Momentum Funds 2019-2020 Awardees

 

Scaling Grants

Eric Beckman: Attacking the Global Plastics Waste Problem

D-Scholarship: Attacking the Global Plastics Waste Problem

Team members include:

  • Eric Beckman (team lead), School of Engineering
  • Melissa Bilec, School of Engineering
  • Vikas Khanna, School of Engineering
  • Götz Veser, School of Engineering
  • Peng Liu, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Amy Wildermuth, School of Law
  • Joshua Galperin, School of Law
Shandong Wu: Pittsburgh Center for Artificial Intelligence Innovation in Medical Imaging

D-Scholarship: Pittsburgh Center for Artificial Intelligence Innovation in Medical Imaging

Team members include:

  • Shandong Wu (team lead), School of Medicine
  • David Vorp, School of Engineering
  • Ashok Panigrahy, School of Medicine
  • John Gilbertson, School of Medicine
  • Seong Jae Hwang, School of Computing and Information
  • Wendie Berg, School of Medicine
  • Kayhan Batmanghelich, School of Medicine
  • Rivka Colen, School of Medicine
  • Michael Becich, School of Medicine
  • Jules Sumkin, School of Medicine
  • Robert Nishikawa, School of Medicine

Teaming Grants

Dara Mendez: A Black Women’s Health Agenda: Applying an Intersectional Systems Approach and Reproductive Justice Lens

D-Scholarship: A Black Women’s Health Agenda: Applying an Intersectional Systems Approach and Reproductive Justice Lens

Team members include:

  • Dara Mendez (team lead), School of Public Health
  • Tiffany Gary-Webb, School of Public Health
  • Esa Davis, School of Public Health
  • Abi Fapohunda, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Tomar Pierson-Brown, School of Law
  • Jada Shirriel, Healthy Start, Inc.
  • Alysia Tucker, Allegheny County Health Department
  • Dannai Wilson, Allegheny County Health Department
  • La’Tasha Mayes, New Voices for Reproductive Justice
Yuri Bunimovich: Deciphering Redox Free Radical Mechanisms of 15LOX/PEBP1-Driven Ferroptosis in Skin

D-Scholarship: Deciphering Redox Free Radical Mechanisms of 15LOX/PEBP1-Driven Ferroptosis in Skin

Team members include:

  • Yuri Bunimovich (team lead), School of Medicine
  • Valerian Kagan, School of Public Health
  • Sunil Saxena, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Kevin Binning: Developing University Infrastructure to Foster Equity and Inclusion in College Classrooms

D-Scholarship: Developing University Infrastructure to Foster Equity and Inclusion in College Classrooms

Team members include:

  • Kevin Binning (team lead), Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Lorna Kearns, University Center for Teaching and Learning
  • Linda DeAngelo, Department of Administrative and Policy Studies
  • Christian Schunn, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Erica McGreevy, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Mari Webel: History and Future of the “Neglected Tropical Diseases”: Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative Research to Improve Public Health Outcomes

D-Scholarship: History and Future of the “Neglected Tropical Diseases”: Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative Research to Improve Public Health Outcomes

Team members include:

  • Mari Webel (team lead), Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Sarah Krier, School of Public Health
  • Thuy Bui, School of Medicine
  • Matiangai Sirleaf, School of Law
  • Michael R. Dietrich, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Wilbert Van Panhuis, School of Public Health
Richard Boyce: Identification of Factors Associated with Subsequent Alzheimer’s Disease Diagnosis Using Machine Learning over Complex Large-scale Longitudinal Health Data 

D-Scholarship: Identification of Factors Associated with Subsequent Alzheimer’s Disease Diagnosis Using Machine Learning over Complex Large-scale Longitudinal Health Data

Team members include:

  • Richard Boyce (team lead), School of Medicine
  • Steven Albert, School of Public Health
  • Paul Munro, School of Medicine
John Williams: Pittsburgh Phage Project

D-Scholarship: Pittsburgh Phage Project

Team members include:

  • John Williams (team lead), School of Medicine
  • Jennifer Bomberger, School of Medicine
  • Vaughn Cooper, School of Medicine
  • Tim Corcoran, School of Medicine
  • Yohei Doi, School of Medicine
  • Balasubramani Goundappa, School of Medicine
  • Graham Hatfull, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Ghady Haidar, School of Medicine
  • Alina Iovleva, School of Medicine
  • Geoff Kurland, School of Medicine
  • Seema Lakdawala, School of Medicine
  • Marian Michaels, School of Medicine
  • Stephanie Mitchell, School of Medicine
  • Lisa Parker, School of Public Health
  • Joe Pilewski, School of Medicine
  • Jim Pipas, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Doug Reed, School of Medicine
  • Ryan Shields, School of Medicine
  • Fernanda Silveira, School of Medicine
  • Daria Van Tyne, School of Medicine
  • Anna Wang-Erickson, School of Medicine
  • Steve Wisniewski, School of Public Health
Michele Reid-Vazquez: Transnational Dialogues in Afro-Latin American and Afro-Latinx Studies

