{"id":7157,"date":"2026-04-30T14:50:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T14:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/?p=7157"},"modified":"2026-05-01T13:58:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T13:58:48","slug":"april-2026-latest-grant-awards-to-obgyn-som-faculty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/2026\/04\/30\/april-2026-latest-grant-awards-to-obgyn-som-faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"April 2026 Latest Grant Awards to OBGYN SOM Faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following is a list of new grants awarded to SOM faculty within the Department of OBGYN.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
PI<\/strong><\/td>\nProject Title<\/strong><\/td>\nSponsor<\/strong><\/td>\nAward Amount<\/strong><\/td>\nProject Begin Date<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Miller Singleton, MD<\/td>\nInter-relationship of the Gut and Tumor Microbiome and Disparities in Endometrial Cancer\u00a0<\/td>\nWinter Meeting SGO Early Career Investigator Research Grant<\/td>\n$50,000<\/td>\nMay 2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jackie Riely M.D., M.S.<\/td>\n\n

Development of Virtual Reality Training Module for Total Abdominal Hysterectomy<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

2025-26 Center for Faculty Excellence\/Lenovo Instructional Innovation Grants Program<\/td>\n$10,000\u00a0<\/td>\n5\/1\/2026 (approximate)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Carla Chibwesha, MD, MSc<\/td>\n\u201cImproving cervical precancer treatment outcomes in women with HIV\u201d<\/em><\/td>\nAmerican Association for Cancer Research (AACR)<\/td>\n$1 Million<\/td>\nFunding for the next three years<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PI:<\/b> Katelyn Rittenhouse, Co\u2011PI:<\/b>\u00a0Elizabeth Stringer<\/td>\nPiloting AI-Assisted Self-Scanning for Accurate Pregnancy Assessment<\/td>\nCenter for Health Innovation\u2019s 2026 Innovation Pilot Awards<\/td>\n$50,000<\/td>\nJuly 1, 2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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The following is a list of new grants awarded to SOM faculty within the Department of OBGYN.\u00a0 PI Project Title Sponsor Award Amount Project Begin Date Miller Singleton, MD Inter-relationship of the Gut and Tumor Microbiome and Disparities in Endometrial Cancer\u00a0 Winter Meeting SGO Early Career Investigator Research Grant $50,000 May 2026 Jackie Riely M.D., … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":116513,"featured_media":7184,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[49,165],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-research","odd"],"acf":[],"featured_image":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1360\/2026\/04\/Grant-Awards-Website-Photo.png","featured_image_medium":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1360\/2026\/04\/Grant-Awards-Website-Photo-300x300.png","featured_image_medium_large":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1360\/2026\/04\/Grant-Awards-Website-Photo-768x768.png","featured_image_large":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1360\/2026\/04\/Grant-Awards-Website-Photo-1024x1024.png","featured_image_thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1360\/2026\/04\/Grant-Awards-Website-Photo-150x150.png","featured_image_alt":"","category_details":[{"name":"News","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/category\/news\/"},{"name":"Research","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/category\/research\/"}],"tag_details":[],"_links_to":[],"_links_to_target":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/116513"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7157"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7188,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7157\/revisions\/7188"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}