CWHSGR Seed Grant in Sex & Gender Differences | Johns Hopkins Center for Women’s Health, Sex, & Gender Research

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The CWHSGR provides pilot grant funding for early-stage investigators with emphasis on diversity of candidates. We seek candidates interested in incorporating sex differences into their clinical, translational, or basic science research in the broad area of immunology (e.g., asthma and allergy, autoimmunity, cancer, infectious diseases, inflammation, microbiome, and vaccines. Applications for 2025 Seed grants will open January, 2025 with applications due in March, 2025.

Applications for the 2024 CWHSGR Seed grants are closed.

What are CWHSGR grantees working on?

Kate Fitzgerald, ScD

Associate Professor of Neurology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
2019 Awardee

Project Title: Sexual Dimorphism in the Effects of Multiple Sclerosis Genetic Risk Variants on Immune Cell Function

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Valsamo Anagnostou, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Oncology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
2019 Awardee

Project Title: Sex Differences in Response to Immunotherapy and Emergence of Immune-related Adverse Events

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Sam Das, PhD

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
2019 Awardee

Project Title: Role of microRNAs in female hearts

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Kristina Montemayor, MD, MHS

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
2020 Awardee

Project Title: Endogenous Sex Hormones and Respiratory Health in Women with Cystic Fibrosis

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Joanna Melia, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
2020 Awardee

Project Title: Sex-specific effects of genetic variation in the manganese and zinc transporter ZIP8 and intestinal inflammation

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Fenna Sillé, PhD, MS

Assistant Professor, Environmental Health and Engineering, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
2020 COVID-19 Awardee

Project Title: Sex differences and the cytokine storm associated with COVID-19 mortality

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Shannon Wood, PhD

Assistant Professor, Population, Family and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
2020 COVID-19 Awardee

Project Title: COVID-19 Impact on Pregnant Women in Ethiopia: Understanding Unmet Needs for a Vulnerable Sub-Population

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Nisha Gilotra, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
2021 Awardee

Project Title: Sex Differences in Myocardial Sequelae of COVID-19

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Monica Mugnier, PhD

Associate Professor, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
2021 Awardee

Project Title: Sex differences in the immune response to Trypanosoma brucei infection

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Catherine Simpson, MD, MHS

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
2022 Awardee

Project Title: The Sex Steroid Metabolome and its Effects on Sexual Dimorphism in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

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James Gordy, PhD

Assistant Scientist, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
2022 Awardee

Project Title: Investigating the role of MIP-3α fused to antigen in sex differences of vaccine-generated immunity at the level of dendritic cells

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Kamaria Cayton Vaught, MD

Assistant Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
2023 Awardee

Project Title: Developing novel genetic biomarkers for oocyte aging and defining mechanisms for oocyte age-related decline in female fertility

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Liisa Hantsoo, PhD

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Project Title: The Interplay Between the Microbiome, Inflammation and Extracellular Vesicles Across the Menstrual Cycle in Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD)

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