Career Awardee: Cory Berkland

Clinical CO-Investigator: Amy O'Brien Ladner
Institution: University of Kansas
Project Title: Drug Nanoparticle Powders in Pulmonary Medicine

Career Awardee: Jason Burdick

Clinical CO-Investigator: Robert Gorman
Institution: University of Pennsylvania
Project Title: Injectable and Biodegradable Elastomers to Alter Early Infarct Expansion

Career Awardee: Rafael Davalos

Clinical CO-Investigator: Waldemar Debinski
Institution: Virginia Tech
Project Title: Irreversible Electroporation Devices to Treat Cancer

Career Awardee: Joseph Freeman

Clinical CO-Investigator: Cato Laurencin
Institution: Virginia Tech
Project Title: Novel Composite Nanostructured Scaffolds for Cartilage Regeneration

Career Awardee: Andre Gobin

Clinical CO-Investigator: Joesph Buell
Institution: University of Louisville
Project Title: Chitosan Modified NIR Absorbing Gold Nanoparticles for Increasing Efficacy of Treatment for Hepatocellular Cancer Through Combination of NIR and Radio Frequency Ablation

Career Awardee: Carl Griswold

Clinical CO-Investigator: Laurie Whittaker
Institution: Dartmouth College
Project Title: Genetically Engineered Lysozyme for Treatment of Pulmonary Infections

Career Awardee: Dean Ho

Clinical CO-Investigator: Patrick McCarthy
Institution: Northwestern University
Project Title: Nanodiamond-Based Patch Device for Pericardial Drug Delivery

Career Awardee: Ellis Meng

Clinical CO-Investigator: Rajat Agrawal
Institution: University of Southern California
Project Title: Implantable MEMS Drug Delivery Device for Sustained Administration of Neurotrophic Factors to Treat Retinitis Pigmentosa

Career Awardee: W. Merryman

Clinical CO-Investigator: G. Neal Kay
Institution: University of Alabama at Birmingham
Project Title: Radiofrequency Ablation to Treat Mitral Valve Disease

Career Awardee: Zheng Ouyang

Clinical CO-Investigator: Sunil Badve
Institution: Purdue University
Project Title: Compact Mass Spectrometry Device for On-Site Clinical Diagnoses

Career Awardee: Wei Shen

Clinical CO-Investigator: Shelwin Vickers
Institution: University of Minnesota
Project Title: Targeted Nanocarriers of Retinoic Acid for Cancer Treatment

Career Awardee: Glen Walker

Clinical CO-Investigator: Ravish Sachar
Institution: North Carolina State University
Project Title: A MEMS-Based Adjustable Stiffness Catheter

Career Awardee: Ning Zhang

Clinical CO-Investigator: Sunil Patel
Institution: Clemson University
Project Title: An Injectable Hydrogel-based Delivery System for the Treatment of Stroke

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