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Grants

- October 24, 2005



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 according to the space available. Additional Health Center grants received in June were published in the Oct. 17 issue.

Previous grant listings can be found on the Grants archive page.

Department Principal Investigator Sponsor
Amount
Award Period
Federal Research
Center for Immunotherapy of Cancer & Infectious Diseases Adler, A. National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases
$326,250
06/04-05/06
Mechanisms of Effector CD4 Cell Tolerization
Pharmacology Amerik, A. National Cancer Institute
$155,958
06/03-05/06
The Role of DOA4 in Membrane Protein Trafficking
Neuroscience Antic, S. National Institute of Mental Health
$253,750
07/04-05/06
Dopaminergic Modulation of Dentritic Excitability
Community Medicine & Health Babor, T. National Institute on Drug Abuse
$22,825
08/04-07/05
Brief Intervention for Drug Abuse Using the WHO Assist
Genetics & Developmental Biology   Carmichael, G. National Cancer Institute
$323,410
06/05-05/06
Processing and Function of Polyoma RNA
Genetics & Developmental   Biology Clark, S. National Institute of Arthritis & Musculoskeletal & Skin Diseases
$290,000
09/01-05/06
Studies of Collagen Regulation in Two Murine Models
Neuroscience Eipper, E. National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases
$103,778
06/05-05/06
Biochemistry and Physiology of Peptide Amidation
Prosthodontics Freilich, M. National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research
$123,188
07/01-05/06
Evaluation of Fiber Biomaterials for Oral Implantology
Pathology Goldschneider, I. National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases
$362,500
06/04-05/06
A Thymus–Bone Marrow Feedback Loop for Prothymocytes
Neuroscience Hewett, S. National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke
$307,800
06/02-05/06
Excitotoxicity and Imflammation
Psychiatry Kranzler, H. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism
$492,928
06/03-05/06
Sertraline Pharmacotherapy for Alcoholism Subtypes
Molecular Medicine Krebs, L. Nation Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research
$135,000
09/03-05/06
Genetics of Maxillary/Mandibular Discrepancies
Medicine LeFrancois, L. National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases
$290,000
08/02-05/06
CD8 T-Cell Activation and Migration in Vivo
Medicine LeFrancois, L. National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases
$280,939
09/03-05/06
Regulation of Mucosal Memory T-Cell Induction
Center for Immunotherapy of Cancer & Infectious Diseases Li, Z. National Cancer Institute
$135,610
04/01-03/06
Extracellular Targeted Heat Shock Protein Tumor Vaccine
Medicine Lorenzo, J. National Institute of Arthritis & Musculoskeletal & Skin Diseases
$575,899
06/05-05/06
Core Center for Musculoskeletal Research
Cell Biology Peluso, J. National Institute of Child Health & Human Development
$73,958
06/05-05/06
Progesterone Regulation of Human Luteal Cell Viability
Psychiatry Petry, N. National Institute on Drug Abuse
$416,930
06/05-05/06
Vouchers vs. Prizes: Cocaine-Dependent Methadone Patients
Medicine Puddington, L. National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute
$362,500
09/04-05/06
Dendritic Cell Function in Early Allergic Sensitization
Cell Biology Rodionov, V. National Institute of General Medical Sciences
$218,950
06/01-05/06
Self-Organization of the Radial Microtubule Array
 Medicine Thrall, R. National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases
$312,519
06/04-05/06
Regulatory T Cells Induced Tolerance in Murine Asthma
Medicine Yue, L. National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute
$358,576
06/05-05/06
CA2+ Signaling Mechanisms in Cardiac Fibrosis
Neuroscience Zecevic, N. National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke
$50,000
05/01-04/06
Cajal-Retzius Cells in Developing Cerebral Cortex
 
Private Research
Medicine Dieckhaus, K. City of Hartford
$102,097
03/05-02/06
Ryan White I Program
Medicine Dodge-Kafka, K. American Heart Assoc.
$65,000
07/04-06/08
mAKAP Anchoring of ERK5 is Important for Induction of Cardiac Hypertrophy
Pharmacology Feinstein, M. American Heart Assoc.
$66,000
07/03-06/06
Role of the CHERP Gene in Cardiac Muscle Function
Center on Aging Gruman, C. Town of Ellington
$22,000
03/05-11/05
Town of Ellington Needs Assessment
Neuroscience Hewett, S. American Heart Assoc.
$75,000
07/02-06/06
Neurotoxicity of Nitroxyl Anion
Center on Aging Kenny, A. International Society for Clinical Densitometry
$10,000
06/05-12/05
Assessing Osteoporosis Risk in Frail Older Adults
Neuroscience Kim, D. Deafness Research Foundation
$20,000
07/04-06/06
Adaptive Plasticity of the Barn-Owl Auditory Localization System
Surgery Kurtzman, S. University of Pennsylvania
$1,050
06/95-05/06
NSABP Breast Cancer Prevention Trial
Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center Kurtzman, S. University of Pittsburgh
$2,850
02/97-01/06
NSABP Breast Cancer and Bowel Cancer Treatment
Neuroscience Morest, D. Conn. Children’s Medical Center
$22,791
09/02-08/05
Role of Biotin in the Development of the Auditory System
Genetics & Developmental Biology Plotnikov, S. American Heart Assoc.
$38,800
07/04-06/06
SMG Imaging: A Novel Method for Analysis of Sarcomere Structure
Center on Aging Robison, J. Unrestricted
$7,455
04/05-12/06
Residual Funds – Robison
Genetics & Developmental Biology Rowe, D. Jackson Lab
$87,998
06/05-05/06
Genetic Regulation of IGF-1 in Peak Bone Density of Mice
Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center Runowicz, C. Montefiore Medical Center
$3,732
01/03-12/05
Early Therapeutics Development with Phase 2 Emphasis
Pediatrics Salazar, J. UMass
$184,628
03/05-02/06
Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trial Unit
Student Affairs Sanford, K. Howard Hughes Medical Institute
$39,000
07/04-06/05
Analysis of AQP-2 Vesicular Proteins in Rat Kidney
Pharmacology Stoilov, I. Sandler Program for Asthma Research
$157,895
07/03-06/06
Asthma and the Cytochrome P450 System of the Lung
Medicine Yue, L. American Heart Assoc.
$65,000
07/03-06/07
Molecular Mechanisms & Potential Functions of a Novel CA2+- Permeable
  
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