| Principal Investigator |
Department |
Sponsor |
Amount |
Award Period |
| |
| Federal Grants |
| Cherniack, M. |
Medicine |
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention |
$642,090 |
09/08-08/09 |
| Aging, Musculoskeletal Disorders and Work Capacity |
| Cone, R. |
Immunology |
National Eye Institute |
$290,080 |
09/07-08/09 |
| Ocular Regulation of Autoimmunity |
| Conti, L. |
Psychiatry |
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism |
$175,750 |
09/07-08/09 |
| Effect of CRF1 Receptor Genotype and Stress on Anxiety and Alcohol Endophenotypes |
| Ferris, A. |
Center for Public Health |
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture |
$986,225 |
07/08-06/11 |
| Effectiveness of an IMB (Intervention, Motivation, Behavioral) Based Intervention for Reducing Sweetened Consumption in Preschool Children |
| Jaffe, L. |
Cell Biology |
National Institute of Child Health & Human Development |
$304,300 |
09/08-08/09 |
| Signal Transduction at Fertilization |
| Lalla, R. |
Oral Health & Diagnostic Scienc |
National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research |
$131,582 |
09/05-08/09 |
| Cox-2 Inhibition in Radiation-Induced Oral Mucositis |
| LeFrancois, L. |
Immunology |
National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases |
$181,485 |
09/07-08/09 |
| CD8 T-Cell Response to Influenza Virus Infection |
| Liang, B. |
Pat & Jim Calhoun Cardiology Center |
U.S. Army |
$50,000 |
08/08-08/09 |
| Collaborative Research to Explore the Efficacy of a Commercially-available Drug in Protecting Skeletal Muscle from Injury |
| Peluso, J. |
Cell Biology |
National Institute of Child Health & Human Development |
$308,210 |
09/07-08/09 |
| Pair BP & PGRMC1 Act as a Membrane Receptor Complex to Mediate P4’s Ovarian Action |
| Rowe, D. |
Reconstructive Sciences |
National Institute of Arthritis & Musculoskeletal & Skin Diseases |
$311,836 |
09/07-08/09 |
| Adult Stem Cells: Osteoblast Differentiation and Engraftment |
| Rowe, D. |
Reconstructive Sciences |
National Institute of Arthritis & Musculoskeletal & Skin Diseases |
$195,360 |
08/08-05/09 |
| GFP (Green Fluorescent Protein) Reporters for the Chondrocyte Lineage |
| Trestman, R. |
Medicine |
National Institute of Mental Health |
$389,848 |
02/08-01/10 |
| Mental Health Research Infrastructure in Corrections |
| Wang, Z. |
Neuroscience |
National Institute of General Medical Sciences |
$296,000 |
09/08-08/09 |
| Regulation of Gap Junctions by Stomatin-like Proteins |
| |
| Private |
| Bonkovsky, H. |
Medicine |
Univ. of Massachusetts |
$172,633 |
05/05-04/09 |
| Hepatitis C Clinical Trial |
| Brenner, Bruce |
Surgery |
National Surgical Adjuvant Breast & Bowel Project |
$5,100 |
06/95-05/09 |
| NSABP Breast Cancer Prevention Trial HHS P5400-5425 |
| Caron, J. |
Cell Biology |
Lea’s Foundation for Leukemia Research Inc. |
$38,000 |
07/99-07/09 |
| Discovery of a New Form of Tubulin Protein |
| Ferrer, F. |
Pediatrics |
Conn. Children’s Medical Center |
$25,000 |
09/06-08/09 |
| Sphingolipid Signaling in Wilms’ Tumor Cells |
| Fortinsky, R. |
Center on Aging |
Alzheimer’s Association |
$86,922 |
06/07-05/09 |
| Information and Help Seeking Experiences Among Hispanic Family Caregivers |
| Graveley, B. |
Genetics & Developmental Biology |
Univ. of California at Berkeley |
$202,104 |
04/07-03/09 |
| Comprehensive Characterization of the Drosophila Transcriptome |
| Loew, L. |
Center for Cell Analysis |
Univ. of Virginia |
$215,198 |
08/08-07/09 |
| Cell Migration Consortium |
| Mayer, B. |
Genetics & Developmental Biology |
Yale Univ. |
$35,840 |
01/08-12/08 |
| Study of WNT Signaling in Bone Biology |
| Mukherji, B. |
Medicine |
Univ. of California at Los Angeles |
$26,000 |
07/07-06/08 |
