Nov. 7, 2024
Congratulations to the three interdisciplinary teams selected for the President’s Interdisciplinary Research Challenge. Their innovative projects focused on professional combat athletes' head impacts, wastewater intelligence, and the neural mechanisms of propaganda influence promise to advance research at 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ. The grant writing and professional development support will further enhance their contributions to interdisciplinary research excellence. Thank you to all interdisciplinary teams participating in the President’s Interdisciplinary Research Challenge this year.
- Objective Biomarker Assessment and Interdisciplinary Care of Head Impacts in Professional Combat Athletes. John Mercer, Brooke C. Kleven, Dana Surwill, Darrion Phan (Sports Innovation Institute); Thessa Hilgenkamp, Dustin Clow (Physical Therapy); Jefferson Kinney, Jeffrey Cummings (Department of Brain Health); Lung-Chang Chien (Public Health); Brian Schilling, Brach Poston, James Navalta, Sara Rosenkranz (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences); Charles Bernick (Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health); Heather Linden and Duncan French (UFC Performance Institute).
- Developing a Center for Biomedical Research Excellence on Wastewater Intelligence and a 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Student Training Institute. Edwin Oh (Medicine), Van Vo (Sciences), Eakalak Khan (Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction), Jorge Fonseca Cacho (Computer Science), Rafael Oganesyan (Undergraduate Research), Daniel Gerrity (Southern Water Authority), and Horng-yuan Kan (Southern Nevada Public Health Laboratory).
- From Online Radicalization to Real World Violence: A Multimodal Study of the Neural Mechanisms of Propaganda Influence and Mass Violence Threats with Implications for Real-Time Content Moderation. Tiffiany Howard (Political Science), Joel Snyder (Psychology), and Shaikh Arifuzzaman (Computer Science).