Congratulations to Kymberly Gowdy, MS, PhD, Associate Professor, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Zakee Sabree, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Population Health, College of Arts and Sciences, and Cody Warren, MPH, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine. Each are recipients of IDI Interdisciplinary Research Seed Grants in the amount of $25,000 for their projects as follows:
Dr. Kymberly Gowdy, PI: Examining the molecular mechanisms by which ozone increases bacterial growth in the lung. Interdisciplinary team collaborator (Co-PI): Daniel Wozniak, PhD, Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Microbial Infection & Immunity, College of Medicine.
Dr. Zakee Sabree, PI: Using orally administered RNAi in Periplaneta americana to specifically disrupt innate immune activity in gut tissues. Interdisciplinary team collaborator (Co-PI): Sarah Short, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology, College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences.
Dr. Cody Warren, PI: An experimental pipeline to evaluate zoonotic risk: a strategy for influenza virus pandemic prevention. Interdisciplinary team collaborators (Co-PIs): Andrew Bowman, MS, DVM, PhD, Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, and Mark Peeples, PhD, Professor, Center for Vaccines & Immunity, Nationwide Children’s Hospital.