UROC Innovations Lab Awarded Seed Grant

Congratulations to UROC Innovations Lab PI Abby Pulsipher (Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery and Molecular Pharmaceutics) and her Co-Is, Hamid Ghandehari (Molecular Pharmaceutics), Jeremiah Alt and Kristine Smith (Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery), for receiving an FY25 Research Incentive Seed Grant award from the Vice President for Research Office, School of Medicine, and College of Pharmacy at the University of Utah. Their grant proposal seeks to develop and evaluate a lipid nanoparticle system to deliver DUSP1 mRNA and enhance standard of care glucocorticoid treatment responses in chronic rhinosinusitis. These pilot funds will support generation of preliminary preclinical data for future funding opportunities to expand this important research.