Spring 2017 Pilot Project Awardees!

CHHE received 23 pilot project submissions during the 2017 Spring RFA.  We were able to award 12 outstanding proposals!

Title: Construction of 3 Dimensional Paper Microfluidic Devices for Detection of Toxins Present in Water Supplies.
PI: Michael Bereman, Dept. of Biological Science, NCSU

Title: Development of a Predictive In vitro Bioassay to Screen Diverse Types of Carbon Nanotubes for Mesothelial Cell Transformation for Prevention of Mesothelioma
PI: James Bonner, Dept. of Biological Sciences, NCSU
Co-I: Gregory Parsons, Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, NCSU

Title: Benzoic acid in beverages; Establishing a link between urinary metatbolites, metabolic dysregulation and weight loss failure
PI: David N. Collier, Dept. of Pediatrics, ECU
Co-I: Carolyn Mattingly, Dept. of Biological Sciences, NCSU

Title: Delivering Mast Cell Targeting Oligonucleotides to the Lung as a Therapeutic Strategy for Asthma
PI: Glenn Cruse, Dept. of Molecular Biomedical Sciences, NCSU
Co-I: Ken Adler, Dept. of Molecular Biomedical Sciences, NCSU

Title: Impact of DNA Damage on Mitochondrial DNA Replication at the Single-Molecule Level
PI: Parminder Kaur, Dept. of Physics, NCSU

Title: Quantifying Adverse Impacts of Smoke Exposure from the Fall of 2016 Southeast Wildfires on North Carolina Public Health
PI: Fernando Garcia Menendez, Dept. of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, NCSU
Co-I: Joseph P. Roise, Dept. of Forestry and Environmental Resources, NCSU

Title: Sex-Specific Placental Accumulation and Disruption by the Flame Retardant Firemaster 550
PI: Heather Patisaul, Dept. of Biological Sciences, NCSU
Collaborator: Heather Stapleton, Nicholas School of Environment, Duke University

Title: Elucidating the Connection Between Cadmium Mediated Hyperactivity and Down regulation of the E3 Ubiquitin Ligase, RNF2.
PI: Antonio Planchart, Dept. of Biological Sciences, NCSU
Co-I: Carolyn Mattingly, Dept. of Biological Sciences, NCSU

Title: Mapping Serum Exposome of Human Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
PI: Hongyu Ru, Dept. of Population Health and Pathobiology, NCSU
Co-I: Kun Lu, Dept. of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, UNC-CH

Title: Allergic Contact Dermatitis from Disperse Dyes in Textiles
PI: Nelson Vinueza, Dept. Textile Engineering, Chemistry and Science, NCSU
Co-I: Denis Fourches, Dept. of Chemistry, NCSU
Co-I: Ronald Baynes, Center for Chemical Toxicology Research & Pharmacology, NCSU

Title: Effects of In Utero Exposure to Bisphenol S on Pubertal Mammary Gland Development in MMTV-ErbB2 Transgenic Mice
PI: Xiaohe Yang, Dept. of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, NCCU

Title: Immune Suppression by Pyrene Exposure
PI:  Jeff Yoder, Dept of Molecular Biomedical Sciences, NCSU
Co-I: Michael Bereman, Dept. of Biological Sciences, NCSU
Co-I: Dereje Jima, Center for Human Health and the Environment and Bioinformatics Research Center, NCSU
Co-I: Samuel Jones, Dept. of Clinical Sciences, NCSU
Co-I: Katie Sheats, Dept. of Clinical Sciences, NCSU