Integrated Health and Biotechnology Awardees

Utilizing Wastewater Surveillance To Access The Impact Of Climate Change On The Range And Severity Of Climate-Sensitive Diseases

  • Lead PI: Tyler Radniecki, College of Engineering

  • Team Members: Christine Kelly, College of Engineering; Tala Navab-Daneshmand, College of Engineering; Jeffrey Bethel, College of Health; David Rupp, College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences

  • Award Amount: $50,000

​​​​Impact of Climate Change and Environmental Variables on the Rising Incidence of Nontuberculous Mycobacterial (NTM) Infections

  • Lead PI: Lia Danelishvili, College of Veterinary Medicine

  • Team Members: Jeff Bethel, College of Health; Alyssa Shiel, College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences; Christine Kelly, College of Engineering; Tala Navab-Daneshmand, College of Engineering; Tyler Radniecki, College of Engineering

  • Award Amount: $50,000

Enabling Living Pharmacies with Plant-Powered AI: A programmable digital microfluidics chip for synthetic biology

  • Lead PI: Molly Megraw, College of Agriculture Sciences

  • Team Members: Benjamin Philmus, College of Pharmacy; Michael Cumbie, NA; Viktor Shkolnikov, NA

  • Award Amount: $100,000

Combining Immobilized Artificial Membrane Chromatography with Zebrafish and Honey Bee Models to Predict Toxicity of Pesticides and Their Transformation Products

  • Lead PI: Serhan Mermer, College of Agriculture Sciences

  • Team Members: Robyn Tanguay, College of Agriculture Sciences; Ramesh Sagili, College of Agriculture Sciences; Lan Xue, College of Science; Brad Calvin, Industry Partner

  • Award Amount: $50,000

Delivering inhalable nanoparticles containing AI-optimized CFTR mRNA with a novel microfluidic device for treatment of CF

  • Lead PI: Gaurav Sahay, College of Pharmacy

  • Team Members: Liang Huang, College of Engineering

  • Award Amount: $50,000

Advancing Targeted Detection and Treatment for Aggressive Triple-Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC)

  • Lead PI: Marilyn Mackiewicz, College of Science

  • Team Members: Kaitlin Fogg, College of Engineering; Stacey Harper, College of Agriculture; Ann Kimble-Hill, NA; Angela Richardson, NA

  • Award Amount: $25,000

Cultivating Collaborative Research Initiatives in Oregon's Legal Psychedelic Community

  • Lead PI: Jessie Uehling, College of Agriculture Sciences

  • Team Members: Amy Koehlinger, College of Liberal Arts; Hannah Gosnell, College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences; Stuart Sarbacker, College of Liberal Arts; Ryan Reese, College of Education

  • Award Amount: $50,000

AmpX: a Passive Implant that Amplifies Muscle Force

  • Lead PI: Ravi Balasubramanian, College of Engineering

  • Team Members: Michael Pavol, College of Health; Duncan Russell, College of Veterinary Medicine; Omar Nazir, NA; David Nuckley, NA; Bill Metzger, NA; Jennifer Sargent, College of Veterinary Medicine

  • Award Amount: $100,000

Delivering inhalable nanoparticles containing AI-optimized CFTR mRNA with a novel microfluidic device for treatment of CF

  • Lead PI: Gaurav Sahay, College of Pharmacy

  • Team Members: Liang Huang, College of Engineering

  • Award Amount: $50,000