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The Duke DST Spark Seed Grants program has a proven track record of fostering interdisciplinary collaboration and promoting innovative research. This year's recipients of the Spark Seed Grants continue to push the boundaries of science and technology, addressing complex challenges across various fields.
Business Winner
Organized Labor, Employment, and Reskilling in an Age of Automation: Lessons from the U.S. Newspaper Industry, 1960-1990
Daniel Gross
Associate Professor of Business Administration
Engineering Winner
Ultrasound Volumetric In-situ Printing for Minimally Invasive Medicine
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Junjie Yao
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Environment Winner
Quantifying losses of sequestered carbon and nutrients in the coastal ocean
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Dana E. Hunt
Associate Professor of Microbial Ecology
Marine Science and Conservation
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Medicine Winners
Medicine
Discovery of underlying mechanisms resulting in deceased donor kidney failure in African Americans
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Opeyemi Olabisi
Associate Professor of Medicine
Neurobiology
Multiplexed measurement of local neuromodulatory interactions in cortex, in vivo
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Anita Disney
Assistant Professor of Neurobiology
Neurology
Targeted Gene Therapy for Modulating TRP Channels in Trigeminal Ganglia to Alleviate Migraine Pathophysiology.
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Carlene D Moore
Assistant Professor in Neurology
Pathology
Proneural Gene-Mediated PSMA Suppression
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Ming Chen
Associate Professor of Pathology
surgery
Novel non-viral gene therapy platform
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Justin Joseph Pollara
Associate Professor in Surgery
Public Policy Winner
Principals at the Helm: Designing an Intervention to Reduce Racial Disparities in K-12 School Suspensions
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Sarah Komisarow
Assistant Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy