The following grants were received through the UConn Health Center\u2019s Office of Research Administration and Finance in July 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.<\/p>\n
<\/strong><\/p>\n Arnold, A., <\/strong>Molecular Medicine Bansal, R.,<\/strong> Neuroscience Barry, D.,<\/strong> The Pat & Jim Calhoun Cardiology Center Bauer, L.,<\/strong> Psychiatry Campagnola, P.,<\/strong> Cell Biology Carson, J.,<\/strong> Center for Cell Analysis Cauley, L.,<\/strong> Immunology Covault, J., <\/strong>Psychiatry Delany, A., <\/strong>Molecular Medicine Dongari, A.,<\/strong> Oral Health & Diagnostic Sciences Frank, M.,<\/strong> Oral Health & Diagnostic Sciences Freilich, M.,<\/strong> Reconstructive Sciences Lefrancois, L.,<\/strong> Immunology Li, Z.,<\/strong> Immunology Mains, R.,<\/strong> Neuroscience Mina, M.,<\/strong> Craniofacial Sciences Morest, D.,<\/strong> Neuroscience Oliver, D.,<\/strong> Neuroscience Petry, N.,<\/strong> The Pat & Jim Calhoun Cardiology Center Pilbeam, C.,<\/strong> Medicine Puddington, L.,<\/strong> Immunology Rogina, B.,<\/strong> Genetics & Developmental Biology Rowe, D.,<\/strong> Reconstructive Sciences Setlow, P.,<\/strong> Molecular, Microbial & Structural Biology Wadhwa, S.,<\/strong> Craniofacial Sciences Yue, L.,<\/strong> The Pat & Jim Calhoun Cardiology Center Adler, A.,<\/strong> Immunology Brenner, B.,<\/strong> Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center Briggs-Gowan, M.,<\/strong> Psychiatry Caron, J.,<\/strong> Cell Biology Dehnel, T.,<\/strong> Pediatrics Felice, K.,<\/strong> Neurology Fifield, J.,<\/strong> Ethel Donaghue TRIPP Center Hawke, J.,<\/strong> Psychiatry Kranzler, H.,<\/strong> Psychiatry McKay, C.,<\/strong> Traumatology & Emergency Medicine Mukherji, B.,<\/strong> Medicine Novitsky, Y.,<\/strong> Surgery Peterson, D.,<\/strong> Medicine Rosengren, S.,<\/strong> Genetics & Developmental Biology Rowe, D.,<\/strong> Reconstructive Sciences Runowicz, C.,<\/strong> Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center Steinberg, K.,<\/strong> Psychiatry Steinberg, K.,<\/strong> Psychiatry Tannenbaum, S.,<\/strong> Medicine Tikoo, M.,<\/strong> Community Medicine & Healthcare Clark-Dufner, P.,<\/strong> Medical Dean\u2019s Office Kuchel, G.,<\/strong> Center on Aging Maye, P.,<\/strong> Reconstructive Sciences *Denotes federal funds that are awarded to other institutions and \u201cpassed through\u201d to the UConn Health Center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The following grants were received through the UConn Health Center\u2019s Office of Research Administration and Finance in July 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 Arnold, A., Molecular Medicine Molecular Pathogenesis of Hyperparathyroidism […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[40],"class_list":["post-5680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-02 19:51:16","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5680"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5680\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36541,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5680\/revisions\/36541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5680"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=5680"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=5680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nMolecular Pathogenesis of Hyperparathyroidism
