October 21,
2002
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's 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 |
Neuroscience |
Bernstein, L. |
National Institute on Deaf & Communication
Disorders |
$204,450 |
8/00-7/03 |
Comparisons of Binaural Processing at Low and
High Frequencies |
Child & Family Studies Program |
Bruder, M. |
Health Resources & Services
Administration |
$382,888 |
7/01-6/03 |
University Center for Excellence |
Surgery |
Das, D. |
Heart, Lung & Blood Institute |
$185,191 |
8/99-7/03 |
Transgenic/Knockout Animals in Myocardial
Preservation |
Periodontology |
Dongari, A. |
National Institute of Dental Craniofacial
Research |
$184,875 |
8/02-7/03 |
Oral Epithelial Cell Cytokines Candida &
PMN Candidiasis Activation |
Neuroscience |
Eipper, E. |
National Institute of Diabetes/Digestive/Kidney
Diseases |
$607,273 |
4/02-3/03 |
Biochemistry and Physiology of Peptide
Amidation |
Prosthodontics |
Freilich, M. |
Dental Research |
$122,951 |
7/01-5/03 |
Evaluation of Fiber Biomaterials for Oral
Implantology |
Physiology |
Hla, T. |
Heart, Lung & Blood Institute |
$1,757,533 |
7/02-6/03 |
Interactive Signaling Modules in Vascular
Remodeling |
Psychiatry. |
Kadden, R |
National Institute on Drug Abuse |
$358,529 |
8/00-6/03 |
Contingency Management for Marijuana
Dependence |
Psychiatry |
Kranzler, H. |
Alcohol & Alcoholism (NIAAA) |
$135,656 |
8/02-7/03 |
Novel Approaches to Alcoholism Pharmacotherapy
and Risk |
Medicine |
Kream, B. |
National Institute of Arthritis/Musculoskeletal/Skin
Diseases |
$1,194,799 |
8/02-7/03 |
Core A: Administrative Core |
Community Medicine & Health |
Kulldorff, M. |
National Cancer Institute |
$367,706 |
8/02-7/03 |
Tests for Spatial Randomness in Cancer
Maps |
Medicine |
Lorenzo, J. |
National Institute of Arthritis/Musculoskeletal/Skin
Diseases |
$272,600 |
8/02-7/03 |
Studies of CD45R/B220+ Osteclast Precursor
|
Oral Diagnosis |
Lurie, A. |
Dental Research |
$588,542 |
7/02-6/03 |
Skeletal, Craniofacial and Oral Biology
Training Grant |
Psychiatry |
Petry, N. |
National Institute on Drug Abuse |
$358,585 |
8/02-7/03 |
Lower-Cost Contingency Management in a Group
Setting |
Behavioral Science & Communication |
Reisine, S. |
National Institute of Arthritis/Musculoskeletal/Skin
Diseases |
$307,033 |
7/99-6/03 |
Employment and Health Status Among Women with
Fibromyalgia |
Microbiology |
Rothfield, L. |
Allergy & Infectious Diseases |
$63,159 |
4/02-3/03 |
E. Coli Min Proteins |
Surgery |
Sarfarazi, M. |
National Eye Institute |
$326,250 |
8/00-7/03 |
Molecular Genetics of Primary Congenital
Glaucoma |
Surgery |
Sarfarazi, M. |
Heart, Lung & Blood Institute |
$303,750 |
8/01-7/03 |
Molecular Characterization of Familial
Lymphedema |
Medicine |
Shanley, J. |
Alcohol & Alcoholism (NIAAA) |
$144,000 |
8/01-7/03 |
Effect of Ethanol Consumption on Vaccine
Responses |
Medicine |
Warren, N. |
Veterans Administration |
$49,278 |
7/01-6/03 |
IPA Veterans Administration Environmental
Epidemiology |
|
Private Research |
Orthopaedic Surgery |
Adams, D. |
Arthrex Inc. |
$25,000 |
9/02-8/03 |
UCHC Orthopaedic Research Assistance
Funding |
Pediatrics. |
Cloutier, M |
St. Francis Hospital & Medical Center
|
$7,400 |
3/01-3/02 |
The Healthy Homes Project |
Psychiatry |
Cole, S. |
Dartmouth College |
$136,950 |
6/02-5/03 |
MacArthur Foundation Depression Management
Projects Pilot of the Primary Care etc. |
