CALS COVID-19 Pilot Projects

Project Title

PI

Co-PIs

Department/School

Award Amount

 COVID-19 Stressors: Implications for Family Functioning and Parent and Child Wellbeing  Barnett, Melissa   FCS $24,974
Understanding Metabolic Risk Factors for Severity of COVID-19 via Generation of Novel Mouse Model Duca, Frank Van Doorslaer, Koenraad           Renquist, Ben ACBS $28,666
A Comprehensive TempO-Seq SARS-CoV-2 and Host Response Assay Platform Galbraith, David Zhongguo, Xiong        Seligmann, Bruce  SPLS $30,000
 Development of Biosafety Level 3 (BSL-3) Laboratory Capacity for COVID-19 Research  Gerba, Chuck Ikner, Luisa       Betancourt, Walter          Pepper, Ian ENVS $28,000
Discovery of Natural Products-Based Antiviral Agents for SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Gunatlaka, Leslie Ahmad, Nafees  SNRE $30,000
Food Insecurity, Hunger, and COVID19 Josephson, Anna   AREC $13,275
Personalized Cell Therapies to Combat COVID19 Simpson, Richard Katsanis, Emmanuel  NCS $29,975
Stress and Coping among Firefighters on the Frontlines of the COVID-19 Pandemic:
Testing a Mindfulness Intervention
Zeiders, Katie   FCS $25,700
Rapid production and animal test of nanoparticle-displayed vaccine candidates against SARS-CoV-2 Zhongguo, Xiong Georgieva, Teodora SPLS $29,975
Mechanisms underlying the regulation of ACE-2 in the lung Zhao, Ningning   NCS $30,000
Bend the Curve Hand Sanitizer Project Vish Viswanathan Gaytri Vedantam   ACBS $10,000