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Research Awards

Dartmouth researchers were awarded $37.3 million during June, including $12.3 million in new and competing awards. Among the recipients of recent new and competing grants, as reported by the Office of Sponsored Projects.

Ahles, T. - Psychiatry and J. Moore - Genetics and C. Rhodes - Pathology
National Cancer Institute
"Genetics of Cognitive Decline Post Cancer Chemotherapy"

Ayres, M. - Biological Sciences
United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service
"The Community and Spatial Context of Southern Pine Beetle Outbreaks"

Baker, I. - Engineering Sciences
University of Maine
"The Physical Properties of the United States International Trans Antarctic Scientific
Expedition (US ITASE) Firn and Ice Cores from South Pole to Taylor Dome"
Prime-NSF

Baron, J. - Medicine Columbia University
"Chemoprevention of Arsenic-Induced Skin Cancer"
Prime-NCI

Booker, M. - Financial Aid
Department of Education
"Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (SEOG)"

Brown, J.-Community and Family Medicine
American Heart Association-Northeast Affiliate
"Using Biomarkers to Improve Pre-Op Prediction of Death"
Two-Year Award

Brown, J. - Psychological and Brain Sciences
National Institute of Mental Health
"Vestibular Contributions to Head Direction Cells"
Three-Year Award

Bucci, D. - Psychological and Brain Sciences
National Institute of Mental Health
"Kynurenic Acid Regulation of Stimulus Processing"
Two-Year Award

Buckey, J. - Medicine
National Space Biomedical Research Institute
"Associate Team Leader Grant"

Campbell, A. - Computer Science
National Science Foundation
"NeTS-ProWiN Collab Res: Dynamic Spectrum MAC w/Multiparty Support in ad hoc Networks"
26-Month Award

Chen, C. - Biological Sciences
Dept. of Defense, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
"Biological Processes Affecting Bioaccumulation, Transfer, and Toxicity of Metal Contaminants in Estuarine Sediments"
Three-Year Award

Cheung, A. - Microbiology
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
"Characterization of SAR-AGR Interactions in S. aureus"
Five-Year Award

Couch, R. - Chemistry
University of Connecticut
"CAREER: Structural Basis of Specificity for Gramicidin A Synthetase"
Prime-NSF
Six-Month Award
and
"Design of C. parvum and T. gondii DHFR-TS Inhibitors"
Prime-NIH
Six-Month Award

Crane-Godreau, M. - Microbiology
Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute
"Effect of Side Stream Tobacco Smoke on Mucosal Respiratory and Reproductive Tract Epithelial Cell Production and Release of CCL20"
Two-Year Award

Cybenko, G. - Engineering Sciences
Dept. of Defense, Advanced Research Projects Agency
"Artificial Intelligence: The Next 50 Years"

Dalton, M. - Pediatrics
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
"Obesity and the Built Environment: Additional Observational Measures"
Three-Year Award

Fisher, E. - Medicine
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MEDPAC)
"MedPAC Project"
Six-Month Award

Folt, C. - Biological Sciences
United States Department of Agriculture
"Restoration Ecology of Juvenile Atlantic Salmon"

Gladfelter, A. - Biological Sciences
National Science Foundation
"Spatial Control of Mitosis by Septins"

Gougelet, R. - Medicine
State of Vermont
"Vermont Public Health Bioterrorism Preparedness Program"
Five-Month Award

Green, A. - Psychiatry
New Hampshire Charitable Foundation
"Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Task Force Planning"

Green, W., R. Noelle - Microbiology and W. Hickey - Pathology
National Center for Research Resources
"Immune Mechanisms Controlling Inflammation and Cancer"
Five-Year Award

Hamilton, J. - Pharmacology and Toxicology
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
"Anthraquinones for Treatment of Cystic Fibrosis"
Two-Year Award

Higgs, H. - Biochemistry
American Heart Association-Northeast Affiliate
"Rho GTPase Regulation of Actin Polymerization and Bundling Activities of the Formin, mDia2, on Membranes"

Holmes, G. - Medicine
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
"Translational Neuroscience Postdoctoral Training Program"
Five-Year Award