D-Scholarship: Transnational Dialogues in Afro-Latin American and Afro-Latinx Studies

Team members include:

  • Michele Reid-Vazquez (team lead), Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Shawn Alfonso-Wells, Dietrich School Advising Center
  • George Reid Andrews, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Jerome Branche, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Gina Garcia, School of Education
  • Martha Mantilla, Hillman Library
  • Luis Van Fossen Bravo, Center for Latin American Studies

Seeding Grants (now Priming)

A Vile, Filthy Book: The Sensational Trial Prosecuting Birth Control in Victorian England

Michael Meyer, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

D-Scholarship: A Vile, Filthy Book: The Sensational Trial Prosecuting Birth Control in Victorian England

 

Achieve Real-time Object Detection for 4K and 8K Endoscopes with FPGA

Jingtong Hu, Swanson School of Engineering

D-Scholarship: Achieve Real-time Object Detection for 4K and 8K Endoscopes with FPGA

 

Alzheimer’s Disease and the Axon Initial Segment: A Powerful New Disease Model

Karl Herrup, School of Medicine
Benjamin Benosman, School of Medicine

D-Scholarship: Alzheimer's Disease and the Axon Initial Segment: A Powerful New Disease Model

 

Building Workplace Democracy

Trevor Young-Hyman, College of Business Administration

D-Scholarship: Building Workplace Democracy

 

Chemistries for Targeted Delivery of Agrochemicals: Development and Feasibility Testing

Leanne Gilbertson, Swanson School of Engineering

D-Scholarship: Chemistries for Targeted Delivery of Agrochemicals: Development and Feasibility Testing

 

Closed Circuit Electronic Playground

Zachary Horton, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

D-Scholarship: Closed Circuit Electronic Playground

 

Common Sense for Visual Reasoning Tasks

Adriana Kovashka, School of Computing and Information

D-Scholarship: Common Sense for Visual Reasoning Tasks

 

Determinants of Executive Function Development: A Motor Training Study

Klaus Libertus, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

D-Scholarship: Determinants of Executive Function Development: A Motor Training Study

 

Development of Real Gas Kinetic Chemistry at High Pressures

Shervin Sammak, Swanson School of Engineering

D-Scholarship: Development of Real Gas Kinetic Chemistry at High Pressures

 

Diophantine Geometry and Galois Representations

Carl Wang-Erickson, Department of Mathematics

D-Scholarship: Diophantine Geometry and Galois Representations

 

Dynamic Repositioning of Condition-based and Opportunistic Maintenance Resources

Lisa Maillart, Swanson School of Engineering

D-Scholarship: Dynamic Repositioning of Condition-based and Opportunistic Maintenance Resources

 

Economic Inequality, “Status” Threat, and Support for Exclusionary Rhetoric among Right-wing Populists in the United States and Europe

Emily West, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

D-Scholarship: Economic Inequality, “Status” Threat, and Support for Exclusionary Rhetoric among Right-wing Populists in the United States and Europe

 

Epigenetic Aging and Cognitive Health: A Pilot Study

Rebecca Reed, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Anna Marsland, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Steve Manuck, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

D-Scholarship: Epigenetic Aging and Cognitive Health: A Pilot Study

 

Evaluating Prescription Drug Subsidies for Diabetics: Effects on Medication Adherence and Health Outcomes

Eric Roberts, School of Medicine
Inmaculada Hernandez, School of Medicine

D-Scholarship: Evaluating Prescription Drug Subsidies for Diabetics: Effects on Medication Adherence and Health Outcomes

 

Fuel Recycling at Copper Catalysts

Raúl Hernández Sánchez, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

D-Scholarship: Fuel Recycling at Copper Catalysts

 

Genetic Tools for Identifying Regulators of Cell Morphology

Jeffrey Hildebrand, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

D-Scholarship: Genetic Tools for Identifying Regulators of Cell Morphology

 

Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: A Strength-Based Perspective and Intervention

Fengyan Tang, School of Social Work
Elizabeth Farmer, School of Social Work

D-Scholarship: Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: A Strength-Based Perspective and Intervention

