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 and Nattie, E. – 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 and Hutchinson, J. - 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 and Gerber, S. – Genetics
- National Institute of General Medical Sciences
- Genetic and Molecular Dissection of the Neurospora Clock
Ernst, Patricia and Artinger, E. - 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
Buzoni-Gatel, D. - 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, Eliassen, M., and Morrow, C. - Community & Family Medicine
- Health Resources and Services Administration
- Addressing Health Care Gaps through Enhanced Education and Student Opportunities
Rigby, William - Medicine
Tosteson, T. - Community & Family Medicine
Tsongalis, G. – 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 - Zhuang, Z., deMuinck, E., and Helisch, A. – Medicine
Dunn, J. - Radiology
Stan, R. - Microbiology & Immunology
Swartz, H. - 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, Doyley, M., Paulsen, K., and Pogue, B. - 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.
