The following grants were received through the UConn Health Center\u2019s Office of Research Administration and Finance in August 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
Brammer, A.,<\/strong> Medicine Claffey, K.,<\/strong> Center for Vascular Biology Delany, A.,<\/strong> Molecular Medicine Graveley, B., <\/strong>Genetics & Developmental Biology Ioannidou, E.,<\/strong> Oral Health & Diagnostic Sciences Kalajzic, I.,<\/strong> Reconstructive Sciences King, S.,<\/strong> Molecular, Microbial and Structural Biology Kreutzer, D.,<\/strong> Surgery Laurencin, C.,<\/strong> Orthopedics Laurencin, C.,<\/strong> Orthopedics Lefrancois, L.,<\/strong> Immunology Li, Z.,<\/strong> Immunology Loew, L.,<\/strong> Center for Cell Analysis Mukherji, B.,<\/strong> Medicine Pachter, J.,<\/strong> Center for Vascular Biology Petry, N.,<\/strong> The Pat & Jim Cardiology Center Rosenberg, D.,<\/strong> Molecular Medicine White, W.,<\/strong> The Pat & Jim Cardiology Center Brenner, B.,<\/strong> Surgery Cole, M.,<\/strong> Child & Family Studies Program Epstein, P., <\/strong>Cell Biology Felice, K.,<\/strong> Neurology Fifield, J.,<\/strong> Ethel Donaghue TRIPP Center Hoch, J.,<\/strong> Molecular, Microbial & Structural Biology Litt, M., <\/strong>Oral Health & Diagnostic Sciences Lurie, A.,<\/strong> Oral Health & Diagnostic Sciences McElhaney, J., <\/strong>Center on Aging Rosengren, S.,<\/strong> Genetics & Developmental Biology Setlow, P.,<\/strong> Molecular, Microbial & Structural Biology Taylor, J.,<\/strong> Surgery Tennen, H.,<\/strong> Community Medicine & Health Heinen, C., <\/strong>Molecular Medicine Liang, B.,<\/strong> The Pat & Jim Calhoun Cardiology Center Mayer, B.,<\/strong> Genetics & Developmental Biology *Denotes federal funds 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 August 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 Brammer, A., Medicine Active Hearing Protectors & Audibility […]<\/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-6348","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":"2026-06-08 20:00:56","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\/6348","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=6348"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6348\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36537,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6348\/revisions\/36537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6348"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=6348"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=6348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nActive Hearing Protectors & Audibility of Critical Communications
\n<\/em>Centers for Disease Control, $314,500, 8\/06-7\/10<\/p>\n
\nVEGF mRNA Expression Mechanism in Hypoxia
\n<\/em>National Cancer Institute, $271,728, 8\/07-7\/10<\/p>\n
\nFunction and Regulation of Osteonectin in Bone
\n<\/em>National Institute of Arthritis & Musculoskeletal & Skin Diseases, $1,577, 8\/09-6\/10<\/p>\n
\nThe Mechanisms and Regulatory Networks of Alternative Splicing in Drosophila
\n<\/em>National Institute of General Medical Sciences, $292,119, 8\/06-7\/10<\/p>\n
\nPeriodontal Infection and Systemic Inflammation in Renal Patients
\n<\/em>National Institute of Dental Craniofacial Research, $137,818, 8\/09-7\/10<\/p>\n
\nStrategy to Assess the Function of Osteocyte Restricted Genes
\n<\/em>National Institute of Arthritis & Musculoskeletal & Skin Diseases, $72,520, 8\/07-7\/10<\/p>\n
\nMolecular Analysis of Flagellar Dynein Function
\n<\/em>National Institute of General Medical Sciences, $106,708, 8\/09-7\/10<\/p>\n