Holmes, G. - Medicine and J. DeLeo Splaine - Anesthesiology
Repligen Corporation
"Effect of Uridine on Kindling Rate and Fully Kindled Seizures"
Six-Month Award

Kaplan, L. - Pediatrics and C. Donnelly - Psychiatry
Bureau of Maternal and Child Health
"Psychosocial-Developmental Aspects of Child Health"
Five-Year Award

Kazal, L. - Community and Family Medicine
New Hampshire Charitable Foundation
"Telehealth Strategic Plan"

Khan, M., H. Swartz - Radiology and J. Buckey - Medicine
National Cancer Institute
"Oxygen Guided Hypofractionated Radiotherapy for Gliomas"
Five-Year Award

Khan, M. and H. Swartz - Radiology
National Cancer Institute
"Monitoring Oxygen Repeatedly for Hypoxic Tumor Therapy"
Two-Year Award

Lawrence, M. - Hopkins Center
New England Foundation for the Arts
"Stephen Petronio Dance 'Bloom'"
Three-Day Award

Liu, M. - Medicine
American Heart Association
"Rhoa Exchange Factors in Endothelial Migration"
Four-Year Award

Lukovits, T. - Medicine
Yale University
"Insulin Resistance Intervention after Stroke Trial (IRIS)"
Prime-NIH

Lynde, D. - Psychiatry
Connecticut Dept of Mental Health and Addiction Services
"Integrated Dual Disorders Treatment Implementation"

Lyon, J. and B. Rogers - Physics and Astronomy
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
"Plasma Transport from the Solar Wind to the Magnetosphere"
Three-Year Award

Madden, D. - Biochemistry
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
"Keeping CFTR in its Place: An Integrated, Small-Molecule Approach"

McAllister, T. - Psychiatry
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
"RCT of Methylphenidate & Memory/Attention Training in TBI"
Five-Year Award

McClay, L. - Financial Aid
Department of Education
"Pell Grant"
and
McClay, L. - Financial Aid
"College Work Study Program"

Nelson, W. - Psychiatry
Foundation for Healthy Communities
"Assessing Rural Health Care Ethics Conflicts"

Noelle, R. - Microbiology
National Center for Research Resources
"Purchase of Xenogen's IVIS Imaging System 200 Workstation"

Rigas, J. - Medicine
The Sanofi-Aventis Group
"Multicenter Open Label Single Arm Two Stage Phase II Study of the Efficacy and Safety of AVE0005 VEGF Trap Administered Intravenously Every 2 Weeks in Subjects with Platinum Taxane and Erlotinib Resistant Advanced Non Small Cell Lung Adenocarcinoma"

Savellano, M. - Engineering Sciences
National Cancer Institute
"New Strategies for hotoimmunodetection/Therapy"
Five-Year Award

Schwartz, L. - Medicine
Veterans Administration
"Medicine in Media Symposium"
2.5-Month Award

Shworak, N., E. deMuinck - Medicine, H. Swartz - Radiology and M. Savellano - Engineering Sciences
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
"3-OST-1 Regulation of Antithrombin Isoform Partitioning"
Four-Year Award

Simons, M. - Medicine
American Heart Association-Northeast Affiliate
"Endothelial Syndecan-4 and Beta1 Integrin in Cell Migration and Angiogenesis"
Two-Year Award

Swartz, H., B. Williams - Radiology and A. Hartford - Medicine
National Cancer Institute
"Determination of Clinical Feasibility of EPR Oximetry of Tumors"
Two-Year Award

Taylor, R. - Microbiology
Massachusetts General Hospital
"Transcutaneous Immunization against Cholera Using TcpA"
Prime-NERCE

Turk, M. and E. Usherwood - Microbiology
National Cancer Institute
"Mechanisms of Concomitant Tumor Immunity"
Five-Year Award

Viola, L. - Physics and Astronomy
National Science Foundation
"Randomized Dynamical Decoupling Techniques for Quantum Information Processing"
Three-Year Award

Wasson, J. - Community and Family Medicine
Commonwealth Fund
"Engaging QIOs in the Attainment of Patient-Centered Care"
18-Month Award

White, H. - Microbiology
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
"Rescue of Ovarian Tumor Dysregulated CTL by CRH Stress Hormone Antagonism"
Two-Year Award

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

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