{"id":360,"date":"2020-02-20T15:25:24","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T15:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.uga.edu\/iga\/?page_id=360"},"modified":"2022-03-02T12:44:58","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T12:44:58","slug":"presidents-interdisciplinary-seed-grant-program-2019","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.uga.edu\/iga\/presidents-interdisciplinary-seed-grant-program-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Presidential Interdisciplinary Seed Grant Program \u2013 2019 funded projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<p class=\"p1\">Seven faculty teams at the University of Georgia were selected to receive research awards through the second President\u2019s Interdisciplinary Seed Grant Program in 2019. More than 70 faculty teams submitted research proposals to this competitive program in response to the <a href=\"https:\/\/research.uga.edu\/docs\/units\/iga\/Presidents_Interdisciplinary_Seed_Grants_2019.pdf\">2019 call for proposals<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Winning proposals are below.<\/span><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_accordion spacing=&#8221;5&#8243; gap=&#8221;5&#8243; active_section=&#8221;&#8221; no_fill=&#8221;true&#8221; collapsible_all=&#8221;true&#8221;][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;Overcoming Physical Distances with the Virtual Family Room: Virtual and Augmented Reality Communication Platforms for Deployed Military Families&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1493319223831-880efe2b-248d&#8221;][vc_column_text]\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #333333;\">\n<table id=\"tablepress-13\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-13\">\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Sun Joo (Grace) Ahn<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Department of Advertising and Public Relations, Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Kyle Johnsen<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Catherine O\u2019Neal<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Department of Human Development and Family Science, College of Family and Consumer Sciences<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Dawn Robinson<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Department of Sociology, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/span><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;Creating a Healthier Georgia through Diabetes Prevention&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1493320121546-0af684b6-0ea6&#8243;][vc_column_text]\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #333333;\">\n<table id=\"tablepress-14\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-14\">\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Alison Berg<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Department of Foods and Nutrition, College of Family and Consumer Sciences<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Ellen Evans<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Department of Kinesiology, College of Education<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Joan Koonce<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Department of Financial Planning, Housing and Consumer Economics, College of Family and Consumer Sciences<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/span><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;Building a National Center of Excellence for Nature-Based Infrastructure Solutions&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1493320157682-b92acf6b-83cb&#8221;][vc_column_text]\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt 0in;\">\n<table id=\"tablepress-15\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-15\">\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Brian Bledsoe<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems, College of Engineering<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Jon Calabria<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">College of Environment + Design<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Susana Ferreira<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">C. Rhett Jackson<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Shana Jones<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Carl Vinson Institute of Government<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Craig Landry<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Nathan Nibbelink<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Don Nelson<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Department of Anthropology, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Brian Orland<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">College of Environment + Design<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">J. Scott Pippin<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Carl Vinson Institute of Government<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-11\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Mark Risse<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-12\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Amy Rosemond<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Odum School of Ecology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-13\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">J. Marshall Shepherd<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Department of Geography, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-14\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Meredith Welch-Devine<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Graduate School<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;Mitigating Emerging Disease Impacts in Fisheries: Adaptive Strategies to Ensure a Safe, Healthy Seafood Supply&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1493320193716-a70f394a-3b0c&#8221;][vc_column_text]\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt 0in;\">\n<table id=\"tablepress-16\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-16\">\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">James Byers<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Odum School of Ecology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Marc E. Frischer<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Department of Marine Sciences, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Richard Hall<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Department of Infectious Diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine and Odum School of Ecology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Thomas Bliss<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Shellfish Research Laboratory, Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Al Camus<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">College of Veterinary Medicine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Brian Irwin<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Fisheries, Georgia Cooperative Fish &amp; Wildlife Research Unit and Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Erin Lipp<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Department of Environmental Health Science, College of Public Health<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Craig W. Osenberg<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Odum School of Ecology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Pej Rohani<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Odum School of Ecology and College of Veterinary Medicine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">John Wares<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Department of Genetics, Franklin College of Arts Sciences and Odum School of Ecology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;Establishing a New Animal Model to Assess Influenza-Tuberculosis Co-infection and Vaccination&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1493320211805-ab4a3526-d19c&#8221;][vc_column_text]\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt 0in;\">\n<table id=\"tablepress-17\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-17\">\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Fred Quinn<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Department of Infectious Diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Ted Ross<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Department of Infectious Diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Christopher Whalen<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Public Health<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Kaori Sakamoto<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Department of Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Steve Divers<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Department of Small Animal Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Russ Karls<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Department of Infectious Diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Tuhina Gupta<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Department of Infectious Diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Shannon Quinn<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Department of Computer Science and Department of Cellular Biology, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Steve Harvey<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">University Research Animal Resources<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Balazs Rada<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Department of Infectious Diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-11\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Ankita Garg<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Department of Infectious Diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-12\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">James Posey<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Mycobacteriology Laboratory Branch, CDC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-13\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Thomas Rowe<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Influenza Branch, CDC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-14\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">William Jacobs<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">School of Medicine, Albert Einstein University, The Bronx, NY<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-15\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Cecilia Lo<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-16\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Cheryl Day<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">School of Medicine, Emory University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;Anticipating the Regional and Global Impacts of Next-Generation Vehicle Engine Technologies&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1493320232567-01570bfd-97df&#8221;][vc_column_text]\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt 0in;\">\n<table id=\"tablepress-18\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-18\">\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Rawad Saleh<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">College of Engineering<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Amanda Frossard<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Department of Chemistry, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Gabriel Kooperman<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Department of Geography, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Brandon Rotavera<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">College of Engineering<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Geoffrey Smith<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Department of Chemistry, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;Impact of the School and Surrounding Environment on Implementation of Georgia\u2019s Statewide Childhood Obesity Policy&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1493320250198-cfeb8de3-e260&#8243;][vc_column_text]\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt 0in;\">\n<table id=\"tablepress-19\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-19\">\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Janani Thapa<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Department of Health Policy and Management, College of Public Health<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Donglan \u201cStacy\u201d Zhang<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Department of Health Policy and Management, College of Public Health<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Lan Mu<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Department of Geography, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Jennifer Gay<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Department of Health Promotion and Behavior, College of Public Health<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Michael Schmidt<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Department of Kinesiology, College of Education<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Justin Ingles<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Department of Health Policy and Management, College of Public Health<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Chen Zhen<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Marsha Davis<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Department of Health Promotion and Behavior, College of Public Health<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Rudy Nayga<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Brian Elbel<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Department of Population Health, Grossman School of Medicine, New York University, New York, NY<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-11\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Audrey Iddaikadar<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Georgia Department of Public Health<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_accordion][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Seven faculty teams at the University of Georgia were selected to receive research awards through the second President\u2019s Interdisciplinary Seed Grant Program in 2019. More than 70 faculty teams submitted research proposals to this competitive program in response to the 2019 call for proposals. Winning proposals are below. [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_accordion spacing=&#8221;5&#8243; gap=&#8221;5&#8243; active_section=&#8221;&#8221; no_fill=&#8221;true&#8221; collapsible_all=&#8221;true&#8221;][vc_tta_section [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-360","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.uga.edu\/iga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.uga.edu\/iga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.uga.edu\/iga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.uga.edu\/iga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.uga.edu\/iga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/research.uga.edu\/iga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/360\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.uga.edu\/iga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}