The following grants were
received through the UConn Health Center’s Office of Grants and Contracts in
June.
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
|
Primary Source
|
Award Total
|
Period
|
Research —
Federal |
Center for Immunotherapy of Cancer &
Infectious Diseases |
Adler, A. |
National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases |
$326,250 |
6/04-5/05 |
Mechanisms of Effector CD4 Cell Tolerization |
Genetics & Developmental Biology |
Clark, S. |
National Institute of Arthritis & Musculoskeletal &
Skin Diseases |
$290,000 |
9/01-5/05 |
Studies of Collagen Regulation in Two Murine
Models |
Center for Vascular Biology |
Fong, G.-H. |
National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute |
$362,500 |
7/01-5/05 |
Signaling Mechanisms of VEGF Receptor in
Vasculogenesis |
Prosthodontics |
Freilich, M. |
National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research |
$123,094 |
7/01-5/05 |
Evaluation of Fiber Biomaterials for Oral
Implantology |
Pathology |
Goldschneider, I. |
National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases |
$357,100 |
6/04-5/05 |
A Thymus-Bone Marrow Feedback Loop for
Prothymocytes |
Neuroscience |
Hewett, S. |
National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke |
$309,938 |
6/02-5/05 |
Excitotoxicity and Inflammation |
Center on Aging |
Kenny, A. |
NASA |
$894,000 |
6/04-5/06 |
Effects of Dehydroepiandosterone and Yoga on
Muscle, Bone, and Balance |
Molecular, Microbial & Structural
Biology |
King, S. |
National Institute of General Medical Sciences |
$89,417 |
5/00-4/05 |
Molecular Analysis of Flagellar Dynein
Function |
Psychiatry |
Kranzler, H. |
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism |
$477,692 |
6/03-5/05 |
Sertraline Pharmacotherapy for Alcoholism
Subtypes |
Molecular Medicine |
Krebs, L. |
National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research |
$135,864 |
9/03-5/05 |
Genetics of Maxillary/Mandibular
Discrepancies |
Medicine |
Lefrancois, L. |
National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases |
$290,000 |
8/02-5/05 |
CD8 T-Cell Activation and Migration in Vivo |
Medicine |
Lefrancois, L. |
National Institute of Arthritis & Musculoskeletal &
Skin Diseases |
$280,939 |
9/03-5/05 |
Regulation of Mucosal Memory T Cell Induction |
Cell Biology |
Loew, L. |
National Center for Research Resources |
$5,800 |
9/03-8/04 |
National Resource for Cell Analysis and
Modeling |
Medicine |
Lorenzo, J. |
National Institute of General Medical Sciences |
$569,316 |
6/04-5/05 |
Core Center for Musculoskeletal Research |
Molecular Medicine |
Mallya, S. |
National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research |
$864 |
9/02-8/04 |
Cyclin D1 in Oral Carcinogenesis |
Cell Biology |
Rodionov, V. |
National Institute of General Medical Sciences |
$218,950 |
6/01-5/05 |
Self-Organization of the Radial Microtubule
Array |
Cell Biology |
Rodionov, V. |
National Institute of General Medical Sciences |
$42,595 |
6/01-5/05 |
Self-Organization of the Radial Microtubule
Array |
Molecular, Microbial & Structural
Biology |
Setlow, P. |
U.S. Army |
$19,802 |
7/02-12/04 |
Mechanisms of the Killing and Development of
Spores of Bacillus Species |
Medicine |
Thrall, R. |
National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases |
$303,414 |
6/04-5/05 |
Regulatory T Cells Induced Tolerance Inmurine
Asthma |
|
Research — Private |
Medicine |
Bonkovsky, H. |
Univ. of Massachusetts |
$240,359
|
9/02-4/05 |
Halt-C Trial |
Pharmacology |
Feinstein, M. |
American Heart Association |
$66,000
|
7/03-6/06 |
Role of the Cherp Gene in
Cardiac Muscle Function |
Neuroscience |
Hewett, S. |
American Heart Association |
$75,000
|
7/02-6/06 |
Neurotoxicity of Nitroxyl
Anion |
Molecular, Microbial and Structural Biology |
Hoch, J. |
Harvard Univ. |
$58,000 |
5/04-4/05 |
NMR and Computational
Studies of Biomolecules |
Center on Aging |
Kerins, G. |
Research Foundation for Mental
Hygiene |
$1,616 |
8/01-7/05 |
Multicenter Vitamin E
Trial in Aging Persons with Down Syndrome |
Psychiatry |
Kranzler, H. |
Yale Univ. |
$124,099
|
9/00-8/04 |
Genetics of Cocaine
Dependence |
Psychiatry |
Kranzler, H. |
Yale Univ. |
$52,670
|
9/02-8/04 |
Genetics of Cocaine
Dependence |
Surgery |
Kurtzman, S. |
Univ. of Pittsburgh |
$700 |
6/95-5/04 |
NSABP Breast Cancer
Prevention Trial |
Surgery |
Kurtzman, S. |
Univ. of Pittsburgh |
$17,670
|
2/97-1/05 |
NSABP Breast Cancer and
Bowel Cancer Treatment |
Psychiatry |
Moffitt, K. |
Conn. Health
Foundation-Children's Fund of Connecticut |
$89,484
|
7/03-6/04 |
Development, Initial
Dissemination, and Impact Evaluation |
Pharmacology |
Pachter, J. |
State of Rhode Island &
Providence Plantations |
$24,799
|
7/04-12/04 |
Thermal Neutron
Irradiation of Rat Brain Tumor |
Genetics & Developmental Biology |
Reenan, R. |
CART Fund |
$250,000 |
6/04-5/06 |
Testing the Amyloid
Hypothesis in Drosophila |
Genetics & Developmental Biology |
Rivera, G. |
American Heart Association |
$38,800 |
7/03-6/05 |
Effects of Membrane
Aggregation of NCK SH3 Domains on Actin Polymerization |
Pediatrics |
Salazar, J. |
Univ. of Massachusetts |
$170,686
|
3/04-2/05 |
Pediatric AIDS Clinical
Trial Unit |
Medicine |
Yue, L. |
American Heart Association |
$65,000
|
7/03-6/07 |
Molecular Mechanisms &
Potential Functions of a Novel CA2+- Permeable ETC |
|
|
Research —
State |
Center on Aging |
Kuchel, G. |
Conn. Office of Policy &
Management |
$87,209
|
7/01-6/05 |
Partnership for Long-Term
Care |
Obstetrics & Gynecology |
Palley, J. |
Dept. of Social Services |
$110,565
|
1/04-12/04 |
Teen Pregnancy Prevention
Coordination |
Psychiatry |
Trestman, R. |
Conn. Dept. of Mental Health
& Addiction Services |
$139,451
|
5/04-4/05 |
Connecticut Offender Reentry Program |