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Proposal Development

Consulting and support services for multi-disciplinary teams pursuing research awards

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Pre-Clinical Critical Care Laboratory

Producing best-in-class, high-fidelity models of multisystem disease and injury such as sepsis and ARDS

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 Clinical Research
Clinical Research

Assisting investigators with patient recruitment, IRB submissions, and data collection/processing

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 Data Science
Data Science

Data modeling, analysis, and analytics used to develop clinical decision support tools

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Product Commercialization
Product Commercialization

Strategically collaborating with PIs and teams to propel products to commercial viability

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In what stage is your research project?

If you are a Weil Institute member working on a research project related to critical care, you're in the right place! Your goal might be to polish a proposal to perfection. Or maybe you need data from a preclinical model to assess feasibility for a grant. No matter what you’re looking for, the Weil Institute can provide the guidance and resources you need to propel your research.

Proof of Concept Research

A line of investigation that needs preliminary data to support a grant proposal or assess feasibility of an idea.

Grant Proposals

New research projects that you seek funding for with support of the Weil Proposal Development team.

Funded Research

Research projects that already have funding from industry, grants, or other means.

Funded Research Projects

Through our Proposal Development team and our renowned Grand Challenge program, we've brought in over $50M in funding for our members.

Keep scrolling to see featured research projects as well as a list of every funded project we have supported since the very beginning.

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Research Funded With Weil Institute Support
Project TitleInitial FundingFollow-On FundingFunding StartFunding PeriodInitial Funding SourcePrincipal InvestigatorsProduct Phase
A Personal Respiratory Isolation System for Safe Transport and Treatment of Patients with Highly Transmissible Infectious Diseases$1,826,885 September 20242 yearsNIH/NHLBIS. Kota (Inspire Rx) 
Protecting Healthcare Workers Using a Patient-Worn Negative Pressure System to Prevent the Spread of Highly Transmissible Infectious Diseases$295,924 September 20246 monthsCDC/NIOSHS. Kota (Inspire Rx) 
Assessment of Continuous Glucose Monitor-Guided Management In DKA (ACID)$438,750 July 1, 20243 yearsU-M Caswell Diabetes InstituteN. Haas 
Emergency Medicine Research Career Development Program in the Neurological Sciences$11,402,142 July 20245 yearsNIH/NINDSR. Neumar, O. Adeoye, G. D’Onofrio, C. Callaway 
Acoustic ocular resonance assessment as a measure of intracranial pressure$55,482 June 20241 yearMassey TBI Grand ChallengeK. Oldham 
Nasal Photobiomodulation and Drug Delivery Device For TBI$99,967 June 20241 yearMassey TBI Grand ChallengeD. Zopf 
Continuous cerebral blood flow monitoring based on multimodal hemodynamic waveforms$95,613 June 20241 yearMassey TBI Grand ChallengeK. Oldham 
Neuroprotection with evaporative nasopharyngeal cooling after TBI$164,342 June 20241 yearMassey TBI Grand ChallengeT. Sanderson 
Bispecific antibody shuttles for non-invasive, molecular imaging$99,985 June 20241 yearMassey TBI Grand ChallengeC. Greineder 
Develop US-based Flow Pressure Index for Assessment of Cerebral Autoregulation$173,432 June 20241 yearMassey TBI Grand ChallengeB. Fowlkes 
Expediting Bedside use of a Novel Microfluidics-Based Platform for the Identification of Subphenotypes in Critically Ill Pediatric Patients  May 20241 yearKahn Pediatric Critical Care Grand ChallengeH. Flori, M. Dahmer, K. Kurabayashi 
Point-of-Care (POC) Measurement of Blood Vital Signs in Critical Illness/Injury and Transfusion Medicine  May 20241 yearKahn Pediatric Critical Care Grand ChallengeR. Daniels, 
M. Burns
 
Clinical Implementation and Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of PICTURE-Pediatric (Predicting Intensive Care Transfers and other UnfoReseen Events)  May 20241 yearKahn Pediatric Critical Care Grand ChallengeS. Ansari, R. Daniels 
Clinical Efficacy of a Novel Nasopharyngeal Airway Device Produced with 3D Printing for Children with Cerebral Palsy  May 20241 yearKahn Pediatric Critical Care Grand ChallengeD. Zopf, 
L. O’Brien
 
