January 2003
Dartmouth researchers were awarded $11.4 million during January, 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:
Ahles, T. A. - Psychiatry
- National Cancer Institute
- "Improving Palliative Care for Patients with Cancer"
- 5-Year Award
Bartlett, D., Curran, A. K., and Leiter, J. C. - Physiology
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
- "The Upper Airway and the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome"
- 4-Year Award
Bel Bruno, J. J. - Chemistry
- National Science Foundation
- "Interaction Forces in Nanoindentation of Composite Materials"
- 2-Year Award
Bott, D. M. - Community & Family Medicine
- Endowment for Health
- "New Hampshire Access to Primary Care Indicator Project"
Cohen, Y. E. - Psychological and Brain Sciences
- National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders
- "Auditory Responses in the Parietal Cortex"
- 2-Year Award
Dietrich, A. J. - Community & Family Medicine
- John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
- "Dissemination - Model of Depression Management in PC"
- 2-Year Award
Fesen, C. G. - Physics & Astronomy
- National Science Foundation
- "CEDAR: Low-Latitude Energetics Dynamics and Variability"
- 3-Year Award
Frank, E. M. - Pediatrics
- National Safe Kids Campaign
- "Safe Kids HB1163 Initiative"
Fratti, R. A. - Biochemistry
- Helen Hay Whitney Foundation
- "Role of Phosphatidylinositol (4,5) Bisphosphate in Vacuolar Fusion"
- 3-Year Award
Gaffney, C. A. - Community & Family Medicine
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- "SmokeFree Connections: Helping Pregnant Women Build Support for Not Smoking"
Grafton, S. T. and Van Horn, J. D. - Psychological and Brain Sciences
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
- "Functional Substrates of Long-Term Motor Learning"
- 4-Year Award
Hegel, M. T. - Psychiatry
- University of Iowa
- "Prevention of Post-Stroke Depression"
Heimsath, A. M. - Earth Sciences
- National Science Foundation
- "Quantifying Erosional Processes on Upland Landscapes"
- 5-Year Award
Kremer, R. L. - History
Pantalony, D. A. - Hood Museum
- National Science Foundation
- "International Conference on University Collections of Historic Scientific Instruments"2-Year Award
Liu, X. - Medicine
- Epilepsy Foundation of America
- "Effect of Recurrent Seizures on Cognitive Impairment and Place Cell Physiology"
Miles, K. M. - Community & Family Medicine
- Riverbend Community Mental Health Center
- "Evaluation-Nursing Home Transition "Wrap Around"
Orgren, R. A. and Jones, R. C. - Community & Family Medicine
- Endowment for Health
- "Medical Provider Oral Health Education"
Pavone, M. L. - Women in Science Project
- Dept. of Defense, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Lab.
- "CRREL Contract for Services - WISP Internship Program"
Peterson, K. J. - Biological Sciences
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- "Using Molecular Clocks and Regulatory Networks to Test Origin-of-Bilateria Scenarios"
Schwartz, G. N. - Medicine
- Chugai Biopharmaceuticals Incorporated
- "PTHrp Humanized Monoclonal Antibody"
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- Roche Laboratories, Inc.
- "Capecitabine & Docetaxel in Patients Metastatic Breast Cancer"
Sneddon, C. S. and Fox, C. A. - Geography
- United States Institute of Peace
- "Towards Participatory and Ecologically Sustainable Governance of the Mekong and Zambezi Basins
Stojanovic, A. - Pharmacology & Toxicology
- Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America Foundation
- "Development of Novel Therapeutics to Target RP Rhodopsin"
- 2-Year Award
Sullivan, C. R. - Thayer School
- Volterra Semiconductor Corporation
- "Multilayer Ceramic Capacitor Measurement and Characterization"
Wallace, D. I. and Shemanske, T. R. - Mathematics
- AT&T Foundation
- "Opening Access to Quality Calculus"
Wiltberger, M. J. - Physics & Astronomy
- Boston University
- "Integrated Numerical Simulation of the Solar Terrestrial Environment for the LWS Program"
- 3-Year Award
Award commitment from the sponsoring agency is for a single year unless otherwise indicated.
