MTRAC Life Sciences Statewide Awards List_.xlsx

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2	2025 STATEWIDE PROJECT AWARDS
3	MTRAC	KICKSTART	Principal Investigator	Proposal	Vertical

4	•		Karthik Ramani, MD U-M - Internal Medicine Albert Shih, PhD U-M - Mechanical Engineering	DialySafe Needle	Medical Device
5	•		Shinichi Fukuhara, MD Jeff Plott, PhD Gardnery Yost, MD U-M - Cardiac Surgery	Remora Aortic Septal Fenestration Device	Medical Device
6	•		Jonathan Haft, MD Jeff Plott, PhD Gardnery Yost, MD U-M - Cardiac Surgery	Bone Dry Sternal Closure Device	Medical Device
7	•		Tamara Reid Bush, PhD Justin Scott, PhD MSU - Mechanical Engineering	SitSense Recliner	Medical Device
8	•		Peter Tessier, PhD U-M - Pharmaceutical Sciences & Chemical Engineering Colin Greineder, MD, PhD U-M - Emergency Medicine & Pharmacology Michelle Hastings, PhD U-M - Pharmacology & Medicinal Chemistry Greg Thurber, PhD U-M - Chemical Engineering & Biomedical Engineering	Efficient Modulation of Neuronal Gene Expression Using Peripherally Administered Bispecific Antibody-Nucleic Acid Conjugates	Therapeutic
9	•		Sharan Srinivasan, MD, PhD U-M - Neurology Jason Rech, PhD U-M - Medicinal Chemistry	Circuit-based Therapies for Spinocerebellar Ataxia	Therapeutic
10	•		Jason Spence, PhD Charlie Childs, PhD U-M - Internal Medicine	GastroScreen – an Intestinal Fibrosis Drug Screening Platform	Research Tool
11		•	Daniel Ehrmann, MD, MS U-M - Department of Pediatrics	OTTO MCP: Obtaining Transparent Therapeutic Optima Multidirectional Communication Platform	Medical Device / Health IT
12		•	Matthew Jennings, PhD NMU - Clinical Sciences	Validation of the Diagnostic and Predictive Tool, D2HGlo, for the Quantification of the Oncomatabolite D-2-Hydroxyglutarate (D-2-HG) in Glioma	Diagnostic
13		•	Xiaopeng Li, PhD MSU - Pediatric and Human Development Ashlee Brunaugh, PhD, PharmD U-M - Pharmaceutical Sciences	Developing novel formulation of Vonoprazan as an Inhalation Therapy for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Treatment	Therapeutic
14		•	Matthias Truttmann, PhD U-M - Molecular and Integrative Physiology	Novel FICD inhibitors to treat pathologic cardiac hypertrophy	Therapeutic
15		•	Marco Bottino, DDS, PhD U-M - Dentistry	Personalized Bioceramic Grafts for Bone Regeneration	Device
16		•	Liangyou Rui, PhD U-M - Molecular and Integrative Physiology	Small molecule NIK inhibitors as a novel anti-liver cancer medication	Therapeutic
17		•	Albert Shih, PhD U-M - Mechanical Engineering	A microdiscectomy device for safe and efficient removal of cartilaginous endplates in minimally invasive lumbar fusion surgeries	Device
18		•	Ashootosh Tripathi, PhD UM - Medicinal Chemistry	Unlocking the $22B Sun-Care Market: Discovery-to-Launch Path for a Streptomyces-Derived Reef-Safe Broad-Spectrum Anti-Aging UV Filter	Therapeutic
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