Bench to Bedside Pilot Awardees

Genetically Unexplained Neonatal Epilepsy

• Tristan Sands, MD, PhD, Neurology - Pediatric Neurology (Principal Investigator: Basic Science)
• Erin Heinzen, PhD, Pathology and Cell Biology - Pathology (Co-Principal Investigator: Clinical)

Investigating the Pathogenicity of PARK2 Heterozygosity

• Clarissa Waites, PhD, Pathology and Cell Biology - Pathology (Principal Investigator: Basic Science)
• Roy Alcalay, MD, MS, Neurology - Movement Disorders (Co-Principal Investigator: Clinical)

Modeling Tuberous Sclerosis with Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells

• Edmund Au, PhD, Pathology and Cell Biology (Principal Investigator: Basic Science)
• Jennifer Bain, MD, PhD, Neurology (Co-Principal Investigator: Clinical)

Deep Machine Learning for Computer Aided Identification of Breast Cancer Margins Within Optical Images

• Christine Hendon, PhD, Electrical Engineering (Principal Investigator: Basic Science)
• Richard Ha, MD, Radiology (Co-Principal Investigator: Clinical)

PANDAS Autoantibodies and the Blood‐Brain Barrier

• Dritan Agalliu, PhD, Pathology and Cell Biology (Principal Investigator: Basic Science)
• Wendy Vargas Deming, MD, Neurology (Co-Principal Investigator: Clinical)
• Tyler Cutforth, PhD, Neurology (Collaborator)

Decoding Subjective Speech Perception in Schizophrenia

• Nima Mesgarani, PhD, Electrical Engineering (Principal Investigator: Basic Science)
• Guillermo Horga, MD, PhD, Psychiatry (Co-Principal Investigator: Clinical)

The Role of Antigen Presenting Cells In Membranous Nephropathy

• Kang Liu, PhD, Microbiology and Immunology (Principal Investigator: Basic Science)
• Andrew Bomback, MD, MPH, Medicine (Co-Principal Investigator: Clinical)

The Relationship Between Prenatal Immune Activation and Basal Metabolism in the Adolescent Hippocampus

• Christoph Kellendonk, PhD, Pharmacology (Principal Investigator: Basic Science)
• Ragy R. Girgis, MD, Psychiatry (Co-Principal Investigator: Clinical)
• Alan Brown, MD, MPH, Psychiatry and Epidemiology (Co-Investigator)
• Scott Small, MD, Neurology (Co-Investigator)

Maternal Dysbiosis During Pregnancy and its Impact on Tryptophan Catabolism and Perinatal Brain Development and Behavior

• Brent Williams, PhD, Pathology and Cell Biology (Principal Investigator: Basic Science)
• Esi S. N. Lamouse-Smith, MD, PhD, Pediatrics (Co-Principal Investigator: Clinical)

Structural and Functional Impairments in Brown Adipose Tissue in Early‐onset Obesity

• Lori M. Zeltser, PhD, Pathology and Cell Biology (Principal Investigator: Basic Science)
• David K. Leung, MD, PhD, Radiology (Co-Principal Investigator: Clinical)
• Jeffrey Zitsman, MD, Surgery (Co-Investigator)

Molecular Characterization of MAPT Haplotypes in Parkinson Disease

• John Crary, MD, PhD, Pathology and Cell Biology (Principal Investigator: Basic Science)
• Oren Levy, MD, PhD, Neurology (Co-Principal Investigator: Clinical)

Rescuing Synaptic Dysfunction in Alzheimer’s Disease by Restoring ZCCHC17 Function

• Peter Sims, PhD, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics (Principal Investigator: Basic Science)
• Andrew Teich, Pathology and Cell Biology (Co-Principal Investigator: Clinical)