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

Carmichael, G., Genetics & Developmental Biology
Gene Regulation Via Nuclear Retention of DSRNA’s
NSF, Behavioral & Natural Sciences, $571,476, 9/09-8/13

Das, D., Surgery
Transgenic Knockout Animals in Myocardial Preservation
National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute, $333,000, 12/08-11/10

Fortinsky, R., Center on Aging
Proactive Primary Dementia Care
National Institute of Nursing Research, $15,977, 7/09-6/10

Gryk, M., Molecular, Microbial & Structural Biology
CONNJUR: A Software Integration Platform for Biomolecular NMR Spectroscopy
National Institute of General Medical Sciences, $269,934, 12/08-11/10

Lefrancois, L., Immunology
CD8 T Cell Activation and a Migration In Vivo
National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases, $333,000, 12/07-11/10

Lefrancois, L., Immunology
T Cell Response to Listeria Monocytogenes Infection
National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases, $333,000, 12/08-11/10

McCullough, L., Neuroscience
Gender Differences in Ischemic Cell Death
National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke, $291,375, 1/07-11/10

Rodionov, V., Cell Biology
Regulation of Intracellular Transport
National Institute of General Medical Sciences, $253,080, 12/06-11/10

Wang, Z., Neuroscience
Molecular Bases of BK Channel Function & Localization
National Institute of Mental Health, $306,834, 12/09-11/10

Private Grants

Albertsen, P., Surgery
Selenium and Vitamin E Chemoprevention Trial DHHS 80003
University of Texas, $460, 9/01-5/13

Briggs-Gowan, M., Psychiatry
Resilience in Children of HIV+ Mothers
*Yale University, $8,517, 3/06-8/10

Fallahian, S., Surgery
The Selective Radio-Tolerant Properties of Alloderm
Hartford Hospital, $25,000, 7/09-6/10

Hesselbrock, V., Psychiatry
Collaborative Studies on the Genetics of Alcoholism
*SUNY-Brooklyn, $663,463, 9/09-8/10

Pachter, J., Center for Vascular Biology
Brain Regional Angiogenic Potential in the Aging Cerebral Microvasculature
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, $21,000, 7/08-6/10

Pearson, G., Psychiatry
The Journal for Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses
Wiley Periodicals, $16,000, 7/08-12/09

Tennen, H., Community Medicine & Health
Resilience Intervention Study, IVRS Support
*Arizona State University, $22,017, 3/09-8/10

Zhu, Q., Oral Health & Diagnostic Sciences
Induction of Angiogenesis in Tissue-Engineered Injectable Scaffold Designed for Dental Pulp Tissue
American Association for Endodontists Foundation, $13,822, 1/10-12/11

State Grants

Rosenberg, D., Medical Dean’s Office
Identifying Early Clinical and Molecular Markers of Colon Cancer Risk
Connecticut Department of Public Health, $366,589, 7/09-2/11

Wakefield, D., Pediatrics
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education Husky Program
*UConn-Storrs, $7,455, 10/09-9/10

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