TraC$ 2K Pilot Award Program 37th Round Awardees

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The North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences (NC TraCS) Institute is pleased to announce awardees of the thirty-seventh cycle of TraCS $2K grants for clinical and translational research projects. 8 applications were received and 4 (listed below) were chosen for funding, from the UNC School of Medicine.

$2K Awards

Kim Boggess
OB/GYN, School of Medicine
Project Title: Umbilical cord inflammatory markers in pregnancies complicated by diabetes

Milan Hazucha
Department of Medicine, School of Medicine

Johnny Carson
Cell & Developmental Biology; Pediatrics, School of Medicine
Project Title: Release of nitric oxide by airway cell cultures

Patricia Maness
Biochemistry & Biophysics, School of Medicine
Project Title: Synaptic Regulation by NrCAM in Schizophrenia and Depression

Phandee Watanaboonyongcharoen
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine
Project Title: Understanding the Role of Interferon-alpha in Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura