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Dartmouth researchers were awarded $42.6 million during July and August, including $23.5 million in new and competing awards. Among the recipients of recent new and competing grants, as reported by the Office of Sponsored Projects:
Ahmed, Yasmath-Genetics
Milheim Foundation for Cancer Research
Regulation of Axin by Adenomatous Polyposis Coli
Andrews, Mary-Margaret and L. Purvis-Medicine
Bureau of Maternal and Child Health
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Family HIV Program
Baker, Ian and M. Albert-Engineering Sciences
National Science Foundation
Collaborative Research: The NEEM Deep Ice Core
Baker, Ian-Engineering Sciences
National Science Foundation
MRI: Acquisition of a Cold Room Equipped Micro CT
Baron, John-Medicine, B. Cole-Community and Family Medicine
National Cancer Institute
Colorectal Chemoprevention with Calcium and Vitamin D
Barry, Elizabeth-Community and Family Medicine
Hutchinson Cancer Center
Aspirin Pharmacogenetics in the Aspirin/Folate Polyp Prevention Trial
Bartlett, Donald and J. Leiter-Physiology
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
The Upper Airway and the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Blaydon, Colin-Tuck School
Kauffman Foundation
Business Plan for Private Equity Fund Performance Data Institute
Bostick, Benjamin-Earth Sciences
Columbia University
Iron and Arsenic Speciation in Arsenic-Impaired Sediments
and
Department of Defense, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Lab Effect of Speciation and Mineral Transformations on the Fate and Speciation of Metals in Munitions-Impacted Soils
Brenner, Charles-Genetics
National Science Foundation
New Steps in NAD+ Metabolism
Calsbeek, Ryan-Biological Sciences
National Science Foundation
Adaptive Mate Choice Driven by Sexual Conflict in the Brown Anole, Anolis Sagrei
3-Year Award
Carr, Charles-Orthopaedics, K. Koenig-Medicine
Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery Resident Journal Club Program
Chang, Ta Yuan-Biochemistry
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Cell Mutants Defective in Cholesterol Ester Formation
Dade, William-Earth Sciences, B. Roisin-Engineering Sciences
University of Maryland
Rotorcraft Brownout: Revolutionary Concepts in Understanding, Control, and Mitigation
5-Month Award
Demars, Leslie-Obstetrics and Gynecology
GlaxoSmithKline
A Phase III, Double-Blind, Randomized Controlled, Multicenter Study to Evaluate the Efficacy of GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals. HPV-16/18 VLP/AS04 Vaccine
3-Year Award
Demidenko, Eugene-Community and Family Medicine, R. Alexander-Radiology, A. Borsic, A. Hartov and K. Paulsen-Engineering Sciences
National Cancer Institute
Breast Cancer Detection Using Electrical Impedance Measurements
deMuinck, Ebo-Medicine
University of CT Health Center
Angiogenesis in Diseased Model
Denton, Richard-Physics and Astronomy
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Investigation of Magnetic Reconnection Geometry and Other Applications Involving Multiple Spacecraft
Dmitrovsky, Ethan-Pharmacology and Toxicology
Merck and Company
Vorinostat for Lung Cancer
2-Year Award
Frank, Elaine-Pediatrics
Harvard University
An Online Version of CALM
Friedland, Andrew-Environmental Studies
University of New Hampshire
Carbon Benefits of Fuel Switching from Oil to Wood Across the Northern Forest
2-Year Award
Gougelet, Robert-Medicine
State of Vermont
Vermont Public Health Bioterrorism Preparedness Program
6-Month Award
Helisch, Armin-Medicine
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Molecular Analysis of Arteriogenesis
Holmes, Gregory-Medicine
Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy
Reduction in Seizure Susceptibility Through Modification of Extracellular Sialic Acid
Korc, Murray-Medicine
National Cancer Institute
Dysregulation of TGF Beta Action in Pancreatic Cancer
Korc, Murray and S. Gordon-Medicine, G. Tsongalis-Pathology
National Cancer Institute
microRNAs as novel Biomarkers for Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma
Korc, Murray-Medicine
Wayne State University
A Novel and Targeted Approach to Inhibit Invasion and Angiogenesis
Kotz, David-Computer Science
National Science Foundation
CT-ISG: Dartmouth Trace Sanitization Framework
2-Year Award
Llewellyn-Thomas, Hilary-Community and Family Medicine
Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making
Health Decision Resource
Lusardi, Annamaria-Economics
FINRA Investor Education Foundation
The Importance of Being Financially Literate: Evidence and Implications for Financial Education Programs
2-Year Award
Lynd, Lee and T. Gerngross-Engineering Sciences
Mascoma Corporation
Bioenergy Science Center
4-year Award
Martin, Kathleen-Surgery, Z. Zhuang-Medicine
Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute
Effects of Secondhand Cigarette Smoke Exposure on Adiponectin, mTOR, and Vascular Disease
Millan, Robyn and M. Hudson-Physics and Astronomy
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Balloon Array for Monitoring Relativistic Electron Losses during the RBSP Mission
5-Month Award
Millan, Robyn-Physics and Astronomy
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Investigating EMIC Waves as a Precipitation Mechanism for Relativistic Electrons
Nattie, Eugene, D. Bartlett, J. Daubenspeck, J. Leiter and A. Li-Physiology, R. Darnall-Pediatrics
Children's Hospital Boston
Ventral Medulla and SIDS
Norris, L Frances-Psychiatry
University of Maryland
Quantitative Index of the Public Health Impacts of Terrorism
Palumbo, Paul-Medicine
Social and Scientific Systems Inc
International Maternal Pediatric Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials Group
Phan, Minh-Engineering Sciences
Department of Defense, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Lab
Looking For Spatial Anomalies from Acoustic and Seismic Data
Ray, Laura-Engineering Sciences
Department of Defense, Air Force Office of Scientific Research
Distributed Beamforming with Wireless Sensor Networks for Remote Auditory Presence
3-year Award
Sargent, James-Pediatrics, E. Berke-Community and Family Medicine, M. Gerrard-Psychiatry, F. Gibbons-Psychological and Brain Sciences
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Media Influences on Early Onset Alcohol Use
Sentman, Charles-Microbiology and Immunology
National Cancer Institute
Chimeric NKG2D Receptors in Ovarian Cancer Immunotherapy
Simons, Michael-Medicine
MedStar Research Institute
Collaterals in Aging: Enhanced by Genetic/Cell Therapy
Slone, Laurie and M. Friedman-Psychiatry
Department of Defense, U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command
Military, Family, and Community Networks Helping with Reintegration
2-Year Award
Smith, Elizabeth-Biological Sciences
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Calcium Regulation of Flagellar Motility
Sneddon, Christopher-Geography
National Science Foundation
The Globalization of Dams: The United States, The Third World, and the Geopolitics of Development, 1935-1975
2-Year Award
St Germain, Donald, A. Hernandez and E. deMuinck-Medicine, V. Galton-Physiology
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Impact of Nutrition and Illness on Thyroid Homeostasis
Stanton, Bruce-Physiology
National Center for Research Resources
Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Lung Disease
Sullivan, Charles-Engineering Sciences
Enphase Energy
Transformer Design and Optimization for a High-Efficiency Power Converter
Swartz, Harold-Radiology
National Institutes of Health
BioDose-08 Conference
Taylor, Ronald-Microbiology and Immunology
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Host-Microbe Interactions
Uranga, Rebecca S.-Obstetrics and Gynecology
Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making
Creation and Implementation of a Decision Aid to Support Patients Making Prenatal Screening Decisions
Virginia, Ross-Environmental Studies, M. Albert and I. Baker-Engineering Sciences, X. Feng-Earth Sciences, D. Ranco-Native American Studies
National Science Foundation
IGERT: Polar Environmental Change
Vlahovska, Petia-Engineering Sciences
American Chemical Society
Effect of Surfactants on Drop Electrohydrodynamics
2-Year Award
Woloshin, Steven, L. Schwartz and H. Welch-Community and Family Medicine
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Drug Facts Box
Zayfert, Claudia-Psychiatry
Department of Defense, Army Medical Research and Development
Computer-Guided Prolonged Exposure Therapy for PTSD
Zubkoff, Michael, D. Eubank and L. Kazal-Community and Family Medicine, W.B. Brooks-Medicine
Bureau of Health Professions
Academic Administrative Units in Primary Care
Award commitment from the sponsoring agency is for a single year unless otherwise indicated.
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