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Pilot Projects

The pilot projects are a major mechanism to stimulate new interdisciplinary collaborations and to attract new and established investigators from relevant disciplines to the study of health disparities.

The Pilot Research process is guided by the following principles:

The UTMB CPHHD has funded several pilot studies to young investigators. These pilots have brought new basic and clinical scientists into the field of health disparities research.  

09/01/03 - 08/31/04  (Year 1)

Name Department Title of Research

Amount Awarded

Drew, Judith

SON

Cognitive Screening in Elderly Mexican Americans
 

$28,752

Amin A. Mohammad, PhD

Pathology

Estimating the prevalence of monoclonal gammopathy among Hispanics in Galveston County
 

$50,000

09/01/04 - 08/31/05  (Year 2)

Name Department Title of Research

Amount Awarded

Kyriakos Markides, Ph.D.

PMCH

The Distribution of HbA1C test values in Mexican American elders with diabetes
 

$50,000

Raymond Stowe, PhD

Pathology

A pilot project to establish a CPHHD Sample Reference Center
 

$50,000

Amin A. Mohammad, PhD

Pathology

Estimating the prevalence of monoclonal gammopathy among Hispanics in Galveston County
 

$50,000

Jiaren Sun, MD, PhD

Microbiology and Immunology

Immunologic Determinants in HCV Infection among African-Americans

$50,000

Ken Ottenbacher, Ph.D.

SAHS

A comparison of body mass index, waist hip ratio and waist circumference as predictors of physical performance and disability among older Mexican Americans. 
 

$36,762

 09/01/05 – 08/31/06  (Year 3)

Name Department Title of Research

Amount Awarded

Jiaren Sun, MD, PhD

Microbiology and Immunology

Immunologic Determinants in HCV Infection among African-Americans
 

$50,000

Raymond Stowe, PhD

Pathology

A pilot project to establish a CPHHD Sample Reference Center
 

$50,000

Amin A. Mohammad, PhD

Pathology

Estimating the prevalence of monoclonal gammopathy among Hispanics in Galveston County
 

$50,000

 08/31/06 – 09/01/07  (Year 4)

Name Department Title of Research

Amount Awarded

Jonathan B. Ward, PhD

PMCH

Development of Biomarkers to Assess Community Level Exposure to Toxicants
 

$41,066

William Maner

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Ethnicity and Socio-economic Factors – Their Effects on Uterine Activity and Birth Outcomes
 

$49,960

Michael Malloy, MD

Pediatrics

The Impact of Regional Perinatal Care at UTMB : A Comparative Analysis
 

$32,000

Yolanda Davila, Ph.D.

SON

Community based Participatory  based  research to enhance Hepatitis C Screening in Hispanics
 

$50,000

 

Miriam Alter, Ph.D.

Internal Medicine – Infectious Disease
 

Prevalence and risk factors  in Hepatic C in Mexican Americans

$50,000