Purdue, IU research teams awarded pilot funding through collaborative grant program

INDIANAPOLIS — Research teams led by faculty at both the Indiana University School of Medicine and the Purdue University College of Engineering have been awarded pilot grants through the Engineering in Medicine pilot funding program to support joint research efforts as part of a growing ecosystem of collaboration and integration between the two schools.

The primary objective of these research collaborations is the development of novel technologies that will lead to innovative approaches and engineered systems for improved patient care.

The program is co-led by Tatiana Foroud, PhD, executive associate dean for research affairs, Distinguished Professor and August M. Watanabe Professor of Medical Research at the IU School of Medicine; Craig Goergen, PhD, co-director of the Purdue Engineering Initiative in Engineering-Medicine, Leslie A. Geddes Professor at Purdue’s Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering; and Julie Liu, PhD, co-director of the Purdue Engineering Initiative in Engineering-Medicine, University Faculty Scholar and associate professor at Purdue’s Davidson School of Chemical Engineering.

2024 Engineering in Medicine Pilot Projects and their principal investigators:

“Feasibility of Interstitial Cortisol Biosensing for Depression Treatment Monitoring"

• Jacqueline Linnes, PhD, Marta E. Gross Associate Professor, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue College of Engineering
• Susan Conroy, MD, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry, IU School of Medicine

“Spotlight on human olfaction: novel in vivo diagnostics”

• Yunjie Tong, PhD, associate professor, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue College of Engineering
• Vijay Ramakrishnan, MD, professor of otolaryngology-head and neck surgery, IU School of Medicine

“At-home multiplexed detection of respiratory pathogens”

• Mohit S. Verma, PhD, associate professor, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue College of Engineering
• Ryan F. Relich, PhD, associate professor of clinical pathology and laboratory medicine, IU School of Medicine

“Portable Microneedle-integrated Ozone Delivery System for the Treatment of Chronic and Infected Wounds”

• Mithun Sinha, PhD, assistant professor of surgery, IU School of Medicine
• Rahim Rahimi, PhD, assistant professor, school of materials engineering and electrical and computer engineering, Purdue College of Engineering

“Microvasculature Changes Associated with Vaso-occlusive Crises in Patients with Sickle Cell Disease”

• Ying Wang, MD, PhD, assistant professor of anesthesia, IU School of Medicine
• Young L. Kim, PhD, associate head for research, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue College of Engineering