2024 AWARDEES
Camilla Margaroli Bell, PhD — Assistant Professor
Division of Molecular and Cellular Pathology
UAB – Department of Pathology
Project Title: Pathogenic extracellular vesicles in the aged lung
Reed Bratches, PhD — Postdoctoral Fellow
UAB – School of Nursing
Project Title: Family Caregiver Strategies to Manage Medication Refusals in Persons Living with Dementia: A Survey*
*Pilot award co-sponsored by the UAB Center for Palliative and Supportive Care.
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Division of Nephrology, Cardiorenal Physiology and Medicine Section UAB – Heersink School of Medicine Co-Principal Investigator |
Project Title: CHORUS Study: Circadian Rhythms and Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus |
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Department of Neurosurgery UAB – Heersink School of Medicine Co-Principal Investigator |
Bryan Becker, PhD — Assistant Professor
Marshall Holland, MD, MS — Assistant Professor2022 AWARDEES
Edmund Arthur, OD, PhD, FAAO — Assistant Professor
Department of Optometry & Vision Science
UAB – School of Optometry
Project Title: Characterizing and quantifying changes in the retinal peripheral capillary free zones in diabetic retinopathy
Ryan Coute, DO — Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
UAB – Heersink School of Medicine
Project Title: Derivation of the Surviving Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Prediction (SOHCAP) Score
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UAB – School of Nursing Co-Principal Investigator |
Project Title: An Optimization Pilot to Address Pain for Older Adults with Advanced Heart Failure using the Multiphase Optimization Strategy (MOST) |
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UAB – School of Nursing Co-Principal Investigator |
Shena Gazaway, PhD, RN — Assistant Professor
Rachel Wells, PhD, MSN, RN, CNL — Assistant Professor2021 AWARDEES
Andrew Arrant, PhD — Assistant Professor 
Department of Neurology
UAB – Heersink School of Medicine
Project Title: Investigating Pro-inflammatory Changes in Extracellular Vesicles from Aged Brains
Smith Giri, MD, MHS — Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology & Oncology
UAB – Heersink School of Medicine
Project Title: Evaluation of SARC-F as a Screening Tool to Identify Sarcopenia among Older
Adults with Cancer
Rachel M. Skains, MD — Faculty Instructor
Department of Emergency Medicine
UAB — Heersink School of Medicine
Project Title: Risk of Delirium with Opioid Use Among Older Adults in the Emergency Department
Liou Y. Sun, MD, PhD — Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
UAB – College of Arts and Sciences
Project Title: A novel drug candidate for Alzheimer’s disease: TCAP-1
Joseph D. Wolfe, PhD — Associate Professor
Department of Sociology
UAB – College of Arts and Sciences
Project Title: The Impact of U.S. State Policies on Debt-based Health Disparities in Late Midlife
2020 AWARDEES
Constanza Cortes Rodriguez, BSc, PhD — Assistant Professor
Department of Cell, Development, & Integrative Biology
UAB – Heersink School of Medicine
Project Title: Enhanced Skeletal Muscle as a Novel Exercise Mimetic Maintaining Stem Cell Resilience in the Aging CNS
Roy Martin PhD— Associate Professor
Department of Neurology
UAB – Heersink School of Medicine
Project Title: Presurgery Cognitive Status as a Predictor of Post-Operative Delirium in Older Adults Undergoing Elective Surgery
Noha Sharafeldin MBBCh, MSc, PhD — Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology & Oncology
UAB — Heersink School of Medicine
Project Title: Study of cognitive outcomes in advanced prostate cancer patients treated with combined androgen deprivation and second-
generation androgen blocker therapies
Edward Taub, PhD — Professor
Department of Psychology
UAB – College of Arts and Sciences
Project Title: A New Form of Rehabilitation for Chronic Cognitive Impairment after Critical Care for Covid-19 and Other Conditions