2011 SYNERGY Research Awards

SYNERGY has announced the winners of the sixth peer-reviewed competition for clinical and translational science pilot grants. Award winners were selected based on the high potential benefit of their research in improving human health. Five of 27 applicants received pilot funding:

2011 SYNERGY Translational Research Pilot Awards


Co-PIs:Alix Ashare, MD, PhD; Deborah Hogan, PhD
Project:The Relationship between Colonization by Bacteria and Fungi and Host Immune Response in Adult Patients with Cystic Fibrosis.

Co-PIs: Matthew Vincenti, PhD; Ivan Tomek, MD
Project:Pathophysiology of Synovitis in Osteoarthritis of the Hip

2011: MITRA Awards


Co-PIs: Meghan R. Longacre, PhD; John Roback, BA; Madeline A. Dalton, PhD
Project:Using Innovative Technology to Promote Healthy Foods: Academic–Entertainment Partnership to Develop a Multimedia Web Show for Young Children.

Co-PIs: Mark T. Hegel, PhD; Jay Buckey, MD; Robert McLellan, MD; Margit Berman, PhD
Project:Phase II Feasibility Study of Computer-Based Problem Solving Therapy for Depression in an Employee Assistance Program.

Co-PIs: Kimberley Samkoe, PhD; Eunice Chen, MD, PhD
Project:Theranostics for head and neck cancer using hypoxia-targeted, fluorescent antibody-labeled nanoparticles (HyFAN).

Pilot projects are supported by institutional funding distributed through peer review mechanisms as part of SYNERGY: Dartmouth's Center for Clinical and Translational Science.