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Research Awards

Dartmouth researchers were awarded $33.4 million during March and April, including $11.4 million in new and competing awards. Among the recipients of recent new and competing grants, as reported by the Office of Sponsored Projects:

Bailey-Kellogg, Christopher—Computer Science
Duke University
Automated NMR Assignment and Protein Structure Determination

Baker, Ian—Material Science and Mechanical Engineering, J. BelBruno—Chemistry
National Science Foundation
REU Site: Program in Molecular Materials and Nanotechnology                                                                                          

Bolger, Douglas—Environmental Studies, H. Farid—Computer Science
National Science Foundation
IDBR: Development of Software Tools for Individual Recognition of Animals

Brakenridge, G Robert—Geography
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Flood Inundation Prediction and Dynamics Using SRTM Topography and Orbital Sensors

Darcey, Terrance—Medicine
Chatten Associates, Incorporated
Development of a Trainable Seizure Warning System

DeLeo, Joyce and R. Horvath—Anesthesiology
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Morphine Induced P2X4 Receptor Activation: Implications for Opioid Tolerance

Dumont, Larry—Pathology
Clinical Research Management, Incorporated
Validation of Methods for Platelet Cryopreservation, Storage, and Reconstitution and Validation of In Vivo Survival of Cryopreserved Platelets
9-month Award

Eastman, Alan—Pharmacology and Toxicology
National Cancer Institute
Molecular Therapeutics of Cancer Gordon Research Conference                                                                                          

Fanos, Joanna—Pediatrics
University of Massachusetts
New England Regional Cooperative, Heritable Disorders                                                                                                

Fisher, Elliott—Medicine
United Health Foundation
Dartmouth Atlas Project—United Health Foundation
3-year Award

Foster, Tina—Obstetrics and Gynecology, K. Homa—Community and Family Medicine
Yale New Haven Health System
TeamSTEPPS Adoption in Action
2-year Award

Gougelet, Robert—Medicine
State of New Hampshire
Northern New England Metropolitan Medical Response System
2-year Award
and
State of Vermont
Medical Surge Capacity and Capability of Hospitals and Health Systems in Vermont

Glueck, David—Chemistry
National Science Foundation
Synthetic and Mechanistic Studies of Palladium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Phosphination                                                                    

Grubbs, Robert—Chemistry
Medtronic Incorporated
Toughening Biocompatible Materials with Block Copolymers                                                                                             

Gustman, Alan—Economics
University of Michigan
Development of Labor Market Data in the Health and Retirement Study                                                                                  

Hamilton, Joshua—Pharmacology and Toxicology, C. Folt—Biological Sciences
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Toxic Metals in the Northeast:  From Biological to Environmental Implications                                                                        

Haxby, James—Psychological and Brain Sciences
Rutgers State University
Assessing Brain Interactivity: Model Specifications, Causality and Dynamics
2-year Award

Hegel, Mark—Psychiatry
Thomas Jefferson University
Improving Function in AMD Trial (IF-AMD)                                                                                                              

Holmes, Gregory—Medicine
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
GABA Signaling in the Neocortex in Normal Development and Epilepsy

Irwin, Rebecca—Biological Sciences
National Science Foundation
Collaborative Research: The Ecological and Evolutionary Consequences of Urbanization on Multispecies Plant-Animal Interactions                       

Kennedy, Brian—Hood Museum of Art
George Frederick Jewett Foundation
Immanence and Revelation: Paintings and Drawings by Ben Frank Moss
9-month Award

Kotz, David—Institute for Security Technology Studies
Intel Corporation
Data Assurance in Medical Sensor Applications
2-year Award

Lawrence, Margaret—Hopkins Center
New England Foundation for the Arts
Sweet Honey in the Rock
1-month Award
and
New England Foundation for the Arts
Toumani Diabate Symmetric Orchestra
1-month Award
and
New England Foundation for the Arts
Paul Taylor Dance Company
1-month Award
and
New England Foundation for the Arts
Noche Flamenca
1-month Award
and
New England Foundation for the Arts
Anne Galjour
1-month Award