| Genetic Engineering of the Human Immune System |
| Petry, N. |
Psychiatry |
Yale Univ. |
$381,855 |
07/07-06/09 |
| Psychotherapy Development Research Center |
| Schaff, J. |
Center for Cell Analysis |
Calif. Institute of Technology |
$71,854 |
07/08-06/09 |
| Computational Tools for Rule-Based Modeling of Biochemical Systems |
| Srivastava, P. |
Immunology |
Lea’s Foundation for Leukemia Research Inc. |
$15,000 |
09/99-12/08 |
| Treatment of Indolent B-Cell Lymphoma and CLL Patients (HSP70) |
| Steinberg, Karen |
Psychiatry |
Children’s Trust Fund Council |
$206,000 |
07/08-06/09 |
| Nurturing Families Program |
| Tanev, K. |
Psychiatry |
Univ. of Rochester |
$12,625 |
07/05-06/09 |
| Cooperative Huntington’s Observational Research Trial |
| Ungemack, J. |
Ethel Donaghue TRIPP Center |
Village for Families & Children Inc. |
$27,156 |
03/07-09/09 |
| Evaluation of the Village for Families & Children OAPP Grant |
| |
| State |
| Ferris, A. |
Medicine |
UConn-Storrs |
$25,433 |
10/07-09/08 |
| Husky Reads |
| Robison, J. |
Center on Aging |
Conn. Commission on Aging |
$5,000 |
12/06-06/09 |
| Long Term Care Needs Assessment |
The following grants were received through the UConn Health Center’s Office of Grants and Contracts in October 2008. The list represents new awards as well as continuations. This list, and additional grants, are listed in the February 2, 2009 issue.
The list of grants is supplied to the Advance by the Office of Grants and Contracts.
| Principal Investigator |
Department |
Sponsor |
Amount |
Award Period |
| |
| Federal Grants |
| Covault, J. |
Psychiatry |
Nat’l. Institute on Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism |
$110,834 |
07/06-06/09 |
| Pharmacogenetics of Alcohol: Treatment Implications |
| Fong, G. |
Center for Vascular Biology |
Nat’l. Institute of Child Health & Human Development |
$217,560 |
09/07-08/09 |
| A Novel Technology to Generate Conditionally Inactivated Alleles in Mice |
| Laurencin, C. |
Orthopedics |
Nat’l. Institute of Biomedical Imaging & Bioengineering |
$347,853 |
06/08-05/09 |
| Novel Biodegradable Materials for Tissue Engineering |
| Laurencin, C. |
Orthopedics |
Nat’l. Institute of Arthritis & Musculoskeletal & Skin Diseases |
$265,303 |
09/08-07/09 |
| Polymer/Ceramic Composites for Tissue Engineering |
| LeFrancois, L. |
Immunology |
Nat’l. Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases |
$370,000 |
09/08-08/09 |
| Role of IL-15 in CD8 T Cell Development and Response |
| Liang, B. |
The Pat & Jim Calhoun Cardiology Center |
U.S. Army |
$50,000 |
08/08-08/09 |
| Collaborative Research to Explore the Efficacy of a Commercially-available Drug in Protecting Skeletal Muscle from Injury |
| Lowe, L. |
Center for Cell Analysis |
Nat’l. Center for Research Resources |
$265,129 |
08/08-07/09 |
| Polarity in Networks and Pathways |
| Mains, R. |
Neuroscience |
Nat’l. Institute on Drug Abuse |
$328,680 |
09/08-06/09 |
| Dissecting the Role of One Neuronal RhoGEF Amongst Many: The Kalirin-7 Null Mouse |
| Mina, M. |
Craniofacial Sciences |
Nat’l. Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research |
$344,658 |
07/06-06/09 |
| Analysis of GFP Transgenes in Odontoblast Differentiation |
| Schensul, S. |
Community Medicine & Health |
Nat’l. Institute of Mental Health |
$627,556 |
09/07-08/09 |
| The Prevention of HIV/STI Among Married Women in Urban India |
| Shelton, D. |
Medicine |
U.S. Department of Justice |
$50,706 |
09/08-09/09 |
| An Evaluation of Start Now Skills training for inmates |
| White, W. |
The Pat & Jim Calhoun Cardiology Center |
Nat’l. Institute on Drug Abuse |
$578,462 |
09/08-07/09 |
| Contingency Management for Initiating Smoking Abstinence |
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