The Wake Forest Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2025 Spring Common Deadline. For the first time, all participating centers shared unified application requirements with an April deadline, and funded projects began on October 1st. Five centers participated in the Spring Common Deadline, and several applications were selected for funding. Congratulations to each recipient!
Center for Prevention Science in Child and Family Health (CPSCFH) Pilot Recipient
Savithri Nageswaran, MBBS, MPH
Professor, Pediatrics
'Assessing Health of Caregivers of Children with Medical Complexity and Co-Designing Interventions with Stakeholders'
'Assessing Health of Caregivers of Children with Medical Complexity and Co-Designing Interventions with Stakeholders'
Center for Vaccines at the Extremes of Aging (CVEA) Pilot Recipient
Brigid Grabert, PhD, JD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Implementation Science
'Uptake of Recommended Vaccines by Patient Rurality Status in the Advocate Health System'
'Uptake of Recommended Vaccines by Patient Rurality Status in the Advocate Health System'
Wake Forest Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) Translational Research Pilot Recipients
Asma Ahmed, PhD, MD
Assistant Professor, Epidemiology and Prevention
'Inadvertent Exposure to Anti-Obesity Medications and Their Safety in Early Pregnancy'
*co-funded by the North Carolina Diabetes Research Center
'Inadvertent Exposure to Anti-Obesity Medications and Their Safety in Early Pregnancy'
*co-funded by the North Carolina Diabetes Research Center
Laurel Berry, MD
Assistant Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology
'Leveraging Immunogenic Subtypes of High-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer for Improved Immunotherapy Selection'
*co-funded by the Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Cancer Center
'Leveraging Immunogenic Subtypes of High-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer for Improved Immunotherapy Selection'
*co-funded by the Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Cancer Center
Bartlomiej Imielski, MD
Assistant Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery
'Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System Response to Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Patients with Vasoplegia'
*co-funded by the Cardiovascular Sciences Center, the Hypertension and Vascular Research Center, and the Critical Illness, Injury and Recovery Research Center
'Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System Response to Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Patients with Vasoplegia'
*co-funded by the Cardiovascular Sciences Center, the Hypertension and Vascular Research Center, and the Critical Illness, Injury and Recovery Research Center
Samuel Centanni, PhD
Assistant Professor, Translational Neuroscience
'Cardiac Autonomic Function and Mid-Insula Circuit Dysregulation in Traumatic Stress'
*co-funded by the Cardiovascular Sciences Center and the Hypertension and Vascular Research Center
'Cardiac Autonomic Function and Mid-Insula Circuit Dysregulation in Traumatic Stress'
*co-funded by the Cardiovascular Sciences Center and the Hypertension and Vascular Research Center
Sarah Cilvik, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics – Neonatology
'Revisiting the Sterile Womb Hypothesis: Establishing the Feasibility of Using Shotgun Metagenomic Sequencing to Characterize Microbial Signatures in Nonhuman Primate Amniotic Fluid'
*co-funded by the Center for Precision Medicine
'Revisiting the Sterile Womb Hypothesis: Establishing the Feasibility of Using Shotgun Metagenomic Sequencing to Characterize Microbial Signatures in Nonhuman Primate Amniotic Fluid'
*co-funded by the Center for Precision Medicine