Irving Institute Announces 2018-2019 CaMPR Pilot Awardees

June 1, 2019

The Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, home to Columbia University’s Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) Program hub, announces the winners of the 2018-19 Collaborative and Multidisciplinary Pilot Research (CaMPR) pilot awards.

The Collaborative and Multidisciplinary Pilot Research Pilot Award (CaMPR) is a two-phase award that provides planning and start-up funds to support the formation of newly-configured investigative teams with the aim of addressing a significant health problem at the cellular, individual, or community level. The pilot awardees are:


Fatemeh Momen-Heravi and Mathew Matthen standing in front of a window

Mathew Matten, MD and Fatemeh Momen-Heravi, DDS, PhD, MPH, MS

Optimizing Tumor-Derived Exosomes as a Biomarker for Immune Checkpoint Blockade in Advanced Solid Tumors

  • Fatemeh Momen-Heravi, DDS, PhD, MPH, MS, College of Dental Medicine - Periodontics (Principal Investigator)
  • Codruta Chiuzan, PhD, Biostatistics
  • Mathew Matthen, MD, Medicine - Hematology
  • Raul Rabadan, PhD, Biomedical Informatics
  • Alex Rai, PhD, Pathology and Cell Biology
  • Gary Schwartz, MD, Medicine - Hematology

Headshot of Rachel Shelton

Rachel Shelton, ScD, MPH

Investigating the Dissemination and Implementation of Opioid Education and Naloxone Training on College Campuses

  • Rachel Shelton, ScD, MPH, Sociomedical Science (Principal Investigator)
  • Melanie Bernitz, MD, MPH, Center for Family and Community Medicine, Columbia Health
  • Michael McNeil, EdD, Columbia Health, Sociomedical Science
  • Edward Nunes, MD, Psychiatry - Substance Abuse
  • Carrigan Parish, DMD, PhD, Sociomedical Science
  • Lisa Rosen-Metsch, PhD, Sociomedical Science 

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Campus News, Research, NIH/NCATS, Funding, Pilot Awards