Inaugural 2025 SYNERGY Translational Pilot Award Cohort Year 1
These awards are intended to support early-stage research that addresses barriers in translational science and improves public health outcomes through cross-disciplinary collaboration.
2025 SYNERGY Pilot Program Awardees (Year 1)
Alka Dev, DrPH, MHS
Assistant Professor, Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice
Project: Healthy Beginnings: Assessing Social Risk During Prenatal Care
Francesca Gilli, PhD, MS
Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Project: Extracellular vesicles as early biomarkers for multiple sclerosis
Hung V.-T. Nguyen, PhD
Assistant Professor, Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth
Project: 3D-printed polymeric scaffold for T cell expansion
Joseph Phillips, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery
Project: Lymph Node Resident Memory T Cells Against Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Jessica Sin, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology
Project: Machine learning validation of body composition using DXA and CT datasets
Caitlin Howe, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology
Project: Reducing arsenic exposure in Northern New England through a hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial