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September 2006

Dartmouth researchers were awarded $6.7 million during September, including $3.5 million in new and competing awards. Among the recipients of recent new and competing grants, as reported by the Office of Sponsored Projects:

Ames, John - Thayer School of Engineering

• United States Army Research Institute for Environmental Medicine 
• “IPA US Army Research Institute Environmental Medicine”
• 4-Month Award

Anderson, Kane - Health Services
Carr, C. - Surgery

• Orthopaedic Research Foundation
• “Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery Resident Journal Club Program”

Baron, John - Medicine

• University of Southern California
• “Folate, Vitamin D and Calcium in Colorectal Cancer”

Baron, John- Medicine
Cole, B. - Community & Family Medicine

• Bayer Pharmaceutical
• “Combined Analysis of Aspirin Colorectal Chemoprevention Trials”
• 2-Year Award

Becker, Deborah - New Hampshire-Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center

• University of Massachusetts
• “Massachusetts Medicaid Infrastructure and Comprehensive Employment Opportunities (MICEO) Grant”
• 8-Month Award

Blencowe, Miles - Physics & Astronomy

• US - Israel Binational Science Foundation
• “Displacement Detection and Damping in Nanomechanical Systems”

Bostick, Benjamin - Earth Sciences

• Dept. of Defense, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory
• “ICP-OES Water Analysis for Tungsten and Other Metals”

Clemons, Julie - Outdoor Programs

• United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service
• “Care and Enhancement of Appalachian NST”
• 16-Month Award

Cohen, Yale - Psychological and Brain Sciences

• National Institute of Mental Health
• “Processing of Communication Signals in Prefrontal Cortex”

Frank, Elaine - Pediatrics

• State of New Hampshire
• “Buckle Up New Hampshire”
• “Statewide Child Passenger Safety Program”
• “Pickup Truck Seat Belt Campaign”

Gibson, Ursula - Thayer School of Engineering

• Dept. of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology
• “Dartmouth Nanomagnetics Research Initiative - FY06 Appropriations”
• 2-Year Award

Heatherton, Todd, Kelley, W., and Whalen, P. - Psychological and Brain Sciences

• National Institute on Drug Abuse
• “Effects of Social Context on the Neural Correlates of Cue Reactivity”
• 4-Year Award

Helfat, Constance - Tuck School

• Kauffman Foundation
• “FIVE PROJECT on Firm and Industry Evolution and Entrepreneurship”

Kazal, Louis - Community & Family Medicine

• Endowment for Health   
• “New Hampshire Telehealth Program, Planning and Implementing a Statewide Program”

Magilligan, Francis - Geography

• United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service
• “Monitoring the Effects of Large Woody Debris on the Sediment Budgets of Small Stream in the Green Mountain National Forest”

Mahler, Donald - Medicine

• Psychological Applications
• “Standardized Indices of Breathlessness”
• 2-Year Award

Moor, James - Philosophy

• National Science Foundation
• “Collaborative Research: Nanotechnology and Human Enhancement”
• 3-Year Award

Osterberg, Ulf and Garmire, E. - Thayer School of Engineering

• Dept. of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology
• “Smart Laser Beam Project - FY06 Appropriations”
• 3-Year Award

Ray, Laura - Thayer School of Engineering

• Sound Innovations Incorporated
• “STTR Phase II:  Modular Feedforward Adaptive Noise Control”
• 2-Year Award

Sanchez, Yolanda - Pharmacology & Toxicology

• University of Cincinnati
• “Chk1 and Cell Cycle Arrest in Response to DNA Damage”

Schaller, George - Biological Sciences

• National Science Foundation
• “SGER: Development of Tandem RNAi for Silencing of Gene Families in Rice”
• 2-Year Award

Smith, Sean - Computer Science

• Dept. of Defense, Army Research Office
• “Workshop on Insider Attack and Cyber Security”

Snyder, Christopher - Economics

• Georgia Institute of Technology
• “Measuring the Impact of Digitization and Online Availability on Journal Citations”
• 18-Month Award

Spielberg, Stephen - Dartmouth Medical School
Dmitrovsky, E. - Pharmacology & Toxicology
Green, A. - Psychiatry
Holmes, G. and Israel, M.  - Pediatrics
Korc, M. and Simons, M. - Medicine
Noelle, R. - Microbiology
Weinstein, J. - Surgery

• National Center for Research Resources   
• “CTSA Planning at Dartmouth Medical School”

Strickler, James - Community & Family Medicine

• AmeriCares Foundation
• “Implementing Neonatal Surfactant Use in Kosovo”
• 14-Month Award

Sutherland, Lisa - Pediatrics
MacKenzie, T. - Medicine

• National Cancer Institute
• “Youth Exposure to Food and Beverage Placement in Movies”

Sutherland, Lisa - Pediatrics

• National Cancer Institute
• “TV Watching Exposure, Eating, and Nutrition Study”
• 5-Year Award

Yeh, Hermes - Physiology
Cuzon, V. - Students

• National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
• “In Utero Ethanol Exposure & Development of GABAergic Cortical Interneurons”
• 2-Year Award

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