronicling the Parisian Butchers’ Jargon

Luyi Sun, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering - $25,000
Self-monitoring and Self-healing Smart Epoxy Nanocomposites

Julia Valla, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering - $24,999.04
Production of Renewable Aviation Fuels from Gas-phase Catalytic Hydrodeoxygenation of Biomass Pyrolysis Vapors

Huanzhong Wang, Plant Science and Landscape Architecture - $25,000
Vascular Meristem Initiation and Activity in Plant Stem

Ryan Watson, Human Development and Family Studies - $39,824.80
An Intersectional Approach to Advance Understanding of School Achievement, Health Behaviors, and Family Experiences of LGBTQ Youth
Co-PI: Rebecca Puhl

Michael Willig, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology - $50,000
Variation in the Composition and Structure of Microbiomes of Tropical Bats: Multiple Dimensions of Biodiversity in Complex Symbiotic Systems
Co-PI: Joerg Graf, Molecular and Cell Biology

Wei Zhang, Civil and Environmental Engineering - $25,000
Modeling and Validation of Short Fatigue Crack Growth for Multiscale Damage Prognosis

The Fall 2016 SFF awardees are:

Zehra Arat, Political Science
Human Rights Discourse and Policies in Turkey, 1923-2017

Michele Back, Curriculum and Instruction
Translation and Editing of a Multi-authored Volume on Race and Racialized Discourse in Peru

Alexis Boylan, Art and Art History
“The Business of Bodies: Ellen Emmet Rand (1875-1941) and the Persuasion of Portraiture” Writers’ Retreat

Alaina Brenick, Human Development and Family Studies
An Examination of the Unique Experiences of, Consequences of, and Effective Responses to Discriminatory Bullying of Latino Immigrant Youth

Kevin Brown, Biomedical Engineering
Publication of an Algorithm for Separation of Mixed Sparse and Gaussian Sources

Anne Dailey, School of Law
Analyzing Law: Law and Psychoanalysis in the Twenty-first Century

Linda Halgunseth, Human Development and Family Studies
Examining the Effectiveness of Immigrant Parents’ Responses to their Children’s Bullying Experiences in Middle School

Jason Hancock, Physics
Exploring Light/Sound Energy Conversion Using Negative Thermal Expansion Materials

Patrick Hogan, English
The Literary Universals Project

Kazunori Hoshino, Biomedical Engineering
Cloud Microscopy: Internet-based 3D Live Cell Observation and Manipulation for STEM Education

Prakash Kashwan, Political Science
Democracy in the Woods: Social Justice and Environmental Conservation in India, Tanzania, and Mexico

Stephanie Kennedy, School of Social Work
The Relationship between Childhood Polyvictimization and Subsequent Interpersonal and Behavioral Health Outcomes for Incarcerated Women

Anna Lindemann, Digital Media and Design
Theory of Flight: An Art-science Performance

Earl MacDonald, Music
Bringing An Audio Recording of Original Jazz Works to Publication

Jiff Martin, Extension
Local Foods Target Audience Research

Micki McElya, History
Liberating Beauty: Feminism, the Civil Rights Movement, and Miss America (book)

Kelley Newlin Lew, Nursing
Jordan-United States Partnership to Combat Diabetes

Nishith Prakash, Economics & Human Rights Institute
Crime and Punishment: The Role of Women Police Stations in India

Eric Rice, Music
A Commercial Recording Entitled “Il Nozze in Baviera: Orlando di Lasso’s Music for the 1568 Wedding of Wilhelm V of Bavaria and Renate of Lorraine” Exploring Race and Sexuality in 16th-Century Europe

David Richards, Political Science
Torture, Incorporated: Inside the Business of Torture

Blanca Rincon, Educational Leadership
The STEM Race Transfer Gap? Examining STEM Transfer Rates for Connecticut Community College Students

Sabato Santaniello, Biomedical Engineering
2016 Neuroscience at Storrs Symposium

Valerie Saugera, Department of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages
Louchébem: The Parisian Butchers’ Jargon is Still Alive

