The Office of the Vice President for Research is pleased to share our monthly report listing new grant awards UofSC faculty researchers across the university system received between Friday, April 1 and Saturday, April 30, 2022. Please note that some awards received toward the end of that period might have missed the reporting cut-off. In such cases, the award will be listed in the next monthly report. Our office is proud to share these successes with the university research community. Please join us in congratulating our excellent researchers on their new grant awards.
Summary of Large April 2022 Grant Awards |
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PI Name |
PI College/Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Turner-McGrievy, Gabrielle |
Arnold School of Public Health Health Prom., Educ. & Behavior |
Expanding the reach of the Nutritious Eating with Soul (NEW Soul) program: A Type 2 hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial | National Hearth, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)/NIH | $3,608,071 |
| Webb, Robert (Clinton) |
School of Medicine Basic Science Research |
LRRC8 anion channels, superoxide and RhoA in diabetic erectile dysfunction | National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)/NIH | $2,726,711 |
| Al-hasan, Majdi |
School of Medicine Internal Medicine |
Perinatal HIV Prevention: Comprehensive Risk Counseling and Services, and HIV PrEP Uptake, and DIS Training | SC Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC)/CDC | $1,727,180 |
| Frizzell, Norma |
School of Medicine Pharm., Physiology & Neuroscience |
Investigating Citric Acid Cycle Pertubations in Complex-I Deficient Mitochondrial Encephalopathy | National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)/NIH | $1,490,000 |
| Pirkle, William |
University of SC Aiken AK Research Support |
Management, Recruitment, and Operation of the Savannah River Environmental Sciences Field Station, 2022. | Battelle Savannah River Alliance, LLC (BSRA)/SRNL/DOE | $585,449 |
| Kubinak, Jason |
School of Medicine Path, Microbio. & Immunology |
BD FACSymphony A3 Cell Analyzer | Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health (NIH) | $513,281 |
| Peryshkov, Dmitry |
College of Arts and Sciences Chemistry & Biochemistry |
Redox-Active Carborane Clusters for Metal-Free Bond Activation | National Science Foundation (NSF) | $456,907 |
| Bulusu, Subrahmanyam |
College of Arts and Sciences School of Earth, Ocean & Env. |
Advancing Gulf of Mexico Operational Forecasting with Application to Fisheries, Industry Safety, and Natural Hazards (GOFFISH) | Florida State University/NAS | $400,000 |
| Moncrieft, Ashley |
Arnold School of Public Health Applied Research & Evaluation (CARE) |
Evaluation of South Carolina Pediatric Mental Health Care Access - New Area Expansion Program | South Carolina Department of Mental Health (SCDMH)/HRSA | $287,625 |
| McLaurin, Kristen |
College of Arts and Sciences Psychology |
Neurocognitive Impairments Resulting from Adolescent Prescription Opioid Use Disorder: Longitudinal Impact, Neural Mechanisms, and Comorbidities | National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)/NIH | $262,289 |
April 2022 Awards by College
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Moncrieft, Ashley | Applied Research & Evaluation (CARE) | Evaluation of South Carolina Pediatric Mental Health Care Access - New Area Expansion Program |
South Carolina Department of Mental Health (SCDMH)/HRSA | $287,625 |
| Neils-Strunjas, Jean | Communication Sci & Disorders | Bingocize®: An evidence-based health promotion program to improve the quality of life
of Tennessee certified nursing facility residents (EXPANSION) |
Western Kentucky University/State of Tennessee, Department of Health |
$6,000 |
| Liese, Angela | Epidemiology & Biostatistics | Using CGM technology to assess acute impact of food insufficiency and food insecurity on glycemic control in persons with youth-onset type 1 and type 2 diabetes | Prisma Health - Upstate | $19,975 |
| Nolan, Melissa | Epidemiology & Biostatistics | Chagas disease seroprevalence among Latinx residents in South Carolina | Prisma Health - Upstate | $20,000 |
| Pope, Brittany | Exercise Science | A role for neuroinflammation in stress-induced comorbid cardiovascular disease and behavioral dysfunction in female rats |
