Brain Health Research Institute Pilot Grants Awarded to Kent State Researchers and Collaborators

The Kent State University Brain Health Research Institute is pleased to announce the following Pilot Grant 2020 award winners:

Blue Awards ($20,000)

Jianxin Bao, Ph.D. (Anatomy and Neurobiology, NEOMED) and Tsung-Heng Tsai, Ph.D. (Mathematical Sciences, Kent State University)

  • A new method based on machine learning for diagnosis of cochlear synaptopathy

Min-Ho Kim, Ph.D. (Biological Sciences, Kent State University) and Woo-Yang Kim, Ph.D. (Biological Sciences, Kent State University)

  • A feasibility study for the application of magnetic hyperthermia towards the clearance of beta-amyloids in mouse model of Alzheimer’s Disease

Jennifer McDonough, Ph.D. (Biological Sciences, Kent State University) and Jessica Williams, Ph.D. (Neuroscience, Cleveland Clinic)

  • Betaine as a neuroprotective therapy for multiple sclerosis

Angela Neal-Barnett, Ph.D. (Psychological Sciences, Kent State University), Carla Goar, Ph.D. (Sociology, Kent State University), Na’Tasha Evans, Ph.D. (School of Health Sciences, Kent State University) and Starr Solomon, Ph.D. (Sociology, Kent State University)

  • Examining the impact of systemic racism and COVID-19 on the well-being of Black college students at Kent State University

Gold Awards ($5,000)

Joshua Albrecht, Ph.D. (College of Music, Kent State University)

  • Interdisciplinary Music Cognition Lab infrastructure funding request

Heather Caldwell, Ph.D. (Biological Sciences, Kent State University)

  • The impact of embryonic oxytocin receptor signaling on the transcriptome

Karin Coifman, Ph.D. (Psychological Sciences, Kent State University) and David Disabato, Ph.D. (Psychological Sciences, Kent State University)

  • Emotion dynamics as a psychotherapy process in community adults

Phillip Hamrick, Ph.D. (English, Kent State University)

  • Toward an exemplar-based context-sensitive distributional model of semantic memory

Louise Steele, Ph.D. (Biological Sciences, Kent State University, Salem Campus)

  • Effects of Ultrasound on Nervous System Development in the Nematode Roundworm, C. elegans

Rafaela Takeshita, Ph.D. (Anthropology, Kent State University) and Wilson Chung, Ph.D. (Biological Sciences, Kent State University)

  • The role of adrenarche in the evolution of the human brain

Congratulations to all awardees! We look forward to hearing the results of your research.

POSTED: Thursday, February 4, 2021 03:00 PM
UPDATED: Thursday, March 28, 2024 10:11 AM