CDC Seed Projects - FY 2010

Georgia Tech Awards   |    Georgia State Awards

CDC/GEORGIA TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AWARDS-FY 2010

Seed Awards to Promote Collaborative Research

As part of the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Annual CDC/Georgia Technology Research Awards, CDC provides funding to foster scientific collaboration among Georgia Tech and CDC investigators. This CDC/Georgia Tech seed project program is a joint effort that supports pilot research in the form of proof of concept and feasibility projects that will advance the state of the science to facilitate scientific innovation (e.g. patents and publications), new external funding, and novel collaborative relationships.  Previously funded projects have covered a variety of areas and approaches including vaccine risk, molecular biology, cell engineering, bioinformatics, and GIS.

The research priorities for the CDC/Georgia Tech seed project funding are the following broad priority areas:

1. Bioengineering (e.g. biosensors, environmental sensors, biomechanics),
2. Bioscience (e.g. cell/tissue engineering, microanalysis, molecular biology), and
3. Informatics (e.g. signal detection, pattern recognition, human/computer interface, information retrieval, data integration, simulation, decision science, security, GIS, networking).

The seed awards are funded at $50,000 total per project/year with each institution providing $25,000 per year. The maximum total budget for the two year project period is $100,000 ($50,000 total per institution), but second year funding is contingent upon submittal of a satisfactory progress report.

In fiscal year 2010, the following projects received funding:

Georgia Tech PI Name	CDC PI Name	Title	Abstract
Steven French, PhD	James Holt, PhD	Impacts of Large-scale Built-Environment on the Obesity Epidemic	Project Abstract
Craig Forest, PhD	Suxiang Tong, PhD	Arrayed, independent, reverse-transcription PCR by infrared radiation for sensitive detection of viruses	Project Abstract

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CDC/GEORGIA STATE SEED AWARDS- FY 2010

Seed Awards for Social and Behavioral Science Research

Funding supports social and behavioral science research within the field of public health.  Funded projects address a public health issue in the areas of health promotion, disease prevention, injury or disability prevention, or health protection from infectious, environmental or terrorist health threats.  In addition, proposals are based on a clearly defined collaboration between Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Georgia State University (GSU) scientists. 

Research priority areas include:  studies that evaluate policies or programs using behavioral surveillance data; process evaluation of public health interventions; methodological assessments such as reliability or validity studies involving survey data; organizational or systems analysis studies of public health infrastructure or workforce training and performance, sociological studies of inter-organization exchange and collaboration in community health partnerships and coalitions; anthropological studies of cultural competence or sensitivity of public health programs that seek to reduce disparities; assessment of participatory processes in public health planning or research; or studies related to public health programs, law, or policies.

Five research projects in the social and behavioral sciences were awarded in FY08 based on collaborations between the CDC and GSU. The maximum award amount for each institution is $15,000 per year ($30,000 total per project). The maximum total budget for the two year project period is $60,000 ($30,000 total per institution).

Individual funded projects include:

GSU PI Name	CDC PI Name	Title	Abstract
Yuki Fujioka, PhD	Ann L. Aikin, MA	Examining the Influences of Social Media and Cultural Relevance on Health among Underserved African American Audiences	Project Abstract
Xiaolin Hu, Ph.D.	Richard W. Puddy, Ph.D., MPH	Advancing Child Maltreatment Prevention Using Complex Systems Science Modeling and Simulation	Project Abstract
Gabriel P. Kuperminc, Ph.D.	Catherine A. Lesesne, Ph.D., MPH	Promoting Positive Youth Development to Prevent Teen Pregnancy and Sexual Risk Behaviors: The Role of Self-Determination and Social Capital in a Youth Development Program for African American Girls	Project Abstract
Murugi Ndirangu, PhD	Pamela Ching, MS	Evaluating individual, social and cultural factors influencing participation in a food supplementation program in Central Kenya	Project Abstract
Christine E. Stauber, Ph.D., M.S.	Bobbie Person, Ph.D., MPH	Evaluation of Education through Listening, a community engagement methodology, to promote the adoption of safe household water treatment behaviors in communities in Western Kenya	Project Abstract

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