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Current Projects - Innovation for Health

Innovation for Health awards grants for Spring 2023

The IFH program is a partnership between OSF HealthCare and Bradley University. Four research projects are sharing more than $199,000 in grant funding for projects focused on social determinants of health, health literacy and precision medicine and cancer-related research. 

The funding supports research involving clinicians, engineers and social scientists to rapidly develop technologies and devices that could revolutionize medical training and health care delivery.

Toward Automation of a 4D Heart from Retrospectively Gated Cardiac CT Scans

  • Matthew Bramlet, MD, OSF HealthCare
  • Samuel Hawkins, PhD, Bradley University

The goal of this project is to determine the feasibility automating the segmentation of the 18 phases of gated cardiac CT scans to generate patient-specific, 4D beating hearts and that these 4D animations can be placed into and analyzed in a digital stereoscopic format such as virtual reality.

Pulmonary Acoustic Sensor Telemetry Array (PASTA)

  • Adam Cross, MD, FAAP, OSF HealthCare
  • Suruz Miah, PhD, Bradley University
  • Connor Davey, BA, OSF HealthCare
  • Reid Jockisch, BS, OSF HealthCare

This venture is an expansion of the Pulmonary Acoustic Sensor Telemetry Array (PASTA) project which is focused on developing a device for use with an algorithm to remotely monitor lung sounds in pediatric patients. The primary deliverable of this phase is a physical device that is easily replicable and records eight channels of audio simultaneously without losing quality due to compression with minimal quality loss due to compression.

Characterization of Changes in Biomechanical Properties and Cell Aggression in Ovarian Cancer Stem Cells Following Exposure to Chemotherapy

  • Kalyani Nair, PhD, Bradley University
  • Craig Cady PhD, Bradley University
  • Daniel Chan, MD, PhD, OSF HealthCare

The objective of this concept is to determine whether treatment with a chemotherapeutic agent will induce identifiable changes in the biomechanical properties of cancer stem cells which can be correlated with an increase in cancer stem cell aggression. Identifying biomechanical properties linked to an increase in aggression may suggest alternative approaches to suppressing cancer stem cell activation and reducing the recurrence of cancer.

Humanizing Breast Cancer Prevention: A Community-Based Approach to Increase Health Literacy and Address Breast Cancer Health Disparities among Local Underserved Women

  • Heather Ford, MFA, Bradley University
  • Scott Barrows MA, FAMI, OSF HealthCare
  • Tianjiao (Grace) Wang, PhD, Bradley University
  • Rachelle Pavelko PhD, Bradley University
  • Mary Stapel, MD, OSF HealthCare

This project aims to address health disparities among underserved groups by developing a community-based solution to effectively increase breast cancer health literacy and raise awareness of breast cancer prevention among local ethnic minority women.