 

Investigating Targettable Pathways in Robinow Syndrome

Heather Szabo Rogers, School of Dental Medicine

D-Scholarship: Investigating Targettable Pathways in Robinow Syndrome

 

Killing “Nicely”

Elizabeth Pitts, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

D-Scholarship: Killing "Nicely"

 

Laser-induced Formation of Nanocarbons with Tunable Morphology Directly on Polymers

Mostafa Bedewy, Swanson School of Engineering

D-Scholarship: Laser-induced Formation of Nanocarbons with Tunable Morphology Directly on Polymers

 

Locomotor Adaptability for Community Mobility of Older Adults: The Role of Gait Automaticity

Andrea Rosso, School of Public Health
Gelsy Torres-Oviedo, Swanson School of Engineering
Andrea Weinstein, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

D-Scholarship: Locomotor Adaptability for Community Mobility of Older Adults: The Role of Gait Automaticity

 

Naval Nostalgia and Racial Memory in the United States, United Kingdom, and the Netherlands

Peter Campbell, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

D-Scholarship: Naval Nostalgia and Racial Memory in the United States, United Kingdom, and the Netherlands

 

Plasticity and Possibility in Regenerative Biology: Model Organisms and New Human Biologies

Emily Wanderer, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

D-Scholarship: Plasticity and Possibility in Regenerative Biology: Model Organisms and New Human Biologies

 

Proposal for Support of the UPJ Soil Judging Team

Mitzy Schaney, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown

D-Scholarship: Proposal for Support of the UPJ Soil Judging Team

 

Reimagining Silent Film through Screenshot: Silent Asia

Charles Exley, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

D-Scholarship: Reimagining Silent Film through Screenshot: Silent Asia

 

Russian Sovereign, Islamic Dynast: Papering Over Semicolonialism in 19th Century Central Asia

James Pickett, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

D-Scholarship: Russian Sovereign, Islamic Dynast: Papering Over Semicolonialism in 19th Century Central Asia

 

Safely Staging Sex and Violence for the Academic Performer

Karen Gilmer, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

D-Scholarship: Safely Staging Sex and Violence for the Academic Performer

 

Scalable Artificial Synapses with Tunable Spatiotemporal Dynamics for Neuromorphic Computing

Feng Xiong, Swanson School of Engineering

D-Scholarship: Scalable Artificial Synapses with Tunable Spatiotemporal Dynamics for Neuromorphic Computing

 

The Bonn Lancelot Manuscript and Its Illustrations

Alison Stones, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

D-Scholarship: The Bonn Lancelot Manuscript and Its Illustrations

 

The Emergence of Corporate Venture Capital in China: A Field Study

Ravi Madhavan, College of Business Administration

D-Scholarship: The Emergence of Corporate Venture Capital in China: A Field Study

 

The Evolutionary Potential of the Determinants of Species Coexistence

Martin Turcotte, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

D-Scholarship: The Evolutionary Potential of the Determinants of Species Coexistence

 

Pitt Seed Special Cycle: Prevention of Sexual Misconduct (2020)

Adrian Ballard, School of Social Work
Mary Besterfield-Sacre, Swanson School of Engineering
Eddie Buggie, Office of the President, Pitt-Bradford
Carla Chugani, School of Medicine
Christy Clark, Office of the President, Pitt-Bradford
Ronna Colland, Administrative Services, Pitt-Greensburg
Matthew Comito, Office of Public Safety and Emergency Management
Sheila Confer, Student Services and Humanities, Pitt-Greensburg
Ann Emmerling, Blackburn Center
Laura Fink, Department of Athletics
Rachel Gartner, School of Social Work
Ashley Hill, School of Medicine
Tim Holler, Division of Behavioral Sciences, Pitt-Greensburg
Holger Hoock, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Jackie Horrall, Academic Affairs, Pitt-Greensburg
Ron Idoko, Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion 
Adam Lee, School of Computing and Information
Mandi Mahramas, Department of Athletics
Chase McIntyre, Department of Athletics
Elizabeth Miller, School of Medicine
Michele Montag, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Lauren Risser, School of Medicine
Penny Semaia, Department of Athletics
Briar Somerville, Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion 
Lynissa R. Stokes, School of Medicine
Katie Stumpp, Department of Athletics
Janine Talis, School of Medicine
Michelle Therminy, Office of the President, Pitt-Bradford
Anthony Verardi, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences Graduate Student Organization
Darren Whitfield, School of Medicine