Research Innovation & Invention Impactful Research DEI, Collaborative, & Basic & Translation Research Research by Condition Clinical Trials Seed Grants Resources Seed Grants UC Irvine Department of Surgery Home About Campus & Community Resources Surgery: Research > Seed Grants Supporting Novel Clinical Research To support the development of early-career surgeon-scientists, the Department of Surgery has established seed grants to provide pilot funds for clinically relevant research projects. Since 2021, the funding has supported projects ranging from investigator-initiated clinical trials to clinically integrated and collaborative projects involving both clinical faculty and non-clinical scientists. Past Seed Grant Recipients 2024 Sigrid Burruss, MD: Identification and Support of Human Trafficking Victims After Traumatic Injury Alliya Qazi, MD: Evaluating Access to Neurosurgical Care in Ethiopia Holly Yong, MD: Standardizing the Fertility Preservation Discussion Amongst Reproductive Age Women Diagnosed with Cancer 2023 Oliver Eng, MD: Development of a Novel Micro-Surgical Biopsy and Virtual Histology Platform Areg Grigorian, MD: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of Shorter Versus Extended Course of Antibiotic Therapy for Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections Hari Keshava, MD: Assessing Asian Patients’ and their Providers’ Perspective on Barriers to Lung Cancer Screening Thuy Tran, MD: Dismantling Disparities in the Access and Delivery of Evidence-Based Complex Oncologic Care 2022 Theresa Chin, MD: Patient Reported Outcomes in Asian Burn Survivors Lourdes Swentek, MD: Minimally Invasive Monitoring of Cervical Dilation in Labor 2021 Jeffry Nahmias, MD: Dexmedetomidine for Acute Pain Control in Patients with Multiple Rib Fractures: A Randomized Controlled Trial