2026 Translational Science Pilot Grant Awardees

Building a Virginia APCD Training Platform for a Data-Proficient Research Workforce.
Dr. Erin Britton, Assistant Professor, School of Public Health, VCU

Advancing Precision Medicine: Novel Statistical and AI Methods to Characterize Treatment Heterogeneity in Survival Data.
Dr. Na Bo, Assistant Professor, School of Public Health, VCU

Advancing Translational Science through Genome-Exome Data Integration across Ancestral Populations.
Dr. Karen Chartier, Professor, School of Social Work, VCU and Dr. Ananda Amstadter, Professor, School of Medicine, VCU

Wearable biosensors for accurate detection of alcohol use in patients with alcohol-associated liver disease.
Dr. Ekaterina Smirnova, Associate Professor, School of Public Health, VCU and Dr. Juan Pablo Arab, Associate Professor, School of Medicine, VCU