The Division of Laboratory Medicine, directed by Sixto Leal, Jr., M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor, is pleased to announce the awarding of three research pilot grants to faculty in the division. Funding was awarded for topics across the full spectrum of human disease, at up to $20,000 for one year to support salary and equipment costs.

The grant recipients include:

• Karen Scott, Ph.D., Associate Professor; Director, Forensic Toxicology Laboratory - "Improvements to Toxic Alcohol and other Toxicology Testing at UAB"
• David Figge, M.D., Assistant Professor; Director, Clinical Immunology - "Epigenetic Entrainment of Striatal Engram-like Neurons across the Time Course of LID Development"
• Liyun Cao, Ph.D., Assistant Professor; Clinical Chemistry Section Head; Director, RICNU; Specimen Receiving Lab - "Development of machine learning tools for personalized cardiovascular toxicity risk stratification in breast cancer patients and survivors"
  
  

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“The interesting science and hard work proposed in each funded project truly spans the wide breadth of Lab Medicine, setting the stage for both long-term and immediate impacts on patient care,” says Leal.

Each investigator will pursue independent and innovative projects that truly span the wide breadth of Lab Medicine, including the development and implementation of novel diagnostic and prognostic assays, mechanistic wet lab research, and computer learning algorithms.