OVCI announces $230K in grants from the UIC Innovation Fund to support translational research
The UIC Office of the Vice Chancellor for Innovation is pleased to announce the 2021 Chancellor’s Translational Research Initiative (CTRI) program awardees. Each recipient will receive up to $25,000 to prove the viability of their concept and advance their research towards commercialization.
The 2021 CTRI award recipients and their projects are:
| Faculty | Project Title |
| Kamran Avanaki
Department of Bioengineering; |
BGscope: a non-invasive, continuous blood gas measurement device |
| Deepak Shukla
Department of Ophthalmology |
Repurposing PBA as a potent anti-herpes agent |
| Vinay Aakalu
Department of Ophthalmology |
Peptide treatment of corneal wounds |
| Peter Gyarmati
Department of Cancer Biology |
Point-of-care detection of bloodstream infection |
| Luisa DiPietro
Department of Periodontics |
Novel NRF2 activators as wound healing therapeutics |
| Meenesh Singh
Department of Chemical Engineering |
Sensor-integrated microfluidic device for automated screening of active pharmaceutical ingredients |
| X. Joe Zhou
Center for Magnetic Resonance Research; Department |
Method for producing 3D magnetic resonance images with reduced field-of-view |
| Sangil Kim
Department of Chemical Engineering |
Development and commercialization of a low-cost and high-performance blood separation device for diagnostics |
| Peggi White
Regional Nursing Program – Urbana |
JP wound drain holder device |
| Xin Huang
Department of Pharmacology |
Developing RT-LAMP assays for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 in saliva |
The UIC Innovation Fund supports the commercialization of technologies developed by faculty, staff, and students at UIC. Through programs such as the Chancellor’s Translational Research Initiative (CTRI) and the Proof of Concept (POC) Awards, the fund helps university-based technologies reach important milestones critical to commercialization. To date, the UIC Innovation Fund has awarded over $5 million in funding to advance UIC innovations. The fund is managed by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Innovation in partnership with the Office of Technology Management.
We would like to thank the many faculty who served on the review committee and evaluated the CTRI applications. We would also like to acknowledge the Office of Technology Management. This program is not possible without their continued support.
For more information on the CTRI program and the UIC Innovation Fund, please visit https://innovation.uic.edu/.
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