Congratulations to the 2025–2026 IIMS-CTSA Pilot Project Awardees on their outstanding proposals and commitment to advancing translational research. We look forward to seeing the progress and contributions your work will bring to the field and our community.

Single-cell spatial transcriptomic profiling of olfactory bulb cell types from Parkinson’s disease patients
Biju Chandu (PI)

Biomarker-directed development of drugs with selectivity against triple-negative breast cancer subtypes
April Risinger (PI)

Plasmodium vivax Vaccine Development: Translational Insights from Natural and Vaccine-Induced Immunity
Gregory Ippolito (PI) & Evelien Bunnik (Co-PI)

Salivary Lactoferrin as a Non-Invasive Biomarker for Alzheimer’s Disease in an Ethnically Diverse Population
Valentina Garbarino (PI) & Chinedu Udeh-Momoh (Co-PI)

Maternal Readiness Quality Initiative
Katherine Remick (PI) & Patrick Ramsey (Co-PI)

Smartphone-Based Risk Screening and Intervention in Prehospital Settings: A CTS Pilot Study to Overcome Access Barriers
Jeffrey Rollman (PI)

Clinical Translation and Validation of Dried Plasma Spot Cards
Jeremy Tanner (PI) & Tiffany Kautz (Co-PI)

Patient-Centric Approach to Identifying EHR Data Discrepancies: A Feasibility Study
Zhan Wang (PI) & Meredith Zozus (Co-PI)

Unlocking Information in Legacy Medical Records for Research
Mahanaz Syed (PI) & Jannine Cody (Co-PI)

Pilot to Evaluate EHR-Based Research Functionality and Recruitment Strategies to Enhance and Optimize Clinical Trial Recruitment
Maryam Garza (PI)