American Heart Association (AHA) | $32,036 |
| Reesor-Oyer, Layton | Exercise Science | Spillover Benefits: The Impact of Summer Programming on Parental Rules and Routines Associated with Children's Obesogenic Behaviors |
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)/NIH |
$145,934 |
| Draper, Carrie | Health Prom., Educ. & Behavior | Share Our Strength's No Kid Hungry Campaign | No Kid Hungry by Share Our Strength | $50,000 |
| Rudisill, Anne | Health Prom., Educ. & Behavior | Using Data to Drive Implementation – Stakeholder Perspectives on Screening and Addressing Social Determinants of Health at Prisma Health |
Prisma Health | $19,997 |
| Turner-McGrievy, Gabrielle | Health Prom., Educ. & Behavior | Expanding the reach of the Nutritious Eating with Soul (NEW Soul) program: A Type 2 hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial | National Hearth, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)/NIH | $3,608,071 |
| Liang, Chen | Health Services Policy & Mgmt | Identifying predictive factors of HIV care discontinuation using clinical Natural
Language Processing |
Prisma Health - Upstate | $19,940 |
| Ostermann, Jan | Health Services Policy & Mgmt | Prisma Health Translational Research Seed Grant: Identifying preference-relevant features of telehealth supported HIV care in South Carolina | Prisma Health - Upstate | $19,976 |
| Martin, Maria | PASOS | Greenwood Genetics Partnership for Folic Acid Promotion with Latino Communities | Greenwood Genetics Center | $26,000 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| DePratter, Chester | Archaeology & Anthropology | Identification and Labeling of Charlesfort/Santa Elena Slides and Photos | U.S. Marine Corps/DOD | $9,889 |
| Speiser, Daniel | Biological Sciences | Efficient visual processing by molluscs with distributed sensor arrays and less-centralized nervous systems |
Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) | $33,241 |
| Peryshkov, Dmitry | Chemistry & Biochemistry | Redox-Active Carborane Clusters for Metal-Free Bond Activation | National Science Foundation (NSF) | $456,907 |
| Tollefsen, Christopher | Philosophy | Academic Freedom on Campus Lecture Series | Institute for Humane Studies at George Mason University | $7,000 |
| McLaurin, Kristen | Psychology | Neurocognitive Impairments Resulting from Adolescent Prescription Opioid Use Disorder: Longitudinal Impact, Neural Mechanisms, and Comorbidities |
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)/NIH | $262,289 |
| Bulusu, Subrahmanyam | School of Earth, Ocean & Env. | Advancing Gulf of Mexico Operational Forecasting with Application to Fisheries, Industry Safety, and Natural Hazards (GOFFISH) |
Florida State University/NAS | $400,000 |
| Hardy, Dean | School of Earth, Ocean & Env. | An Assessment of the Ditches and Water Levels in Hog Hammock on Sapelo Island. | Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve, obo/ the State of Georgia |
$17,959 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Morgan, Becky | Instruction & Teacher Educ. | Co-Curricular Award 2021 | Interfaith Youth Core | $1,000 |
| Monrad, Diane | SC Educational Policy Center | Evaluation of Florence County School District Three's D.R.E.A.M. (Developing Reachable Educational Achievement Milestones) to Achieve Innovation Fund Grant |
Florence County School District 3/SCDE | $20,000 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Shimpalee, Sirivatch | Chemical Engineering | Development of Porous Transport Layer in Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolyzer using Numerical Simulation |
BASF/German Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy | $118,000 |
| White, Ralph | Chemical Engineering | Modeling and Coin Cell Development of Structural Batteries for Aerospace Applications | College of Charleston/SC Space Grant/NASA | $23,000 |
| Chen, Yuche | Civil & Environmental Eng. | Healthcare Travel burdens Survey in South Carolina | SC Center for Rural and Primary Healthcare, UofSC School of Medicine Educational Trust/SC DHHS |
$76,887 |
| Mandal, Krishna | Electrical Engineering | High-resolution real-time brain imaging system using novel CdZnTeSe semiconductor detector arrays trained with convolutional neural network |
Prisma Health - Upstate | $20,000 |
