2020 Awardees
Thomas Prisinzano, PhD
Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy (UK)
Nancy Muma, PhD
Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy (KU)
Development of Novel Drugs with Biased Signaling for the Treatment of Schizophrenia
2019 Awardee
Cale Jacobs, PhD
Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery & Sports Medicine, College of Medicine (UK)
Dustin Richter, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Sports Medicine (UNM)
Cartilage breakdown and Arthrofibrosis after multiple ligament KneE injury (CAKE Trial)
This Phase 1 multicenter study will investigate the roles of dysregulation of inflammatory pathways and early weightbearing on arthrofibrosis and cartilage degradation following multiple ligament knee injury.
2018 Awardees
Kristin Ashford, PhD, APRN, WHNP-BC
Associate Professor, College of Nursing (UK)
Sherry Weitzen, PhD, MD
Assistant Professor, College of Medicine (UNM)
Models of care for pregnant women with opioid use disorder, and infants with opioid exposure
Kenneth Campbell, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, College of Medicine (UK)
Omar Wever-Pinzon, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine (Utah)
Identify novel molecular determinants of cardiac failure and recovery
Elizabeth Salt, PhD, RN, APRN
Associate Professor, College of Nursing
Treating Pain with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Trial (T-PACT Trial)
Kate Kosmac, PhD
Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Health Sciences (UK)
Richard Dennis, PhD
Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, Geriatric Research
Protein Aggregation, Fat Accumulation, and Interventions for Sarcopenia