\n<\/em>National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases, $21,166, 07\/09-06\/10<\/p>\n
\nFGF Receptors in Myelin Function and Disease
\n<\/em>National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke, $323,750, 07\/08-06\/10 <\/em><\/p>\n
\nContingency Management for Promoting Weight Loss in University Students
\n<\/em>National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute, $241,478 , 07\/09-05\/10<\/p>\n
\nGenetic Versus Phenotypic Markers of Relapse Risk
\n<\/em>National Institute on Drug Abuse, $331,790, 07\/05-06\/10<\/p>\n
\nOptical Imaging of Studies of Ovarian Epithileal Cell Migration & Invasion Using Microfabricated Models<\/em>
\nNSF, Behavioral & Natural Sciences, $559,997, 07\/09-06\/12<\/p>\n
\nRNA Trafficking in Neural Cells
\n<\/em>National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke, $296,000, 07\/08-06\/10<\/p>\n
\nAntigen Presentation After Influenza Virus Infection
\n<\/em>National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases, $36,297, 04\/07-03\/10<\/p>\n
\nPharmacogenetics of Alcohol \u2013 Treatment Implications
\n<\/em>National Institute of Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism, $414,179, 07\/-06-06\/10<\/p>\n
\nFunction and Regulation of Osteonectin in Bone
\n<\/em>National Institute of Arthritis & Musculoskeletal & Skin Diseases, $334,851, 08\/09-06\/10<\/p>\n
\nOral Epithelial Cells, Candida and PMN Activation
\n<\/em>National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research, $506,848, 07\/08-06\/10<\/p>\n
\nPeripheral Gustatory Processing
\n<\/em>National Institute on Deafness & Other Communication Disorders, $440,905, 07\/08-06\/10<\/p>\n
\nOsteoporosis and Bone Augmentation Implant Outcomes: An Observational Study
\n<\/em>National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research, $434,758, 09\/06-06\/10<\/p>\n
\nRole of CD11c in CD8 T Cell Response to Infection
\n<\/em>National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases, $46,726, 02\/08-01\/10<\/p>\n
\nRoles and Mechanisms of GP96 in Chaperoning Innate Immunity
\n<\/em>National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke, $36,297, 04\/07-03\/10<\/p>\n
\nDissecting the Role of One Neuronal Rho-GEF Amongst Many: the Kalirin-7 Null Mouse
\n<\/em>National Institute on Drug Abuse, $333,000, 09\/08-06\/10<\/p>\n
\nAnalysis of GFP Transgenes in Odontoblast Differentation
\n<\/em>National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research, $344,658, 07\/06-06\/10<\/p>\n
\nAnatomy of the Auditory System
\n<\/em>National Institute on Deafness & Other Communications Disorders, $301,411, 07\/06-06\/10<\/p>\n
\nSynaptic Organization of the Auditory System
\n<\/em>National Institute on Deafness & Other Communications Disorders, $445,073, 07\/09-06\/10<\/p>\n
\nHealthy Activities for Prize Incentives
\n<\/em>National Institute on Drug Abuse, $334,313, 06\/08-04\/10<\/p>\n
\nMechanical Loading of Bone and Prostaglandins
\n<\/em>National Institute of Arthritis & Musculoskeletal & Skin Diseases, $309,835, 07\/06-06\/10<\/p>\n
\nMaternal Transfer of Protection from Allergic Gastrointestinal Disease
\n<\/em>National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases, $185,000, 06\/08-06\/10<\/p>\n
\nMolecular Genetics of Caloric Restriction in Aging Flies
\n<\/em>National Institute on Aging, $11,383, 02\/04-01\/10<\/p>\n
\nAssessing Lineage Decisions of Musculoskeletal Progenitor Cells With Aging
