2 New i4Kids Pilot Projects awarded for 2022

i4Kids is excited to announce 2 new projects that will receive the i4Kids Pilot Grant for our 3rd grant funding cycle FY23. One of the top priorities of the i4Kids Pilot Grants is to encourage innovative areas of research by supporting new cross-disciplinary collaborations aimed at improving pediatric health. Congratulations to this year's awardees!

2022 Pilot Grant Awardees

Early-life Exposure to Inorganic Arsenic Primes the Offspring to Increased Airway Hyperresponsiveness: Insights from Integrative Analysis of Epigenome
Wan-Yee Tang, PhD (Department: Environmental and Occupational Health)
Dhivyaa Rajasundaram, PhD (Department: Pediatrics)

Mechanisms of Maternal Antibody Protection in Human Milk and Blood against SARS-CoV2 in Young Children
Anne-Marie Rick, MD, MPH, PhD  (Department: Pediatrics, Division: General Academic Pediatrics)
Ernesto Marques, MD, PhD (Department: Infectious Diseases and Microbiology)