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June 2006

Dartmouth researchers were awarded $37.3 million during June, including $12.3 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. – Psychiatry
Moore, J. – Genetics
Rhodes, C. - Pathology

• National Cancer Institute
• "Genetics of Cognitive Decline Post Cancer Chemotherapy"

Ayres, M. - Biological Sciences

• United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service
• "The Community and Spatial Context of Southern Pine Beetle Outbreaks"

Baker, I. - Engineering Sciences

• University of Maine
• "The Physical Properties of the United States International Trans Antarctic Scientific Expedition (US ITASE) Firn and Ice Cores from South Pole to Taylor Dome"

Baron, J. - Medicine

• Columbia University
• "Chemoprevention of Arsenic-Induced Skin Cancer"

Booker, M. - Financial Aid

• Department of Education
• "Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (SEOG)"

Brown, J. - Community and Family Medicine

• American Heart Association - Northeast Affiliate
• "Using Biomarkers to Improve Pre-Op Prediction of Death"
• 2-Year Award

Brown, J. - Psychological and Brain Sciences

• National Institute of Mental Health
• "Vestibular Contributions to Head Direction Cells"
• 3-Year Award

Bucci, D. - Psychological and Brain Sciences

• National Institute of Mental Health
• "Kynurenic Acid Regulation of Stimulus Processing"
• 2-Year Award

Buckey, J. - Medicine

• National Space Biomedical Research Institute
• "Associate Team Leader Grant"

Campbell, A. - Computer Science

• National Science Foundation
• "NeTS-ProWiN Collab Res: Dynamic Spectrum MAC w/Multiparty Support in ad hoc Networks"
• 26-Month Award

Chen, C. - Biological Sciences

• Dept. of Defense, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
• "Biological Processes Affecting Bioaccumulation, Transfer, and Toxicity of Metal Contaminants in Estuarine Sediments"
• 3-Year Award

Cheung, A. - Microbiology

• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
• "Characterization of SAR-AGR Interactions in S. aureus"
• 5-Year Award

Couch, R. - Chemistry

• University of Connecticut
• "CAREER: Structural Basis of Specificity for Gramicidin A Synthetase"
• 6-Month Award

and

• "Design of C. parvum and T. gondii DHFR-TS Inhibitors"
• 6-Month Award

Crane-Godreau, M. - Microbiology

•  Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute
• "Effect of Side Stream Tobacco Smoke on Mucosal Respiratory and Reproductive Tract
• Epithelial Cell Production and Release of CCL20"
• 2-Year Award

Cybenko, G. - Engineering Sciences

• Dept. of Defense, Advanced Research Projects Agency
• "Artificial Intelligence: The Next 50 Years"

Dalton, M. - Pediatrics

• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
• "Obesity and the Built Environment Additional Observational Measures"
• 3-Year Award

Fisher, E. - Medicine

• Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MEDPAC)
• "MedPAC Project"
• 6-Month Award

Folt, C. - Biological Sciences

• United States Department of Agriculture
• "Restoration Ecology of Juvenile Atlantic Salmon"

Gladfelter, A. - Biological Sciences

• National Science Foundation
• "Spatial Control of Mitosis by Septins"

Gougelet, R. - Medicine

• State of Vermont
• "Vermont Public Health Bioterrorism Preparedness Program"
• 5-Month Award

Green, A. - Psychiatry

• New Hampshire Charitable Foundation
• "Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Task Force Planning"

Green, W. and Noelle, R. – Microbiology
Hickey, W. - Pathology

• National Center for Research Resources
• "Immune Mechanisms Controlling Inflammation and Cancer"
• 5-Year Award

Hamilton, J. - Pharmacology and Toxicology

• Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
• "Anthraquinones for Treatment of Cystic Fibrosis"
• 2-Year Award

Higgs, H. - Biochemistry

• American Heart Association - Northeast Affiliate
• "Rho GTPase Regulation of Actin Polymerization and Bundling Activities of the Formin, mDia2, on Membranes"

Holmes, G. - Medicine

• National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
• "Translational Neuroscience Postdoctoral Training Program"
• 5-Year Award

Holmes, G. – Medicine
DeLeo Splaine, J. - Anesthesiology

• Repligen Corporation
• "Effect of Uridine on Kindling Rate and Fully Kindled Seizures"
• 6-Month Award

