Health Center Grants, November 2010
The following grants were received through the UConn Health Center’s Office of Research Administration and Finance in November 2010. The list represents new awards as well as continuations. The list of grants is supplied to UConn Today by the Office of Research Administration and Finance.
Federal Grants
Hawke, J., Psychiatry
Voices: An Evaluation of Gender Responsive Treatment for Girls
US Department of Justice, $316,078,10/10-9/13
Hewett, S., Neuroscience
Excitotoxicity and Inflammation
National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke, $369,937, 1/09-12/11
Sarfarazi, M., Surgery
Molecular Genetics of Primary Congenital Glaucoma
National Eye Institute, $558,333, 8/06-7/11
Setlow, P., Molecular, Microbial & Structural Biology
Mechanisms of Bacterial Spore Germination and Its Heterogeneity
U.S.Army, $40,946, 7/09-10/10
Private Grants
Agresta, T., Ethel Donaghue TRIPP Center
HIT Extension Center Educational Core Services-ARRA 90RC005301
*EHealth Connecticut, Inc., $222,465, 11/10-4/12
Alessi, S., Pat and Jim Calhoun Cardiology Center
Estimating the Price Elasticities of Demand for Illicit Drugs (E20014A)
*George Mason University, $159,231, 9/09-8/11
Avelar, E., Pat and Jim Calhoun Cardiology Center
Utility of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging (CMR) Serum Caspases
McPhee Foundation, $10,000, 9/10-9/11
Dieckhaus, K., Medicine
New England AIDS Education and Training Center
*University of Massachusetts, $6,500, 7/10-12/10
Dunham Ems, S., Medicine
Identification of rpoS-dependent Genes Required for Dissemination of Borrelia
*Harvard University, $94,314, 6/10-5/11
Fifield, J.,Ethel Donaghue TRIPP Center
Developing a Center for Translational Health Services Research
Donaghue Foundation, $301,237, 7/06-6/11
Gregorio, D., Community Medicine & Health
Local Response to Public Health Funding Reductions
University of Arkansas, $25,000, 8/10-10/10
Loew, L., Center for Cell Analysis
CNS Development Probed by Random Access Non-Linear Optical Electrophysiology
Human Frontier Science Program Organization, $116,666, 9/09-8/11
Loew, L., Center for Cell Analysis
Dynamic Analysis of RHO GT Phase-RHOGDI Cycling – ARRA (1R01HL097431-01A2)
*Scripps Research Insititute, $76,500, 9/10-8/11
Odesina, V., Community Medicine & Health
Integrative Community-Based Chronic Disease Management for Adults with Sickle Cell Disease
*University of New Hampshire, $15,000, 7/10-6/11
Runowicz, C., Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center
Montefiore Co-op Group
*Montefiore Medical Center, $27,650,1/10-6/11
Setlow, P. Molecular, Microbial & Structural Biology
Inactivation/Spores Bacillus Spec Wet Heat Lazer Tweezers Taman Spectropsopy
*Eastern Carolina State University, $30,261,11/08-10/11
Shugrue, N., Center on Aging
Self-Directed Support Services Program/Community Living Consultant/Support Broker Demonstration
Connecticut Community Care, Inc.,$10,000,10/10-10/11
Srivastava, P., Immunology
Genomics-Driven Identification of True-Specific Antigens & Their Use
Cancer Research Institute, $216,400, 2/10-1/12
Stevens, R., Community Medicine & Health
Can Shift-Work Shift Epigenetic Changes?
*Yale University, $15,849, 7/10-6/11
Tennen, H., Community Medicine & Health
Alcohol Use in College Students: Cognition and fMRI
*Yale University, $78,552, 9/09-8/11
Wolf, J., Orthopedics
Sterling Bunnell Traveling Fellowship
Americian Society for Surgery of the Hand, $15,000, 10/10-12/11
State Grants
Liang, B., Pat and Jim Calhoun Cardiology Center
Arrhythmia Program Support
UConn Foundation, $23,650, 10/5-12/10
Pesanti, E., MHCS-Administration
Tuberculosis Prevention and Control in Connecticut State Correctional Facilities
CT Department of Public Health, $70,000, 1/11-12/11
Tikoo, M., Community Medicine & Health
Evaluation for Health Information Technology and Exchange Cooperative Agreement
*CT Department of Public Health, $65,057. 7/10-3/11
*Denotes Federal Funds which are awarded to other institutions and ‘passed through’ to UCHC
