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Research Awards

Dartmouth researchers were awarded $16.9 million during April, including $9.2 million in new and competing awards. Among the recipients of recent new and competing grants, as reported by the Office of Sponsored Projects:

Becker, Deborah, S. McGurk - Psychiatry
University of California, San Diego
Cognitive Training to Improve Work Outcomes in SMI

Brinckerhoff, Constance - Medicine
National Cancer Institute
Invasive Behavior of Tumor Cells Producing Collagenase-1
9-Month Award

Bzik, David, B. Fox - Microbiology and Immunology
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
T.Gondii: A Pyrimidine Synthesis as a Chemo Target

Demars, Leslie - Obstetrics and Gynecology
GlaxoSmithKline
A Phase III Double Blind Randomized Controlled Study to Evaluate the Safety, Immunogenicity and Efficacy of Glaxosmithkline Biologicals HPV16-18 AS04 Vaccine Administers Intramuscularly According to the Three Dose Schedule in Healthy Adult Female Subjects Aged 26 Users and Above
1.3-Year Award

Dunlap, Jay - Genetics,
J. Loros - Biochemistry
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Functional Analysis of a Model Filamentous Fungus (NIGMS Program Project)

Fahey, John - Physiology
Gates Foundation
Prevent HIV Infection by Naturally Occurring Antivirals

Ferron, Joelle - Community & Family Medicine
Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making
A Smoking Cessation Decision Aid for People with Serious Mental Illness

Gautier, Marc - Medicine
Celator Pharmaceuticals, Inc
Phase II B Multicenter, Randomized Open Label Trial of CPX-351 (Cytarabine: Danorubicin) Liposome Injection vs Cytarabine and Daunorubicin in Patients with Untreated AML 60-75 Years of Age
2-Year Award

Guerinot, Mary Lou - Biological Sciences
National Science Foundation
Pan American Plant Membrane Biology Workshop

Hegel, Mark - Psychiatry
Cancer and Leukemia Group B Foundation
Breast Cancer Behavior Activation

Henderson, Joseph - Community & Family Medicine
National Security Technologies LLC
Virtual Terrorism Response Academy: Updates for Nevada Test Site Training
6-Month Award

Israel, Mark - Norris Cotton Cancer Center,
A. Hartov - Thayer School of Engineering,
D. Jewell - Genetics
National Cancer Institute
Cancer Center Support Grant
7-Month Award

Kauppinen, Risto - Radiology
National Institutes of Health
9.4 Tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scanner

Kim, Hyojung - Biological Sciences
Human Frontier Science Program
Identification of New Signaling Networks Controlled by Two-Component Elements in Arabidopsis

Levin, Daniel - Pediatrics
University of Pittsburgh
Critical Pertussis in US Children

Lynch, Kristina - Physics & Astronomy
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Dartmouth Greencube 2

Merrens, Matthew - Psychiatry
Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene Incoporated
Course Development for NY state DMH and OASAS in the Treatment of Co-occurring Disorders via the Learning Management System of the Evidence Based Practice Technical Assistance Center

Mirza, Sohail - Orthopaedics
Oregon Health Sciences University
Complications of Surgery for Spinal Stenosis: A Clinical Prediction Rule
10-Month Award

Paulsen, Keith, B. Pogue - Thayer School of Engineering
National Institutes of Health
Optical Imaging Fused with Tomosynthesis for Improved Breast Cancer Detection
10-Month Award

Pavcnik, Nina - Economics
World Bank
Export-Led Growth, Business Registration, and Labor Market Informality: Evidence from Policy Changes in Vietnam
4-Month Award

Rigas, James - Medicine
Amgen, Inc.
A Phase 2 Multicenter Open Label Randomized Trial of AMG 706 or Bevacizumab in Combination with Paclitaxel and Carbolatin for Advanced Non-Squamous Non Small Cell Lung Cancer

Rodi, Scott - Medicine
Health Resources and Services Administration
Improving Emergency Care in Northern New England

Schwartz, Gary - Medicine
ImClone Systems Incorporated
A Phase 2 Randomized Multicenter Study of IMC A12 as a Single Agent or in Combination with Antiestrogens in Postmenopausal Women with Hormone Receptor Positive Advanced or Metastatic Breast Cancer After Progression on Antiestrogen Therapy
3-Year Award
and
Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
A Phase 1/2 Study of HKI 272 in Combination with Vinorelbine in Subjects with Solid Tumors and Metastic Breast Cancer
2-Year Award

Sullivan, Charles - Thayer School Administration
Power Sources Manufacturers Association
Switching Power Converter Core Loss Pilot Project
2-Month Award

Sutherland, Jason - Center for Evaluative Clinical Studies
State of Vermont
Vermont Data Analysis Project
2-Year Award

Weinstein, James - Orthopaedics
National Inst. of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Dis
Orthopaedic Resident Clinician/Researcher Program

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