The Role of DHCR7 in Endotoxemia$583,200 April 20243 yearsNIHV. Jacob 
A Pilot to Develop and Test ML Models for Detection and Screening of Cardiovascular Conditions Within Health Systems$498,184 February 15, 20243 yearsAHAS. Ansari 
MiCare Assistant Platform$450,000 February 20241.5 yearsToyota's Way Forward FundA. Daunter 
Elevating Traumatic Brain Injury Research with Cutting-Edge Microscopy and Clinically Relevant Monitoring$1,205,722 February 20241 yearOffice of Naval ResearchJ. Wider, T. Sanderson, H. Tiba 
Point-of-care micro-gas chromatography device for diagnosis and monitoring of acute respiratory distress syndrome using exhaled breath signatures$4,902,534 January 20244 yearsNIH / NHLBIX. Fan, M. Sjoding, K. Ward 
Project TitleInitial FundingFollow-On FundingFunding StartFunding PeriodInitial Funding SourcePrincipal InvestigatorsProduct Phase
A Tropical Geometry-Based Fuzzy Neural Network Approach to Diuretic Management after Congenital Cardiac Surgery$350,000 December 20233 yearsGerber FoundationD. Ehrmann 
Sepsis RM1 Pilot Study and Grant Preparation$141,443 8/15/20231 yearU-M OVPR Bold Challenges Accelerate ProgramR. Dickson 
A Fuzzy Neural Network Physiologic Closed Loop Control System for Diuretic Management after Congenital Cardiac Surgery$47,005 8/20231 yearU-M Frankel Cardiovascular Center Innovation ChallengeD. Ehrmann; K. Najarian 
Detection of Exhaled Breath Markers After Traumatic Brain Injury using Point of Care Gas Chromatography$80,000 7/26/20232 yearsU-M Medical School Office of Research/Research ScoutsH. Tiba 
Modeling the relationship between automatic optic nerve sheath diameter measurements from computed tomography scans and intracranial pressure in traumatic brain injury patients$104,772 7/1/231 yearMassey TBI Grand ChallengeE. Stein; K. Najarian; E. Wittrup; C. Williamson 
Clinical Development of LUCID: A Therapeutic Device for Non-Invasive Mitochondria Modulation in Adult TBI Patients (Follow-on to 2022 Grant)$154,219$163,0147/1/231 yearMassey TBI Grand ChallengeF. Schmitzberger; T. Sanderson 
Glycemic Variability Following Traumatic Brain Injury: Utilizing a Continuous Glucose Monitor in the Golden Hours to Improve Patient Outcomes$149,166 7/1/231 yearMassey TBI Grand ChallengeK. Seagly; N. Haas 
Development of an Ultrasound-based Flow-pressure Index for the Assessment of Cerebral Autoregulation$142,980 7/1/231 yearMassey TBI Grand ChallengeJ. Brian Fowlkes 
Clinical and pre-clinical development of LUCID for reducing brain injury following pediatric cardiac bypass$97,158 6/1/231 yearKahn Pediatric Critical Care Grand ChallengeN. Sznycer-Taub; T. Sanderson 
Vascular Arterial Tone Monitoring System (VATMOS) for Managing and Treating Hemodynamic Instability in Pediatric Critical Care$82,012 6/1/231 yearKahn Pediatric Critical Care Grand ChallengeK. Oldham; R. Daniels 
Expediting Bedside use of a Novel Microfluidics-Based Platform for the Identification of Sub phenotypes in Critically Ill Pediatric Patients$100,000 6/1/231 yearKahn Pediatric Critical Care Grand ChallengeH. Flori; M. Dahmer; K. Kurabayashi 
Evaluating Lung Injury through Exhaled Volatile compounds and redox potential to predict ARDS and its Trajectory in childrEn (ELEVATE)$99,646 6/1/231 yearKahn Pediatric Critical Care Grand ChallengeR. Barbaro; R. Daniels; X. Fan 
Automated Image Processing Systems Capable of Mitigating Uncertainty and Normal Biological Variations: An Application to Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)$238,315 5/1/232 yearsMICHRN. Farzaneh 
