The Bold Challenges Initiative has awarded Boost grants to University of Michigan interdisciplinary research projects that range from utilizing wearable technology to help treat cancer patients to analyzing how microbial changes can affect respiratory health.
The projects also include ones to modernize commercial shipping and design a platform that can determine the advanced materials needed for clean energy, secure artificial intelligence infrastructure and many other uses.
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Teams will receive facilitation and personalized workshops from research development experts on the Bold Challenges team and up to $75,000 to support furthering their research activities.
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The Boost teams and their topic areas for the 2025-26 academic year include:
Harnessing mind-body interactions using wearable technologies and data science to improve cancer outcomes
- Muneesh Tewari, Ray and Ruth Anderson-Laurence M. Sprague Memorial Research Professor and professor of internal medicine and biomedical engineering, Medical School and College of Engineering
- Annelise Madison, assistant professor of psychology, LSA
- Libby Benson, research assistant professor, Institute for Social Research
- Ke Sun, assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer science, CoE
- Sung Won Choi, Edith S. Briskin and Shirley K. Schlafer Foundation Research Professor of Pediatrics, Medical School
- Srijan Sen, Frances and Kenneth Eisenberg Professor of Depression and Neurosciences and professor of psychiatry, Medical School
- Norah Lynn Henry, Daniel F. Hayes M.D. Breast Cancer Research Professor and professor of internal medicine, Medical School
