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Innovator Grants Program
Promoting research and collaborative scholarly projects to advance the academic interests of our faculty and the strategic themes of our department.
Funded Projects by Year
The Innovator Grants Program is designed to promote research and collaborative scholarly projects advancing the academic interests of our faculty and the strategic themes of the Department with two offerings:
- Pilot Studies in novel scientific areas that have high potential to lead to competitive grant applications
- Small Scholarly Projects related to areas including education, clinical care, community and health systems, and professional development
Projects across the full spectrum of science and scholarship are encouraged each year, and a large number of highly meritorious applications have been received, far exceeding the amount of funding available. The selected projects represent those most highly rated by reviewers and recognized for salience and balance across department missions.
Pilot Studies
- Makoto Kawai (PI)
Exploring Anesthesia's Impact on Alzheimer's Biomarkers: Evaluating Clearance, Slow Wave Activity, and Comparisons to Habitual Sleep - Bruce Arnow (PI)
CARE: A Large Language Model-powered platform for Deliberate Practice of Psychotherapy Skills - Margot Paul (PI)
Virtual Reality-Enhanced Behavioral Activation Feasibility Pilot for Older Adults with Major Depressive Disorder - Bo Zhou (PI)
Functional convergence of large genomic copy number variations strongly associated with schizophrenia and other neuropsychiatric disorders - Jane Paik Kim (PI)
An AI approach for supporting informed consent in AD/ADRD research - Oula Khoury (PI)
The Cultural Risk Assessment of Suicide- Adolescents: A Validation Study - Jason Tucciarone (PI)
Early Life Stress Neuroadaptations in Vulnerability to Opioid Use Disorder - Nina Paul (PI)
PTSD Therapy Group for Primary Care Patients at Stanford - Ranak Trivedi (PI)
Developing a Culturally Attuned Behavioral Intervention to Improve Stress, Loneliness, and Social Isolation among South Asian Breast Cancer Survivors and their Family Caregivers
Small Scholarly Projects
- Filza Hussain (PI)
Burnout in Female Consultation Liaison Psychiatrists: The Impact of Structural Biases, Pay Disparity, and Caregiver Responsibilities - Kayla Jimenez (PI)
Pilot study of a novel Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) intervention for suicidal and self-harming individuals and their caregivers. - Yelizaveta Sher (PI)
Addressing Dyspnea in the ICU: Recognition, Impact, and Educational Interventions - Rachel Lawton (PI)
Parent Education, Intervention, and Advocacy in Medical Adjustment and Trauma: Creation and Implementation of a Novel Curriculum to Empower Parents of Children with Acute and Chronic Illness