Charlton Research Grants

Join us in congratulating this year’s recipients of the Charlton Research Grants! This internal funding opportunity is designed to propel innovative projects towards securing extramural funding from both public and private sources. When proposals are of equal merit, priority is given to new investigators at the beginning of their careers. This year, three Tufts University School of Medicine faculty members have been selected by the Academic Research Awards Committee to receive grants, each valued at approximately $10,000 for a one-year period.

The 2024 Recipients

Miranda Good, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Tufts Medical Center
Project Title: Role of endothelial pannexin1 in neuroinflammation during Alzheimer’s Disease

Gat Rauner, Assistant Research Professor of Developmental, Molecular and Chemical Biology, Tufts School of Medicine
Project Title: Human Breast Organoid Model to Study Pregnancy and Lactation Dynamics

Peter Zhao, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Tufts Medical Center
Project Title: Ultra-High-Resolution Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging of Retinitis Pigmentosa and Automated Segmentation Using Artificial Intelligence