Angela Starkweather, Nursing
Optimizing Yoga for Chronic Low Back Pain

Charles R. Venator-Santiago, Political Science & El Instituto
Collection of US Territorial Citizenship and Status Legislative Summaries

Lisa Werkmeister Roza, Social Work
The Manualization of an Innovative Church-based Diabetes Prevention and Self-Care Management Program

Cristina  Wilson, Social Work
Understanding the Role of Teachers in Buffering the Relationship between Stress and Self-regulation in Hispanic and African American Preschoolers

The 2016-2017 REP awardees are:

Michele Baggio, Economics, $22,200
Alcohol, Munchies, and Risky Sexual Behavior: Unintended Effects of Medical Marijuana Laws

Jonathan Bobaljik, Linguistics, $13,180
Kyrgyz Comparative Grammatical Analysis - Phase I

Kelly Burke, PI, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, $25,000
Engineering Biomaterial Interfaces for Inflammation Modulation

Jeffrey Burke, PI, Psychology, $24,986
The Development of an Irritability Treatment Module for Children
Co-PIs: Marianne Barton

Baki Cetegen, Mechanical Engineering, $25,000
An Experimental Apparatus for Continuous Operation of a Rotating Detonation Engine

Sandra Chafouleas, Educational Psychology, $24,059
Increasing Capacity for Partnerships Across Education and Health: Developing Guiding Blueprints for Implementation of Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child Framework
Co-PIs: Carol Polifroni, Michele Femc-Bagwell

Richard Christenson, Civil & Environmental Engineering, $50,000
Creating New Opportunities for International Research in Disaster Science
Co-PIs: Eleanor Shoreman-Ouimet, William Ouimet

Lindsay Distefano, Kinesiology, $47,000
Comprehensive High School Sport Safety: A Personalized Approach for the Local Implementation of Best Practice Initiatives
Co-PIs: Tania Huedo-Medina, Douglas J. Casa, Rebecca L. Stearns, Robert Huggins

Melanie Fewings, Marine Sciences, $33,745
Diurnal and Tidal Variations in Heating, Wind Stress, and Carbon Fluxes from a Subtropical Marsh: Does Uptake of Carbon Dioxide by Marshes Depend on the Timing of Low Tide Relative to Local Noon?
Co-PIs: James Edson, Craig Tobias

Roslyn Fitch, Psychology, $49,933
Early Markers and Prediction of IDD-related Outcomes in a Neonatal HI Model
Co-PIs: Ted Rosenkrantz

Adrian Garcia-Sierra, Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences, $19,929
The Neural Benefits of Bilingualism:  Does the Amount and Quality of Language Input Matter?
Co-PIs: Nairan Ramirez-Esparza, Erika Skoe

Robin Grenier, Educational Leadership, $15,754
Museums and Civic Discourse: History, Current Practice and Future Prospects
Co-PIs: Clarissa Ceglio, Joel Salisbury

Hans Dam Guerrero, Marine Sciences, $24,747
Evolution Across a Thermal Gradient: Local Adaptation, Plasticity and Gene Flow in a Pelagic Copepod

Kyle Hadden, Pharmaceutical Sciences, $25,000
Developing Small Molecule Probes for the Chromatin Remodeler ATRX

Gideon Hartman, Anthropology, $45,126
Where Have All the Birds Gone? Using Stable Isotopes to Solve the Mysterious Decline in Migratory Insectivorous Bird Populations
Co-PIs: Margaret Rubega

Kazunori Hoshino, Biomedical Engineering, $50,000
Development of High-Throughput Analytical Platform for Circulating Tumor Cell Detection
Co-PIs: Dr. Guoan Zhang, Dr. Susan Tannenbaum

Seok-Woo Lee, PI, Materials Science & Engineering, $25,000
Giant Pseudo-elasticity of High Temperature Superconductor CaFe2As2

Margo Machida, Art & Art History, $10,000
Trans-Pacific Connections: Art, Asian America and Asian Australia