Liby, Karen—Medicine
The Sidney Kimmel Foundation for Cancer Research
New Drugs and Drug Combinations for the Prevention and Treatment of Cancer
2-year Award

Llewellyn-Thomas, Hilary—Center for Evaluative Clinical Studies
Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making
FIMDM Summer Institute Support
3-year Award

Magilligan, Francis—Geography
The Nature Conservancy
Impacts of Hydrologic Alteration on Floodplain Communities in the Connecticut River Basin
2-year Award

Martin, Kathleen and R. Powell—Surgery, K. Moodie and Z. Zhuang—Medicine
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Novel Targets of Rapamycin and Akt in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Differentiation                                                                    

Millan, Robyn—Physics and Astronomy
National Science Foundation
Collaborative Research: Relativistic Particle Precipitation and Upper Atmospheric Effects                                                           

Moeschler, John—Pediatrics
University of New Hampshire
A University Affiliated Program in New Hampshire                                                                                                     

Mueser, Kim—Psychiatry
Veterans Administration
Illness Management and Recovery for Veterans with Severe Mental Illness                                                                              

North, William—Physiology
National Cancer Institute
NMDA Receptors In the Diagnosis and Treatment of Small Cell Lung Cancer                                                                               

O’Connor, Gerald and D. Malenka—Medicine
Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making
Can a Customized Quantitative Informed Consent Document Improve Decision Quality and Be Integrated into the Care Process?
6-month Award

Parker, H Worth—Medicine
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Quality Improvement—Learning and Leadership Collaborative                                                                                          

Pogue, Brian—Thayer School of Engineering
Dept of Defense, U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Com
MR-Guided Near Infrared Spectroscopy for Reducing Breast Cancer False Positives
3-year Award

Polansky, Larry—Music
Mellon Foundation
Sound Without Meaning, Meaning Without Sound                                                                                                         

Rees, Judith—Community and Family Medicine
State of New Hampshire
New Hampshire Cancer Registry
2-year Award

Rodi, Scott—Medicine
Health Resources and Services Administration
Center for Rural Emergency Services and Trauma                                                                                                       

Santos, Eugene—Thayer School of Engineering
Securboration, Inc.
Measuring and Mapping Political Will
6-month Award
and
BAE Systems
Cyber-PMESII Commander’s Analysis of Forecast Effects (for CPE)
5-month Award

Shubitidze, Fridon—Thayer School of Engineering
Dept of Defense, US Army Corps of Engineers
EMI Modeling for UXO Detection and Discrimination Underwater

Siegel, Corey—Medicine
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease
Risk Communication in Crohn’s Disease                                                                                                                 

Simons, Michael—Medicine
Angion Biomedica Corporation
Small Molecule Therapeutics for Myocardial Ischemia
3-month Award

Smith, Sean—Computer Science
Financial Services Technology Consortium
Sponsorship of the IACS Workshop
5-month Award

Taylor, Ronald—Microbiology and Immunology
Harvard University
NERCE Project 10: Novel Anthrax Vaccine Targeted to Dendritic Cells                                                                                  

von Reyn, C., L. Adams, and R. Waddell—Medicine
Fogarty International Center
Dartmouth/Boston University AITRP                                                                                                                     

Whitfield, Michael—Genetics
Scleroderma Research Foundation
A Gene Expression Map of Scleroderma                                                                                                                  

Whitfield, Michael—Genetics, C. Cole—Biochemistry, R. Gross—Biological Sciences
National Human Genome Research Institute
Development of RIP-Chip Methods and Tiled Arrays to Identify Functional Elements                                                                     

Wright, Peter—Pediatrics
Weill Cornell Medical College
AIDS International Training and Research Program                                                                                                       

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

 

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