CD98hc-mediated delivery of an ultrapotent TrkB agonist antibody for neuroprotection and improved cognitive recovery after traumatic brain injury (follow-on to 2021 grant)$98,717$755,6799/30/23 expected3 yearsDoDC. Greineder, P. Tessier 
Great Lakes Clinical Center for the ARDS, Pneumonia, and Sepsis Phenotyping Consortium$3,305,745 5/1/236 yearsNIHR. Hyzy, H. Prescott, R. Dickson 
NIH T-32 Acute and Critical Care Engineering (ACCE) Training Program$1,268,771 4/20/235 yearsNIHK. Oldham, K. Kurabayashi, K. Ward 
Project TitleInitial FundingFollow-On FundingFunding StartFunding PeriodInitial Funding SourcePrincipal InvestigatorsProduct Phase
Accuracy of Continuous Glucose Monitor in DKA (ACID)$25,000 12/14/221 yearSAEMN. Haas 
Elucidating Pediatric Sepsis by Defining Comprehensive Signatures for Diagnosis and Outcome$3,333,188 11/1/225 yearsNIHP. Mahajan 
High Performance Wearable Body Odor Sensor Arrays for Disease Detection and Monitoring$5,688,584 8/2/225 yearsNIHS. Fan, J. Gudjonsson, K. Gunnerson, Y. Huang, P. Mahajan 
Dose-Response Effect of of Intranasal Insulin Using Functional MRI$142,939 7/1/221 yearMassey TBI Grand ChallengeF. Schmitzberger 
Evaluation of Immunomodulatory Device for Early Treatment of TBI$185,205 7/1/221 yearMassey TBI Grand ChallengeD. Humes 
Regulatory Testing for LUCID-TTM: Dual Therapeutic Device$154,219 7/1/221 yearMassey TBI Grand ChallengeT. Sanderson 
Continuous Cerebral Blood Flow Monitoring using Augment ICP Sensor$118,852 7/1/221 yearMassey TBI Grand ChallengeK. Oldham, H. Tiba 
Michigan Algorithm for Acute Evaluation of TBI (Continuation of 2021 grant)$131,093$1,499,0627/1/221 yearMassey TBI Grand ChallengeK. Seagly 
Retinal Oximeter for Detection of Brain Tissue Hypoxia in TBI$165,639 7/1/221 yearMassey TBI Grand ChallengeJ. Myers, Y. Paulus 
The Role of the Gut Microbiome in TBI$164,845 7/1/221 yearMassey TBI Grand ChallengeR. Dickson, H. Tiba 
Improving Cardiovascular Disease Detection with a Novel Multi-label Classifier for Electrocardiograms: Capturing Label Uncertainty and Complex Hierarchical Relationships between Output Classes$30,000 6/28/221 yearU-M MIDASN. Farzaneh 
TRANSatlantic Cardiac arrEst Neuroprotection aDvancement (TRANSCEND) Network Preclinical Registry$50,000 6/10/221 yearLaerdol FoundationR. Neumar 
Development and Validation of a Clinically Relevant Swine Model of Neurologic Injury After Cardiac Arrest to Translate Neuroprotective$1,154,289 5/6/223 yearsNIHC. Hsu, F. Korley 
Robust Neuroprotection with Noninvasive Near Infrared Light: Translational Development of a Treatment for TBI$1,459,040 5/4/223 yearsDepartment of DefenseJ. Wider, T Sanderson 
Biomarker-Guided Brain CT Imaging in Traumatic Brain Injury$1,483,462 5/4/223 yearsDepartment of DefenseF. Korley 
A Microfluidics Device for the Measurement of Traumatic Brain Injury Biomarkers at the Point of Care$1,499,505 5/4/223 yearsDepartment of DefenseF. Korley 
EMMETT (Environment for Model Monitoring, Evaluation and Timely Tuning): A Health IT Tool for Clinical Model Surveillance$105,707 3/22/221 yearU-M FFMIS. AnsariEmerging Product
The Application of Artificial Intelligence, Bedside Monitoring, and Patient Reported Outcomes to Improve Patient Safety and Symptom Relief after Paracentesis$450,000 2/14/223 yearsAmerican College of GastroenterologyN. Mazumder 
