Twenty-four cross-divisional teams have been awarded Johns Hopkins Discovery Awards to pursue innovative partnerships on collaborative research projects that bridge dozens of fields.
With these awards, teams will be combining expertise in chemistry and electrical engineering to invent new photovoltaic materials; geriatric medicine and musical performance to improve quality of life for dementia patients and their caregivers; and molecular biology, neurobiology, and pathogen identification to develop a diagnostic device for detecting malaria by breath. In total, the 24 teams are composed of 84 faculty members and research scientists from across 10 Johns Hopkins schools and divisions.
“We are once again inspired by the creative and collaborative proposals received from throughout our university,” says Ronald J. Daniels, president of Johns Hopkins University. “These awards provide our faculty the resources to develop interdisciplinary research programs and knit together expertise across Johns Hopkins to pursue novel research questions in a daunting funding environment.”
Cross-divisional teams involving faculty in the Whiting School of Engineering include:
A New Approach to Engineering Enzymes for Bioremediation
- Steve Rokita (KSAS) & Jeff Gray (WSE)
A Systems Framework for the Societal Costs of Antimicrobial Resistance & Use in Global Food Animal Production
- Anthony So (BSPH), Roni Neff (BSPH), Keeve Nachman (BSPH), Chris Heaney (BSPH), Meghan Davis (BSPH), Sauleh Siddiqui (WSE), Anton Korinek (KSAS), Karen Carroll (SOM), Trish Perl (SOM), Jessica Fanzo (SAIS/BIB)
Identifying and Drugging the “Essentialome” of a Pathogenic Eukaryote
- Kyle Cunningham (KSAS), Winston Timp (WSE), Brendan Cormack (SOM)
Molecular Spectroscopic Studies of Energy Conversion Reactions at Electrochemical Interfaces
- Chao Wang (WSE), David Gracias (WSE), Jonah Erlebacher (WSE), Tim Mueller (WSE), Art Bragg (KSAS)
New Materials for Efficient and Low-Cost Solar Cell Technology
- Rebekka Klausen (KSAS), Art Bragg (KSAS), Susanna Thon (WSE)
Novel Therapeutics for Intracranial Monitoring and Treatment of Brain Tumor Recurrence
- Guanshu Liu (SOM), Honggang Cui (WSE), Renyaun Bai (SOM)
The Bat-wing: A Model System for Sensing and Feedback Control in Animals
- Cynthia Moss (KSAS), Rajat Mittal (WSE), Joseph Katz (WSE), Noah Cowan (WSE), Susan Sterbing (KSAS)
Systems Biology of Invasive Liver Cancer
- Elana Fertig (SOM), Joel Bader (WSE), Andrew Ewald (SOM), Aleksander Popel (SOM)
Translational Immunoengineering Center
- Jonathan Schneck (SOM), Jordan Green (SOM), Jennifer Elisseeff (SOM), Jonathan Powell (SOM), Hai-Quan Mao (WSE)