Scholars@Duke
Tarun Saxena

Tarun Saxena

Clinical Trials Project Leader II
Duke Clinical & Translational Science Institute
tarun.saxena@duke.edu
701 W Main St, Suite 500, Durham, NC 27701

Research Interests

Neural Engineering
Immunomodulation
Wound Healing
Brain-machine interfacing
Biomaterials

Selected Grants

1/3 CTSA UM1 at Duke University

ResearchProject Leader · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2025 - 2032

Development of a near-commercial prototype of multispark lithotripter

ResearchProject Manager · Awarded by North Carolina Biotechnology Center · 2025 - 2027

Precise Photoacoustic Imaging Guidance in Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters

ResearchProgram Manager · Awarded by North Carolina Biotechnology Center · 2024 - 2026

Debiasing Clinical Care Algorithms

ResearchProject Leader · Awarded by American Heart Association · 2024 - 2025

Cas13d-based nanotherapy targeting undruggable transcription factor HoxB13 to inhibit prostate cancer metastasis

ResearchProject Manager · Awarded by North Carolina Biotechnology Center · 2023 - 2025

Development, Testing and Integration of a Safety System for the IntraVascular Membrane Oxygenator Catheter

ResearchProduction Manager · Awarded by North Carolina Biotechnology Center · 2024 - 2025

Development of a Fixed Force Applanation Tonometer

ResearchProject Manager · Awarded by North Carolina Biotechnology Center · 2022 - 2024

An Elastomeric Composite Hernia Mesh, Termed Safe Mesh, to Prevent Post-Operative Adhesions

ResearchProject Manager · Awarded by North Carolina Biotechnology Center · 2021 - 2022