2026 Rural Health Themed Pilot Awardees

1) Listening to Rural Voices: Applying Artificial Intelligence to Patient Narratives from Northeast Ohio Counties

	Name and Institution
	Philip Turk, PhD NEOMED
	Jennifer Reneker, PhD Co-I, NEOMED
	Lyn Haselton, PhD Co-I, NEOMED

2)Neuroimaging and Behavioral Investigation of Neurotoxicity of Mercury in Adult Ohioans

	Name and Institution
	Hong Xie, MD, PhD University of Toledo
	Xin Wang, MD, PhD University of Toledo
	Kevin Xu, PhD CWRU

3)Remote Wearable Monitoring to Inform Parkinson's Disease Care Among Rural Residing Patients

	Name and Institution
	Christopher Pulliam, PhD, MS CWRU
	Aasef Shaikh, MD, PhD University Hospitals

4)Improving Clinical Trial Participation Using A Data-Driven Approach to Trial Design and Deployment

	Name and Institution
	Siran Koroukian-Hajinazarian, PhD CWRU
	Nicholas Schlitz, PhD CWRU
	Weichuan Dong, PhD, MA Cleveland Clinic

5)Integrating Geomarkers to Improve Precision Healthcare for COPD Patients in Rural Communities

	Name and Institution
	Jacqueline Curtis, PhD CWRU
	Wayne Tsuang, MD, PhD, MHS Cleveland Clinic
	Jin Kim-Mozeleski, PhD CWRU