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April 2002

Dartmouth researchers were awarded $9.9 million during April, including $3.4 million in new and competing awards. Among the recipients of recent new and competing grants, as reported by the office of Sponsored Projects:

Cheung, A. - Microbiology

Callisto Pharmaceuticals

"Development of a Screening Method for Promoter Activation of SarA

Using a Luminescence-Based Assay"

Collier, R.D. -Thayer School

The Lemelson Foundation

"Low Complexity Noise Monitoring Systems"

Cottingham, K.L. and J.T. Lennon - Biological Sciences

National Science Foundation

"Linking Lakes with the Landscape: The Fate of Terrestrial Organic Matter in

Planktonic Food Webs"

2-Year Award

Dalton, M.A. and J.D. Sargent - Pediatrics

National Institute on Drug Abuse

"Bupropian to Prevent Postpartum Smoking Relapse"

3-Year Award

Frank, E.M. - Pediatrics

State of New Hampshire, Highway Safety Agency

"Lifesavers Conference"

and

"IPC/Lebanon CPS Inspection Station"

and

National Safe Kids Campaign

"Safe Kids HB1163 Initiative"

Gorham, J.D. - Pathology

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

"A Novel Inbred Mouse Model of Autoimmune Hepatitis"

3-Year Award

Goundrey, A.M. - Pediatrics

State Of Vermont

"Children with Special Health Needs"

Greenough, G.P. - Psychiatry

Creare, Inc.

"Alertness Monitoring Device"

Harper, D.M. - Obstetrics and Gynecology

State of New Hampshire, Division of Public Health Services

"Admin Unit for Breast & Cervical Cancer Screening Program"

Heimsath, A.M. - Earth Sciences

National Science Foundation

"Collaborative Research: Erosional Removal and Redistribution of Soil

Organic Carbon at Upland Landscapes"

3-Year Award

Hudson, M.K. and M.J. Wiltberger - Physics & Astronomy

National Science Foundation

"GEM: Simulating Three Dimensional Radiation Belt Dynamics"

2-Year Award

Keegan, B.P. - Physiology

Department of Defense

"Provasopressin as a Target for Breast Cancer"

3-Year Award

Kelley, W.M. - Psychological and Brain Sciences

National Institute of Mental Health

"Functional Anatomic Studies of Human Memory Formation"

Lessard, M.R. - Thayer School and J.W. La Belle - Physics & Astronomy

National Science Foundation

"A Proposal for the Measurement and Analysis of Extremely

Low Frequency /ELF/ Waves at South Pole Station"

3-Year Award

Mah, T. - Microbiology

Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

"Mechanisms of Drug Resistance in Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Biofilms"

2-Year Award

Manning, H.L. - Physiology

Creare, Inc.

"Recycle of 3He for High Resolution Lung Imaging"

and

"Recycle of 129Xe for High Resolution Lung Imaging"

Metzger, R.R. - Psychological and Brain Sciences

National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders

"Effects of Eye Position in the Auditory Pathway"

2-Year Award

Nicol, D.M. - Computer Science

University of Tennessee-Battelle

"Implementing Distributed Memory Java SSF on ORNL Supercomputers"

Noelle, R.J. - Microbiology

National Center for Research Resources

"Affimetrix High Density Workstation"

Petrenko, V.F. - Thayer School

Dept. of Defense, Army Research Office

"Study of the Physical Mechanisms of Ice Adhesion"

Powell, R.J. - Surgery

Lifeline Foundation

"Effect of Rapamycin on Human Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells Diabetic vs Non Diabetic"

Rigas, J.R. - Medicine

Pharmacia

"Phase II Study of Brostallicin (PCNU-166196) in Patients with Advanced Non-Small

Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Refractory or Resistant to Platinum-Based Chemotherapy"

5-Year Award

Rigby, W. - Medicine

National Cancer Institute

"Novel Targets of the Von-Hippel Lindau Gene"

5-Year Award

Roth, R. - Psychiatry

Anxiety Disorders Association of America

"fMRI Study of Neural Changes Following Treatment of PTSD"

Sonnerup, B.U. - Thayer School

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

"Reconstruction of Coherent Two-Dimensional Space Plasma Structures"

3-Year Award

Stroupe, C. and W. Wickner - Biochemistry

National Institute of General Medical Sciences

"Mechanism of Action of Ypt7p and the HOPS/VpsC Complex"

3-Year Award

Swartz, H. M. - Radiology

National Center for Research Resources

"EPR Center for the Study of Viable Systems"

Award commitment from the sponsoring agency is for a single year unless otherwise indicated.

Last Updated: 11/5/08