April 29, 2002
The following grants were received through the UConn Health
Center's Office of Grants and Contracts in
March. 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 |
| Physiology |
Hla, T. |
Heart, Lung, & Blood Institute |
$325,313 |
3/01-1/03 |
| Sphingolipid Modulators of Vascular Growth and
Homeostasis |
| Medicine |
Hurley, M. |
National Institute of Arthritis/Musculoskeletal/Skin |
$262,234 |
2/00-1/03 |
| Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor Expression in
Bone Cells |
| Psychiatry |
Kaminer, Y. |
Alcohol & Alcoholism |
$92,736 |
2/02-1/03 |
| After Care for Adolescents with Substance Use
Disorder |
| Neuroscience |
Kim, D. |
National Institute in Deaf & Comm. Disorders |
$100,000 |
7/96-1/03 |
| Auditory Neurobiology &
Biophysics |
| Medicine |
Kream, B. |
National Institute of Arthritis/ Musculoskeletal/Skin |
$232,284 |
2/00-1/03 |
| Parathyroid Hormone Induced Icer in
Bone |
| Genetics & Development |
Rowe, D. |
NASA |
$87,500 |
9/00-8/02 |
| Use of GFP Transgenes to Assess Osteoprogenitor
Progression in Intact Bone |
| Physiology |
Shapiro, L. |
National Cancer Institute |
$6,116 |
9/01-3/02 |
| MAF Molecular Interactions in
Hematopoiesis |
| Psychiatry |
Steinberg, K. |
Child Health & Human Development |
$100,666 |
2/01-1/03 |
| Prenatal Predictors of Risk for Child
Maltreatment |
| Medicine |
Wu, G. |
National Institute of Arthritis/Musculoskeletal/Skin |
$318,083 |
2/01-1/03 |
| Targeted Gene Delivery & Expression in
Hepatocytes |
| |
| Private Research |
| Psychology |
Aseltine, R. |
William T. Grant Foundation |
$56,111 |
6/01-6/03 |
| Disruptive Transition From Adolescence to
Adulthood: A Study of High School Dropouts |
| Community Medicine & Health |
Bailit, H. |
Donaghue Foundation |
$132,047 |
2/01-1/03 |
| Screening, Outreach, & Safety for Abused
Prenatal Patients |
| Center on Aging |
Bellantonio, S. |
Waveny Care Center |
$30,000 |
9/01-8/02 |
| Evaluating Health Outcomes in Waveny Care
Centers Dementia Care Programs |
| Pediatrics |
Bruder, M. |
Conn. Development Disabilities Council |
$89,620 |
1/02-12/02 |
| Connecticut Partners in Policy Making |
| Psychiatry |
Deckel, A. |
R. & C.Patterson Trust |
$40,000 |
1/02-1/03 |
| Decreased Neuronl Nitric Oxide Synthase
Activity in Huntington's Disease |
| Medicine |
Dieckhaus, K. |
Yale |
$9,624 |
9/01-8/02 |
| Adherence Through Home Education & Nursing
Assessment |
| Pharmacology |
Feinstein, M. |
R. & C. Patterson Trust |
$40,000 |
2/02-1/03 |
| Role of the Cherp Gene in Cardiac Muscle
Function and Development |
| Medicine |
Guha, A. |
Natural Alternatives International |
$24,000 |
11/01-2/02 |
| Development of a Class of Drugs Based Partially
on the Actions |
| Medicine Hager, D. Duke University |
|
|
$150 |
6/98-6/02 |
| Sudden Cardiac Death in Heart Failure Trial
SCD-HEFT |
| Pediatric Dentistry |
Hand, A. |
University of Rochester |
$19,870 |
4/00-3/02 |
| Molecular Basis of Idiopathic Dry Mouth:
Sub-Project 1 Xerostomia Defects |
| Center on Aging |
Kerins, G. |
Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene |
$5,000 |
8/01-7/05 |
| Multicenter Vitamin E Trial in Aging Persons
with Down Syndrome |
| Surgery |
Kurtzman, S. |
Pittsburgh |
$200 |
6/95-6/03 |
| NSABP Breast Cancer Prevention Trial |
| Surgery |
Kurtzman, S. |
Pittsburgh |
$3,800 |
2/97-1/02 |
| NSABP Breast Cancer & Bowel Cancer
Treatment |
| Physiology Loew, L. |
|
Molecular Probes Inc. |
$1,408 |
4/95-4/02 |
| Material Transfer |
| Physiology. |
Loew, L |
Texas A&M University |
$109,682 |
4/99-11/02 |
| Stochastic Sensing with Engineered Channel
Proteins |
| Oral Diagnosis |
Peterson, D. |
American College of Radiology |
$3,375 |
6/00-12/02 |
| IB-367 Rinse in Reducing the Severity of Oral
Mucositis in Patients |
| Molecular Medicine |
Rosenberg, D. |
R. & C. Patterson Trust |
$60,000 |
2/02-1/03 |
| Gene Profiling OS Pre-Malignant Colon
Lesions |
| Medicine |
Rothfield, N. |
University of Tennessee |
$38,284 |
9/99-10/01 |
| Multi-Center Phase II Trial of Oral Type 1
Bovine Collagen in Patients |
| Biochemistry |
Setlow, P. |
University of Calif. Berkeley |
$87,300 |
6/01-6/02 |
| Genome-Based Discovery of Threat Agent Medical
Counter Measures |
| Medicine Sporn, J. |
|
Tufts University |
$32,972 |
7/94-12/02 |
| ECOG Cooperative Outreach Program |
| Center for Immunotherapy of Cancer |
Srivastava, P. |
Charles Dana Foundation |
$150,000 |
12/02-11/02 |
| Harnessing CD-91 Ligands for Rapid Treatment of
Infections of Unknown Antigenicity |
| Oral Diagnosis |
Tanzer, J. |
R. & C. Patterson Trust |
$50,000 |
2/02-2/03 |
| Sucrose-Specific Transport & Virulence of
Streptococcus |
| Microbial Pathogenesis |
Zyfferey, R. |
R. & C. Patterson Trust |
$50,000 |
2/02-1/03 |
| Functional Characterization of a Choline
Transporter LMCTL1 of the Human |
| |
| State Research |
| Surgery |
Albertsen, P. |
Department of Public Health |
$119,137 |
8/01-11/02 |
| Prostate Cancer Outcomes Study |
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