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2025 STATEWIDE PROJECT AWARDS
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MTRACKICKSTARTPrincipal InvestigatorProposalVertical
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•Ruma Banerjee, PhD
U-M - Biological Chemistry		PhysioLid: Physiologic Gas Control Across Plate-Based Imaging and AssaysResearch Tool
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•James Bour, PhD
WSU - Chemistry		Development of a Thermally Regulated iNO Delivery SystemMedical Device
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•Nisha D'Silva, PhD
U-M - Dentistry		Therapeutic to Sensitize Oral Cancer to RadiationTherapeutic
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•James Moon, PhD
U-M - Pharmacy		Clinically-backed prebiotic inulin gelTherapeutic
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•Julien Sebag, PhD
U-M - Pharmacology		Developing Prokineticin Receptor 2 agonists for the treatment of obesityTherapeutic
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•Jean Tien, PhD
U-M - Pathology		Development of Novel AR-CDK12 DALTACs to Target Prostate CancerTherapeutic
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•Ashootosh (Ashu) Tripathi, PhD
U-M Pharmacy		DeepChiral: An AI-Poweered ECD Spectrum Generation Application for Chirality CharacterizationHealth IT
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•Amar Basu, PhD
WSU - Electrical and Computer Engineering		Scalable Manufacturing for a Wearable Orthostatic Monitoring SystemDevice
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•Michael Deininger, MD
U-M - Internal Medicine		Development of BCR::ABL1 Protein Degraders to Eradicate Persistent Leukemia Stem Cells in Chronic Myeloid LeukemiaTherapeutic
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•Carolyn Harris, PhD
WSU - Chemical Engineering		Optimizing Shunt Insertion with the AccuCIDDevice
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•Sophia Lunt, PhD
MSU - Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Richard Lunt, PhD
MSU - Chemical Engineering		Next Generation Photosensitizers for Resistant Head and Neck CancersTherapeutic
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•Nouri Neamati, PhD
U-M - Pharmacy		Preclinical development of first-in-class NDUFS7 inhibitorsTherapeutic
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•Yamaan Saadeh, MD
U-M - Neurosurgery
Albert Shih, PhD
U-M - Mechanical Engineering		A microdiscectomy device for the safe and efficient removal of cartilaginous endplates in lumbar fusion surgeryDevice
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•Charles Schuler, MD
U-M - Internal Medicine
Sherman Fan, PhD
U-M - Biomedical Engineering		Propelling an anaphylaxis detector to marketDevice, Diagnostic
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•Cristiane Squarize, DDS, PhD
Rogerio Castilho, DDS, PhD
U-M - Dentistry		NextGen Follicle Revival: Targeted Drug Delivery to Stimulate Anagen and Hair RegrowthTherapeutic
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