The following clinicians and researchers working under the UK College of Medicine Alliance Research Initiative have been named recent awardees of pilot grants.
AI in Medicine (AIM)
Peter Hardy, PhD, College of Medicine
Project title: “Development of an AI Algorithm to Segment Muscles in the Thigh from MR Images” (Awarded from both AIM and Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences)
Kirby Mayer, DPT, PhD, College of Health Sciences
Project title: “AI-Powered analysis of muscle ultrasonography to risk stratify ICU patients” (Awarded from both AIM and Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences)
Jin Chen, PhD, College of Medicine
Qing Shao, PhD, College of Engineering
Project title: “Precisely Predicting Bio-Ware 3D Conformation for Cancer-related Proteins with an Active Deep Learning Framework” (Awarded from both AIM and Markey Cancer Center)
David Dornbos, MD, College of Medicine
Jessica Lee, MD, College of Medicine
Project title: “Early Identification of Malignant Cerebral Edema in Acute Ischemic Stroke” (Awarded from both AIM and Sanders-Brown Center on Aging)
Jie Zhang, PhD, College of Medicine
Project title: “Unsupervised Deep Learning Denoising in CT Imaging of Obese Patients” (Awarded from both AIM and Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences)
mHealth Application Modernization and Mobilization Alliance (MAMMA)
Jami Warren, PhD, College of Health Sciences
Project title: “Developing and Testing a Mobile Health System for Patients with Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS)"
Yuyao Sun, MD, College of Medicine
Project title: “Optimizing Nutritional Support for Individuals with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis through Fat Mass Monitoring via a mHealth App (ONSI-ALS)”
Myocardial Recovery Alliance (MYRA)
Gaurang Vaidya, MD, College of Medicine
Project title: “Cardiac Amyloidosis Research Program (CARP)”
