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Research Awards

Dartmouth researchers were awarded $31.7 million during September, including $14.6 million in new and competing awards. Among the recipients of recent new and competing grants, as reported by the Office of Sponsored Projects:

Albert, Daniel—Medicine
Veterans Administration
IPA Carolyn Bond Tom Taylor Clinical Trials

Austin, Martha—Institute for Information Infrastructure Protection
National Science Foundation
Secure Systems Engineering Grand Challenge Problem Workshop

Baker, Ian—Thayer School of Engineering
American Chemical Society
Novel High-Temperature Austenitic Alloys for Energy Conversion Applications
3-Year Award
and
National Science Foundation
Microstructure and Mechanical Behavior of Fe-Ni-Mn-Al Eutectic Alloys
3-Year Award

Bakitas, Marie, I. Byock, M. Yeager—Anesthesiology, K. Lyons—Psychiatry
National Institute of Nursing Research
Early vs. Later Palliative Cancer Care: Clinical and Biobehavioral Effects
3-Year Award

Barry, Elizabeth—Community and Family Medicine
Hutchinson Cancer Center
Aspirin Pharmacogenetics in the Aspirin/Folate Polyp Prevention Trial

Bodwell, Jack, C. Wira—Physiology
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Hormone Regulation of Human Anti-HIV Molecules in the Female Reproductive Tract

Brakenridge, G Robert—Geography
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Automated Flood Detection and Mapping

Brown, Jeremiah—Community and Family Medicine
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Patient Safety and Acute Kidney Injury
5-year Award

Chakrabarti, Amit—Computer Science
National Science Foundation
DC: Small: Data Streaming through a Complexity-Theoretic Lens
3-Year Award

Conejo-Garcia, Jose—Microbiology and Immunology
Celdara Medical, LLC
Myocardial Infarction Therapeutics

Connor, Ruth, S. Asin, A. Howell—Microbiology and Immunology
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Lactobacilli as a Source of Natural Microbicides Against HIV-1

Denton, Richard—Physics and Astronomy
National Science Foundation
Magnetospheric Electron Density

Drake, Robert—Psychiatry, D. Becker—Community and Family Medicine
Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene Incorporated
Recovery After an Initial Schizophrenic Episode (RAISE)
2-Year Award

Dunlap, Jay—Genetics
Battelle Memorial Institute
Knockout Cassettes
16-Month Award

Fanciullo, Gilbert, J. Cravero—Anesthesiology
Psychological Applications
Children's Computer Assessment of Pain and Mood
2-Year Award

Green, Alan—Psychiatry
Augusta Mental Health Institute
Psychiatric Staffing

Green, Alan, M. Brunette—Psychiatry
Fast-Track Drugs and Biologics, LLC
Efficacy of Levetiracetam Extended Release in Very Heavy Drinkers

Green, Alan, R. Drake—Psychiatry
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Scientific Conference: Schizophrenia and Co-occurring Alcohol Use Disorder

Guerinot, Mary Lou—Biological Sciences
Department of Energy
From The Soil To The Seed: Metal Transport and Homeostasis in Arabidopsis
2-Year Award

Halter, Ryan, A. Hartov, K. Paulsen—Thayer School of Engineering, J. Heaney, J. Seigne—Surgery, A. Schned—Pathology
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
Electrical Property Based Image-guided Prostate Biopsy

Hawley, Robert—Earth Sciences
National Science Foundation
Understanding the Physical Properties of Northern Greenland Near-Surface Snow: A Spatial Variability Study
3-Year Award

Korc, Murray—Medicine
Veterans Administration
Lihui Zhong Veterans Administration IPA

Korc, Murray—Medicine
Veterans Administration
Keyes, Lauren IPA Brooks Robey
4-Month Award
and
Petrella, Brenda IPA Vincenti Matt
8-Month Award
and
IPA Dave Armstrong Vincenti Laboratory
and
IPA Jennifer Bean Matt Vincenti VA Laboratory

Kress, Brian—Physics and Astronomy
National Science Foundation
Solar Energetic Particles in Geospace: Numerical Model Development and Validation
3-Year Award

Leib, David—Microbiology and Immunology
National Eye Institute
Viral and Host Factors in Herpetic Reactivation

Lurie, Jon—The Dartmouth Inst. for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, K. Dolkart—Medicine
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Randomized ActiveStep Comparative Effectiveness Trial
10-Month Award

Madden, Dean—Biochemistry
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Small-Molecule Targeting of CFTR:PDZ Trafficking Interactions.