Kaplan, L. – Pediatrics
Donnelly, C. - Psychiatry

• Bureau of Maternal and Child Health
• "Psychosocial-Developmental Aspects of Child Health"
• 5-Year Award

Kazal, L. - Community and Family Medicine

• New Hampshire Charitable Foundation
• "Telehealth Strategic Plan"

Khan, M. and Swartz, H. – Radiology
Buckey, J. - Medicine

• National Cancer Institute
• "Oxygen Guided Hypofractionated Radiotherapy for Gliomas"
• 5-Year Award

Khan, M. and Swartz, H. - Radiology

• National Cancer Institute
• "Monitoring Oxygen Repeatedly for Hypoxic Tumor Therapy"
• 2-Year Award

Lawrence, M. - Hopkins Center

• New England Foundation for the Arts
• "Stephen Petronio Dance "Bloom""
• 3-Day Award

Liu, M. - Medicine

• American Heart Association
• "Rhoa Exchange Factors in Endothelial Migration"
• 4-Year Award

Lukovits, T. - Medicine

• Yale University
• "Insulin Resistance Intervention after Stroke Trial (IRIS)"
• Prime-NIH

Lynde, D. - Psychiatry

• Connecticut Dept of Mental Health and Addiction Services
• "Integrated Dual Disorders Treatment Implementation"

Lyon, J. and Rogers, B. - Physics and Astronomy

• National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• "Plasma Transport from the Solar Wind to the Magnetosphere"
• 3-Year Award

Madden, D. - Biochemistry

• Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
• "Keeping CFTR in its Place: An Integrated, Small-Molecule Approach"

McAllister, T. - Psychiatry

• National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
• "RCT of Methylphenidate & Memory/Attention Training in TBI"
• 5-Year Award

McClay, L. - Financial Aid

• Department of Education
• "Pell Grant"
• "College Work Study Program"

Nelson, W. - Psychiatry

• Foundation for Healthy Communities
• "Assessing Rural Health Care Ethics Conflicts"

Noelle, R. - Microbiology

• National Center for Research Resources
• "Purchase of Xenogen's IVIS Imaging System 200 Workstation"

Rigas, J. - Medicine

• The Sanofi-Aventis Group
• "Multicenter Open Label Single Arm Two Stage Phase II Study of the Efficacy and Safety of AVE0005 VEGF Trap Administered Intravenously Every 2 Weeks in Subjects with Platinum Taxane and Erlotinib Resistant Advanced Non Small Cell Lung Adenocarcinoma"

Savellano, M. - Engineering Sciences

• National Cancer Institute
• "New Strategies for Photoimmunodetection/Therapy"
• 5-Year Award

Schwartz, L. - Medicine

• Veteran's Administration
• "Medicine in Media Symposium"
• 2.5-Month Award

Shworak, N. and deMuinck, E. – Medicine
Swartz, H. – Radiology
Savellano, M. – Engineering Sciences

• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
• "3-OST-1 Regulation of Antithrombin Isoform Partitioning"
• 4-Year Award

Simons, M. - Medicine

• American Heart Association - Northeast Affiliate
• "Endothelial Syndecan-4 and Beta1 Integrin in Cell Migration and Angiogenesis"
• 2-Year Award

Swartz, H. and Williams, B. - Radiology
Hartford, A. - Medicine

• National Cancer Institute
• "Determination of Clinical Feasibility of EPR Oximetry of Tumors"
• 2-Year Award

Taylor, R. - Microbiology

• Massachusetts General Hospital
• "Transcutaneous Immunization against Cholera Using TcpA"
• Prime-NERCE

Turk, M. and Usherwood, E. - Microbiology

• National Cancer Institute
• "Mechanisms of Concomitant Tumor Immunity"
• 5-Year Award

Viola, L. - Physics and Astronomy

• National Science Foundation
• "Randomized Dynamical Decoupling Techniques for Quantum Information Processing"
• 3-Year Award

Wasson, J. - Community and Family Medicine

• Commonwealth Fund
• "Engaging QIOs in the Attainment of Patient-Centered Care"
• 18-Month Award

White, H. - Microbiology

• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
• "Rescue of Ovarian Tumor Dysregulated CTL by CRH Stress Hormone Antagonism"
• 2-Year Award

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

Posted: 07/24/06