CDC Seed Projects

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CDC/GEORGIA TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AWARDS-FY 2009

Seed Awards to Promote Collaborative Research

As part of the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Annual CDC/Georgia Technology Research Awards, CDC provides funding to three recipients to foster scientific collaboration among Georgia Tech and CDC investigators. This CDC/Georgia Tech seed project program is a joint effort that supports pilot research in the form of proof of concept and feasibility projects that will advance the state of the science to facilitate scientific innovation (e.g. patents and publications), new external funding, and novel collaborative relationships.  Previously funded projects have covered a variety of areas and approaches including vaccine risk, molecular biology, cell engineering, bioinformatics, and GIS.

The research priorities for the CDC/Georgia Tech seed project funding are the following broad priority areas:

1. Bioengineering (e.g. biosensors, environmental sensors, biomechanics),
2. Bioscience (e.g. cell/tissue engineering, microanalysis, molecular biology), and
3. Informatics (e.g. signal detection, pattern recognition, human/computer interface, information retrieval, data integration, simulation, decision science, security, GIS, networking).

Annually, three seed awards are funded at $50,000 total per project/year with each institution providing $25,000 per year.  The maximum total budget for the two year project period is $100,000 ($50,000 total per institution), but second year funding is contingent upon submittal of a satisfactory progress report.

The following individual projects are currently in their second year of funding and include:

Georgia Tech PI Name	CDC PI Name	Title	Abstract
L. Andrew Lyon, PhD	Jonas M. Winchell, PhD, MS	Development of Hydrogel Microarrays for Multiplex Detection of Pathogens by Nucleic Acid Hybridization	Project Abstract
Beth Mynatt, PhD	Scott Mullins	Exploring the use of social media and mobile technologies for diabetes management	Project Abstract
Patricia Sobecky, PhD	Cheryl Bopp, MS	Emergence of Vibrio parahaemolyticus Pathogens: Novel Genotypes Promoting Disease	Project Abstract

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CDC/GEORGIA STATE SEED AWARDS- FY 2009

Seed Awards for Social and Behavioral Science Research

Funding supports social and behavioral science research within the field of public health.  Funded projects address a public health issue in the areas of health promotion, disease prevention, injury or disability prevention, or health protection from infectious, environmental or terrorist health threats.  In addition, proposals are based on a clearly defined collaboration between Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Georgia State University (GSU) scientists. 

Research priority areas include:  studies that evaluate policies or programs using behavioral surveillance data; process evaluation of public health interventions; methodological assessments such as reliability or validity studies involving survey data; organizational or systems analysis studies of public health infrastructure or workforce training and performance, sociological studies of inter-organization exchange and collaboration in community health partnerships and coalitions; anthropological studies of cultural competence or sensitivity of public health programs that seek to reduce disparities; assessment of participatory processes in public health planning or research; or studies related to public health programs, law, or policies.

Five research projects in the social and behavioral sciences were awarded in FY08 based on collaborations between the CDC and GSU.  The maximum award amount for each institution is $15,000 per year ($30,000 total per project).  The maximum total budget for the two year project period is $60,000 ($30,000 total per institution). 

The following individual projects are currently in their second year of funding and include:

GSU PI Name	CDC PI Name	Title	Abstract
Page Anderson, PhD	Janet Saul, PhD	Preventing Childhood Maltreatment in the Wake of a Disaster: What do States do?	Project Abstract
Brian J. Dew, PhD	Gordon Mansergh, PhD	Toward a Better Understanding of Non-addicted, Methamphetamine-using Men who have Sex with Men (MSM)	Project Abstract
Marise B. Parent, PhD	Joel Kimmons, PhD	The Effects of a High Fructose Diet on Brain and Behavior	Project Abstract
Diana Robins, PhD	Marshalyn Yeargin-Allsopp, MD	Determining the Prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorders in Young Children	Project Abstract
Richard Rothenberg, MD	Dawn K. Smith, MD, MS, MPH	An Assessment of the Attitudes and Program Preferences about Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) among Inner City Young Adults at Risk for HIV/AIDS	Project Abstract

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CDC/University of Georgia SEED AWARDS- FY 2009

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and University of Georgia (CDC/UGA) seed award program provides pilot research project funding to enhance collaborative scientific innovation and technology development at the interface of human, veterinary, and ecological health, increase the number and quality of research outputs and strengthen collaborative interactions between CDC and UGA scientists. Successful applications most responsive to the CDC/UGA guidelines for seed grant funding have collaborative, interdisciplinary research in the following broad priority areas:

1. Public health (e.g., infectious diseases, chronic diseases, injury and environmental health)
2. Veterinary medicine (e.g., wildlife, companion animals, surveillance, risk analysis, disease detection and prevention, and human interface)
3. Ecological science (e.g., climate change, entomology, spatial analysis, mathematical and environmental modeling, environmental exposures/conditions, informatics, and infectious disease ecology)

Awards are funded at $50,000 total per project/year with each institution providing $25,000 per year. The maximum total budget for the two year project period is $100,000 ($50,000 total per institution). Second year funding is contingent upon submittal of a satisfactory progress report.

In fiscal year 2009, the following projects received funding:

UGA PI Name	CDC PI Name	Title	Abstract
Sonia P.Altizer	Charles E. Rupprecht	Ecological and anthropogenic drivers of vampire bat-transmitted rabies outbreaks	Project Abstract
Jessica Kissinger	Venkatachalam Udhayakumar	Development of simple, field-usable molecular tools for the diagnosis of malaria	Project Abstract
Michael J. Yabsley	Michael R. Levin	Ecosystem health and human health: understanding the ecological effects of prescribed fire regimes on the distribution and population dynamics of tick-borne zoonoses	Project Abstract
Egbert Mundt, Holly Sellers	Mark Papania, Ruben Donis	Aerosol delivery of a virus-like-particle vaccine against H5N1 avian influenza in poultry	Project Abstract
Richard Dluhy	Paul Rota	High sensitivity nano-optical method to detect measles virus in clinical samples	Project Abstract

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