May 8, 2019 | Erin Bluvas, bluvase@sc.edu
Faculty members from across the Arnold School received funding through the Office of the Vice President for Research’s Advanced Support for Innovative Research Excellence (ASPIRE) program. The internal, competitive program was has yielded a return of about $203 million since it was begun in 2012. This year, the program received 188 proposals from UofSC faculty researchers, awarding grants to 82 of the proposals after evaluation by faculty review committees.
ASPIRE awards are designed to enhance UofSC’s research capabilities. They do so by investing in faculty by helping them begin promising new research endeavors for later external funding (ASPIRE I: Innovation), build up a collaborative, interdisciplinary research project (ASPIRE II: Integration), and/or invest in the University’s research infrastructure (ASPIRE III: Infrastructure).
“We are so proud to announce a new round of ASPIRE investments for 2019,” said USC Vice President for Research, Prakash Nagarkatti. “The selected projects from our outstanding faculty represent a wide variety of subject areas, from art to engineering, helping us to fund important scholarship across disciplines and boosting research throughout the UofSC system. It is my pleasure to congratulate all of the 2019 ASPIRE grant awardees.”
The 2019 ASPIRE recipients include the following Arnold School faculty members.
2019 ASPIRE-I: Innovation Recipients
Sub-track I, junior faculty development
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Principal Investigator |
Title |
Department |
| Cai, Guoshuai | Characterization of a Novel Methylation Signature in Breast Cancer Progression | Environmental Health Sciences |
| Hair, Nicole | Evaluating State Collaborative and Legislative Policies Limiting Early-Term Elective Delivery | Health Services Policy & Management |
| Hung, Peiyin | Trend and consequences of physician-hospital consolidation for obstetric care in urban and rural South Carolina | Health Services Policy & Management |
| Lohman, Matthew | Pilot Evaluation of an Early Memory Loss Lifestyle Intervention for Participants and Their Care Partners in South Carolina | Epidemiology & Biostatistics |
| Smuder, Ashley | Effects of aging on the expression of drug transport proteins in the heart | Exercise Science |
| Stewart, Jill | Task-Oriented Training of Arm Function in Standing after Stroke: A Pilot Study | Exercise Science |
| Wang, Yuan | Joint Brain Network Modeling of Multimodal MRI across Aphasia Types | Epidemiology & Biostatistics |
| Xiao, Shuo | Development of a high-throughput 3D in vitro follicle culture platform for female reproductive toxicity evaluation | Environmental Health Sciences |
Sub-track IIB, Postdoctoral Scholar Development
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Principal Investigator |
Title |
Department |
|
Ajmal, Fozia |
Shift from home dialysis to in-center hemodialysis among End-Stage Renal Disease patients in the United States: A qualitative exploratory study |
Health Services Policy & Management |
|
Baron, Lauren |
Executive Function in Children with Specific Language Impairment and Dyslexia |
Communication Sciences & Disorders |
|
Yang, Xueying |
HIV related disclosures and HIV care cascade among MSM living with HIV in South Carolina |
Health Promotion, Education & Behavior |
Sub-track IV, Senior Faculty Exploration
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Principal Investigator |
Title |
Department |
|
Merchant, Anwar |
Periodontal Treatment and Pregnancy Outcomes: Correcting Bias in Clinical Trials |
Epidemiology and Biostatistics |
ASPIRE-II: Integration Recipients
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Principal Investigator |
Title |
Department |
|
Cozad, Melanie
|
Development of RunRA: A Mobile Application for the Self-Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis |
Health Services Policy & Management |
|
Walsemann, Katrina
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Transforming UofSC into a National Leader in Health, Inequalities, and Population Research | Health Promotion, Education & Behavior |
ASPIRE-III: Infrastructure Recipients
|
Principal Investigator |
Title |
Department |
|
Baalousha, Mohammed |
Acquisition of a Microwave System to Support Multidisciplinary Research in Material, Environmental, and Geological Sciences. |
Environmental Health Sciences |