\n<\/em>National Institute of Arthritis & Musculoskeletal & Skin Diseases, $371,801, 09\/06-06\/10<\/p>\n
\nMechanisms of Bacterial Spore Germination and its Heterogeneity
\n<\/em>U.S. Army, $520,833, 07\/09-10\/09<\/p>\n
\nAccelerated Osteoarthritis in the TMJ of Biglycan\/Fibromodulin DKO Mice
\n<\/em>National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research, $135,000, 07\/06-06\/10<\/p>\n
\nCA2+ Signaling Mechanisms in Cardiac Fibrosis
\n<\/em>National Heart, Lung &\u00a0 Blood Institute, $288,436, 07\/09-06\/11<\/p>\nPrivate Grants<\/h3>\n
\n*Tick Polarized T-Cell Responses and Borrelia Infection
\n<\/em>University of Texas, $90,280, 09\/08-01\/10<\/p>\n
\nNSABP Breast and Bowel Cancer Treatment DHHS BC0107-185
\n<\/em>National Surgical Adjuvant Breast & Bowel Project, $350, 02\/97-01\/10<\/p>\n
\n*Observational Measurement of\u00a0 Preschool Behavior Problem. DHHS MH68455
\n<\/em>University of Illinois, $15,435, 03\/06-01\/10<\/p>\n
\nDiscovery of a New Form of Tubulin Protein
\n<\/em>Lea\u2019s Foundation for Leukemia Research Inc., $76,000, 07\/99-07\/10<\/p>\n
\nSalazar Post Doc
\n<\/em>Children\u2019s Hospital Medical Center, $14,000, 07\/09-09\/09<\/p>\n
\nMDA-Sponsored Clinic
\n<\/em>Johns Hopkins University, $451, 01\/93-12\/09<\/p>\n
\nDeveloping a Center for Translational Health Services Research
\n<\/em>Donaghue Foundation, $446,810, 07\/06-06\/11<\/p>\n
\n*Connecticut Family and Community Partnership Wraparound Project
\n<\/em>Child Health & Development Institute of Connecticut, $114,507, 02\/08-09\/09<\/p>\n
\n*Genetics of Cocaine Dependence<\/em>
\nYale University, $124,000, 04\/09-03\/10<\/p>\n
\nSurveillance of the RADARS System by Poison Control Centers
\n<\/em>Denver Health, $26,163, 07\/06-01\/10<\/p>\n
\nGenetic Engineering of the Human Immune System
\n<\/em>University of California at Los Angeles, $50,000, 07\/07-06\/10<\/p>\n
\nIn-Vivo Evaluation at Biomerix Composite Meshes
\n<\/em>Biomerix Corp., $60,858, 05\/09-05\/10<\/p>\n
\n*Characterizing WMSDs Through Direct Postural Measurements in Nursery Population
\n<\/em>Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital, $15,000, 04\/09-03\/10<\/p>\n
\nMedications in Pregnancy Project
\n<\/em>University of California at San Diego Medical Center, $120, 12\/99-12\/09<\/p>\n
\n*Developing Contractual Service Framework for Bone Histomorphometry
\n<\/em>Cyberconnect EZ, LLC, $46,292, 04\/09-01\/10<\/p>\n
\nAmerican Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant
\n<\/em>American Cancer Society, $20,000, 01\/06-12\/08<\/p>\n
\n*Nurturing Families Program
\n<\/em>Children\u2019s Trust Fund Council, $206,000, 07\/08-06\/10<\/p>\n
\nNurturing Families Program
\n<\/em>Children\u2019s Trust Fund Council, $200,000, 07\/09-06\/10<\/p>\n
\nECOG Cooperative Outreach Program DHHS CA39088
\n<\/em>Tufts New England Medical Center, $2,475, 07\/94-12\/10<\/p>\n
\nConsultative Services to Chrysalis Center
\n<\/em>Chrysalis Center, $10,000, 07\/09-10\/09<\/p>\nState Grants<\/h3>\n
\n*State-wide Sexual Violence Prevention Plan
\n<\/em>Connecticut Department of Public Health, $85,198, 04\/09-12\/09<\/p>\n
\nMemorandum of Understanding Between Center on Aging and the Office of Policy and Management
\nConnecticut Office of Policy & Management, $116,000, 07\/09-06\/10<\/p>\n
\n*Importance of \u00a0BETA-CATENIN Signaling in Osteocytes Associated with Anabolic Load
\n<\/em>UConn-Storrs, $118,280, 08\/08-05\/10<\/p>\n