March 31, 2003
Grants
The following grants were received through the UConn
Health Center's Office of Grants and Contracts in
February. 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 |
Pathology |
Cone, R. |
National Eye Institute |
$253,750 |
2/01-1/04 |
Cellular Pathways of Ocular
Immunoregulation |
Biochemistry |
Cowan, A. |
NSF-Physiol., Cell., & Molec.
Biology |
$13,800 |
1/03-12/03 |
Second International
Symposium for Computational Cell Biology |
Psychiatry |
Hesselbrock, V. |
Alcohol & Alcoholism
(NIAAA) |
$1,766,591 |
1/03-11/03 |
Administrative Core |
Medicine |
Hurley, M. |
Natl. Inst. of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal,
Skin Diseases |
$270,100 |
2/00-1/04 |
Basic Fibroblast Growth
Factor Expression in Bone Cells |
Psychiatry |
Kaminer, Y. |
Alcohol & Alcoholism
(NIAAA) |
$94,996 |
7/01-1/04 |
Aftercare for Adolescents
with Substance Abuse Disorder |
Biochemistry |
King, G. |
Research Resources |
$245,000 |
2/03-1/04 |
Cryoprobe Upgrades for 500
& 600 MHz NMR Spectrometers |
Medicine |
Kream, B. |
Natl. Inst. of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal,
Skin Diseases |
$239,358 |
2/00-1/04 |
Parthyroid Hormone-Induced
Icer in Bone |
Medicine |
Lefrancois, L. |
Allergy & Infectious
Diseases |
$362,500 |
9/02-2/04 |
Role of IL-15 in CD8 T Cell
Development and Response |
Surgery |
Maulik, N. |
Heart, Lung & Blood
Institute |
$352,600 |
2/03-1/04 |
Preconditioning in Open Heart
Surgery |
Pharmacology |
Smilowitz, H. |
Brookhaven National Laboratory |
$43,564 |
7/01-7/03 |
Targeted Ablation of Tumors
by Boron Neutron-Capture Therapy |
Psychiatry |
Steinberg, K. |
Child Health & Human
Development |
$109,934 |
2/01-1/04 |
Prenatal Predictors of Risk
for Child Maltreatment |
Medicine |
Storey, E. |
U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency |
$20,000 |
10/00-9/03 |
Indoor Air Quality and
Health |
Center for Microbial
Pathogenesis |
Wikel, S. |
U.S. Army |
$630,492 |
2/03-1/04 |
Anti-Vector Vaccines to
Control Mosquito and Tick Transmitted Diseases |
Medicine |
Wu, G. |
Natl. Inst. of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal,
Skin Diseases |
$319,000 |
2/01-1/04 |
Targeted Gene Delivery and
Expression in Hepatocytes |
|
Private
Research |
Community Medicine & Health
Care |
Babor, T. |
World Health Organization |
$15,000 |
2/03-6/04 |
WHO Screening and Brief
Interventions |
Medicine |
Clark, R. |
R & C Patterson Trust |
$45,000 |
2/03-5/04 |
A New Therapeutic Approach
for EAE and Multiple Sclerosis |
Medicine |
Dieckhaus, K. |
Yale |
$8,861 |
4/02-3/03 |
New England Program for AIDS
Clinical Trials |
Pediatric Dentistry |
Douglass, J. |
Ct. Health Foundation |
$38,471 |
12/02-9/05 |
Promoting and Evaluating
Dental Access for CT Husky Children |
Family Medicine |
Fifield, J. |
St. Francis Hospital & Medical
Center |
$41,889 |
9/02-8/05 |
Scientific Research on a
Weight Control Project |
Pediatrics |
Greenstein, R. |
Ct. Children's Medical
Center |
$37,241 |
7/02-6/03 |
Genetics Program |
Office of Health Opportunity |
Hurley, M. |
Aetna Foundation |
$168,000 |
9/02-8/05 |
HPPI Middle School
Program |
Prosthodontics |
Kelly, J.R. |
ITI Foundation |
$230,514 |
1/03-12/03 |
Academic Fatigue Research
Center |
Surgery |
Kurtzman, S. |
Pittsburgh |
$600 |
6/95-5/03 |
NSABP Breast Cancer
Prevention Trial |
Surgery |
Kurtzman, S. |
Pittsburgh |
$890 |
2/97-1/04 |
NSABP Breast Cancer and Bowel
Cancer Treatment |
Physiology. |
Loew, L |
Univ. of Virginia |
$146,084 |
9/01-7/03 |
Cell Migration
Consortium |
Genetics & Developmental
Biology. |
Mohler, W |
R & C Patterson Trust |
$50,000 |
2/03-5/04 |
Mechanism and Regulation of
Mammalian Myogenic Cell Fusion |
Pediatrics |
Rosengren, S. |
Univ. of California-San Diego Medical
Center |
$100 |
12/99-11/03 |
Asthma Medications in
Pregnancy Project |
Pediatrics |
Salazar, J. |
Ct. Primary Care Assoc. |
$29,992 |
7/02-6/03 |
Connecticut AIDS
Demonstration Project - State Funds (Ryan White II) |
Pediatrics |
Salazar, J. |
Ct. Primary Care Assoc. |
$172,106 |
8/02-7/03 |
Connecticut AIDS
Demonstration Project - Fed. Funds (Ryan White IV) |
Oral Diagnosis |
Tanzer, J. |
Univ. of Washington |
$21,315 |
1/03-7/03 |
Pilot Studies of Colonization
and Cariogenicity |
|
State
Research |
Psychiatry |
Ford, J. |
Mental Health/Addiction Svs. |
$33,352 |
10/02-4/03 |
Evaluation of the Project
Safe Homeless Families Initiative |
Pediatrics |
Greenstein, R. |
Dept. of Public Health |
$30,368 |
7/02-6/03 |
Ct. Statewide Genetics
Service Program |
Community Medicine &
Health |
Sheehan J. |
UConn-Storrs |
$8,130 |
1/02-6/03 |
Screening Hispanic Mothers
for Postpartum Depression |
Community Medicine |
Tennen, H. |
Conn. |
$11,804 |
8/01-7/03 |
Daily Stress, College
Drinking and Protective Factors |
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