Mu-Ping Nieh, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, $50,000
Scalable One-Pot Theranostic Nanodiscs Formulations for Cancer Targeting
Co-PIs: Sangamesh G. Kumbar, Elena Dormidontova

Mark Peczuh, Chemistry, $50,000
A Post-Glycosylation Diversification Strategy to Develop Inhibitors of Protein Synthesis
Co-PIs: Dennis Wright, Victoria Robinson

David Pierce, Mechanical Engineering, $50,000
Multiscale Mechanics of Cartilage to Understand Evolving Osteoarthritis
Co-PIs: George Lykotrafitis

Janet Pritchard, Art & Art History, $8,975
More Than Scenery: Yellowstone, an American Love Story

Alexia Smith, Anthropology, $24,996
Examining the Modern and Ancient Morphological and Genetic Diversity of Grape in Armenia

Jianjun Sun, Physiology & Neurobiology, $25,000
Secretory Gland Formation and Function in Female Reproductive Tract

Stephen Swallow, PI, Agricultural & Resource Economics, $49,716
Ecosystem Services across Gradients of Human-Driven Degradation: An Interdisciplinary Pursuit Regarding Thresholds, Hysteresis, Restoration, and Economic Benefits
Co-PIs: Charles Towe, Chris Elphick, Timothy Vadas, Pengfei Liu

Savas Tasoglu, Mechanical Engineering, $50,000
Mobile Low-Cost Device for Circulating Tumor Cell Detection
Co-PIs: Guoan Zheng

Beth Taylor, PI, Kinesiology,$49,922
Weight Stigma in Obese Women:  Assessing How an Acute Exposure to Stigma Negatively Impacts Cardiovascular Health
Co-PIs: Linda S. Pescatello, Rebecca M. Puhl

Timothy Vadas, Civil & Environmental Engineering, $49,987
Water Quality and Crop Concerns with Reclaimed Water for Greenhouse Agricultural
Production
Co-PIs: Rosa Raudales

Paulo Verardi, Pathobiology & Veterinary Science, $25,000
Rapid Development and Testing of a Recombinant Vaccinia Virus Expressing the E Protein of Zika Virus as a Vaccine Against a Significant Emerging Infectious Disease

Lei Wang, Electrical & Computer Engineering, $25,000
Information-Theoretic Foundation of Cyber-Physical Systems

Eiling Yee, Psychology, $22,263
The Role of the Hippocampus in Understanding Abstract Concepts

Yuping Zhang, Statistics, $23,303
Statistical Learning Methods for Massive Multivariate Data
Co-PIs: Dipak Dey

Xinyu Zhao, Mechanical Engineering, $24,999
Direct Temperature Comparison Between Experiments and Computations through High-fidelity Radiation Modeling in Fire

Guoan Zheng, Biomedical Engineering, $25,000
Development and Commercialization of $100 Whole Slide Imaging (WSI) Add-on Kit for Gigapixel High-Throughput Microscopy

The Fall 2015 SFF awardees are:

Ruth Braunstein, Sociology
Progressive Religion and Social Activism: New Approaches to Understanding Faith and Politics in America

Tutita Casa, Curriculum & Instruction
Preliminary Research on the Development of a PD e-Guide

Thomas Cooke, Geography
Internal Migration in the Developed World: Are We Becoming Less Mobile?

Thomas Cooke, Geography
Purchase Restricted Use Panel Study of Income Dynamics Data

Martha Cutter, English
No Captive to the Stage: The Life and Performance Art of Henry Box Brown

Inge-Marie Eigsti, Psychology
Language Comprehension and Brain Function in Individuals with an Optimal Outcome from Autism

Erica Fernandez, Educational Leadership
Do you hear what I hear? Do you see what I see?: Perceptions of Parental Engagement

Linda Halgunset, Human Development/Family Studies
Parenting Risk and Protective Factors of Childhood Obesity: An Examination Across Two Countries

