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RECENT GRANTS
* Mandatory estimates of vaccine
effectiveness against medically
attended, PCR-confirmed influenza in
West South Central US
Principal investigator: Manjusha Gaglani, MD
Sponsor: Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
Funding: $800,000
Award period: 8/1/2017-7/31/2018
* Core_apt measure of PCR-based
influenza vaccine effectiveness in
inpatient adults
Principal investigator: Manjusha
Gaglani, MD
Sponsor: Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
Funding: $450,000
Award period: 8/1/2017-7/31/2018
* Familial and early onset colorectal
cancer
Principal investigator: Ajay Goel, PhD
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health
Funding: $372,400
Award period: 8/1/2017-7/31/2018
* Development of microRNA biomarkers
for noninvasive detection of colorectal
cancer
Principal investigator: Ajay Goel, PhD
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health
Funding: $349,917
Award period: 7/1/2017-6/30/2018

■ Baylor Scott & White Health, Texas

Home Health form joint venture
As health care continues to evolve, highquality care is increasingly important in the
home setting. With that in mind, Baylor Scott
& White Health, the largest not-for-profit health
care system in Texas, and Texas Home Health,
an AccentCare, Inc. company and leader in postacute health care, have formed a new home
health joint venture company, Texas Home
Health Group, effective August 1, 2017.
Texas Home Health Group operates in Baylor
Scott & White's footprint including the DallasFort Worth area and much of North and Central
Texas. The newly formed joint venture delivers
home health services to 57 counties from eight
locations: Brenham, College Station, Huntsville,
Marble Falls, McKinney, Taylor, Temple, and
Waco. Staff and care team members from the
legacy Texas Home Health and Baylor Scott &
White Health Home Care agencies have joined
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* Role of acid in the development of
Barrett's esophagus
Principal investigator: Rhonda Souza, MD
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health
Funding: $265,574
Award period: 5/23/2017-7/31/2018
* Reflux-induced epithelial-mesenchymal
transition in benign Barrett's esophagus
Principal investigator: Rhonda Souza, MD
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health
Funding: $254,143
Award period: 5/26/2017-8/31/2017
* Endoscopic, histologic, and molecular
characterization of esophageal wound
healing after radiofrequency ablation of
Barrett's esophagus
Principal investigator: Rhonda Souza, MD
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health
Funding: $251,545
Award period: 5/2/2017-4/30/2018
* Pharmacometric optimization of
second-line drugs for MDR tuberculosis
treatment
Principal investigator: Tawanda Gumbo, MD
Sponsor: University of Cape Town/National
Institutes of Health
Funding: $149,104
Award period: 2/15/2017-1/31/2018
* Quantifying infectiousness of
undiagnosed tuberculosis cases and
impact of enhanced community-based

active case finding strategy using
novel diagnostic tools: a randomized
controlled trial
Principal investigator: Tawanda Gumbo, MD
Sponsor: Civilian Research & Development
Foundation
Funding: $72,065
Award period: 4/22/2016-4/19/2018
* SUSTAIN for better health and health
care for older adults
Principal investigator: Alan Stevens, PhD
Sponsor: Texas A&M University Health
Science Center/Department of Health and
Human Services
Funding: $50,000
Award period: 8/1/2016-7/31/2018
* Physically realistic virtual surgery
Principal investigator: Ganesh
Sankaranarayanan, PhD
Sponsor: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute/
National Institutes of Health
Funding: $48,225
Award period: 7/1/2015-8/31/2017
* Affect regulation training for alcohol
use disorder: a stage II efficacy trial
Principal investigator: Suzy Gulliver, PhD
Sponsor: Research Foundation for the State
University of New York/National Institutes
of Health
Funding: $13,343
Award period: 4/1/2017-3/31/2018

the new joint venture, with operations being
managed by Texas Home Health.

explore how we can better the lives of patients
living with esophageal diseases," said Vani
Konda, MD, director of clinical operations for
the Center for Esophageal Diseases.
With both bench and bedside components,
physicians are provided more opportunities for
translational research, and researchers can
gain a better understanding of disease states
over time. Equipped with advanced clinical and
laboratory equipment and a patient-oriented
care team, the centers have the necessary
resources to conduct comprehensive research
designed to uncover early detection and prevention methods-a critical step in reducing the
rising incidence of esophageal cancer.
"Baylor Scott & White Health offered an
opportunity to really develop these clinical and
research centers that go hand in hand. That's
what's unique about this-the ability to really
make inroads into these diseases," said Stuart
Spechler, MD, chief of gastroenterology at Baylor

■ New centers seek early detection and

prevention for esophageal cancer
An innovative new program dedicated to
treatment and prevention of esophageal diseases is allowing clinicians and researchers to
collaborate directly on patient care.
Funded by the National Institutes of Health
and Baylor Scott & White Research Institute,
the Center for Esophageal Research and its
associated Center for Esophageal Diseases
at Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas
offer a unique program that investigates the
full spectrum of research on conditions such as
gastroesophageal reflux disease and Barrett's
esophagus.
"What's most exciting about the centers is
the collaboration between a productive lab and
a patient-oriented clinical care team to really
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