New Grant Awards October 2026

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Jeong Hoon Jang, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Biostatistics & Data Science, SPPH

Awarded a new two-year National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research research grant award for "Modeling Causal Mediation by Dental Care and Risk Prediction of Jaw Osteonecrosis in Bisphosphonate Users"

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Wei-Chen (Miso) Lee, PhD, MSPH, MJur
Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, JSSOM

Awarded a new Episcopal Health Foundation research grant award for "To prevent diabetes by integrating lifestyle medicine with team-based care and community support"

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Christopher S. Massey, PhD
Assistant Professor of Research, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, JSSOM

Awarded a new two-year National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases exploratory research grant award for "Assembly of B. pseudomallei proteins to virus-like particles as a vaccine platform against melioidosis"

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Hema Prasad Narra, PhD
Assistant Professor of Research, Department of Pathology, JSSOM

Awarded a new two-year National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases exploratory research grant award for "Role of long non-coding RNAs in modulating host immunity and pathogen survival during Orientia infection"

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Haiqing Zhao, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, JSSOM

Awarded a new three-year Welch Foundation grant award for "Learning Protein-Protein Binding Free Energies from Structure, Interfacial Chemistry, and Dynamics"