Career Awardee: Guillermo Ameer

Clinical CO-Investigator: Melina Kibbe
Institution: Northwestern University
Project Title: Biocompatibility enhancement of ePTFEvascular grafts: a tissue engineering approach

Career Awardee: Hani Awad

Clinical CO-Investigator: Regis O'Keefe
Institution: University of Rochester
Project Title: Targeted Gene Delivery Using Engineered Structural Bone Scaffolds

Career Awardee: Vadim Backman

Clinical CO-Investigator: Hemant Roy
Institution: Northwestern University 
Project Title: Rectal Coherent Backscattering Spectroscopy to Screen for Colon Cancer

Career Awardee: Dennis Barbour

Clinical CO-Investigator: Lisa Davidson
Institution: Washington University , St. Louis
Project Title: Improvement of Noisy Signal Representation in Auditory Prostheses via Biologically Inspired Spectral Contrast Shaping

Career Awardee: Xinyan Cui

Clinical CO-Investigator: Mingui Sun
Institution: University of Pittsburgh
Project Title: Conducting polymer/ hydrogel skin surface electrode for high resolution multichannel EEG

Career Awardee: Karl Deisseroth

Clinical CO-Investigator: H. Solvason
Institution: Stanford University
Project Title: Novel optics-based methodology to drive neural stem cell differentiation

Career Awardee: Rebekah Drezek

Clinical CO-Investigator: Helen Rhodes
Institution: Rice University
Project Title: Optical Imaging for Early Ovarian Cancer Detection in High Risk Women

Career Awardee: Jennifer Elisseeff

Clinical CO-Investigator: Oliver Schein
Institution: Johns Hopkins University
Project Title: Multilfunctional chondroitin sulfate adhesive for corneal tissue repair

Career Awardee: Karen Haberstroh

Clinical CO-Investigator: Martin Kaefer
Institution: Brown University
Project Title: In Vivo Efficacy of Nano -structured Bladder Tissue Replacement Constructs

Career Awardee: Stefan Judex

Clinical CO-Investigator: Clifford Rosen
Institution: SUNY at Stony Brook
Project Title: Development of a Low-Magnitude and Safe Biophysical Signal Anabolic to Bone

Career Awardee: Elisa Konofagou

Clinical CO-Investigator: Shunichi Homma
Institution: Columbia University
Project Title: Development of an elastocardiography prototype system for automated detection of heart disease

Career Awardee: Tao Lowe

Clinical CO-Investigator: Thomas Gardner
Institution: Pennsylvania State University
Project Title: Subconjunctivally Implantable Hydrogels for Sustained Drug Delivery to Treat Diabetic Retinopathy

Career Awardee: Helen Lu

Clinical CO-Investigator: Scott Rodeo
Institution: Columbia University
Project Title: Novel Tissue Engineered Triphasic Scaffold for the Biological Fixation of Tendon Grafts to Bone

Career Awardee: Stephen McAleavey

Clinical CO-Investigator: Deborah Rubens
Institution: University of Rochester
Project Title: Characterization and development of Acoustic Radiation Force Imaging of the Prostate

Career Awardee: Cameron McIntyre

Clinical CO-Investigator: Jerrold Vitek
Institution: Cleveland Clinic
Project Title: Deep Brain Stimulation Interactive Visualization System

Career Awardee: David Putnam

Clinical CO-Investigator: Jay Calvert
Institution: Cornell University
Project Title: Novel Biodegradable Materials to Prevent Postoperative Tissue Adhesions

Career Awardee: Shelly Sakiyama -Elbert

Clinical CO-Investigator: Susan Mackinnon
Institution: Washington University , St. Louis
Project Title: Rationally Designed Delivery Systems for Nerve Injury

Career Awardee: Aoy Tomita

Clinical CO-Investigator: Michael Mitchell
Institution: Medical College of Wisconsin
Project Title: A non-invasive fetal diagnostic test for chromosomal abnormalities

Career Awardee: Andrew Tsourkas

Clinical CO-Investigator: Mitchell Schnall
Institution: University of Pennsylvania
Project Title: Protease-activated nanoparticles for the sensitive detection of cancer markers by MR

Career Awardee: Adam Wax

Clinical CO-Investigator: Frank Gress
Institution: Duke University
Project Title: fLCI Optical Biopsy Instrument for Diagnosing Pancreaticobiliary Strictures

Career Awardee: Thomas Webster

Clinical CO-Investigator: Yuehuei An
Institution: Brown University
Project Title: Bionanotechnology for the improvement of orthopedic implants

Career Awardee: Xuejun Wen

Clinical CO-Investigator: Byron Bailey
Institution: Clemson University
Project Title: A tissue-engineered multifilament entubulation bridging device for the treatment of spinal cord injury

Career Awardee: Justin Williams

Clinical CO-Investigator: Paul Garell
Institution: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Project Title: BioMEMS Drug Delivery for Treatment of Acute Neural Injury

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