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

Gunzl, A., Genetics & Developmental Biology
Multifunctional Class I Transcription in T. Brucei
National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases, $333,000, 1/09-12/10

Maulik, N., Surgery
Angiogenesis in Diseased Models
National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute, $350,153, 1/08-12/10

McCullough, L., Neuroscience
Gender Differences in Ischemic Cell Death
National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke, $29,138, 1/07-11/10

Peluso, J., Cell Biology
PGRMC1 Function in Female Reproductive Physiology
National Center for Research Resources, $164,226, 1/10-12/10

Radolf, J., Medicine
Treponema Pallidum Outer Membrane Proteins and Transition Metal Acquisition
National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases, $443,005, 1/08-12/10

Setlow, P., Molecular, Microbial, & Structural Biology
Mechanisms of Killing & Resistance to Wet Heat of Spores of Bacillus
U.S. Army, $98,570, 7/07-6/10

Setlow, P., Molecular, Microbial, & Structural Biology
Mechanisms of Bacterial Spore Germination and Its Heterogeneity
U.S. Army, $1,250,000, 7/09-10/10

Weller, S., Molecular, Microbial, & Structural Biology
Role of Viral and Cellular Recombination Proteins in HSV DNA Replication
National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases, $253,759, 1/06-12/10

Yu, J., Center for Cell Analysis
Bacterial Cytoskeletal Structures and Dynamics at Single Molecule Level
National Institute of General Medical Sciences, $272,971, 1/09-12/10

Private Grants

Albertsen, P., Surgery
Selenium & Vitamin E Chemoprevention Trial HHS 80003
University of Texas, $2,200, 9/01-5/13

Albertsen, P., Surgery
Race, Comorbidity, and Long-Term Prostate Cancer Outcomes
*Vanderbilt University, $34,483, 8/09-7/10

Bailit, H., Community Medicine & Health Care
Pipeline, Profession and Practice: Community-Based Dental Education
Hospital for Special Care, $79,930, 8/07-7/10

Bailit, H., Community Medicine & Health Care
California Pipeline Phase II Grant
University of the Pacific, $83,000, 9/07-6/10

Bailit, H., Community Medicine & Health Care
Impact of Community-Based Dental Education on Dental School Finances
Hospital for Special Care, $81,215, 12/08-12/09

Bansal, R., Neuroscience
FGF Receptor Function in Myelination & Disease
National Multiple Sclerosis Society, $29,219, 4/08-3/11

Bona, R., Medicine
New England Comprehensive Hemophilia Center (MCHB Project)
*University of Massachusetts, $36,502, 6/09-5/10

Chandawarkar, R., Surgery
Improving Patient Communication Skills Amongst Surgical Residents
Picker Institute, $24,750, 1/10-12/10

Chhabra, A., Medicine
Isolating a High Avidity Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer Alliance, $62,500, 1/09-12/09

Ferrer, F., Pediatrics
Solid Tumor Research – Seraph 2006
Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, $98,200, 10/06-10/10

Fifield, J., Ethel Donaghue TRIPP Center
Developing A Center for Translational Health Services Research
Donaghue Foundation, $295,954, 7/06-6/11

Fifield, J., Ethel Donaghue TRIPP Center
The Church-Based Diabetes and Translation Study-2 Supplement
*Mercer University, $63,751, 8/09-5/10

Graveley, B., Genetics & Developmental Biology
Comprehensive Characterization of the Drosophila Transcriptome
*University of California at Berkeley, $314,100, 4/07-3/10

Guha, A., Immunology
Ayurveda: The Whole Medical System
H. Rauter GMBH & Co KG, $4,000, 1/07-7/09

Jiang, J., Oral Health & Diagnostic Sciences
Porphyromonas Gingivalis
American Association for Endodontists Foundation, $7,000, 1/10-12/10

Kenny, A., Center on Aging
Impact of a Protein Supplement on Bone Mass in Older Women
*Yale University, $97,922, 9/06-8/10

Khan, Y., Orthopedics
Functionalizing Allografts with Polymer-Based Bioactive Coatings
Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation,$100,000, 1/10-12/10

Kranzler, H., Psychiatry
Genetics of Alcohol Dependence in African-Americans
*Yale University, $155,669, 9/09-8/10

Kuhn, L., Reconstructive Sciences
Protein-Modified Hydrogels for Expansion of Human Embryonic Stem Cells
*Glycosan Biosystems Inc., $34,088, 9/09-8/10

Li, X., Neuroscience
The Generation of Nociceptor Positive Neurons
Pfizer Inc., $50,000, 12/09-12/10

Lieberman, J., Orthopedics
Progenitor Cell Response to Bone Graft Substitutes in Bone Repair
Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation, $100,000, 1/10-12/10

Oo, M., Center for Vascular Biology
Mechanisms of S1P Receptor Degradation and Vascular Instability
American Heart Association, $3,917, 7/08-6/09

Petry, N., The Pat & Jim Calhoun Cardiology Center
Contingency Management & Pharmacotherapy for Smoking Cessation
Donaghue Foundation, $29,129, 1/08-12/10

Petry, N., The Pat & Jim Calhoun Cardiology Center
Psychotherapy Development Research Center
*Yale University, $425,018, 7/09-6/10

Puddington, L., Immunology
Antigen Acquired from Breast Milk Induces Mucosal Reg T Cells REF#1997
Crohns & Colitis Foundation of America, $128,700, 1/08-12/10

Salazar, J., Pediatrics
CT AIDS Demonstration Project-Ryan White
*Community Health Center Association of Connecticut, $77,500, 8/09-1/10

Smilowitz, H., Cell Biology
Molecular Mammography of HER2 Cancers Using Gold Nanoparticles
*Nanoprobes Inc., $30,963, 9/09-8/10

Tennen, H., Community Medicine & Health Care
Alcohol Use in College Students: Cognition and fMRI
*Yale University, $78,717, 9/08-8/10

Winokur, A., Psychiatry
NTRTC Clinical Trial
Unspecified Mixed Sources, $2,000, 4/05-12/10

Wolgemuth, C., Cell Biology
Center for Cancer Physics
*Johns Hopkins University, $72,932, 9/09-7/10

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