Date:
01/07/2019
University leaders announced the Grand Challenges Research Interdisciplinary Team Awards for 2019 in December 2018. Six teams received awards, three of which are co-led by MSI PIs. The projects headed by MSI PIs include (MSI PIs are in bold):
Clinical Precision Medicine Based on Single Cell Analysis
Co-PIs:
- Boris Winterhoff, Obstetrics, Gynecology & Women’s Health
- Jinhua Wang, Biomedical Health Informatics; Masonic Cancer Center
- Tim Starr, Obstetrics, Gynecology & Women’s Health; Masonic Cancer Center
- Andrew Nelson, Laboratory Medicine and Pathology; Masonic Cancer Center
- Constantin Aliferis, Institute for Health Informatics
- Doug Yee, Masonic Cancer Center
- Stephen Schondelmeyer, Pharmaceutical Care and Health Systems
Improving Health and Well-Being With Personalized, Pervasive Technology
Co-PIs:
- Maria Gini, Computer Science and Engineering
- Serguei Pakhomov, Pharmacy
- Brad Holschuh, Design, Housing & Apparel
Back to Indigenous Futures
Co-PIs:
- Vicente Diaz, American Indian Studies
- Katie Johnston-Goodstar, Social Work
- Dan Keefe, Computer Science and Engineering
- Roxanne Gould, Indigenous and Environmental Education
- Virajita Singh, Center for Sustainable Building Research
The Grand Challenges initiative, which began in 2016, is a campuswide effort to advance the research goals of the Twin Cities campus Strategic Plan. A complete list of the 2019 awards appears on the Driving Tomorrow website: Phase 3 Grand Challenges Awards.