See below for recent DGSOM Seed Grant awardees. Along with viewing recent awardees, you can also search across all years.

Current Awardees (2022-2023)


Cardiovascular Theme

UCLA

Cardiovascular Theme

Project Title: “Fatty acids modulate microbiomedriven angiogenic signaling in oxygen-induced"

UCLA

Cardiovascular Theme

Project Title: “Precision Medicine by Immuno-PET Imaging of Serinc-3 to Diagnose Anthracycline-Induced Cardiotoxicity"


Health Equity & Translational Social Science Theme 

UCLA

Health Equity & Translational Social Science Theme

Project Title: “Reducing Disparities in Maternal and Child Health Outcomes: Using Qualitative and Quantitative Data to Assess the Current Landscape of Health-Related Experiences for Black Mothers in Los Angeles and Inform a Community-Activated Lactation Clinic "

UCLA

Health Equity & Translational Social Science Theme

Project Title: “Implicit Bias in the Trauma Resuscitation Bay: Disparities in Care for Marginalized Groups"

UCLA

Health Equity & Translational Social Science Theme

Project Title: “Reenvisioning Care Spaces and Safety through Community Partnerships"

LA County DHS

Health Equity & Translational Social Science Theme

Project Title: “Evaluation of Trauma Recovery Center Implementation for Underserved Victims of Crime”


I3T Theme

UCLA

I3T Theme

Project Title: “Understanding complement mediated immune response to Adeno-associated viral gene therapies"


Metabolism Theme

UCLA

Metabolism Theme

Project Title: “Targeting adipose tissue stem cells to treat type 2 diabetes"

UCLA

Metabolism Theme

Project Title: “Harnessing Metabolism to Improve CAR-T Therapy against Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia"


Neuroscience Theme

UCLA

Neuroscience Theme

Project Title: “Structural proteomics of neurons in health and diseases"


Precision Health Theme

UCLA

Precision Health

Project Title: “DGSOM Genomic Perturbation Platform (GPP): A collaborative platform for robust investigation of gene knockouts and genetic variants in diverse ancestry"


Regenerative Medicine Theme

UCLA

Regenerative Medicine Theme

Project Title: “A regenerative drug discovery pipeline for repair after stroke"


Additional Topics

UCLA

Project Title: “Compliance Over Articulation: In Pursuit Of Long-Lasting Revision Knee Replacement"