McGowan, Margit—Medicine
Amgen, Inc.
A Phase 2, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Study Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of FOLFIRI in Combination with AMG 479 or AMG 655 vs FOLFORI for the Second-line Treatment of Kras-Mutant Metastatic Colorectal Carcinoma.
4-Year Award

Miller, Stephanie—Pediatrics
University of New Hampshire
Development and Initiation of a New England Birth Defects Consortium

Mirza, Sohail, J. Weinstein—Orthopaedics, E. Fisher, J. Lurie, A. Tosteson—Medicine, T.D. Tosteson—Community and Family Medicine
National Institute on Aging
Variation in Safety of Back Pain-Related Surgery

Nichols, Ralph—Medicine
Collaborative Medical Research Corporation
JPA Huaijin Liu
3-Month Award

O'Connor, Gerald—Medicine
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Cystic Fibrosis National Program
and
CF Patient Registry

Olson, Ardis—Pediatrics
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Healthy Teens TXT ME; IT to change teen health risk behaviors

Renshaw, Carl—Earth Sciences, E. Schulson—Thayer School of Engineering
National Science Foundation
Faulting Under High Confinement: Experimental Investigation and Model Development
3-Year Award

Rosenberg, Stanley, M. Jankowski, R. Racusin, J. Vance—Psychiatry
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
The New Hampshire Project for Adolescent Trauma Treatment (PATT)

Samaha, Debra—Pediatrics
State of New Hampshire, Highway Safety Agency
Statewide CPS Program

Santos, Eugene—Thayer School of Engineering
Dept. of Defense, Air Force Office of Scientific Research
Modeling the Processes and Factors Underlying Changes in Opinions and Behavior
3-Year Award

Schaller, George—Biological Sciences
Department of Energy
Post-Transcriptional Regulation of Ethelene Perception and Signaling in Arabidopsis

Schulson, Erland—Thayer School of Engineering
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Frictional Sliding of Cold ice: Measurements of a Mechanical Process Fundamental to Tectonic Activity on Icy Satellites
3-Year Award

Schwartz, Lisa—Community and Family Medicine
Veterans Administration
VA Outcomes Project Coordinator

Stan, Radu—Pathology
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Structure and Function of Endothelial Fenestrae

Stecker, Tracy—Community and Family Medicine
Veterans Administration
IPA FY10: National Center for Patient Safety

Stern, Judy—Obstetrics and Gynecology
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Development of an Infertility Family Research Registry (IFRR)

Taylor, Stephen—Thayer School of Engineering
Dept. of Defense, Advanced Research Projects Agency
Attacking Time

Tosteson, Anna—Medicine
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Comparative Effectiveness of Treatments for Degenerative Spine Disease
10-Month Award

Tosteson, Anna—Medicine, W. Black—Radiology, D. Goodman—Pediatrics, T. Onega, J. Rees, T.D. Tosteson—Community and Family Medicine, J. Sutherland—Center for Evaluative Clinical Studies
National Cancer Institute
ARRA: Comparative Effectiveness of Advanced Imaging in Cancer

Tosteson, Anna, T. Onega—Community and Family Medicine
University of Washington
Accuracy of Breast Pathology and the Impact of Technology and Double Reading

Wira, Charles—Physiology
Women and Infants Hospital
The Role of Mucosal Immunity in Risk of HIV Acquisition During Pregnancy.

Yeh, Hermes—Physiology
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Recruiting Faculty in Neurophysiology of Channels, Synapses and Circuits Research

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