Project TitleInitial FundingFollow-On FundingFunding StartFunding PeriodInitial Funding SourcePrincipal InvestigatorsProduct Phase
Implementation of an All-Cause Deterioration Model for Adult Inpatients$199,268 8/11/212 yearsThe Doctor's CompanyS. Ansari 
Prediction of Heart Failure Onset using Multimodal Data Analysis, Deep Learning and Commercial Wearables$848,513 8/8/215 yearsNIHS. Ansari 
Regulatory Testing for LUCID-TTM: A Dual Therapeutic Device for Non-Invasive Mitochondrial Modulation & Targeted Temperature Management in TBI Patients$168,948$40,0007/1/211 yearMassey TBI Grand ChallengeT. Sanderson 
A BBB Shuttle-Assisted Insulin Receptor Anti-Body for Neuroprotection in TBIm$98,717 7/1/211 yearMassey TBI Grand ChallengeC. Greineder 
The Michigan Algorithm for Acute Evaluation of TBI$149,500$131,0937/1/211 yearMassey TBI Grand ChallengeF. Korley, K. Seagly 
Impact of Mask Application on Aerosol Generation During CPR in a Swine Cardiac Arrest Model$78,205 6/23/211 yearZoll FoundationC. Hsu 
Hemodynamic Benefits of Aortic Balloon Occlusion During Left Ventricular Assist Device (Impella) CPR$294,865 6/4/211 yearAbiomed Heart RecoveryH. TibaLicensed
Project TitleInitial FundingFollow-On FundingFunding StartFunding PeriodInitial Funding SourcePrincipal InvestigatorsProduct Phase
COVID-19 Detection through scent analysis with a compact GC device$1,960,142 12/21/202 yearsNIHS. Fan, K. WardEmerging Product
Immersive Virtual Reality Environment for Training Acute Care Teams (iREACT)$200,000 12/14/201 yearThe Doctor's CompanyM. Cole 
Trans-Ocular Bioimpedance: Seeing the Brain through the Eyes (TOBI)$153,121 9/15/201 yearMassey TBI Grand ChallengeH. TibaLicensed
Therapeutic Enhancement of Mitochondrial Function by Intranasal Mito-AntimiR in TBI$135,109$80,0009/15/201 yearMassey TBI Grand ChallengeT. Sanderson J. WiderLicensed
Continuous and Point of Care (POC) Reduction-Oxidation (Redox) Monitor for Diagnostic and Therapeutic Use in Traumatic Brain Injury$75,445 9/15/201 yearMassey TBI Grand ChallengeR. DanielsEmerging Product
Point-of-Care Microfluidic Device for High Frequency and Real-Time Measurement of Biofluid Biomarkers$183,128$1,499,5059/15/201 yearMassey TBI Grand ChallengeM. Burns F. Korley 
Improved Real-time Surveillance of COVID-19 Patients' Electronic Health Records Using Transfer Learning and Ordinal Regression$29,725 5/13/207 monthsU-M MIDAS PODSC. Gillies 
Development of Exhaled Breath Signatures for COVID-19$30,000 4/21/203 monthsU-M COVID Response Innovation GrantS. Fan, K. Ward 
Computer Vision Technologies for Rapid Detection of the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome$546,000 3/26/201.5 yearsDepartment of DefenseM. Sjoding 
Project TitleInitial FundingFollow-On FundingFunding StartFunding PeriodInitial Funding SourcePrincipal InvestigatorsProduct Phase
Probabilistic Modeling of Missing Data to Improve Predictions Using Metabolomics Data$90,000 11/15/191.5 yearsU-M MIDAS PODSC. Gillies 
Novel Systolic Target Assessment Tool (STAT) for TBI, Prototyping and Refinement$113,710 7/1/191 yearMassey TBI Grand ChallengeK. Ward, H. Tiba, D. Hackenson 
Evaluating Non-invasive Mitochondrial Modulation in a Translational Model of TBI$182,841 7/1/191 yearMassey TBI Grand ChallengeT. Sanderson, J. Wider, H. Tiba, K. Ward 
Neuroprotection with Intranasal Insulin after TBI$99,839 7/1/191 yearMassey TBI Grand ChallengeT. Sanderson, T. Jinka, G. Wakam 
