Announcing the 2024 SPARK Award Recipients
Thanks to our partners who helped support these projects:
Stanford MCHRI, BioX, and the Dean’s Office
Gerald Crabtree and Nathanael Gray
Title: Rewiring the cell signaling pathways to specifically activate cell death in cancer
Kaavya Krishna Kumar, Evan O’Brien and Brian Kobilka
Title: Discovery of novel modulators for the treatment of neuropathic pain
Evertt Meyer, Phil Kim and Jennifer Cochran
Title: Next Generation Immune Tolerance Conditioning
Ramrada Lekwuttikarn and Joyce Teng
Title: Pilot study using topical treatments for the Infantile Hemangioma
Gary Darmstadt, Peter Elias and Chuck Friedman
Title: Optimized emollient mixture for enhanced skin barrier function and health of preterm infants
Carolyn Lee and Ankit Srivastava
Title: Targeting cancer metastasis by perineural invasion
Marta Arenas Jal and Janene Fuerch
Title: A pharmacologic approach to prevent severe perineal lacerations during vaginal delivery
Xijun Zhu, Woong Sub Byun and Nathanael Gray
Title: Bivalent molecules to treat intractable pancreatic cancers
Viktoria Schiel and Peter Santa Maria
Title: A screen to identify therapeutics targeting induced sensory hearing loss
Edward Eid and Jean Tang
Title: Hydrogel for the treatment of Pediatric Cutaneous Pyogenic Granuloma
Patrick Purdon, Gustavo Balanza Villegas and Akriti Pandit
Title: Towards a novel opioid formulation
Celeste Diaz, Ryan Kashanchi and Basel Karim
Title: A therapeutic approach for progressive external ophthalmoplegia