The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
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Grants and prizes
Rapid Impact Research Award, Precision Risk Stratification for CKM-Associated Vascular Dementia, 26RIRA1648225, US$100k, 2026–2028, 1 Apr 2026
Rapid Impact Research Award, Sex-specific APOE-mediated mechanisms underlying stroke-related dementia, 26RIRA1646567, US$100k, 2026–2028, 1 Apr 2026
Predoctoral Fellowship, Neurotransmitter-mediated Neurovascular Coupling in Alzheimer’s Disease, 26PRE1563496, US$70.7k, 2026–2027, 1 Jan 2026
Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas
Prevention, Adaptation and Implementation of an Evidence-Based CHW-delivered Program to Increase Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening and Prevention Among Texas Women, PP260069, US$2.4m, 2025, 19 Nov 2025
Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas
Prevention, ACCESS: Advancing Colorectal Cancer screening in East and South TX Services, PP260090, US$1.5m, 2025, 19 Nov 2025
Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas
Prevention, Central Texas Breast Cancer Screening Program, PP260059, US$1.5m, 2025, 19 Nov 2025
Career Development Award, Sex differences in microglial Transmembrane 119 (Tmem119) in Ischemic aged mice, 25CDA1446193, US$231k, 2025–2028, 1 Apr 2025
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Ozempic can regulation PRMT4 in Alzheimer's Disease, 25POST1373581, US$153.7k, 2025–2026, 1 Jan 2025
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Impact of social isolation on microglia activation in cerebral amyloid angiopathy, 25POST1374453, US$156.6k, 2025–2026, 1 Jan 2025
Ralph L. Sacco Scholars Postdoctoral Fellowship, Ischemic brain injury-induced senescence as a delayed target to mitigate cognitive decline and chronic neurodegeneration, 24RSSPOST1322318, US$150k, 2024–2026, 1 Jul 2024
Career Development Award, HSF1-driven cholesterol biosynthesis and smooth muscle cell phenotypic modulation in progeria-associated atherosclerosis, 24CDA1273174, US$231k, 2024–2027, 1 Apr 2024
AHA Travel Grant for Data Bootcamp, Enhancing Heart Failure Risk Prediction and Trajectory Models Across Diverse U.S. Ethnic and Geographic Populations, 24GWTGTG1280699, US$2.4k, 2024–2025, 10 Jan 2024
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Defining PRMT4-Adenosine pathway in vascular dementia, 24POST1196128, US$147.3k, 2024–2025, 1 Jan 2024
Established Investigator Award, Decipher the sinoatrial node during aging at a single cell resolution, 23EIA1039128, US$400k, 2023–2028, 1 Apr 2023
Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas
Prevention, Salud en Mis Manos (SEMM): An Evidence-Based Breast & Cervical Cancer Early Detection and Prevention Program for Underserved Latinas., PP230038, US$2.5m, 2023, 15 Feb 2023
Predoctoral Fellowship, MicroRNAs as a Therapeutic Target to Reduce Microglial Activation after Post-Stroke Social Isolation, 23PRE1027421, US$65.1k, 2023–2024, 1 Jan 2023
AARG, Decoding Epigenetic Scarring in Alzheimer’s disease, AARG-23-1149267, 2023, 1 Jan 2023
Transformational Project Award, Neuroinflammation and Mitochondria Respiration in Alzheimer's Disease, 970253, US$300k, 2022–2025, 1 Jul 2022
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Detrimental role of the gut mucin degrader Akkermansia muciniphila in stroke pathogenesis, 917727, US$145k, 2022–2023, 1 Jan 2022
Predoctoral Fellowship, RXR to restore cleanup function of microglia/macrophages in aging brain and improve post-stroke recovery, 905116, US$64.1k, 2022–2023, 1 Jan 2022
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Funded papers
Lung cancer risk prediction using interpretable ensemble models on lifestyle and clinical data
3 Sept 2026
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