Grants

Active Sponsored Projects

Development of AI-Driven Applications Supporting Pathologic Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prognosis Prediction for Three Major Canine Malignancies 

Sponsor: The Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency (Jan 1, 2026 – )

Agassiz’s Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) Genetic Analysis

Sponsor: Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Southwest (Sep 30, 2025 – )

Targeting TIE2 as a Novel Strategy in VEGFR Inhibitor-Resistant Angiosarcoma

Sponsor: US Department of Defense (Aug 1, 2025 – )

Dual Blockade of PI3K-Activating Mutations and Immune Signaling in Canine Hemangiosarcoma

Sponsor: Morris Animal Foundation (Mar 1, 2024 – )

Establishment of Systemic Data Standardization for Artificial Intelligence-Implemented Veterinary Forensic Investigation and Animal Disease Diagnostics

Sponsor: The Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency (Jan 1, 2024 – )

Are peptide signatures created using machine learning the future for early diagnosis of PPID? Development and Application of a Novel Diagnostic Test for PPID

Sponsor: Morris Animal Foundation (Sep 1, 2023 – )

Completed at UF

Metabolic Liabilities and Hematopoietic Fate Decisions in PIK3CA/KDR Co-mutant Angiosarcoma

Sponsor: US Department of Defense (Sep 1, 2023 – Aug 31, 2025)

Chromatin Accessibility and the Convergent Oncogenic Pathways of Angiosarcomas

Sponsor: US Department of Defense (Apr 1, 2023 – Dec 31, 2024; transferred from previous institution)

Reprogramming the Tumor Immune Niche in Canine Hemangiosarcoma

Sponsor: AKC Canine Health Foundation (Oct 1, 2022 – Apr 30, 2023; transferred from previous institution)