Results for Environment
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Deconstructing interactions between diet, microbiome, and immunity to gain mechanistic insight into health and disease
Project Summary/Abstract Intestinal immune responses are linked to the trillions of microorganisms that colonize the gastrointestinal tract. Thus, inter-individual variations in th...
Light-Activated Silver Nanoparticles to Eliminate Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria and Genes
Abstract The development of microbial resistance to antimicrobial agents is one of the biggest public health issues of the 21st century. Antibiotic-resistant bacteria (ARB) cause m...
Validation of a pediatric thrombosis risk assessment model and characterization of bleeding in hospitalized children through the Children's Hospital Acquired Thrombosis (CHAT) Consortium
PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Venous thromboembolism (VTE), a serious and life-threatening condition, has increased in incidence for hospitalized pediatric patients by 70-200%. This has...
Tri-Institutional Tuberculosis Research Advancement Center (TRAC)
Overall Abstract: We propose a Tri-Institutional Tuberculosis (TB) Research Advancement Center (TRAC) at Weill Cornell Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and Rockefel...
Intravascular microstructural, chemical and biomechanical characterization of coronary plaques
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the US; the most prevalent type of heart disease is caused by atherosclerosis, the thickening of the vessel wall and creation of athe...
Experimental evolution of complex traits
PROJECT SUMMARY Evolution via natural selection results in organisms adapted to their environment, but also involves trade-offs. Many complex diseases affecting humans today are hi...
Latent class analysis of syndemic factors associated with HIV care outcomes among women living with HIV in the South
Abstract - New strategies are needed to understand the interplay of multiple barriers to HIV care engagement and viral suppression for diverse women living with HIV in the South. T...
Common and Distinct Influences of Prenatal and Postnatal Early-Life Adversity on Epigenomic Trajectories in Mexican American Children
PROJECT SUMMARY Childhood obesity is a growing public health epidemic that is disproportionally affecting Hispanic children and associated with morbidity and downstream health disp...
Genetic Contributors to the Impact of Sex on Heterogeneity in Flu Infection
Project Summary/Abstract The 1918 influenza pandemic is estimated to have killed 1 in 20 people worldwide. Influenza A virus (IAV) infections usually do not cause such severe disea...
Preventing Peanut Allergy in Young Children: Identifying Barriers to Protocol Engagement and Adherence
PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT This F32 National Research Service Award will support the applicant’s long-term career goal of becoming an independent investigator examining effective app...
Genetic Contributors to the Impact of Sex on Heterogeneity in Flu Infection
Project Summary/Abstract The 1918 influenza pandemic is estimated to have killed 1 in 20 people worldwide. Influenza A virus (IAV) infections usually do not cause such severe disea...
Formation and function of cell curvature in Vibrio cholerae
Curved bacteria represent one of the most common of bacterial shapes yet the mechanisms by which bacteria become curved and the functions of curvature are largely unknown. In addit...
Investigation of enterovirus D68 pathogenesis in the human spinal cord
Megan Freeman, MD, PhD, is a Pediatric Infectious Diseases (ID) Fellow at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh (CHP). She earned MD...
Formation and function of cell curvature in Vibrio cholerae
Curved bacteria represent one of the most common of bacterial shapes yet the mechanisms by which bacteria become curved and the functions of curvature are largely unknown. In addit...
Investigation of enterovirus D68 pathogenesis in the human spinal cord
Megan Freeman, MD, PhD, is a Pediatric Infectious Diseases (ID) Fellow at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh (CHP). She earned MD...
Leveraging Digital Health Solutions to Reduce Learning and Functional Disparities in Children with Cancer
PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT As the population of childhood cancer survivors grows, the impact of long-term treatment-related side effects also grows. Cancer treatments for children wi...
Leveraging Digital Health Solutions to Reduce Learning and Functional Disparities in Children with Cancer - Diversity Supplement
Project Summary/Abstract As the population of childhood cancer survivors grows, the impact of long-term treatment-related side effects also grows. Cancer treatments for children wi...
Genetic Contributors to the Impact of Sex on Heterogeneity in Flu Infection
Project Summary/Abstract The 1918 influenza pandemic is estimated to have killed 1 in 20 people worldwide. Influenza A virus (IAV) infections usually do not cause such severe disea...
Preventing Peanut Allergy in Young Children: Identifying Barriers to Protocol Engagement and Adherence
PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT This F32 National Research Service Award will support the applicant’s long-term career goal of becoming an independent investigator examining effective app...
Leveraging Digital Health Solutions to Reduce Learning and Functional Disparities in Children with Cancer
PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT As the population of childhood cancer survivors grows, the impact of long-term treatment-related side effects also grows. Cancer treatments for children wi...