Grants
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's Office of Grants and Contracts and is printed in one or more issues, according to the space available.
| Department |
Principal
Investigator |
Sponsor | Award | Award Period |
| Federal | ||||
| Behavioral Sciences & Community Health | Aseltine, R. | National Institute on Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism | $251,680 | 3/04-2/05 |
| Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention | ||||
| Microbial Pathogenesis Center | Ben Mamoun, C. | U.S. Army | $1,732,296 | 3/04-2/08 |
| Novel Targets for Anti-Malarial Chemotherapy | ||||
| Genetics & Developmental Biology | Carmichael, G. | National Cancer Institute | $305,231 | 3/00-2/05 |
| Processing and Function of Polyoma RNA | ||||
| Genetics & Developmental Biology | Graveley, B. | National Institute of General Medical Sciences | $232,000 | 3/03-2/05 |
| The Function of Pre-mRNA Splicing Activators | ||||
| Molecular Medicine | Hansen, M. | National Institute of Arthritis & Musculoskeletal & Skin Diseases | $287,750 | 6/01-2/05 |
| Locating Novel Paget's Loci by Tumor Allelotyping | ||||
| Psychiatry | Hesselbrock, V. | National Institute on Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism | $1,868,907 | 12/03-11/04 |
| Administrative Core | ||||
| Medicine | Lefrancois, L. | National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases | $362,500 | 9/02-2/05 |
| Role of IL-15 in CD8 T Cell Development and Response | ||||
| Medicine | Lefrancois, L. | National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases | $1,173,511 | 3/04-2/05 |
| Modulation of Biodefense Response to Bacterial Pathogen (Project 1) | ||||
| Psychiatry | Litt, M. | National Institute on Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism | $526,821 | 3/02-2/05 |
| Network and Contingency Management for Alcohol Treatment | ||||
| Neuroscience | Morest, D. | National Institute on Deaf & Communication Disorders (DC) | $323,180 | 3/03-2/05 |
| Neurogenesis in the Auditory System | ||||
| Medicine | Pilbeam, C. | National Institute of Arthritis & Musculoskeletal & Skin Diseases | $275,500 | 4/01-2/05 |
| Mechanical Loading of Bone and Prostaglandins | ||||
| Cell Biology | Rodionov, V. | Fogarty International Center | $40,320 | 3/04-2/05 |
| Self-Organization of Microtubes in Interphase Cells | ||||
| Center for Immunotherapy of Cancer and Infectious Diseases | Srivastava, P. | National Cancer Institute | $326,250 | 3/04-2/05 |
| Receptor for GP96 on Macrophages and Dendritic Cells | ||||
| Cell Biology | Terasaki, M. | National Institute of General Medical Sciences | $180,332 | 3/00-2/05 |
| Mechanisms of Nuclear Envelope Breakdown | ||||
| Neuroscience | Trahiotis, C. | National Institute on Deaf & Communication Disorders | $262,262 | 3/03-2/05 |
| Spectral and Temporal Factors in Binaural Hearing | ||||
| Psychiatry | Trestman, R. | National Institute of Mental Health | $504,821 | 2/04-1/05 |
| Mental Health Research Infrastructure in Corrections | ||||
| Medicine | Vella, A. | National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases | $326,250 | 3/03-2/05 |
| Understanding the Mechanism of 4-1BB Constimulation | ||||
| Neuroscience | Wang, Z. | National Institute of Mental Health | $163,125 | 3/04-2/05 |
| Mutants Showing SLO01 Synaptic Mislocalization | ||||
| Private | ||||
| Surgery | Albertsen, P. | CTRC Research Foundation | $200 | 9/01-5/13 |
| The Selenium and Vitamin E Chemoprevention Trial (Select) | ||||
| Center on Aging | Fortinsky, R. | North Central Agency on Aging | $48,727 | 10/03-9/04 |
| Evidence-Based Fall Prevention in Senior Centers | ||||
| Center on Aging | Fortinsky, R. | Donaghue Foundation | $239,993 | 1/04-12/06 |
| Dementia Care Consultation for Ethnic Minority Families | ||||
| Endodontology | Fouad, A. | American Association for Endodontists Foundation | $8,781 | 12/03-11/04 |
| Relationship PF Enterococcus spp. & Endodontic Treatment Failure | ||||
| Health Career Opportunity | Hurley, M. | Connecticut Health Foundation | $50,000 | 1/03-12/04 |
| Health Professions Partnership Initiative Evaluation | ||||
| Center on Aging | Kerins, G. | Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene | $2,391 | 8/01-7/05 |
| Multicenter Vitamin E Trial in Aging Persons with Down Syndrome | ||||
| Surgery | Kurtzman, S. | University of Pittsburgh | $2,600 | 6/95-5/04 |
| NSABP Breast Cancer Prevention Trial | ||||
| Surgery | Kurtzman, S. | University of Pittsburgh | $3,070 | 2/97-1/05 |
| NSABP Breast Cancer Prevention Trial | ||||
| Pediatrics | Pappagallo, M. | University of Colorado Health Sciences Center | $39,002 | 9/02-8/04 |
| Inhaled NO for the Prevention of Chronic Lung Disease | ||||
| Pediatrics | Ratzan, S. | Joslin Diabetes Center Inc. | $2,250 | 5/95-12/04 |
| Diabetes Prevention Trial-Type 1 | ||||
| Pediatrics | Salazar, J. | CT Primary Care Association | $6,500 | 8/03-7/04 |
| CT AIDS Demonstration Project — Federal Funds (Ryan White IV) | ||||
| Pediatrics | Salazar, J. | CT Children's Medical Center | $18,200 | 4/04-9/04 |
| PFAPA Research | ||||
| Oral Diagnosis | Tanzer, J. | University of Illinois | $12,000 | 1/04-7/04 |
| Implantation, Colonization, Cariogenicity of Rats by Lactobacilli | ||||
| State | ||||
| Pharmacology | Schenkman, J. | UConn-Storrs | $41,890 | 1/04-12/04 |
| P450 Expression & Quantifying Electrochemical DNA Change | ||||
| Community Medicine & Health | Ungemack, J. | Conn. Dept. of Mental Health & Addiction Services | $53,492 | 4/03-9/04 |
| Data Infrastructure | ||||