Deneen Hatmaker, Public Policy
Leadership and Innovation in the Public Sector

Thomas Hayes, Political Science
Consumerism and Support for Redistribution

Caroline Kaeb, Marketing
Mapping the Human Rights Mindset of Corporations: An Empirical Study

Colin Leach, Psychology
To Whom do Black Lives Matter? Reactions to Group Devaluation, Mind and Body

David Lund, Marine Sciences
Long Term Variations in Atmospheric CO2:  Testing the Oceanic Driver Hypothesis

Earl MacDonald, Music
The Recording of New, Original Works for 10-piece Jazz Ensemble

Laura Mauldin, Human Development/Family Studies
A Mixed Methods Investigation of Disparities in Pediatric Cochlear Implantation Outcomes

Deborah McDonald, Nursing
Increased Physical Activity and Decreased Pain in Older Adults: A Pilot Test of the Effect of Therapeutic Reminiscence

Melissa McKinney, Natural Resources and the Environment
Using Fatty Acid Signatures to Quantify Killer Whale Diets: Insight from Analysis of Full-depth Blubber Profiles of Captive Killer Whales

Amy Mobley, Nutritional Sciences
Through a Closer Lens: Do Cohabiting Parents of Young Children Interpret, Perceive and Cope with Household Food Security Issues Differently?

Christin Munsch, Sociology
The Interaction of Masculine Status and Masculinity Threat on Compensatory Attitudes and Behavior

Letitia Naigles, Psychology
Setting Linguistic Parameters: An IPL Study

Kelley Newlin-Lew, Nursing
Nutrition and Exercise Patterns in Nicaraguan Ethnic Minority Youth

Akiko Nishiyama, Physiology & Neurobiology
Using iTRAQ Differential Proteomics to Identify Targets of a Novel Compound that Decreases Platelet-derived Growth Factor Receptor Transcription and Inhibits Cell Proliferation

Daisy Reyes, Sociology
Disparate Lessons: How Stratification in Higher Education Shapes Latinos

Frederick Roden, English
Recovering Jewishness: Modern Identities Reclaimed

Marcus Rossberg, Philosophy
UConn Logic Group: Logic Colloquium

James Stark, Law
Towards a Better Understanding of Lawyers Judgmental Biases in Client Representation: The Need for Cognitive Closure

Steven Szczepanek, Pathobiology & Veterinary Science
Fungal Metagenomic Analysis of Wild Snakes with Snake Fungal Disease in CT

Savas Tasoglu, Mechanical Engineering
Magnetic Levitational Assembly for Living Material Fabrication

Anastasios Tzingounis, Physiology & Neurobiology
The Role of cAMP Microenvironments in Regulating SK Channels in Neurons

Eduardo Urios-Aparisi, Literatures, Cultures & Languages
Museum Picasso in Paris and Archival Work on Picasso's Writings

Cristina Wilson, Social Work
Understanding the Influence of Child Gender on Puerto Rican Fathers Parenting

The 2015-2016 REP awardees are:

Mary Anne Amalaradjou, Animal Science, $25,000
Probiotic Mediated Epigenomic Programming in the Prophylaxis and Treatment of IBD
Co-PIs: Ion Mandoiu

Ali Bazzi, Electrical & Computer Engineering, $25,000
Exploring Supervisory Control and Model-based Sensor Failure Diagnosis for Reliable Electric Drives in Electric Transportation Systems

Mark Brand, Plant Science & Landscape Architecture, $9,642
Evaluation, Propagation and Commercialization of Sterile Barberries for the Nursery and Landscape Industries

Christian Brueckner, Chemistry, $50,000
Near-IR Absorbing and Emitting Porphyrinoids as Fluorescence and Photoacoustic Tissue Imaging Dyes
Co-PIs: Quing Zhu

Ock Chun, Nutritional Sciences, $24,963
Bioavailability of Furocoumarins in Grapefruits: A Pilot Absorption and Excretion Kinetic Study

