Announcing the 2026 SPARK Award Recipients
Thanks to our partners who helped support these projects:
Stanford MCHRI, BioX, Stanford Spectrum, and the Dean’s Office
Nicholas Denomme, Robert Malenka, Matt Pomrenze and Jason Tucciarone
Title: Precision Therapeutics for Opioid Withdrawal
Alan Pao and Merritt Maduke
Title: Testing a new class of aquaretic in non-human primates
Manikantam Gaddam and Daniel Han
Title: Renalytics Dx: A Non-invasive Prediction of Renal Functional Loss in Pediatric Hydronephrosis
Kesia da Silva, Daniela Lozano Amado and Jason Andrews
Title: A point-of-care, pharmacogenomic assay to optimize tuberculosis treatment and prevention
Samrat Thapa, Trae Dunn, Jessica Diarra and Grace Tully
Title: SynaptoBoost: A First-in-Class Inhibitor for Epilepsy and Comorbid Autism
Colwyn Headley and Philip Tsao
Title: Targeted Mitochondrial Delivery for treatment of mitochondrial disorders
Anais Amaya Colina and Matthew Porteus
Title: Overcoming Delivery Barriers for CRISPR/Cas9 Gene Editing in Cystic Fibrosis
Masataka Wada, John Coetzee and Maheen Adamson
Title: Development of Ultrasound for Treatment-Resistant Depression
Jessie Ge and Joseph Liao
Title: Novel use for a repurposed drug in the diagnosis and treatment of urothelial cancer
Matthew Neu and Euan Ashley
Title: The Stanford Ultra-Rapid Gene Editing (SURGE) Study
Paul Wender and Lynette Cegelski
Title: Advancing a First-in-Class, Broad-Spectrum Antibiotic to Clinical Entry
Adrianne Kinsey and James Chen
Title: Targeting cancer stem cell metabolism with protein degraders
Madelyn Mauro and Shikib Mostamand
Title: Development of a Pediatric-Friendly Gummy Formulation for Constipation Management