Psychiatry |
Covault, J. |
NARSAD |
$15,000 |
7/01-6/03 |
Biological and Genetic Markers in
Schizophrenia |
Psychiatry |
Ford, J. |
Child Health & Development Institute of
Connecticut |
$11,510 |
10/01-6/02 |
Early Childhood Behavioral Health Programs
|
Psychiatry |
Ford, J. |
Child Health & Development Institute of
Connecticut |
$13,935 |
7/01-6/02 |
Early Childhood Behavioral Health Programs
|
Prosthodonics |
Freilich, M. |
ITI Foundation |
$60,085 |
9/00-11/03 |
Use of Fiber-Reinforced Composites in Implant
Dentistry |
Biomaterials Center |
Goldberg, J. |
Pentron Laboratory Technologies |
$73,787 |
6/01-5/03 |
Advanced Reinforced Thermoplastics for Dental
Applications |
Medicine |
Hager, D. |
Duke University |
$1,472 |
6/98-6/02 |
Sudden Cardiac Heart Failure Trial |
Neurology |
Hassan, M. |
University of Rochester |
$18,939 |
2/01-12/03 |
Multi-Center Double-Study of Rasagiline
Mesylate in Parkinson's Disease |
Prosthodontics |
Kelly, J. |
Vita |
$48,996 |
9/02-8/05 |
Optimization of Ceramic/Glass IPCs Using
Pre-Ceramic Precursors |
Psychiatry |
Kranzler, H. |
Yale |
$11,826 |
9/00-8/02 |
Genetics of Cocaine-Induced Psychosis
|
Surgery. |
Kurtzman, S |
NSABP Foundation |
$4,200 |
2/97-1/03 |
NSABP Breast & Bowel Treatment |
Surgery |
Kurtzman, S. |
NSABP Foundation |
$400 |
6/95-6/03 |
NSABP Breast Cancer Trial |
Center for Immunotherapy of Cancer & Infectious
Diseases |
Li, Z. |
Antigenics |
$69,602 |
12/01-12/02 |
Induction of Specific T-Cell by HSP70
|
Physiology |
Loew, L. |
Molecular Probes Inc. |
$3,186 |
4/95-4/03 |
Material Transfer Agreement |
Medicine. |
Malchoff, C |
Patterson Trust |
$56,000 |
6/02-9/03 |
Positional Cloning of the FPTC/PRN
Susceptibility Gene |
Prosthodontics |
Meiers, J. |
Ivoclar North America |
$7,410 |
2/01-5/03 |
Color Stability of Tetric Cerem Used with
Tetric Flow Chroma as a Liner |
Pediatric Dentistry |
Mina, M. |
Patterson Trust |
$46,000 |
6/02-9/03 |
Identification of Stem Cells in Dental
Pulp |
Genetics & Dev. Biology |
Mohler, W. |
Muscular Dystrophy Association |
$65,000 |
7/02-6/03 |
Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Cell
Fusion |
Genetics & Dev. Biology |
Mohler, W. |
Ellison Medical Foundation |
$50,000 |
8/01-7/05 |
New Approaches to Characterizing Cellular
Changes in Sarcopenia |
Dermatology |
Murphy, M. |
Dermatology Foundation |
$18,432 |
7/02-6/03 |
Hypoxic Regulation of the Cell Cycle in
Melonoma |
Medicine |
Parke, A. |
Lupus Foundation of America |
$17,500 |
1/02-12/02 |
Lupus Block Grant |
Oral Diagnosis |
Peterson, D. |
American College of Radiology |
$37,625 |
6/00-12/02 |
IB-367 Rinse in Reducing the Severity of Oral
Mucositis in Patients |
Oral Diagnosis |
Peterson, D. |
ILEX Oncology Services |
$21,607 |
4/00-3/03 |
Double Placebo-Controlled Study of AES0014
|
UConn Center on Aging. |
Prestwood, K |
Duke University |
$3,000 |
8/02-7/03 |
Efficacy of Intravenous Zoledronic Acid in
Preventing Secondary Osteoporosis |
Medicine |
Rothfield, N. |
Otsuka Maryland Research Institute |
$2,100 |
9/01-6/03 |
A Double-Center Blinded Sequential Crossover
Study of OPC-28326 |
Medicine |
Wu, G. |
Connecticut Innovations |
$25,000 |
12/99-3/03 |
Development of Chimeric Human-Rodent
Livers |
|
State Research |
Community Medicine & Health |
Burleson, J. |
Mental Health/Addiction Services |
$2,991 |
5/02-12/02 |
Evaluation of 2002 Synar Tobacco
Program |
|