November 5, 2001
Grants
The following grants were
received through the UConn Health Center's Office of
Grants and Contracts in August. The list represents new
awards as well as continuations. The list of grants is supplied to
the Advance by the Health Center Office of Grants and Contracts and
is printed in one or more issues, according to the space
available. |
Department |
Principal
Investigator |
Sponsor |
Amount |
Award Period |
Research - Federal |
Behavioral Science & Comm. Health |
Aseltine, R. |
Nat'l Inst. of Mental Health |
$85,720 |
6/01-4/02 |
Pathways from Child Adversity to Adult Mental
Health |
Neuroscience |
Bernstein, L. |
Nat'l Inst. on Deaf & Comm. Disorders
|
$203,158 |
8/00-7/02 |
Comparisons Binaural Processing at Low &
High Frequencies |
Surgery |
Das, D. |
Heart, Lung, & Blood Inst. |
$179,796 |
8/99-7/02 |
Transgenic/Knockout Animals in Myocardial
Preservation |
Medicine |
Lefrancois, L. |
Allergy & Infectious Diseases |
$218,669 |
8/97-7/02 |
Requirements for CD8 T Cell Activation and
Migration in Vivo |
Physiology |
Loew, L. |
Research Resources |
$924,051 |
8/01-7/02 |
National Resource for Cell Analysis and
Modeling |
Oral Diagnosis |
Lurie, A. |
Dental Research |
$516,203 |
7/01-6/02 |
Skeletal, Craniofacial and Oral Biology
Training Grant |
Genetics & Developmental Biology |
Mayer, B. |
Nat'l Cancer Inst. |
$285,011 |
7/00-6/02 |
Biologically Relevant NCK Interacting
Proteins |
Medicine |
Mukherji, B. |
Nat'l Cancer Inst. |
$153,893 |
9/97-12/01 |
Peptide and APC-Based Melanoma
Vaccine |
Neuroscience |
Papermaster, D. |
Nat'l Eye Inst. |
$397,335 |
8/99-7/02 |
Membrane Biosynthesis in Normal and Dystrophic
Retinas |
Physiology |
Peluso, J. |
Child Health & Human Development |
$171,970 |
8/98-7/02 |
Progesterone Regulation of Granulosa Cell
Function |
Biochemistry |
Peng, Z. |
General Medical Sciences |
$36,308 |
8/96-7/02 |
Folding and Dynamics of a Molten
Globule |
Psychiatry |
Petry, N. |
Nat'l Inst. of Mental Health |
$356,606 |
8/99-7/02 |
Cognitive-Behavioral Treatments - Pathological
Gambling |
Medicine |
Puddington, L. |
Heart, Lung, & Blood Inst. |
$288,167 |
9/00-7/02 |
TCR Gamma Delta Cells Promote TH2 Lineage
Commitment and IGE Production |
Genetics & Developmental Biology |
Rowe, D. |
General Medical Services |
$314,463 |
9/00-7/02 |
Promoter GFP Markers of the Osteoprogenitor
Lineage |
Surgery |
Sarfarazi, M. |
Nat'l Eye Inst. |
$326,250 |
8/00-7/02 |
Molecular Genetics of Primary Congenital
Glaucoma |
Surgery |
Sarfarazi, M. |
Heart, Lung, & Blood Inst. |
$313,167 |
8/01-7/02 |
Molecular Characterization of Familial
Lymphedema |
Medicine |
Shanley, J. |
Alcohol & Alcoholism (NIAAA) |
$144,000 |
8/01-7/02 |
Effect of Ethanol Consumption on Vaccine
Responses |
Medicine |
Smith, T. |
Veterans Administration |
$12,104 |
7/01-10/01 |
Intergovernmental Personnel Act Appointment:
Xiufang Liu |
Neuroscience |
Steveson, T. |
Child Health & Human Development |
$72,000 |
8/01-6/02 |
Menkes Protein: Copper Transport in the
Pituitary |
Medicine |
Warren, N. |
Veterans Administration |
$65,000 |
7/01-6/02 |
Intergovernmental Personnel Act: Nicholas
Warren |
|
Research - Private |
Center for Immunotherapy of Cancer & Infectious
Diseases |
Aguila, H. |
Sandler Program for Asthma Research |
$125,000 |
7/00-6/02 |
NK Cells in Allergic Asthma |
Community Medicine & Health |
Barbor, T. |
Westat |
$254,712 |
9/00-9/02 |
PETS Longer-Term Adolescent Study |
Physiology |
Caron, J. |
Lea's Foundation |
$15,000 |
7/99-6/02 |
Discovery of a New Form of Tubulin
Protein |
Medicine |
Dieckhaus, K. |
Yale |
$8,861 |
5/00-3/01 |
Proact - New England Program for AIDS Clinical
Trials |
Oral Diagnosis |
Frank, M. |
University of Miami |
$51,069 |
3/00-2/02 |
Molecular Physiology of Glutamate in Taste:
Project 2 |
Microbiology |
Harris, S. |
American Cancer Society |
$9,166 |
7/99-7/01 |
SEPB and the DNA Damage Response in A.
Nidulans |
Psychiatry |
Kranzler, H. |
Yale |
$222,182 |
8/00-7/02 |
Genetics of Opioid Dependence |
Surgery |
Kurtzman, S. |
Pittsburgh |
$23,115 |
2/97-1/02 |
NSABP Breast Cancer and Bowel Cancer
Treatment |
Microbial Pathogenesis CE
|
Mamoun, C. |
R & C Patterson Trust |
$51,500 |
8/01-7/02 |
Choline Transport in the Human Malaria
Parasite |
Medicine |
Oncken, C. |
Yale |
$21,444 |
9/00-8/01 |
Subcontract to Yale University Center
Grant |
Psychiatry |
Petry, N. |
Conn. Council on Problem Gambling |
$5,000 |
8/01-7/02 |
Life Histories and Gambling Study |
Center on Aging |
Prestwood, K. |
Brookdale Foundation |
$14,989 |
8/01-7/02 |
The Effect of Soy Protein and Isoflavones on
Bone Turnover |
Center for Immunotherapy of Cancer & Infectious
Diseases |
Srivastava, P. |
Lea's Foundation |
$20,000 |
9/99-12/01 |
Treatment of Indolent B-Cell Lymphoma and CLL
Patients (HSP70) |
Medicine |
Tutschka, P. |
Lea's Foundation |
$10,000 |
8/01-7/02 |
Use of Non-Tolerant Lymphocytes for Transient
Duration Stem Cell Transplants |
|
Research - State |
Primary Care |
Gould, B. |
Conn. Dept. of Public Health |
$29,750 |
8/01-7/02 |
Breast and Cervical Cancer Education/Tobacco
Prevention Control |
|