February 4, 2002
The following grants were received through the UConn Health
Center's Office of Grants and Contracts in
November. 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 |
| Federal Research |
| Med. Dean's Office |
Berlin, R. |
Health Resources & Services Admin. |
$1,813,060 |
9/01-5/03 |
| Completion of Construction of
Research Laboratories |
| Medicine |
Cherniack, M. |
Center for Disease Control |
$73,076 |
9/00-9/02 |
| Temporal and Impulsive
Characteristics of Hand Tools |
| Med. Dean's Office |
Gould, B. |
Health Resources & Services Admin. |
$1,164,643 |
9/01-9/02 |
| Basic AHEC |
| Traumatology/Emerg. Med. |
McCormick, M. |
Health Resources & Services Admin. |
$167,000 |
9/01-8/02 |
| Poison Control Centers Stabilization
and Enhancement Grant Program |
| Microbiology |
Pheiffer, S. |
Neurological Disorders & Stroke |
$372 |
9/00-8/02 |
| Proteomic Mapping of Myelin and its
Membrane Subdomains |
| Medicine |
Pilbeam, C. |
Nat'l Inst. of
Arthritis/Musculoskeletal/Skin |
$211,162 |
1/00-10/04 |
| Regulation of the Prostaglandin G/H
Synthases in Bone |
| Center on Aging |
Prestwood, K. |
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture |
$251,000 |
11/01-10/04 |
| The Effect of Soy Protein and
Isoflavones on Bone in Older Women |
| Neuroscience |
Zecevic, N. |
Neurological Disorders & Stroke |
$50,000 |
5/01-4/02 |
| Cajal-Retzius Cells in Developing
Cerebral Cortex Supplement |
| |
| Private Research |
| Surgery |
Albertsen, P. |
CTRC Research Foundation |
$4,000 |
9/01-8/02 |
| The Selenium and Vitamin E
Chemoprevention Trial (Select) |
| Medicine |
Dieckhaus, K. |
Yale |
$98,148 |
10/01-10/02 |
| Adherence Enhancement with
Rapid Internet-Based Feedback |
| Medicine |
Dieckhaus, K. |
Yale |
$9,600 |
4/01-3/02 |
| Proact -- New England Program for
AIDS Clinical Trials |
| Neurology |
Felice, K. |
Muscular Dystrophy |
$5,250 |
10/93-12/01 |
| MDA-Sponsored Clinic |
| Psychiatry |
Ford, J. |
City of Stamford |
$16,260 |
9/00-9/01 |
| Training & Consultation in
Motivational-Enhancing and Trauma-Sensitive Services |
| Community Med. & Healthcare |
Gregorio, D. |
Assoc. of Teachers Preventive Medicine |
$216,390 |
9/00-9/02 |
| Geographic Studies of Prostate
Cancer |
| Surgery |
Kurtzman, S. |
Pittsburgh |
$7,200 |
6/95-6/03 |
| NSABP Breast Cancer Prevention
Trial |
| Surgery |
Kurtzman, S. |
Pittsburgh |
$3,000 |
2/97-1/02 |
| NSABP Breast Cancer and Bowel Cancer
Treatment |
| Community Med. & Healthcare |
Lazzarini, Z. |
Temple Univ. |
$5,693 |
2/00-1/02 |
| A Structural Analysis of the Role of
the Law and Human Rights in Preventing HIV |
| Physiology |
Loew, L. |
Molecular Probes Inc. |
$1,356 |
4/95-4/02 |
| Material Transfer |
| Psychiatry |
Petry, N. |
Yale |
$266,583 |
9/01-8/02 |
| Low-Cost Contingency Management for
General Clinic Settings |
| Medicine |
Pilbeam, C. |
American Assoc. of Orthodontics |
$15,000 |
7/01-6/02 |
| Role of Collagenase in Osteoblastic
Migration on Collagen |
| Pathology |
Rajan, T. |
Ellison Medical Foundation |
$14,000 |
10/01-9/02 |
| U.S./India Workshop on Parasitic
Disease |
| Pediatrics |
Ratzan, S. |
Joslin Diabetes Center Inc. |
$1,315 |
5/95-6/01 |
| Diabetes Prevention Trial -- Type
1 |
| Genetics |
Rowe, D. |
Children's Brittle Bone Found. |
$110,000 |
11/99-10/02 |
| Design of a Colla1 Promoter to Drive
Replacement Collagen |
| Community Med. & Healthcare |
Sheehan, J. |
Commonwealth of Mass. |
$9,999 |
7/01-6/02 |
| Geographic Analysis of Colorectal
Cancer by Stage of Diagnosis |
| Pharmacology |
Smilowitz, H. |
Brookhaven Nat'l Hospital |
$43,135 |
7/01-7/02 |
| Targeted Ablation of Tumors by Boron
Neutron-Capture Therapy (BNCT) |
| Medicine |
Sporn, J. |
Univ. of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer
Cntr. |
$1,100 |
4/00-5/01 |
| Phase III Study of AE-941 in
Addition to Combined Modality Treatment |
| Pediatrics |
Tsipouras, P. |
Children's Hospital Medical Cntr. |
$74,250 |
10/99-2/03 |
| Use of Hammerhead Ribozymes in an
Animal Model of Osteogenesis Imperfecta |
| |
| State Research |
| Med. Dean's Office |
Gould, B. |
Dept. of Public Health |
$96,976 |
4/01-3/02 |
| Administering Certain State
Requirements for Primary Care |
| Community Med. & Healthcare |
Tennen, H. |
UConn-Storrs |
$11,804 |
8/01-7/02 |
| Daily Stress, College Student
Drinking and Protective Factors |
| Community Med. & Healthcare |
Ungemack, J. |
Conn. Dept. of Children & Families |
$58,559 |
10/01-7/02 |
| Community Action Grant for Service
Systems Change, Part 1 (PA-00-002) |
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