Jennifer Freeman, Educational Psychology, $24,737
Reducing High School Drop Out by Embedding College and Career Readiness into School-wide Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports

Daniel Gage, Molecular & Cell Biology, $24,906
Assembly of Bacterial chains in Vitro-a Possible Mechanistic Model of Bacterial Invasion of Plant Roots

David Goldhamer, Molecular & Cell Biology, $25,000
Uncovering Pathogenic Mechanisms of FOP

Kenneth Gouwens, History, $6,520
Toward a Critical Edition and Translation of Paolo Giovio’s Elogia

Song Han, Computer Science & Engineering, $24,938
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Below are some frequently asked questions regarding cross campus collaborations.  Each section also contains links for webpages and contact information.

If your question is not addressed in the sections below, please contact either Jen Przybyszewski at jennifer.przybyszewski@uconn.edu or Christine Kaminski at kaminski@uchc.edu for further assistance.

FCOI Webpage

FCOI Contacts

Question:  How is the financial conflict of interest disclosure requirement on a proposal handled when there is a cross-campus collaboration involving a faculty member with a dual appointment at UConn Health and UConn (Storrs, Regionals, School of Law, School of Social Work)?

Answer:    A faculty member may be considered compliant with the financial disclosure requirement as long as the faculty member has a current financial disclosure on record at the campus of their primary department/school.  FCOI training is incorporated into the disclosure forms at both campuses.

Question:  How is the financial conflict of interest disclosure requirement on a proposal handled when there is a cross-campus collaboration involving a faculty with dual appointment at UConn Health or UConn and another local institution (e.g., JAX, CCMC)? 

Answer:  The University FCOI policy applies to faculty members involved in research activities at the University.  Thus, they must have a current financial disclosure on file within the University’s electronic disclosure submission system at the campus of their department/school.

Question:  How are reviews of potential financial conflicts of interests for cross-campus research handled?

Answer:  All University faculty investigators responsible for research activities on a cross-campus research project would have a current financial disclosure on record.  The Financial Conflict of Interest in Research Committee (FCOIRC) at the campus of the faculty members’ department/school would review any disclosed significant financial interests when the project involves research activity at that campus.

Animal Research Webpage

IACUC Contacts

Question: If there’s a collaboration using animals, who needs to hold the protocol?

Answer: There should be an animal protocol in place at the campus where the work will be performed. Personnel from the collaborating campus can be listed on that protocol.

Question: If the collaboration requires an animal to be used at both institutions as part of the study, who needs to hold the protocol and who owns the animal?

Answer: A protocol should be in place at each institution to describe the work that is specific to that site. The overarching collaboration should also be described in both protocols, and animal ownership should be transferred when an animal is moved to the secondary institution.

Question: If I will be listed on a protocol at my collaborator’s institution, will my home campus training be valid at the collaborating institution?

Answer: It depends. The general IACUC training and Occupational Health and Safety Program enrollment is portable, but training specific to the institution where the animal work will be performed may also be necessary (e.g. facility orientation).

Question: If there is a PHS funded grant describing a collaboration between the two campuses, who is responsible for assuring congruency between the grant and the animal protocol?

Answer: The “Prime” institution has the responsibility of assuring congruency.

IBC Website

IBC Contacts

Question: I am a PI at UCH, but have some research that is conducted at UConn (Storrs and/or regionals). Does my UCH IBC registration cover my research at UConn?

Answer:  No. UConn and UCH have separate IBCs, with different requirements. Therefore IBC registration processes are different between the two campuses. If research is being conducted at UConn by a UCH PI, please contact ibc@uconn.edu, for additional information and assistance in completing the appropriate registration forms. If you are a UConn PI, contact rwallace@uchc.edu .

Question: I have samples coming from UCH, and my personnel are conducting the analysis at UConn. Which IBC do I need to contact to complete a registration?

Answer:  If the samples are being analyzed at UConn, an IBC registration will need to be completed through the UConn IBC. If there are any analyses being conducted at UCH, the UCH IBC should be contacted to determine if an IBC registration is necessary.