Valproic Acid Treatment for Varying Severities of TBI and Optimizing Valproic Acid Administration in Isolated TBI$220,212 7/1/191 yearMassey TBI Grand ChallengeB. Biesterveld, H. Alam, M. Pai 
A POC Microfluidic Device for High Frequency and Real-Time Measurement of Biofluid Biomarkers (Continuation of 2017 grant)$107,996 7/1/191 yearMassey TBI Grand ChallengeM. Burns, F. KorleyEmerging Product
Development of an Augmented Reality Based Education Tool for Families of TBI Victims (AR/VR)$130,000 7/1/191 yearMassey TBI Grand ChallengeC. Brake, C. Williamson, K. WardLicensed
Michigan Resuscitation Innovation and Science Enterprise (M-RISE)$4,196,385 5/24/194 yearsAmerican Heart AssociationR. Neumar 
Project TitleInitial FundingFollow-On FundingFunding StartFunding PeriodInitial Funding SourcePrincipal InvestigatorsProduct Phase
Real-time, Non-invasive Brain Metabolism$118,666 8/1/181 yearMassey TBI Grand ChallengeO. Kripfgans, V. Rajajee, H. Tiba 
A Novel Tensor Similarity Score for the Classification of Cardiac Index$80,000 7/25/181 yearU-M Precision HealthN. Tokcan 
Diagnostic tool for coagulation abnormalities in Traumatic Brain Injury$120,000 7/1/181 yearMassey TBI Grand ChallengeM. Burns, K. Ward 
Mesenchymal Stem Cell Derived-Exosomes as a Neuroprotective and Neurorestorative Treatment Strategy for Traumatic Brain Injury$110,570 7/1/181 yearMassey TBI Grand ChallengeA. Williams, H. Alam, B. BullerLicensed
Noninvasive modulation of mitochondria for the treatment of secondary phase traumatic brain injury$99,686 7/1/181 yearMassey TBI Grand Challenge  
A point-of-care microfluidic device for high frequency and real-time measurement of biofluid biomarkers (Continuation of 2017 grant)$115,800$107,9967/1/181 yearMassey TBI Grand ChallengeF. KorleyEmerging
Intracranial pressure monitor enhancement for cerebral hemodynamic monitoring$104,433 7/1/181 yearMassey TBI Grand ChallengeK. Oldham, H. Tiba, C. Williamson, K. Ward 
Bridging the Translational Gap in the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome with an Innovative Porcine Model$100,000 5/25/181 yearU-M MICHRK. Stringer 
Project TitleInitial FundingFollow-On FundingFunding StartFunding PeriodInitial Funding SourcePrincipal InvestigatorsProduct Phase
ECPR after Prolonged Cardiac Arrest: Targeting Mechanisms of No-Reflow$3,894,128 7/1/175 yearsNIHR. Neumar, R. Bartlett 
Systolic target assessment tool (STAT) for TBI management$73,975 7/1/171 yearMassey TBI Grand ChallengeD. Hackenson 
Identification of monitoring biomarkers for optimizing TBI studies$94,693 7/1/171 yearMassey TBI Grand ChallengeF. Korley 
DEVD: Advanced digital extraventricular drain with data analytics integration (Continuation of 2016 grant)$81,804 7/1/171 yearMassey TBI Grand ChallengeR. DanielsEmerging Product
Barreleye©:A decision support tool for TBI care (Continuation of2015 grant)$83,489$17,108,5077/1/171 yearMassey TBI Grand ChallengeA. BelleLicensed
Automated extracranial internal carotid artery ultrasound sensor$115,695 7/1/171 yearMassey TBI Grand ChallengeC. Hsu, G. Kruger 
Cerebrovascular blood volume assessment using brain bioimpedance (TOBI)$130,565$1,481,5387/1/171 yearMassey TBI Grand ChallengeH. TibaLicensed
Increased Neuroprotection Using Novel Drug Therapies$75,711 7/1/171 yearMassey TBI Grand ChallengeO. Ahmed 
Multimodal Integrative Platform for Continuous Monitoring during Postoperative Care in Cardiac Patients$2,202,161 5/1/173 yearsDepartment of DefenseK. Najarian 
