Staci DumoskiThe Office of Research announced the following research grants awarded to Chapman University faculty in April, May and June 2024.
$10,000 – ASHP Foundation Pharmacy Leadership Scholars grant
Jennifer Ko, assistant professor of pharmacy practice, School of Pharmacy
“Fostering Patient-Pharmacist Concordance with Patients Who Speak Spanish”
Ko will collaborate with faculty members Jerika Lam, Richard Beuttler and Emmanuelle Schwartzman on the grant.
$430,000 – National Eye Institute
Ajay Sharma, associate professor, School of Pharmacy
“Targeting the multicellular process of corneal regeneration and vascularization to enhance outcome of cornea transplantation”
The research is in collaboration with colleagues at the University of Virginia. Of the $3.4 million awarded in this project, Sharma’s lab will receive $430,000 over the next five years to optimize the formulation of a therapeutic designed to increase the success rate of corneal transplant.
$19,836 –Industry grant from Melinta Therapeutics
Gary Fong, assistant professor of pharmacy practice, School of Pharmacy
“Identifying the Need and Potential Role for a Novel Long-Acting Antifungal in a Diverse, Underserved Population”
Fong is a Co-PI with Scott Filler, professor of medicine at David Geffen School of Medicine and academic chief of research, Division of Infectious Diseases at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center.
$1.71 million – National Institute on Aging
Rachita Sumbria, associate professor, School of Pharmacy
This grant continues the Sumbria lab’s ongoing work in drug delivery systems for Alzheimer’s disease therapeutics. They build upon their earlier success in modifying erythropoietin (EPO) so that it can cross the blood-brain barrier and potentially have better efficacy in treating Alzheimer’s at lower, more tolerable doses. The Sumbria lab will receive funds over the next five years.
$1.1 million – Lily Foundation
Chris Bader, professor and chair, Department of Sociology, Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences and Argyros College of Business and Economics
$434,024 – National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Miao Zhang, associate professor, School of Pharmacy
“Channelopathy of KCa2.3 and Zimmermann-Laband syndrome”
$231,000 – American Heart Association
Young Woo Nam, research fellow, School of Pharmacy
“Structure-Function Studies of Cardiac KCa2.2 and KCa2.3 channels”
$664,186 – John Templeton Foundation (through a subaward from Indiana University)
Chris Bader, professor and chair of Department of Sociology, Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences and Argyros College of Business and Economics
“Using the ARDA to Strengthen Religion Research Community”
$48,951 – Spencer Foundation
Stephany Cuevas, assistant professor, Attallah College of Educational Studies
“Precarity and Education: Examining the Experiences of Central American Unaccompanied Youth in California Public Schools”
$25,000 – Mental Research Institute
Laura Glynn, professor of psychology and associate dean for research, Crean College of Health and Behavioral Sciences
“Parental predictability as a protective social factor for children’s stress physiology and mental health”
$30,000 – National Institutes of Health (through a subaward from Missouri Breaks Industries Research)
Justin de Leon, assistant professor and director of Ethnic Studies, Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
“Strong Heart Study (SHS) – Creative Sovereignty Lab”
$23,001 – Southern California Institute Food Technologist section
Thuy Xuan Uyen Phan, assistant professor of food science, Schmid College of Science and Technology
“Enhancing Research Capabilities in Sensory Lab through Advanced Technologies”
$15,000 – Southern California Institute Food Technologist section
Lilian Were Senger, professor and program director for the faculty of food science, Schmid College of Science and Technology
“Acquisition of an Exhaust collector DT20 for a Kjeldahl unit and consumables for Food Chemistry Research”
$10,000 – Southern California Institute Food Technologist section
Rosalee Hellberg, associate professor of food science, Schmid College of Science and Technology
“Purchase of Laboratory Supplies to Advance Food Authentication Research and Provide Students with Experiential Learning Opportunities”
$2,540 – Company of Biologists
Patricia C. Lopes, assistant professor of biological sciences, Schmid College of Science and Technology
“Ecology of disgust”
$5,000 – Statewide California Electronic Library Consortium
Douglas Dechow, assistant dean for library research and data services, Leatherby Libraries
“SCELC Research Incentive Award: Building Coordinating Data Support Services”
$156,000 – Beckman Foundation
Elaine Schwartz, professor of chemistry and assistant dean, Schmid College of Science and Technology
Chapman Beckman Scholars Program
$15,000 – Chapman Faculty Grant for Research Scholarship and Creativity
Moom Roosan, assistant professor, School of Pharmacy
“Feasibility to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease and mild cognitive impairment from blood monocyte gene expression”
$15,000 – Chapman Faculty Grant for Research Scholarship and Creativity
Vincent Berardi, assistant professor of psychology, Crean College of Health and Behavioral Sciences and electrical engineering and computer science, Fowler School of Engineering
“Pilot Study for TRAQ-to-Quit”
$15,000 – Chapman Faculty Grant for Research Scholarship and Creativity
Jillian Warren, assistant professor of art, Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
“Story of Things 1.0: From Concept to Wearable Design Specifications – Igniting Curiosity for Sustainable Futures”
$15,000 – Chapman Faculty Grant for Research Scholarship and Creativity
Minju Kwon, assistant professor of political science, Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
“Blacklisted Rebels: Commitment to Child Rights in Armed Conflict in the Philippines”
$14,960 – Chapman Faculty Grant for Research Scholarship and Creativity
Gary Fong, assistant professor of pharmacy practice, School of Pharmacy
“Identifying epidemiological trends, treatment patterns, clinical outcomes, and opportunities to improve care for patients with candidemia in a vulnerable, resource-limited population”
