Health Center Grants, November 2009


The following grants were received through the UConn Health Center’s Office of Research Administration and Finance in November 2009. 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

Ford, J., Psychiatry
Breaking the Cycle of Behavioral Problems and Crime Project: PTSD Treatment
U.S. Department of Justice, $750,000, 10/09-9/11

Private Grants

Adams, D., Orthopedics
Repair of Critical-Sized Defects Using Kryptonite Bone Void Filler
Doctors Research Group, $30,430, 10/09-05/10

Albertsen, P., Surgery
Selenium & Vitamin E ChemopreventionTrial DHHS 80003
University of Texas, $4,680, 9/01-5/13

Beaurivage, J., Student Affairs
Graduation Ceremony Fund
The Arnold P. Gold Foundation, $2,000, 11/09-12/10

Bona, R., Medicine
Prevention of the Complications of Bleeding Disorders – CDC
*Worcester Memorial Hospital, $38,963, 9/09-9/10

Dadras, S., Genetics & Developmental Biology
Investigating the Role of Small Ribonucleic Acids (RNAS)
Melanoma Research Foundation, $89,582, 1/09-12/10

Felice, K., Neurology
MDA-Sponsored Clinic
Johns Hopkins University, $645, 1/93-12/09

Guha, A., Immunology
Ayurveda:The Whole Medical System
H. Rauter GMBH & Co., KG, $5,000, 1/07-7/09

Kream, B., Medicine
Chromosome 10 QTL Associated with IGF-1 and Bone Mass
*Maine Medical Center, $146,000, 9/09-9/10

Lorenzo, J., Medicine
The Rankl Axis in the Osteoimmune System
*University of Pennsylvania, $74,000, 9/08-7/10

Pachter, J., Center for Vascular Biology
Brain Regional Angiogenic Potential in the Aging Cerebral Microvasculature
National Institute of Child Health & Human Development, $5,250, 7/08-6/09

Robison, J., Center on Aging
CMS/Systems Transformation
University of Massachusetts, $15,000, 9/09-9/10

Schenck, P., Medicine
CCMC-Neighborhood Healthy Homes Project HUD Award CTLHH0174-08
*Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, $80,223, 7/09-6/11

Wagner, J., Oral Health & Diagnostic Sciences
Lifetime History of Major Depressive Disorder & Endothelial Function in Postmenopausal Women
American Heart Association, $65,000, 7/05-6/10

State Grants

Ford, J., Psychiatry
Trauma Clinic for Emily J Targeted Children
Connecticut Department of Children & Families, $257,703, 7/09-6/11

Ford, J., Psychiatry
Behavioral Health Response
Connecticut Mental Health Addiction Services, $25,000, 8/09-11/09

Gregorio, D., Community Medicine & Health Care
Project Area #1: H1N1 Influenza Surveillance Activities
* Connecticut Department of Public Health, $77,880, 11/09-12/10

Gregorio, D., Community Medicine & Health Care
Project Area #2: Connecticut Emerging Infections Program Active Bacterial Core Project
* Connecticut Department of Public Health, $44,562, 11/09-12/10

Lalande, M., Genetics & Developmental Biology
High Throughput Screening Resources for 400 Farmington Avenue
*UConn-Storrs, $111,566, 9/09-9/10

Liang, B., The Pat & Jim Calhoun Cardiology Center
Biomechanical Study of Host Tissue-Implant Interactions
*UConn-Storrs, $76,680, 7/09-2/11

Rosengren, S., Genetics & Developmental Biology
Genetics Screening Program
Connecticut Department of Public Health, $197,582, 7/09-6/10

* Denotes federal funds that are awarded to other institutions and ‘passed through’ to the UConn Health Center.