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2024 STATEWIDE PROJECT AWARDS
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MTRACKICKSTARTPrincipal InvestigatorProposalVertical
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•Maik Hüttemann, PhD
WSU - Center for Molecular Medicine & Genetics
 Jinsheng Zhang, PhD
WSU - Communication Sciences & Disorders		Product development and human feasibility trial of novel non‐invasive device for effective treatment of tinnitusMedical Device
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•Robert Gregg, PhD
U-M - Robotics		A powered energy-assist ankle orthosis for arthritic ankle deformitiesMedical Device
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•Khalid Malik, PhD
UM-Flint - College of Innovation and Technology		Hemorrhagepredictor: A Multimodal, Neuro-symbolic, and Federated AI-based Tool for Subarachnoid Hemorrhage PredictionHealth IT
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•Nishaki Mehta, MD
Corewell Health - Cardiovascular Medicine		PressRite: Novel compression device to reduce post-operative hematoma formation and improve wound healing in patients undergoing pacemaker/defibrillator implantationMedical Device
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•Eric Shah, MD, MBA
U-M - Internal Medicine		Rectal expulsion device (RED): A point-of-care test to transform care for chronic constipationMedical Device
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•Molly Stout, MD, MSCI
U-M - Obstetrics & Gynecology		Fully quantitative cervical elastography: addressing a key unmet need in pregnancy careMedical Device
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•Duxin Sun, PhD
U-M - Pharmacy		Dual functional drug overcomes STING resistance by eliminating Bregs for long-term anticancer efficacy in pancreatic cancerTherapeutic
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•John Traynor, PhD
U-M - Pharmacology		Allosteric modulators for the treatment of opioid use disorderTherapeutic
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•Ramesh Batchu, PhD
WSU - Surgery		Prophylactic COVID-19 Minicircle-DNA Vaccine Targeting Emerging Variants
of SARS-CoV-2		Therapeutic
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•Alexandre DaSilva, DDS, DMedSc
U-M - Dentistry		Addressing the Unmet Need for Effective Chronic Pain AssessmentHealth IT
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•Masako Harada, PhD
MSU - Biomedical Engineering		An EV-based molecular screening platform to improve targeted deliveryResearch Tool
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•Costas Lyssiotis, PhD
U-M - Molecular & Integrative Physiology		Optimization of Malic Enzyme 1 Inhibitors for the Treatment of Pancreatic CancerTherapeutic
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