The Moody Brain Health Institute, a neuroscience hub dedicated to rapidly advancing discoveries in biomedical neuroscience into clinical applications, has announced the recipients of its 3rd Annual Collaborative Pilot Grant Program.
“This year’s winning projects highlight the remarkable range of innovation driving our institute forward,” said Dr. Giulio Taglialatela, vice president of brain health and director of the Moody Brain Health Institute. “From studying how RSV affects the brain, to exploring new treatments for Alzheimer’s-related conditions, to creating advanced models of the brain’s blood vessels, and developing new imaging tools for safer surgeries — these awards represent the kind of bold, collaborative science that will define the future of brain health.”
This year’s awardees are:
Novel Mechanisms of RSV-associated Neurological Manifestations
Antonella Casola, MD
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Division of Infectious Diseases
Balaji Krishnan, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Neurology
Mitchell Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Towards Targeting HMGB1 for Intervention of Senescence in Tauopathies
Rakez Kayed, PhD
Professor, Department of Neurology
Mitchell Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Junji Iwahara, PhD
Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Sealy Center for Structural Biology & Molecular Biophysics
The Blood-Brain Barrier Breakthrough: A Human iPSC Neurovascular Unit on a Chip
Irma Cisneros, PhD
Department of Pathology
Elvis Cuevas, PhD
Assistant Professor Department of Neurology Member,
Mitchell Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Hemil Gonzales, MD
Assistant Professor Division of Infectious Diseases & Department of Internal Medicine
Moody Brain Health Institute
Shortwave Infrared Imaging for Enhanced Visualization in Fluorescence-Guided Surgery
Pablo Valdes Quevedo, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and of Neurobiology
Director of Neurosurgical Oncology and Brain Tumor Program
Alankar Kotwal, PhD
Department of Neurosurgery
Peter Kan, MD
Professor and Chair
Robert L. Moody, Sr. Distinguished University Chair
Department of Neurosurgery
Michelle Felicella, MD
Department of Pathology
Alejandro Villasante-Tezanos, PhD
Department of Biostatistics
Melisa Herrero Bocco, PhD
Department of Neurosurgery
For more information on The Moody Brain Health Institute, visit: https://www.utmb.edu/brainhealthinstitute.