\nInflammation and Glucose Sensor Function
\n<\/em>National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases, $362,254, 8\/07-7\/10<\/p>\n
\nPolymer\/Ceramic Composites for Tissue Engineering
\n<\/em>National Institute of Arthritis & Musculoskeletal & Skin Diseases, $254,238, 9\/08-7\/10<\/p>\n
\nDevelopment of a Novel Injectable Controlled Analgesic System for Pain
\n<\/em>US Army, $245,691, 12\/08-11\/10<\/p>\n
\nModulation of Biodefense Responses to Microbial Pathogens
\n<\/em>National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases, $1,877,158, 8\/09-7\/10<\/p>\n
\nRoles and Mechanisms of GP96 in Chaperoning Innate Immunity
\n<\/em>National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke, $37,332, 4\/07-3\/10<\/p>\n
\nPolarity in Networks and Pathways
\n<\/em>National Center for Research Resources, $2,404,552, 8\/09-7\/10<\/p>\n
\nTCR Engineered CD4 Cells as Helpers in Tumor Immunity
\n<\/em>National Cancer Institute, $246,900, 7\/09-6\/10<\/p>\n
\nCNS Inflammation in Nervous and Mental Disease
\n<\/em>National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke, $380,370, 8\/09-7\/10<\/p>\n
\nRecovery Enhancement with Awards Research Dissemination (REWARD) Center ARRA
\n<\/em>National Institute on Drug Abuse, $877,841, 8\/09-7\/10<\/p>\n
\nAltered Arachidonic Acid Balance and Colon Cancer
\n<\/em>National Cancer Institute, $320,051, 9\/06-7\/10<\/p>\n
\nContingency Management for Initiating Smoking Abstinence
\n<\/em>National Institute on Drug Abuse, $588,572, 9\/08-7\/10<\/p>\nPrivate Grants<\/h3>\n
\nNSABP Treatment Trials TFED 39-185
\n<\/em>*National Surgical Adjuvant Breast & Bowel Project, $25,000, 2\/08-1\/10<\/p>\n
\nSubcontract with Family Voices Inc. for Molly Cole
\n<\/em>*Family Voices Inc., $20,800, 2\/09-2\/10<\/p>\n
\nPhosphodiesterase as a Target for Leukemia Treatment
\n<\/em>Lea\u2019s Foundation for Leukemia Research Inc., $10,000, 8\/06-6\/10<\/p>\n
\nMDA-Sponsored Clinic
\n<\/em>Johns Hopkins University, $656, 1\/93-12\/09<\/p>\n
\nThe Church-Based Diabetes Prevention and Translation Study-2
\n<\/em>*Mercer University, $141,512, 7\/08-5\/10<\/p>\n
\nA High-Precision Vapor Pressure Osmometer for Investigating Biomolecular Interaction
\n<\/em>*University of New Hampshire, $50,000, 8\/09-7\/10<\/p>\n
\nConcurrent Alcohol\/Smoking Treatment Effects on Alcohol Relapse Risk
\n<\/em>*Yale University, $57,356, 8\/08-7\/10<\/p>\n
\nRHMedSeg Analysis of Bone Quality on Cone Beam CT Images
\n<\/em>Bartron Medical Imaging Inc., $10,000, 7\/08-6\/10<\/p>\n
\nCellular Immunity to Category A-C Viruses in Humans
\n<\/em>*University of Massachusetts, $110,944, 4\/09-3\/10<\/p>\n
\nMedications in Pregnancy Project
\n<\/em>University of California at San Diego Medical Center, $2,625, 12\/99-12\/09<\/p>\n
\nInactivation of Spores of Bacillus Species by Wet Heat: Studies on Single Spores Using Laser Tweezer
\n<\/em>*Eastern Carolina University, $23,867, 11\/08-7\/10<\/p>\n
\nInflammatory Cytokines and Bladder Cancer
\n<\/em>American Cancer Society, $8,559, 11\/07-10\/12<\/p>\n
\nGIFT Fibromyalgia Treatment Study
\n<\/em>*Arizona State University, $15,325, 8\/08-7\/10<\/p>\nState Grants<\/h3>\n
\nA Novel Animal Model to Study Smoking-Associated DNA Damage in Stem Cells
\n<\/em>Connecticut Department of Public Health, $219,625, 7\/09-2\/11<\/p>\n
\nDevelopment of a New Blood Test to Detect and Treat Patients with Heart Failure
\n<\/em>Connecticut Department of Public Health, $205,602, 7\/09-2\/11<\/p>\n
\nNovel Molecular Diagnostic Approach to Classify Lung Cancers
\n<\/em>Connecticut Department of Public Health, $421,128, 7\/09-2\/11<\/p>\n