2023 Pilot Research Grants

In October 2023, the Stanford Center for Digital Health announced the recipients of the inaugural CDH Pilot Grant Awards. These one-year grants of $50,000 were awarded to projects relating to digital health in the following research areas:

Improved recruitment and retention of vulnerable and hard-to-reach or minority populations in clinical research
Management of chronic diseases
Improved care for patients with rare diseases
Addressing global public health challenges
Mental health across the lifespan
Maternal and child health

With over 80 applications received, the Stanford Center for Digital Health was thrilled to award funding to five impressive projects. Two of these projects were co-funded with the Stanford Maternal & Child Health Research Institute (MCHRI).

Development and Validation of an Incidental Atherosclerotic Risk Score using Already-Acquired Abdominal Computed Tomography Scan

Akshay Chaudhari, PhD (PI) and Ramzi Dudum, MD, MPH (Co-PI)

Development of a Home-Based Best Corrected Visual Acuity (BCVA) Measurement Tool

Yasir Sepah, MBBS (PI)

Feasibility of Using Smartphone Vibrations to Detect Sensory Deficits in Adults with Pre-diabetes and Type 2 Diabetes

Allison Okamura, PhD, MS (PI) and Sun H. Kim, MD, MS (Co-PI)

Digitizing the community health worker training on the youth readiness mental health intervention for Somali refugee youth (Co-funded by MCHRI)

Clea Sarnquist, DrPH, MPH (PI) and Michael Baiocchi, PhD (Co-PI)

Tracheal Acoustic Monitoring for the Detection of Respiratory Airflow (Co-funded by MCHRI)

Matthew Muffly, MD, MS (PI) and Chris Chafe, MA, DMA (Co-PI)