{"id":2269,"date":"2023-05-12T15:17:46","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T19:17:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/fhs-bap\/?page_id=2269"},"modified":"2026-10-13T11:53:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T15:53:19","slug":"all-grant-program-recipients","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/fhs-bap\/research\/fhs-bap-pilot-grant-program\/all-grant-program-recipients\/","title":{"rendered":"All Pilot Grant Recipients"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Academic titles and institutional affiliations reflect recipients\u2019 positions at the time of their awards.<\/em><\/p>\n

2024 Pilot Grant Recipients<\/h3>\n
\n\"Matteo<\/p>\n
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Matteo Bellitti, PhD<\/strong><\/p>\n

Postdoctoral Associate, Section of Computational Biomedicine, Department of Medicine, Boston University.<\/p>\n

Project:<\/strong> \u201cDigital Sleep Measures for the Assessment of Prodromal Alzheimer\u2019s Disease\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n\"Lei<\/p>\n
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Lei Hou, PhD<\/strong><\/p>\n

Assistant Professor, Section of Biomedical Genetics, Department of Medicine, Boston University.<\/p>\n

Project:<\/strong> \u201cStudy Gene-Cardiovascular-Factors Interplay in Alzheimer\u2019s Disease with Omics Data in FHS\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n\"Ruijia<\/p>\n
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Ruijia Chen, ScD<\/strong><\/p>\n

Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health.<\/p>\n

Project:<\/strong> \u201cDisparities In Dementia Risk, Brain Imaging, and Neuropathology by Socioeconomic Status: Elucidating Life Course Processes and Cardiometabolic Pathways\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

2023 Pilot Grant Recipients<\/h3>\n
\n\"Jinying<\/p>\n
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Jinying Chen, PhD<\/strong><\/p>\n

Assistant Professor, Section of Preventive Medicine & Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Boston University.<\/p>\n

Project:<\/strong> \u201cA New, Construct-based Approach to Improve Interpretability and Generalizability of Machine Learning-based Risk Prediction for Alzheimer\u2019s Disease\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n\"Habbiburr<\/p>\n
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Habbiburr Rehman, PhD<\/strong><\/p>\n

Postdoctoral Fellow, Section of Biomedical Genetics, Department of Medicine, Boston University. Supervised by Drs. Qiu and Zhang.<\/p>\n

Project:<\/strong> \u201cIdentification of Significant Blood Protein Markers for the Characterization of Alzheimer\u2019s Disease Status and Its Progression in FHS\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

2022 Pilot Grant Recipients<\/h3>\n
\n\"Jonathan<\/p>\n
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Jonathan David Cherry, PhD<\/strong><\/p>\n

Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine.<\/p>\n

Project:<\/strong> \u201cTraining Artificial Intelligence to Segment Neuropathology for Automated Analysis\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n\"Shariq<\/p>\n
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Shariq Mohammed, PhD<\/strong><\/p>\n

Assistant Professor, Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health.<\/p>\n

Project:<\/strong> \u201cDeveloping Novel Digital Neuropsychological Test-based Markers to Quantify Heterogeneity in Participants\u2019 Performance\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n\"Yuan<\/p>\n
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Yuan Fang, PhD<\/strong><\/p>\n

Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health.<\/p>\n

Project:<\/strong> \u201cModeling Heterogeneity in Cognitive Trajectories in the Framingham Heart Study\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

2021 Pilot Grant Recipients<\/h3>\n
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\n\"Qiushan<\/p>\n
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Qiushan Tao, PhD<\/strong><\/p>\n

Research Scientist, Department of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics, Boston University School of Medicine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n\"Samia<\/p>\n
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Samia Akhter-Khan<\/strong><\/p>\n

Researcher, Boston University School of Medicine; PhD Candidate, Global Health & Social Medicine, King’s College London.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Joint Project:<\/strong> \u201cCognitive and Neural Correlates of Persistent and Transient Loneliness in Midlife: Findings from the Framingham Heart Study\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n\"Phillip<\/p>\n
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Phillip Hwang, PhD<\/strong><\/p>\n

Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine. <\/p>\n

Project:<\/strong> \u201cIdentification of Cognitive Resilience Using Neuropsychological Tests in the Framingham Heart Study\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Academic titles and institutional affiliations reflect recipients\u2019 positions at the time of their awards. 2024 Pilot Grant Recipients Matteo Bellitti, PhD Postdoctoral Associate, Section of Computational Biomedicine, Department of Medicine, Boston University. Project: \u201cDigital Sleep Measures for the Assessment of Prodromal Alzheimer\u2019s Disease\u201d Lei Hou, PhD Assistant Professor, Section of Biomedical Genetics, Department of Medicine, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22308,"featured_media":0,"parent":2146,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/no-sidebars.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/fhs-bap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2269"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/fhs-bap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/fhs-bap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/fhs-bap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22308"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/fhs-bap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2269"}],"version-history":[{"count":50,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/fhs-bap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3570,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/fhs-bap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2269\/revisions\/3570"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/fhs-bap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/fhs-bap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}