March 2005
Dartmouth researchers were awarded $20.7 million during March, including $4.4 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. - Engineering Sciences
- The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations
- “Nanomaterial Research Equipment"
Bickel, S. - Biological Sciences
- National Institute of General Medical Sciences
- "Regulation of Sister-Chromatid Cohesion in Drosophila"
- 4-Year Award
Brinckerhoff, C. and Vincenti, M. - Medicine
Fiering, S. - Microbiology
- National Cancer Institute
- "Invasive Behavior of Tumor Cells Producing Collagenase-1"
- 3-Year Award
Buckey, J. - Medicine
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- "Otoacoustic Hearing Assessment of Space Station Crews"
- 8.5 Year Award
Clark, A. and Henderson, L. - Psychology
- National Institute on Drug Abuse
- "AAS and the Neurobiology of Social Behaviors"
- 5-Year Award
DeLeo Splaine, J. - Anesthesiology
- Elan Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- "The Involvement of Astrocytic Glutamate Transporters in Neuropathic Pain"
- 2-Year Award
Direnzo, J. and Li, H. - Pharmacology and Toxicology
- National Cancer Institute
- "P63 and Control of Multi-Potency in Mammary Epithelia"
- 5-Year Award
Dragnev, K. - Medicine
- Cancer and Leukemia Group B Foundation
- "A Clinical Trial to Validate Molecular Chemoprevention Targets"
Drake, R. - Psychiatry
- Wright State University
- "RRTC on Substance Abuse, Disability, and Employment"
Ernst, P. - Genetics
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
- "MII Regulation of Hematopoiesis"
- 5-Year Award
Fisher, E. – Medicine
Snide, J. - Community and Family Medicine
- Veteran's Administration
- "VA IPA - Jennifer Snide"
Gazzaniga, M., Grafton, S., and Van Horn, J. – Psychology
Rockmore, D. - Mathematics
- National Institute of Mental Health
- "Hypothesis-Driven fMRI Research via Database Mining, Management, and Visualization"
- 2-Year Award
Goundrey, A. - Pediatrics
- State of Vermont
- "Children with Special Health Needs"
Gross, R. - Biological Sciences
- National Science Foundation
- "Identification of Cis-Regulatory Elements in Groups of Co-regulated Genes"
- 4-Year Award
Hoopes, P. - Surgery
- Glycofi, Inc.
- "Engineering Glycosylation for Optimal Pharmacokinetics II"
Hudson, M. - Physics and Astronomy
- National Science Foundation
- "Augmentation of Space Sciences Faculty at Dartmouth"
- 5-Year Award
Irwin, R. - Biological Sciences
- University of Massachusetts
- "Chemical Defenses Against Floral Enemies: Costs and Benefits of Toxic Nectar to Pollination, Nectar Robbing, and Plants"
Isaeva, O. - Medicine
- Epilepsy Foundation
- "Effects of Isoflurane as an Anticonvulsant During Early Brain Development"
Koval, K. - Orthopaedics
- EBI, L.P. A Biomet Company
- "Three Treatments for Unstable Distal Radius Fractures – Prospective Randomized Study"
and
- AO North America
- "The Role of Base Deficit in Pediatric Trauma Patients"
- 4-Month Award
Li, H. and Direnzo, J - Pharmacology and Toxicology
- Dept of Defense, U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command
- "Identification of Pro-differentiation p53 Target Genes and Evaluation of Expression in Normal and Malignant Mammary Gland"
- 3-Year Award
Moeschler, J. - Pediatrics
- Centers for Disease Control
- "The New Hampshire Birth Defects Monitoring and Prevention Program"
- 5-Year Award
and
- University of New Hampshire
- "A University Affiliated Program in New Hampshire"
Rigas, J. - Medicine
- Genentech Inc.
- "Tarceva Expanded Access"
Rosenberg, S. - Psychiatry
Marsh, B. – Medicine
Wolford, G. – Psychology
- National Institute of Mental Health
- "The STIRR Intervention for Dually Diagnosed Clients"
- 3-Year Award
Sonnerup, B. - Engineering Sciences
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- "Analysis Tools for Cluster Data Taken in the Magnetopause Region"
- 3-Year Award
Stommel, E. - Medicine
- Celgene Corporation
- "A Phase II Study using Thalidomide for Treatment for Amytrophic Lateral Slerosis"
Virginia, R. - Environmental Studies
- Ohio State University
- "The Role of Resource Legacy on Contemporary Linkages between Biodiversity and Biogeochemistry in a Cold Desert Ecosystem: The McMurdo Dry Valley LTER Program"
Wright, D. - Chemistry
- National Science Foundation
- "Chemical and Biological Studies on Natural Modulatiors of Cell Signaling"
- 15-Month Award
Award commitment from the sponsoring agency is for a single year unless otherwise indicated.