December 2008
Dartmouth researchers were awarded $8.7 million during December, including $5.5 million in new and competing awards. Among the recipients of recent new and competing grants, as reported by the Office of Sponsored Projects:
Albert, Mary - Thayer School of Engineering
- National Science Foundation
- Collaborative Project: Ice Drilling Program Office (IDPO)
Chaboyer, Brian - Physics & Astronomy
- Space Telescope Science Institute
- The Ages of Globular Clusters and the Population II Distance Scale
- 2-Year Award
Dmitrovsky, Ethan, Freemantle, S., and Kitareewan, S. - Pharmacology & Toxicology
- National Cancer Institute
- Retinoic Acid Paradox and Promyelocytic Leukemia
Flashman, Laura - Psychiatry
- University of Iowa
- Neurobiological Predictors of Huntington's Disease (PREDICT-HD)
Gerngross, Tillman - Thayer School of Engineering
- Eli Lilly and Company
- Site-specific PEGylation using Glycoengineered-E. coli
- 2-Year Award
Gibbons, Frederick - Psychological and Brain Sciences
Gerrard, M. -Psychiatry
- National Institutes of Health
- Factors Influencing the Health Behavior of Young African American Adults
- 3-Month Award
Gougelet, Robert - Medicine
- State of New Hampshire
- Northern New England Metropolitan Medical Response System
- 2.7-Year Award
and
- Project 5: Collaborative Planning for Delivery of Essential Healthcare Services
Gustman, Alan - Economics
- University of Michigan
- How Do Pension Changes Affect Retirement Preparedness?
Heatherton, Todd, Kelley, W., and Whalen, P. - Psychological and Brain Sciences
- National Institute of Mental Health
- Functional Anatomic Studies of Interpersonal Rejection
Hegel, Mark - Psychiatry
- Thomas Jefferson University
- Improving Function in AMD Trial (IF-AMD)
Hendricks, Kristy - Pediatrics
- Tufts University
- Development and Evaluation of a Food Composition Database for use between Countries
- 5-Month Award
Holmes, Gregory and Kleen, J. - Pediatrics
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
- Cognitive Impact of Interictal Spikes in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
Honda, Tadashi and Mierke, D. - Chemistry
- Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- Design and Synthesis of a Novel Class of IKKbeta Inhibitors
Hoopes, P Jack - Surgery
- Intelligent Medical Implants GmbH
- Preclinical Assessment of a Retinal Implant Device
Korc, Murray, MacKenzie, T, and Sempere, L. - Medicine
- National Cancer Institute
- Role of microRNAs in Genetic Mouse Models of Pancreatic Cancer
Madden, Dean - Biochemistry
- University of Pittsburgh
- Regulation of the Endocytic Trafficking of CFTR
Merrens, Matthew and Foster, F. - Psychiatry
- Connecticut Dept of Mental Health and Addiction Services
- Integrated Dual Disorders Treatment Implementation
Merrens, Matthew - Psychiatry
- Center for Social Innovation
- IDDT Consultation - Central City Concern-Oregon
- 6-Month Award
Moeschler, John - Pediatrics
- University of New Hampshire
- A University Affiliated Program in New Hampshire
Nichols, Ralph - Microbiology & Immunology
- Veterans Administration
- IPA-Petrella
- 6-Month Award
Parsonnet, Jeffrey - Medicine
- Procter and Gamble
- Pathogenesis of Toxic Shock Syndrome
Pogue, Brian - Biomedical Engineering
- Physical Sciences, Incorporated
- A Singlet Molecular Oxygen Imaging Sensor for Photodynamic Therapy
- 6-Month Award
Shepherd, Simon - Thayer School of Engineering
- National Science Foundation
- CEDAR: Characterizing the Variability in the High Latitude Ionospheric Electric Field
Sporn, Michael - Pharmacology & Toxicology
- National Cancer Institute
- New Triterpenoids for Chemoprevention of Cancer
Sullivan, Charles - Thayer School of Engineering
- C. S. Draper Laboratory, Incorporated
- Miniaturized High-Q VHF Power Inductors using Nanogranular Magnetic Films
Supattapone, Surachai, M. Miller - Biochemistry
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
- Role of Prpc Polybasic Domains in Prion Conversion.
Thompson, Paul - Computer Science
- Milcord Incorporated
- HYMONT
- 6-Month Award
Whitfield, Michael - Genetics
- Boston University
- Biomarkers of Disease Activity and Progression in Systemic Sclerosis
Zegans, Michael - Surgery
- University of California, San Francisco
- Steroids in Corneal Ulcers Trial
Award commitment from the sponsoring agency is for a single year unless otherwise indicated
