Recapping the quarters beginning October 1, 2019 through March 31, 2020, the UConn School of Pharmacy congratulates the following Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacy Practice faculty and their teams for their research grant awards* totaling $6,002,715 :
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences:
Robin H. Bogner, Ph.D.
MedImmune
Identifying the Causes for Long Reconstitution Times: Phase III. Exploring the effect of freezing protocol on the porous structure and Tg’ of lyophilized formulations
10/08/2019 $400,000
Xiuling Lu, Ph.D.
DHHS/NIH/National Cancer Institute/NAMI Therapeutics
Nanoparticle-Based Intraperitoneal Delivery of Combined Chemo-Brachytherapy Corp for Treatment of Ovarian Cancer Metastases
12/03/2019 $135,643
Xiuling Lu, Ph.D.
DHHS/NIH/National Institute on Drug Abuse/Virginia Commonwealth
Novel LAAM Formulations to Treat Opioid Use Disorder
12/04/2019 $443,068
Diane J. Burgess, Ph.D.
DHHS/FDA/Food and Drug Administration/DigiM
Microstructure characterization with micro-imaging and image-based analytics: a Solution new tool to characterize complex polymer-based long acting drug products
12/06/2019 $210,001
Raman Bahal, Ph.D.
DHHS/NIH/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Developing next generation synthetic nucleic acid analogous for sickle cell disease
12/09/2019 $2,000,300
Diane J. Burgess, Ph.D.
W. L. Gore & Associates
Investigation of Obstruction of Catheters Used for Intraperitoneal Insulin Delivery
01/20/2020 $214,500
Brian J. Aneskievich, Ph.D.
DOD/Department of Defense
Cytoplasmic Suppression of Inflammatory Signaling
01/22/2020 $322,000
Matthew Kyle Hadden, Ph.D.
DHHS/NIH/National Cancer Institute/University of Massachusetts Medical School
Targeting replication stress avoidance in cancer
03/07/2020 $75,438
Dennis Wright, Ph.D.
DHHS/NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/University of Connecticut Health Center Genetics of HSV DNA Replication
03/13/2020 $1,028,525
Diane J. Burgess, Ph.D.
DHHS/FDA/Food and Drug Administration
Impact of Polymer Attributes on the Performance of In Situ Forming Implants
03/24/2020 $973,184
Department of Pharmacy Practice:
Craig Coleman, Pharm.D.
Portola Pharmaceuticals/Hartford Hospital Comparative Effectiveness and Safety of Andexanet Alfa and Four-Factor Prothrombin Eomplex Concentrate in the Management of Oral Factor Xa Inhibitor-Associated Intracranial Hemorrhage: A Pilot Study
12/04/2019 $138,022
Nathaniel M. Rickles, Pharm.D., Ph.D.
DHHS/SAMHSA/Substance Abuse and Mental Health Academic Detailing on Opioid Safety in CT Services Administration/CT Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services
12/19/2019 $62,034
* Grant awards listed in the OVPR Quarterly Reports are those reported as fully executed.
