January 2009
Dartmouth researchers were awarded $8.2 million during January, including $5.2 million in new and competing awards. Among the recipients of recent new and competing grants, as reported by the Office of Sponsored Projects:
Baker, Ian - Thayer School of Engineering
- National Science Foundation
- SGER: Magnetically Triggered Joining Using Nanocrystalline Fe-Al Powders
- 5-Month Award
Baron, John - Medicine
- University of Southern California
- Consortium for Colorectal Cancer Family Registry
Bengtson, Elizabeth - Medicine
- Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- Phase 2 Randomized Study of Velcade, Dexamethasone and Revlimid vs Velcade Dexamethasone Cyclephosphamide and Revlimid in Previously Untreated Patients with Newly Diagnosed Symptomatic Multiple Myeloma
- 2-Year Award
Byock, Ira and Bakitas, M. - Anesthesiology
- Dynamic Clinical Systems, Inc
- Patient-Friendly IT System for Symptom Surveillance and Patient-Reported
- 9-Month Award
Cheung, Ambrose - Microbiology & Immunology
- National Institutes of Health
- Defining the Bacterial Factors that Modulate Sensitivity to B-lactam in CA-MRSA
Coffey, David - Medicine
- University of Vermont
- Parkinson Disease Neuroprotection Clinical Trial
- 6-Month Award
Dorsey, Michael - Environmental Studies
- Ford Foundation
- Climate Justice Research Group
- 2-Year Award
Fadul, Camilo - Medicine
- Schering-Plough Corporation
- A Randomized Phase 2 Study of Maintenance Temozolomide vs. Observation in Stable or Responding Stage IIIB/IV Non Small Cell Lung Cancer
- 2-Year Award
Frank, Elaine - Pediatrics
- State of New Hampshire, Highway Safety Agency
- Pickup Truck Seat Belt Campaign
Gerber, Scott - Genetics
- Tufts University
- Molecular Mechanisms of the Necroptosis Activation Complex
Gibbons, Frederick - Psychological and Brain Sciences
Gerrard, M. - Psychiatry
- National Institute on Drug Abuse
- A Social-Cognitive Model of Adolescent Substance Use
- 9-Month Award
Granger, Richard - Psychological and Brain Sciences
- Portland State University
- Machine Architecture for Nano-Scale Intelligent Systems
- 8-Month Award
Hendricks, Kristy - Pediatrics
- Tufts University
- Evaluation of the Impact of Zinc and/or Micronutrient Supplementation on Intestinal Flora, Diarrheal Disease Burden, Intestinal Mucosal integrity and Growth among Cohorts of Children in Pakistan
- 4-Month Award
Hwa, John - Pharmacology & Toxicology
Mackenzie, T. - Medicine
Martin, K. - Surgery
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- Pharmacogenetics of the Human Prostacyclin Receptor
Kress, Brian - Physics & Astronomy
- Science Systems and Applications, Incorporated
- NAIRAS Nowcast of Atmospheric Ionizing Radiation for Aviation Safety
- 6-Month Award
McAllister, Thomas, Flashman, L., Ford, J., Friedman, M., Mueser, K., and Schnurr, P. - Psychiatry
Moore, J. - Genetics
Tosteson, J. T. - Community & Family Medicine
- University of California, San Diego
- Dartmouth & NCPTSD/Northern New England VA Consortium for PTSD/TB
Pavone, Mary - Women in Science Project
- Dept. of Defense, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Lab.
- CRREL Contract for Services - WISP Internship Program
- 10-Month Award
Pogue, Brian - Biomedical Engineering
- Radiation Monitoring Devices, Incorporated
- Cancer Detection Using Diffuse Luminescence Imaging
- 2-Year Award
Romero-Sandoval, Edgar - Anesthesiology
- American Pain Society
- Cannabinoids and Glial Interactions in Acute and Chronic Pain
- 1.3-Year Award
Roskies, Adina - Philosophy
- Johns Hopkins University
- Free Will and Moral Responsibility: Implications of Advances in Neuroscience
- 2-Year Award
Rothstein, Richard - Medicine
Adrales, G., Laycock, W., and Vassiliou, M. - Surgery
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- NOTES Gastrojejunostomy
Shepherd, Simon - Thayer School of Engineering
- National Science Foundation
- Collaborative Research: Mid-Latitude SuperDARN Radar Infrastructure for the Study of Ionospheric Electrodynamics and Atmospheric Processes on Global Scales
- 4-Year Award
Stecker, Tracy - Community & Family Medicine
- Veterans Administration
- IPA FY09: National Center for Patient Safety
- 9-Month Award
Tosteson, Tor Devin, Tosteson, A. - Medicine
Weinstein, J. - Orthopaedics
- Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making
- Alternative Approaches to Health Outcomes Calculators for Aiding Understand of the Results of Complex Longitudinal Clinical Trials: The Spine Patient Outcomes Trial (SPORT)
von Reyn, C. Fordham, Adams, L., and Waddell, R. - Medicine
Connor, R. and Dorosko, S. - Microbiology & Immunology
Hendricks, K. - Pediatrics
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
- Effects of Protein-calorie Supplementation on HIV Disease in Breastfeeding Women
von Reyn, C. Fordham, Lahey, T., and Waddell, R. - Medicine
- Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation
- DarDar TB Vaccine Trial Cohort
- 6-Month Award
Award commitment from the sponsoring agency is for a single year unless otherwise indicated