Gastroesophageal Resuscitative Occlusion of the Aorta (GROA)$2,999,802 2/1/173 yearsDepartment of DefenseK. Ward, H. TibaLicensed
Novel Noninvasive Methods of Intracranial Pressure and Cerebrovascular Autoregulation Assessment: Seeing the Brain through the Eyes (TOBI)$1,481,538 1/1/173 yearsDepartment of DefenseH. TibaLicensed
Project TitleInitial FundingFollow-On FundingFunding StartFunding PeriodInitial Funding SourcePrincipal InvestigatorsProduct Phase
Career Development Program in Emergency Care Research (K12)$1,914,017 9/27/165 yearsNIHR. Neumar, D. Pinsky 
Feasibility Study for Developing an In-Vehicle Emergency Medical Condition$162,800 7/15/161 yearToyotaK. NajarianLicensed
Development of intravenous Imatinib targeting PDGF signaling TBI$132,460 7/1/161 yearMassey TBI Grand ChallengeD. Lawrence 
Using Advanced Genomic and Proteomic Technology to Ensure Valproic Acid's Success as an Early Treatment of Traumatic Brain Injury$98,404 7/1/161 yearMassey TBI Grand ChallengeH. Alam 
Digital Extra-Ventricular Drain (EVD) with Integrated Intracranial Pressure (ICP) Monitor and Cerebral Spinal Fluid (CSF) Flow Monitor/Pressure Regulator$79,725$81,8047/1/161 yearMassey TBI Grand ChallengeR. DanielsEmerging Product
Automated Detection and Measurement of Subdural Hematoma Imaging Characteristics Following Traumatic Brain Injury$75,611 7/1/161 yearMassey TBI Grand ChallengeC. Williamson 
Quantitative Pupillometry for the Acute Detection and Prognosis of Traumatic Brain Injury$113,800 7/1/161 yearMassey TBI Grand ChallengeW. Meurer 
Real-Time Hemodynamic Monitoring System$108,507$17,083,4097/1/151 yearMassey TBI Grand ChallengeA. BelleLicensed
Automated Brain Image Analysis & Decision Support System$85,236 7/1/151 yearMassey TBI Grand ChallengeK.Najarian 
Improving TBI-Induced Synaptic Changes$70,000 7/1/151 yearMassey TBI Grand ChallengeL. Satin 
Cerebral Hematoma in Traumatic Brain Injury$85,000 7/1/151 yearMassey TBI Grand ChallengeR. Keep, G. Xi, Y. Hua 
Protecting Injured Brain Cells with Imatinib$80,000 7/1/151 yearMassey TBI Grand ChallengeD. Lawrance 
Non-Invasive Assessment of Intracranial Pressure$106,262$1,481,5387/1/151 yearMassey TBI Grand ChallengeK. Ward, H. TibaLicensed
Early Administration of Plasma & Valproic Acid$115,000 7/1/151 yearMassey TBI Grand ChallengeH. Alam 
Computer-Aided Decision Support System for Pelvic and Abdominal Injuries$199,993 4/1/151.5 yearsNSFK. Najarian 
Chiroplasmic Nanorod-PCR (NR-PCR) for Rapid Determination of Bacteremia and Antibiotic Resistance in Sepsis$50,000 7/1/141 yearMCIRCC Sepsis Grand ChallengeS. VanEpps, N. Kotov 
Development of a Sepsis Point-of-Care (POC) Platform Utilizing Redox Measurements with Integrated Protein Markers of Sepsis as a Bedside Biomarker for Sepsis, Severity of Septic Shock, and as a Gauge for Resuscitation Endpoints$50,000 7/1/141 yearMCIRCC Sepsis Grand ChallengeR. Daniels, S. Takayama, M. Meyerhoff 
Real-Time Ultrasound Local Lung Ventilation Measurement$50,000 7/1/141 yearMCIRCC Sepsis Grand ChallengeJ. Rubin, C. Deng 
Sepsis Endotheliopathy Assessment Panel$50,000 7/1/141 yearMCIRCC Sepsis Grand ChallengeR. Daniels, S. Fan 
Immunotherapy and Immuno-phenotyping for Treatment of Sepsis$50,000 7/1/141 yearMCIRCC Sepsis Grand ChallengeJ. Nemzek, J. Fu, J. Moon 
Non-Invasive Portable System for Continuous Monitoring of Sepsis$50,000 7/1/141 yearMCIRCC Sepsis Grand ChallengeK. Najarian, K. Oldham