Congratulations to recipients of SOM Dean's Imagine, Innovate and Impact (I3) Venture and Education Awards Â
Venture Awards:
The I3 Venture Awards aim to cultivate inventors, innovators, and entrepreneurs driven to solve medicine’s challenges and create patient impact. Seven new awards totaling $140,000 were awarded to teams led by the following investigators:
Michael Burke (medicine) and Jack L. Arbiser (dermatology): Targeting Cardiac Fibrosis as a Novel Therapeutic Strategy for Heart Failure
Carlos S. Moreno (pathology and laboratory medicine): ResonanceDx Renin POC Test
Matthew S. Parsons (pathology and laboratory medicine) and Deanna A. Kulpa (pediatrics): Development of a novel multiplex HIV quantum dot based nanosensor
Matthew S. Parsons (pathology and laboratory medicine) and Cynthia A. Derdeyn (pathology and laboratory medicine): Development of Novel SARS-CoV-2 Nanozyme-based Immunoassay Jeff Sands (medicine) and Janet D. Klein (medicine): Novel AMPK activators for treatment of lithium-induced nephrogenic diabetes insipidus
Stephen Traynelis (Pharmacology and Chemical Biology) and Dennis Liotta (Chemistry): "Prodrugs to improve therapeutic potential of cannabidiol (CBD)"
Maxwell Weinmann (medicine), Jon Sevransky (medicine), and Roberta Kaplow (EUH): Trans Thoracic Manipulation of Ventilation/Perfusion : the V/Q Vest
Education Awards:
The I3 Education Awards highlight, promote and disseminate innovations in medical education and training that enhance our mission. Four new awards totaling $52,500 were awarded to teams led by the following investigators:
Rani H. Singh (human genetics) and Teresa Douglas (human genetics): Professional Education and Information Sharing in Nutritional Care for Rare Metabolic Diseases through the ECHO Model Using an Online Collaborative Learning Platform
Jennifer O. Spicer (medicine): Incorporating Team-Based Learning and Evidence-Based Active Learning Principles into Pre-Clinical Medical Education Sara Turbow (medicine), Rebecca Goldstein (SOM) and Samir Sarda (PCOM): Transforming Interprofessional Education through Student Hotspotting: A Novel Population Health Approach to Address Social Determinants of Health Among High-Need, High-Cost Patients at Grady Health System
Ali John Zarrabi (family and preventive medicine): Establishing a Museum-Based Education Initiative at Emory School of Medicine