| Harik, Ramy | Mechanical Engineering | AFWERX/AFRL Phase II Contract for AFRL Space Vehicles Directorate | Atomic-6 LLC/AFRL/DOD | $231,973 |
| Hu, Ming | Mechanical Engineering | Inverse Design of Low-cost and Light-weight Structures for Extreme Temperature Environments |
College of Charleston/SC Space Grant Consortium/NASA | $19,859 |
| Yuan, Lang | Mechanical Engineering | In-situ Real-time Defect Detection in Metal-based Additive Manufacturing | College of Charleston/SC Space Grant Consortium/NASA | $20,000 |
| Yuan, Lang | Mechanical Engineering | 3D Printing of Tungsten via Laser Powder Bed Fusion Additive Manufacturing | College of Charleston/SC Space Grant Consortium/NASA | $14,497 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Shelek, Christine | School of Information Sciences | The Rainbow Connection: An Annotated Bibliography of LGBTQIA+ Books and Resources for Children |
American Library Association (ALA) | $3,850 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Von Nessen, Joseph | Moore Sch - Div. of Research | South Carolina Department of Agriculture: Economic Impact Analysis | South Carolina Department of Agriculture/USDA | $50,000 |
| Von Nessen, Joseph | Moore Sch - Div. of Research | South Carolina Forestry Commission: Economic Impact Analysis | SC Forestry Commission | $25,000 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Robinson, Pamela | Law - Dean's Office | SC Bar Foundation Public Interest Fellows 2022 | SC Bar Foundation | $10,000 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Webb, Robert (Clinton) | Basic Science Research | LRRC8 anion channels, superoxide and RhoA in diabetic erectile dysfunction | National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)/NIH |
$2,726,711 |
| Al-hasan, Majdi | Internal Medicine | Perinatal HIV Prevention: Comprehensive Risk Counseling and Services, and HIV PrEP Uptake, and DIS Training | SC Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC)/CDC | $1,727,180 |
| Kubinak, Jason | Path, Microbio. & Immunology | BD FACSymphony A3 Cell Analyzer | Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health (NIH) | $513,281 |
| Frizzell, Norma | Pharm., Physiology & Neuroscience | Investigating Citric Acid Cycle Pertubations in Complex-I Deficient Mitochondrial Encephalopathy | National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)/NIH | $1,490,000 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Blenda, Anna | Medicine Greenville | Analysis and Integration of Patient Galectin Profiles into the Clinical Cancer Database | Prisma Health - Upstate | $20,000 |
| Fowler, Lauren | Medicine Greenville | Finger-to-Nose (FTN) Test to Improve Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Pre-Hospital Recognition of Posterior Stroke | Prisma Health - Upstate | $3,000 |
| Fowler, Lauren | Medicine Greenville | Longitudinal Assessment of the relationship between sleep, fatigue, pain, cognition and quality of life in breast cancer survivors (BCS). | Prisma Health - Upstate | $20,000 |
| Grier, Jennifer | Medicine Greenville | Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Cleaning Protocols: Efficacy of Decontamination Methods Against Bacterial Pathogens | Prisma Health - Upstate | $20,000 |
| Trilk, Jennifer | Medicine Greenville | Uncovering fatigue mechanisms with cancer treatment: mitochondrial capacity and correlated molecular changes in breast cancer patients undergoing comparative chemotherapy regimens | Prisma Health - Upstate | $20,000 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Hartman, Catherine | U101 and National Resource Ctr. | Understanding Transfer Supports and Initiatives for Community College Students Enrolled in Developmental Education | Education Commission of the States | $7,500 |
| Keup, Jennifer | U101 and National Resource Ctr. | An Examination of High-Impact Practice Characteristics in First-Year Seminar Syllabi for Developmental Education Students | Education Commission of the States | $7,500 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Pirkle, William | AK Research Support | Management, Recruitment, and Operation of the Savannah River Environmental Sciences Field Station, 2022. | Battelle Savannah River Alliance, LLC (BSRA)/SRNL/DOE | $585,449 |
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