Previous Awardees
CARE awards seed grants to fund innovative and rigorous research projects on Asian health.
CARE has received generous philanthropic support to fund seed grants across the disciplines of oncology, obstetrics, mental health, and public health. These grants give researchers the ability to pursue high-impact, promising research projects that further CARE’s mission to develop precision health for Asians. The seed grant program has helped foster transdisciplinary collaborations and has led to numerous research publications and presentations.
In addition, it has supported researchers in collecting valuable pilot data, allowing them to obtain follow-on funding to grow and expand their research.
The seed grant program develops self-sustaining, innovative, and scientifically rigorous research programs that lead to critical advances in Asian health.
Every year, CARE releases a Call for Applications in early December with applications due via SlideRoom on February 1. Awards are announced on March 1. The award period is for 1 calendar year, typically starting on May 1 and ending on April 30.
CARE 2024 Seed Grant Awardees
Michael Chang, MD
Improving Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Diagnosis Through Deep Learning of Endoscopic Images
CARE 2023 Seed Grant Awardees
Che-Hong Chen, PhD
A public health education and awareness initiative on alcohol flushing and alcohol-related cancer in Asian communities
David Rehkopf, ScD, MPH
Investigating the intersections of gestational blood glucose levels and pre-pregnancy body mass index on the risk of preterm birth among Japanese women
Karl Lorenz, MD, MSHS
Palliative Care in Neuro-Oncology among Chinese/Chinese-American Patients and Caregivers
Lawrence Fung, MD, PhD
Cultural Adaptations of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Asian American Autistic Adolescents
CARE 2022 Seed Grant Awardees
Huiqiong Deng, MD, PhD
A survey study of Asian college student mental health during COVID in the U.S.
CARE 2021 Seed Grant Awardees
Suzan Carmichael, PhD, MS
Impact of Body Mass Index on Maternal Health Among API women in California
Malathi Srinivasan, MD
Dietary patterns and cardiometabolic health associations among Asian Americans
CARE 2020 Seed Grant Awardees
Ranak Trivedi, PhD
Khuller-Kochikar Seed Grant
Assessing caregiving and social networks among South Asian women living with breast cancer
Uchechukwu Megwalu, MD, MPH
Stanford Cancer Institute Seed Grant
Clinical Presentation and Outcomes of Well-differentiated Thyroid Cancer in Filipinos
CARE 2019 Seed Grant Awardees
Alan Louie, MD
Acculturative Family Distance and Mental Health: A Pilot Study of Asian-American Parents of Younger Adolescents
Benjamin Lindquist, MD
An Innovative Web-Based Gaming Application to Promote Emergency Medical Technicians
Bertha Chen, MD
Racial differences in fibroid-related symptom severity in Asian vs. Caucasian women seen at Stanford Fibroid Clinic