Question:  I am a PI at UCH, but I teach a course at UConn which includes lab teaching activities that involve biological materials. Do I need an IBC registration with the UConn IBC or UCH IBC?

Answer:  A UConn IBC registration is required for these activities. At UConn, all experimental or teaching activities involving biological materials must be registered with the UConn IBC. It should be noted that biological materials includes but is not limited to: recombinant or synthetic nucleic acid molecules (rsNA), bacteria and their phages and plasmids, viruses, biological toxins, fungi, mycoplasmas, prions, and parasites; human and non-human primate tissues, body fluids, blood, blood byproducts, and cell lines, transgenic and wild type animals and plants, animal remains and insects that may harbor zoonotic pathogens. Teaching activities being conducted at UCH may require an IBC registration. The UCH IBC should be contacted to determine if an IBC registration with them is necessary.

Question:  I have already taken Biosafety and Bloodborne Pathogens Training at UCH. Do I have to take these trainings at UConn as well?

The training section references Blood Borne Pathogen training specifically, however, there are additional training such as Initial Lab Safety training that are required to conduct research at both locations, so perhaps the language can be shifted to something more neutral such as Each institution offers distinct training packages, please reach out to EH&S at each facility to make sure training requirements are met. Or something similar.

Question:  I am a researcher using human embryonic stem cells (hESC) and/or human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSC). Do I need to register both with the Stem Cell Research Oversight committee (SCRO) and the IBC?

Answer:  It depends. For work at UConn, you need to register with both the SCRO and IBC. At UCH for hESC, you need to register with the SCRO but not the IBC if your experiment is exempt under the NIH Guidelines. If you will be using animals or viral vectors with the cells it is definitely not exempt and you will need to register with the respective (UConn or UCH) IBC. For other experiments with rsNA, it’s always a good idea to consult with the respective IBC. As with any human cells, you need to work at BSL-2 containment and have fulfilled Bloodborne Pathogen (BBP) training and HBV immunization requirements (documented titer or declination). For hiPSC it’s the same as hESC except for certain uses no SCRO is required. Also, if the cells were reprogrammed with a HIV-based lentiviral vector that was not removed, the cell line will have remaining HIV sequences from the vector which are Risk Group 3 (RG-3) sequences. There is no exemption for working with (even just culturing) cells containing RG-3 rsNA sequences. hiPSC reprogrammed with Sendai vectors or plasmid vectors eventually contain no rsNA and are technically not recombinant, though they remain human and fall under the BBP rules.  hiPSC reprogrammed with retroviral vectors have residual viral sequences (not RG-3). They are recombinant and fall under the exemption for culturing, but certain other experiments, such as transfer into animals require an IBC registration.

Human Subjects Research Website

Human Subjects Research Contacts

Question:  My non-exempt research study (i.e. a study for which review by the full board or review by expedited procedures will occur) will involve key personnel (e.g. investigators, study coordinators, persons obtaining informed consent) from UConn Health and UConn Storrs.   Do I need IRB approval from both places?

Answer:  One IRB must grant formal approval and the other IRB must agree to rely upon that approval.  UConn Health and UConn Storrs have entered into an IRB Reliance Agreement (also referred to as a Cooperative Agreement) whereby only one of the IRBs has to conduct a formal review and the other IRB conducts a one-time facilitated review.  The IRB conducting the formal review is referred to as the IRB of Record and the IRB conducting the one-time facilitated review is referred to as the Relying IRB.  Once a facilitated review has been completed, the investigator then only deals with the IRB of Record.

Question:  How is it determined which IRB is the IRB of Record and which IRB is the Relying IRB?

