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June 2008

Dartmouth researchers were awarded $27.8 million during June, including $19.6 million in new and competing awards.

 

Among the recipients of recent new and competing grants, as reported by the Office of Sponsored Projects:

 

Bakitas, Marie – Anesthesiology

National Palliative Care Research Center                   

Decision Making and Decision Support Needs of Women with Metastatic Breast Cancer

2-year Award

 

Brakenridge, G. Robert – Geography

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

SERVIR Africa

 

Campbell, John – Sociology

National Science Foundation

Knowledge Regimes and Comparative Political Economy

2-year Award

 

Carney, Patricia - Community & Family Medicine

University of Washington

Understanding Variability in Community Mammographers

 

Chen, Celia - Biological Sciences

University of New Hampshire

Mercury Dynamics in Estuarine Sediments: Biogeochemical Controls on Bioavailability and Bioaccumulation along Sulfate and Organic Matter Gradients

and

Ecosystems Research Group, Ltd.

Atmospheric Exchanges of Mercury with Lake Champlain and Their Influence on Rates of Mercury Accumulation in Plankton and Fish

2-year Award

 

Chipman, Jonathan - Earth Sciences

University of Wisconsin

Multisensor Spaceborne Monitoring of Large Lakes Worldwide: Assessment of Trends in Water Quantity and Quality

 

Cole, Michael - Pharmacology & Toxicology

National Cancer Institute

Essential Effectors of Myc Function

 

Cummings, Kevin - E. Nattie – Physiology

Francis Families Foundation

Interaction of Carotid Body Activation, the Medullary 5-HT System and Inhibitory Cardiorespiratory Reflexes During Postnatal Development:  Implication

 

Diamond, Solomon G. - Thayer School of Engineering

Department of Education

A New Interdisciplinary Initiative on Engineering and Medicine

 

DiRenzo, James - J. Hutchinson - Pharmacology & Toxicology

Dept of Defense, U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command

Genetic Manipulation of Mammary Stem Cells to Reconcile Tumor

3-year Award

 

Dragnev, Konstantin – Medicine

Amgen, Inc.

Randomized Double Blind Multicenter Study of Denosumab Compared with Zoledronic Acid (Zometa) in Treatment of Bone Metastases in Subjects with Advance

2-year Award

 

Dunlap, Jay - S. Gerber – Genetics

National Institute of General Medical Sciences

Genetic and Molecular Dissection of the Neurospora Clock

 

Ernst, Patricia - E. Artinger - Genetics 

Lady Tata Memorial Trust

Identifying Critical Roles of the Mixed Lineage Leukemia Gene in Hematopoietic and Leukemia Stem Cells

 

Green, Alan – Psychiatry

State of New Hampshire, New Hampshire Hospital

New Hampshire Hospital Contract

 

Griswold, Karl - Thayer School of Engineering

Wallace H. Coulter Foundation

Genetically Engineered Lysozyme for Treatment of Pulmonary Infections

 

Gulledge, Allan – Physiology

National Institute of Mental Health

Cholinergic Signaling in Cortical Neurons: A Unifying Hypothesis                                                                                     

 

Hoyt, Kendall – Medicine

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

The Historical Conditions That Foster High Vaccine Innovations and Policy Steps To Rebuild Biodefense Capabilities In The 21st Century

 

Kaplan, Lawrence – Pediatrics

State of New Hampshire, Bureau of Special Medical Services

Northern and Central New Hampshire Child Development Program

and

State of New Hampshire, Bureau of Special Medical Services

NH Neuromotor Program

 

Karagas, Margaret - Community & Family Medicine

Brown University

Molecular Epidemiology of Bladder Cancer                                                                                                             

6-month Award

 

Kasper, Lloyd - Medicine, D. Buzoni-Gatel - Microbiology & Immunology

Harvard University

Targeting CD40 and TLR to Induce Protective Immunity to T.gondii

 

Lynch, Kristina - Physics & Astronomy

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Rocket Experiment for Neutral Upwelling (RENU)

 

Norris, L Frances – Psychiatry

Veterans Administration

IPA Agreement                                                                                                                                        

 

Olson, Ardis – Pediatrics

State of New Hampshire

Administrative and Support Contract                                                                                                                  

 

Osterberg, Ulf - Thayer School of Engineering

Sky Research Incorporated

A Complex Approach to UXO Discrimination: Combining Advanced EMI Forward and Statistical Signal Processing Methodologies

 

O'Toole, George - Microbiology & Immunology

Boston University

Multivalent Cytophobic Coatings for Inhibition of Pathogenic Biofilms

 

Pipas, Catherine - M. Eliassen, C. Morrow - Community & Family Medicine

Health Resources and Services Administration

Addressing Health Care Gaps through Enhanced Education and Student Opportunities

 

Rigby, William - Medicine, T. Tosteson - Community & Family Medicine, G. Tsongalis – Pathology

American College of Rheumatology

CD154 CA Repeat Polymorphisms and RA Pathogenesis

2-year Award

 

Sempere, Lorenzo – Medicine

American Association for Cancer Research

Role of microRNAs in Pancreatic Cancer

2-year Award

 

Shubitidze, Fridon - Thayer School of Engineering

Sky Research Incorporated

Simultaneous Inversion of UXO Parameters and Background Response

 

Simons, Michael - Z. Zhuang, E. deMuinck, A. Helisch – Medicine, J. Dunn - Radiology, R. Stan - Microbiology & Immunology, H. Swartz - Radiology

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

Angiogenesis and Myocardial Ischemia

 

Speck, Nancy – Biochemistry

National Institute of General Medical Sciences

Molecular and Cellular Biology at Dartmouth

 

Sporn, Michael - Pharmacology & Toxicology

Reata Discovery, Incorporated

Sponsored Research Agreement on Triterpenoids

 

Srinivasan, Subhadra - M. Doyley, K. Paulsen, B. Pogue - Thayer School of Engineering

National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

A Boundary Element Method for MRI/NIR Tomography and Image Guided Fluorescence

 

Streltsov, Anatoly - Thayer School of Engineering

University of Alaska

HAARP - Induced Auroral Arcs

 

Tanski, Susanne – Pediatrics

American Academy of Pediatrics

Messages for Motivation and Support for Behavior Change in Parent Smoking Project

 

Taube, Jeffrey - Psychological and Brain Sciences

National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders

Motor, Vestibular, and Mnemonic Interactions in Directional Heading Perceptions

 

Virginia, Ross - Environmental Studies

Portland State University

The Role of Resource Legacy on Contemporary Linkages between Biodiversity and Biogeochemistry in a Cold Desert Ecosystem: The McMurdo Dry Valley LTER

 

Whitfield, Michael – Genetics

Arthritis Foundation

Molecular Markers for Scleroderma

 

Wishart, Heather – Psychiatry

TevaPharmaceutical Industries

Effects of Glatiramer Acetate on Cognitive fMRI in MS Relapse

 

Wright, Peter – Pediatrics

Vanderbilt University

Fogarty International Clinical Research Scholars Support Center at Vanderbilt-AAMC

5-month Award

 

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

 

Last Updated: 11/5/08