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
|
Prin. Investigator
|
Sponsor
|
Amount
|
Award Period
|
Federal Research |
Celebrate Women Program |
Bennett, D. |
Office for Women’s Health |
$12,500 |
9/04-9/05 |
Pick Your Path to Health Community-Based
Program |
Molecular, Microbial, & Structural
Biology |
Gryk, M. |
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging & Bioengineering |
$170,998 |
2/05-1/06 |
Database-Driven Software for Biological
NMR Analysis |
Center for Vascular Biology |
Hla, T. |
National Heart, Lung, & Blood Institute |
$326,250 |
3/01-1/06 |
Sphingolipid Modulators of Vascular Growth
and Homeostasis |
Psychiatry |
Kaminer, Y. |
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism |
$98,406 |
7/01-1/06 |
Aftercare for Adolescents with Substance
Use Disorder |
Molecular, Microbial, & Structural
Biology |
King, G. |
NSF – Physiology, Cellular, & Molecular
Biology |
$157,775 |
5/03-4/06 |
Insecticide Design: Insights from Venomous
Spiders |
Oral Diagnosis |
Mallya, S. |
National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial
Research |
$72,500 |
2/05-1/06 |
Effects of PTH Excess on Cortical and
Cancellous Bone |
Surgery |
Maulik, N. |
National Heart, Lung, & Blood Institute |
$362,500 |
2/03-1/06 |
Preconditioning in Open Heart Surgery |
Medicine |
Oncken, C. |
National Institute on Drug Abuse |
$25,864 |
7/02-3/05 |
Nicotine Replacement Treatment for Pregnant
Smokers |
Neuroscience |
Papermaster, D. |
National Eye Institute |
$439,078 |
2/05-1/06 |
Membrane Biosynthesis in Normal and Dystrophic
Retina |
Medicine |
Radolf, J. |
National Institute of Allergy & Infectious
Diseases |
$10,674 |
12/01-11/05 |
Membrane Proteins of Borrelia burgdorferi |
Pathology |
Rajan, T.V. |
National Institute of Allergy & Infectious
Diseases |
$12,530 |
12/00-11/05 |
Factors Affecting Growth of Brugia malavi
in SCID Mice |
Genetics & Developmental Biology |
Rogina, B. |
National Institute on Aging |
$337,300 |
2/04-1/06 |
Molecular Genetics of Caloric Restriction
in Aging Flies |
Psychiatry |
Steinberg, K. |
National Institute of Child Health & Human
Development |
$118,978 |
2/01-1/06 |
Prenatal Predictors of Risk for Child
Maltreatment |
Psychiatry |
Trestman, R. |
National Institute of Mental Health |
$512,851 |
2/04-1/06 |
Mental Health Research Infrastructure
in Corrections |
Microbial Pathogenesis Center |
Wikel, S. |
National Institute of Allergy & Infectious
Diseases |
$362,500 |
2/05-1/06 |
Tick Polarized T-Cell Responses and
Borrelia Infection |
|
|
|
|
Medicine |
Wu, G. |
National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney
Diseases |
$319,000 |
2/01-1/06 |
Targeted Gene Delivery and Expression
in Hepatocytes |
|
Private Research |
Community Medicine & Health |
Bailit, H. |
Columbia University |
$38,540 |
6/04-5/05 |
Macy Foundation-New Dental Education
Models |
Traumatology/Emergency Medical |
Bayer, M. |
Children’s Hospital Boston |
$29,278 |
9/03-8/05 |
An Expanded New England Consortium of
Poison Control Centers |
Pediatric Dentistry |
Beazoglou, T. |
American Dental Trade |
$149,645 |
12/04-12/05 |
|
|
Association |
|
|
The Economic Impact of Various Dental
Amalgam Regulatory Options |
Pediatrics |
Cloutier, M. |
Conn. Children’s Medical Center |
$12,000 |
5/02-4/05 |
Effectiveness of Asthma Care: The Asthma
Policy Model |
Neurology |
Demarcaida, A. |
University of Rochester |
$23,137 |
3/02-10/06 |
Randomized Study of CEP1347 in Early
Parkinson’s Diseases (Precept) |
Neurology |
Felice, K. |
Johns Hopkins University |
$5,250 |
1/93-12/04 |
MDA-Sponsored Clinic |
Medical Dean’s Office |
Huntington, C. |
Yale University |
$20,000 |
10/03-8/05 |
Connecticut Emergency Response Education
and Training Project |
Psychiatry |
Jacob, M. |
University of Nebraska-Lincoln |
$12,344 |
3/04-12/05 |
Infertility: Pathways and Psychosocial
Outcomes |
Endodontology |
Jiang, J. |
American Association for Endodontists
Foundation |
$20,000 |
1/05-12/05 |
Role of Toll-Like Receptors in Osteoclast
Regulation |
Psychiatry |
Kranzler, H. |
Yale University |
$101,723 |
8/00-7/05 |
Genetics of Opioid Dependence |
Surgery |
Kurtzman, S. |
University of Pittsburgh |
$500 |
6/95-5/05 |
NSABP Breast Cancer Prevention Trial |
Surgery |
Kurtzman, S. |
University of Pittsburgh |
$7,925 |
2/97-1/05 |
NSABP Breast Cancer and Bowel Cancer
Treatment |
Pediatrics |
Pappagallo, M. |
University of Colorado Health Sciences
Center |
$1,042 |
9/02-8/05 |
Inhaled NO for the Prevention of Chronic
Lung Disease |
Neuroscience |
Rasband, M. |
R & C Patterson Trust |
$45,000 |
1/05-2/06 |
Molecular Determinants of Ion Channel
Clustering |
Pediatrics |
Salazar, J. |
Conn. Children’s Medical Center |
$5,000 |
8/04-6/05 |
Pediatric and Youth HIV Program Social
Worker Salary Support |
|
State Research |
Child & Family Studies Program |
Bruder, M. |
Connecticut Development Disabilities
Council |
$7,000 |
1/04-12/05 |
Connecticut Developmental Disabilities
Council Publishing/Dissemination Activities |
Psychiatry |
Ford, J. |
Child Health & Development Institute
of Connecticut |
$116,165 |
7/04-2/05 |
Implementing Evidence-Based Treatment |
Genetics & Developmental Biology |
Greenstein, R. |
Department of Public Health |
$32,484 |
7/03-6/05 |
Connecticut Statewide Genetics Service
Program |
Pharmacology |
Schenkman, J. |
UConn-Storrs |
$45,675 |
1/04-12/05 |
P450 Expression & Quantifying Electrochemical
DNA Change |