September 2004
Dartmouth researchers were awarded $15.9 million during September, including $9.8 million in new and competing awards.
Among the recipients of recent new and competing grants, as reported by the Office of Sponsored Projects:
Baker, I., Gibson, U., Rimberg, A., and Sullivan, C. - Engineering Sciences
- Dept. of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology
- "Dartmouth Nanomagnetics Research Initiative"
Chang, T. - Biochemistry
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
- "Attenuating Sterol Synthesis in WT and NPC Mice Brains"
- 2-Year Award
Cole, B. - Community and Family Medicine
- International Breast Cancer Study Group
- "Statistical Consulting Agreement"
Fesen, R. - Physics and Astronomy
- Space Telescope Science Institute
- "Imaging the Chemical Distribution in Type Ia SN Ejecta"
Fisher-Vanden, K. - Environmental Studies
- Department of Energy
- "The Channels of Foreign Influence on the Innovation and Diffusion of Technology in China: Implications for Energy Use and Carbon Emissions"
- 3-Year Award
Frank, E. - Pediatrics
- State of New Hampshire, Highway Safety Agency
- "Statewide Child Passenger Safety Program"
and
- State of New Hampshire
- "Buckle Up New Hampshire"
Gautier, M. - Medicine
- Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- "Pilot Study of Low Dose Melphalan & Bortezomib for Treatment of AML & High Risk Myelodysplastic Syndromes"
Goodman, D. - Pediatrics
- Health Resources and Services Administration
- "HRSA Development of Travel Time Data"
Green, A. - Psychiatry
- National Institute on Drug Abuse
- "Cannabis & Schizophrenia: fMRI Reward Circuit Biomarker"
- 2-Year Award
Green, A., Roth, R., and Saykin, A. - Psychiatry
- Forest Laboratories, Inc.
- "A Double-Blind Evaluation of Safety and Efficacy of Memantine"
Guerinot, M. - Biological Sciences
- National Science Foundation
- "The Ionome"
- 4-Year Award
Irwin, R. - Biological Sciences
- National Science Foundation
- "Pollination Webs: Impacts of a Plant Invasion on Native Plant-Pollinator Interactions, Linkage Strength, and Native Plant Reproduction"
- 3-Year Award
Kaufman, P. - Medicine
- Hoffman La Roche
- "Phase II Study of KOS-862 Administered IV Weekly for 3 Weeks"
Kull, F. – Chemistry
Taylor, R. and Skorupski, K. - Microbiology
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
- "Structural Analysis of Bacterial Virulence Regulators"
Lu, W. - Psychiatry
- Veteran's Administration
- "Literature Review and Coding Contract - VA"
Lynch, D. - Engineering Sciences
- National Science Foundation
- "CMG Collaborative Research: Structures of Uncertainty in Coupled Physical-Biological Estimation in the Coastal Ocean"
- 4-Year Award
McLellan, R. - Medicine
- National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promo
- "Optimizing the Health of Pre-Diabetic Health Care Workers"
- 3-Year Award
Moore, J. - Genetics
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- "Collaborative R01: Genetic Architecture of Plasma t-PA and PAI-1"
Nutting, J. and Sparks, M. - Orthopaedics
- AmeriCares Foundation
- "Dartmouth Medical School and AmeriCares; Joint Partnership Program with Pristina"
- 2-Year Award
O'Connor, G. - Community and Family Medicine
- Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
- "Cystic Fibrosis National Program"
Osterberg, U. and Garmire, E. - Engineering Sciences
- Dept. of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology
- "Smart Laser Beams"
- 3-Year Award
Powell, R. - Surgery
- University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
- "Carotid Revascularization Endarteerectomy vs Stenting Trial (CREST)"
Ray, L. - Engineering Sciences
- Dept. of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology
- "Dartmouth Initiative on Intelligent Control of Distributed Systems"
- 4-Year Award
Renshaw, C. - Earth Sciences
- National Science Foundation
- "Collaborative Research: Development and Evaluation of a Natural Hazard Interactive Laboratory"
- 2-Year Award
Rigas, J. - Medicine
- Telik, Incorporated
- "A Phase III Randomized Study of TLK286 vs. Gefitnib"
Rimberg, A. - Physics and Astronomy
- National Science Foundation
- "ITR Collaborative Research: Single Spin Measurement for Quantum Information Processing"
- 4-Year Award
and
- "Real-Time Electron Dynamics in Nanoscale Structures"
- 18-Month Award
Robinson, J. - Medicine
- National Cancer Institute
- "Partner Assistance in Learning and Performing Skin Self-Examination"
- 2-Year Award
Schwartz, L. - Medicine
- Veteran's Administration
- "Association of Health Care Journalists Meeting"
Simons, M. and Pearlman, J. - Medicine
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
- "Endothelial Cell Signaling and Cardiac Angiogenesis"
Smith, S. - Computer Science
- University of Illinois
- "Marianas Distributed Trust; Applications & Infrastructure"
- 2-Year Award
Stanton, B., Marquis, S. – Physiology
Langford, G. - Biological Sciences
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
- "Regulation of CFTR Trafficking"
- 5-Year Award
Sullivan, C. - Engineering Sciences
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- "Investigation of Advanced Packaging Techniques for PML Capacitors"
Supattapone, S. - Biochemistry
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
- "Species Susceptibility Assay for Chronic Wasting Disease"
- 2-Year Award
Tretter, C. - Medicine
- Genentech Inc.
- "Double Blind CT to Evaluate the Efficacy & Safety of Tarceva"
Tse, P. - Psychology
Gomez, C. - Sociology
- National Eye Institute
- "Neural Correlates of Visual Form-Motion Processing"
- 4-Year Award
Weinstein, J. - Orthopaedics
- National Inst. of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Disease
- "Low Back Pain: A Multicenter Randomized Trial"
- 5-Year Award
Woloshin, S. - Medicine
- Veteran's Administration
-
"Drug Facts" Box Interviews"
Wright, D. - Chemistry
- Promiliad Biopharma
- "Natural Feedstocks for Diversity Oriented Synthesis"
deMuinck, E. and Pearlman, J. – Medicine
Swartz, H. and Dunn, J. – Radiology
Grubbs, R. – Chemistry
Pogue, B. - Engineering Sciences
Demidenko, E. - Community and Family Medicine
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- "Structure Function of Neovessels Imaged with NGR Peptide"
- 4-Year Award
Award commitment from the sponsoring agency is for a single year unless otherwise indicated.