Answer:  In most cases the IRB of Record will be the IRB of the institution at which the majority of subject enrollment will occur.  Other factors such as the place of employment of the Principal Investigator or which institution is the recipient of a grant award may also be considered.   For example, if subject recruitment will occur primarily at UConn Health and involve UConn Health patients, the UConn Health IRB is likely the more appropriate IRB to request as the IRB of Record.  Conversely, if recruitment will occur primarily at Storrs and a UConn Health person will assist in data analysis, the IRB at UConn Storrs is likely the more appropriate IRB to request as the IRB of Record.  Within the IRB application form, the PI may indicate which IRB s/he prefers to be the IRB of Record but the decision is ultimately made by the IRBs.

Question:  What is facilitated review, how is it requested, and why is it necessary?

Answer:  Facilitated review is the process through which one IRB officially agrees to rely upon the oversight of another IRB (e.g. UConn Health IRB relying upon UConn Storrs IRB or vice versa).  While there is an IRB Reliance Agreement in place between the two institutions, the decision to defer IRB oversight for non-exempt research must still be made on a case-by-case basis.  Once the initial determination is made by the Relying IRB to defer oversight, the investigator only deals with the IRB of Record from that point forward.   Before the research begins, the Principal Investigator must obtain approval from the IRB of Record and confirmation that the Relying IRB has deferred oversight to the IRB of Record.

Once formal IRB approval has been obtained from one IRB (i.e. the proposed IRB of Record), a request for facilitated review is submitted to the other IRB.  A request for facilitated review typically requires completion of an abbreviated application form and attachment of the documents that have been approved by the IRB of Record.  When UConn Storrs is the requested IRB of Record, the UConn Storrs IRB will submit the request for facilitated review through iRIS to the UConn Health IRB on behalf of the Storrs faculty. When UConn Health is the requested IRB of Record, UConn Health personnel are responsible for submitting a request for facilitated review to the UConn Storrs IRB by attaching the approved material to an email to irb@uconn.edu

Facilitated review is necessary because each institution is still responsible for knowing about and reporting on all research with which it is involved.  Once the facilitated review has been completed, the IRB of Record will communicate directly with the Relying IRB about the status of the study.  For example, the IRB of Record may copy the Relying IRB on correspondence that informs the Principal Investigator that a study has been approved for continuation.

Question:  Does my research have to comply with HIPAA because UConn Health is involved?

Answer:  It depends.  While the majority of the UConn Storrs campus is not a covered entity under the HIPAA regulation, the entire UConn Health campus is a covered entity under the HIPAA regulation.  Therefore any use or disclosure of protected health information for a research purpose requires that the study be in compliance with HIPAA.  However it is possible to have a cross-campus collaboration that does not involve the use of protected health information (e.g. research about educational activities) in which case HIPAA would not be applicable.

Question:  I have completed the training for protection of human subjects as required by my IRB (e.g. the UConn Storrs IRB).  Do I have to complete this training again if I request that the UConn Health IRB be the IRB of Record (or vice versa)?  

Answer:  Typically no, satisfying the training requirement on one campus will serve to satisfy the requirement for either IRB.   However, when your home institution is not the IRB of Record, it is recommended that evidence of completion of that training be included in the submission made to the requested IRB of Record.  Also, each IRB reserves the right to require additional training if it deems it appropriate.  For example, if a study proposes to include prisoners as subjects the IRB has the right to require completion of a training module specific to the additional protections for the inclusion of prisoners as subjects.

Question:  My cross-campus collaborative research project was determined to be exempt by the UConn Storrs IRB, do I need to obtain an exemption from the UConn Health IRB as well (or vice versa)?  

Answer:  Yes, when UConn Health is engaged in exempt research the UConn Health IRB must also grant an exemption (or vice versa).  The IRB Reliance agreement pertains to non-exempt research so a request for exemption should be made to each campus.  It is recommended that the determination be obtained from one campus and then the approved documents and exemption letter be included in the submission to the other campus.

Question:  Where do I find instructions about making IRB submissions and who do I contact for help?

Answer:  Information, instructions and contacts for the UConn Health IRB are available from the web at https://ovpr.uchc.edu/services/rics/hspp/   Information, instructions and contacts for the UConn Storrs IRB are available from the web at https://ovpr.uconn.edu/services/rics/irb/