CDC Seed Projects
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) collaborative seed award program provides funding to enhance research in an area of public health need/utility, increase the quality and impact of research outputs, and strengthen collaborative interactions between CDC and local university scientists. CDC and its partner universities establish strategic themes and priorities for which collaborative research projects are solicited. Calls for projects are made annually based on fund availability. Current seed program partners include the following universities: Georgia State University, Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), and the University of Georgia (UGA).
- The CDC and Georgia Tech seed award program provides funding 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. Research priorities include: bioengineering, bioscience, and informatics.
- The CDC and Georgia State University seed award program supports social and behavioral science research within the field of public health. Proposed projects must 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.
- The CDC and UGA seed award program provides pilot public health research project funding to enhance collaborative scientific innovation and technology development at the interface of human, veterinary, and ecological health, increase the number and quality of research outputs and strengthen collaborative interactions between CDC and UGA scientists.
Current funded projects include:
| Collaborating PI Name | CDC PI Name | Title | Abstract |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erin Lipp, Ph.D. (UGA) | Ezra Barzilay, M.D. | Climate-Change Based Predictive Modeling of Rising Vibrio Illness in the U.S. | Project Abstract |
| Leidong Mao, Ph.D. (UGA) | Elizabeth Unger, M.D., Ph.D. | Low-Cost, High Throughput and Efficiency Microfluidic Platform for Cell Enrichment in Human Papillomavirus (HPV)-Cervical Cancer Screening | Project Abstract |
| David Peterson, Ph.D. (UGA) | Venkatachalam Udhayakumar, Ph.D. | Genetic Diversity and Clinical Correlates in Plasmodium Field Isolates | Project Abstract |
Previously funded projects include:
| Collaborating PI Name | CDC PI Name | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Xiaolin Hu, Ph.D. (GSU) | Richard W. Puddy, Ph.D., MPH | Developing an Agent-Based Model for Exploring Community Level Factors to Prevent Child Maltreatment |
| Gabriel P. Kuperminc, Ph.D. (GSU) | 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 |
| Dominic J. Parrott, Ph.D. (GSU) | Andra L. Teten, Ph.D. | Informing Bystander Prevention Strategies by Examining the Effects of Alcohol and Peer Influence on Perpetration of Male–to–Female Sexual Violence |
| Christine E. Stauber, Ph.D., M.S. (GSU) | 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 |
| Craig Forest, PhD (Georgia Tech) | Suxiang Tong, PhD | Arrayed, independent, reverse-transcription PCR by infrared radiation for sensitive detection of viruses |
| Steven French, PhD (Georgia Tech) | James Holt, PhD | Impacts of Large-scale Built-Environment on the Obesity Epidemic |
| Sonia P. Altizer, Ph.D. (UGA) | Charles E. Rupprecht, V.M.D., Ph.D. | Ecological and anthropogenic drivers of vampire bat–transmitted rabies outbreaks |
| Richard Dluhy, Ph.D. (UGA) | Paul Rota, Ph.D. | High sensitivity nano-optical method to detect measles virus in clinical samples | Jessica Kissinger, Ph.D. (UGA) | Venkatachalam Udhayakumar, Ph.D. | Development of simple, field-usable molecular tools for the diagnosis of malaria | Egbert Mundt, D.V.M., Ph.D., Holly Sellers, Ph.D. (UGA) |
Mark Papania, M..D., M.P.H., Ruben Donis, Ph.D. |
Aerosol delivery of a virus–like–particle vaccine against H5N1 avian influenza in poultry | Michael J. Yabsley, Ph.D. (UGA) | Michael R. Levin, Ph.D. | Ecosystem health and human health: understanding the ecological effects of prescribed fire regimes on the distribution and population dynamics of tick-borne zoonoses | Page Anderson, PhD (GSU) | Janet Saul, PhD | Preventing Childhood Maltreatment in the Wake of a Disaster: What do States do? | Brian J. Dew, PhD (GSU) | Gordon Mansergh, PhD | Toward a Better Understanding of Non–addicted, Methamphetamine–using Men who have Sex with Men (MSM) | Marise B. Parent, PhD (GSU) | Joel Kimmons, PhD | The Effects of a High Fructose Diet on Brain and Behavior | Diana Robins, PhD (GSU) | Marshalyn Yeargin-Allsopp, MD | Determining the Prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorders in Young Children | Richard Rothenberg, MD (GSU) | Dawn K. Smith, MD, MS, MPH | An Assessment of the Attitudes and Program Preferences about Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) among Inner City Young Adults at Risk for HIV/AIDS | L. Andrew Lyon, PhD (Georgia Tech) | Jonas M. Winchell, PhD, MS | Development of Hydrogel Microarrays for Multiplex Detection of Pathogens by Nucleic Acid Hybridization | Beth Mynatt, PhD (Georgia Tech) | Scott Mullins | Exploring the use of social media and mobile technologies for diabetes management | Patricia Sobecky, PhD (Georgia Tech) | Cheryl Bopp, MS | Emergence of Vibrio parahaemolyticus Pathogens: Novel Genotypes Promoting Disease |
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- Page last updated: October 20, 2011
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