The following grants were received through the UConn Health Center\u2019s Office of Research Administration and Finance in March 2012. 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
Federal <\/strong><\/p>\n Adler, A<\/strong>., Immunology Adler, A<\/strong>., Immunology Eipper, E<\/strong>., Neuroscience Gunzl, A<\/strong>., Genetics and Developmental Biology Gunzl, A<\/strong>., Genetics and Developmental Biology Heinen, C<\/strong>., Center for Molecular Medicine Kalajzic, I.,<\/strong> Center for Regenerative Medicine & Skeletal Development Lefrancois, L<\/strong>., Immunology Mains, R<\/strong>., Neuroscience Petry, N<\/strong>., Pat and Jim Calhoun Cardiology Center Radolf, J<\/strong>., Medicine-Administration Setlow, P<\/strong>., Molecular, Microbial, and Structural Biology Setlow, P<\/strong>., Molecular, Microbial, and Structural Biology Setlow, P<\/strong>., Molecular, Microbial, and Structural Biology Vella, A<\/strong>., Immunology Weller, S<\/strong>., Molecular, Microbial, and Structural Biology Weller, S<\/strong>., Molecular, Microbial and Structural Biology Private Grants<\/strong><\/p>\n Babor, T<\/strong>., Community Medicine and Health Care Beazoglou, T<\/strong>., Pediatric Dentistry Cherniack, M<\/strong>., Public Health and Population Sciences Claffey, K<\/strong>., Center for Vascular Biology Connor, D<\/strong>., Psychiatry Drissi, M<\/strong>., Orthopaedic Surgery Eipper, E<\/strong>., Neuroscience Giannotti, T<\/strong>., Child and Family Studies Hand, A<\/strong>., Pediatric Dentistry Maye, P<\/strong>., Center for Regenerative Medicine and Skeletal Development Mazzocca, A<\/strong>., Orthopaedic Surgery Nulsen, J<\/strong>., Obstetrics and Gynecology Peterson, D<\/strong>., Public Health and Population Sciences Rowe, D<\/strong>., Center for Regenerative Medicine & Skeletal Development Setlow, P<\/strong>., Molecular, Microbial, and Structural Biology Tikoo, M<\/strong>., Community Medicine and Health Care State <\/strong><\/p>\n Bruder, M<\/strong>., Child and Family Studies Carlson, E<\/strong>., Center on Aging Pesanti, E<\/strong>., CMHC-Central Office Robison, J<\/strong>., Center on Aging Robison, J<\/strong>., Center on Aging Rosenberg, D<\/strong>., Center for Molecular Medicine Tikoo, M<\/strong>., Community Medicine and Health Weiskopf, C<\/strong>., CMHC-Central Office * Denotes federal funds that are awarded to other institutions and “passed through” 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 March 2012. 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 Adler, A., Immunology Breaking Tolerance to Induce Tumor-Specific Cytotoxic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[179,1],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[117],"class_list":["post-70916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uconn-health","category-uncategorized"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-19 02:31:24","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\/70916","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=70916"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70916\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70934,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70916\/revisions\/70934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70916"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=70916"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=70916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nBreaking Tolerance to Induce Tumor-Specific Cytotoxic CD4TH1 Cells
\n<\/em>National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases, $379,747, 2\/12-1\/17<\/p>\n
\nRedirecting T Cell Responses to Self\/Tumor Antigens Using Enforced Costimulation
\n<\/em>National Cancer Institute, $298,295, 4\/10-1\/16<\/p>\n
\nBiochemistry & Physiology of Peptide Amidation
\n<\/em>National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases, $559,546, 3\/10-2\/15<\/p>\n
\nMultifunctional Class I Transcription in T. Brucei
\n<\/em>National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases, $362,637, 1\/09-12\/13<\/p>\n
\nRNA Polymerase II Transcription in Trypanosomes
\n<\/em>National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases, $382,628, 5\/11-4\/13<\/p>\n
\nMismatch Repair Functions Affected During Tumorigenesis
\n<\/em>National Cancer Institute, $238,310, 4\/08-1\/13<\/p>\n
\nDefining a Myofibroblast\/Pericyte as a Mesenchymal Progenitor Cell
\n<\/em>National Institute of Arthritis & Musculoskeletal & Skin Diseases, $343,867, 2\/11-1\/15<\/p>\n
\nRole of CD11c in CD8 T Cell Response to Infection
\n<\/em>National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases, $465,254, 2\/08-1\/13<\/p>\n
\nCell Biology of Bioactive Peptide Secretion
\n<\/em>National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases, $42,529, 4\/09-1\/14<\/p>\n
\nBrief Therapies for Problem Gambling Substance Abusers
\n<\/em>National Institute on Drug Abuse, $471,319, 6\/07-2\/13<\/p>\n
\nTreponema Pallidum Outer Membrane Protein
\n<\/em>National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases, $483,247, 1\/08-12\/12<\/p>\n
\nMechanisms of Bacterial Spore Germination
\n<\/em>U.S. Army, $334,054, 7\/09-6\/12<\/p>\n
\nMechanisms of Bacterial Spore Germination
\n<\/em>U.S. Army, $12,212, 7\/09-6\/12<\/p>\n
\nMechanisms of Bacterial Spore Germination
\n<\/em>U.S. Army, $18,318, 7\/09-6\/12<\/p>\n
\nElucidating a Role for a Hematopoietic-tropic MicroRNA in Autoreactive T Cells
\n<\/em>National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases, $231,000, 3\/12-2\/14<\/p>\n
\nRole of Viral and Cellular Recombination Proteins in HSV DNA Replication
\n<\/em>National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases, $342,761, 3\/12-2\/17<\/p>\n
\nGenetics of HSV DNA Replication
\n<\/em>National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases, $536,513, 3\/08-2\/13<\/p>\n
\nPAHO \u2013 Virtual Course in Alcohol and Substance Abuse
\n<\/em>Pan American Health Organization, $22,733, 3\/12-3\/12<\/p>\n
\nEnhancement Study of the Medicaid Dental Program in Connecticut
\n<\/em>Connecticut Health Foundation Inc., $195,073, 4\/10-12\/13<\/p>\n
\nCenter for the Promotion of Health in the New England Workplace
\n<\/em>*University of Massachusetts, $125,420, 8\/11-7\/12<\/p>\n
\nRegional Breast Tumor & Sentinel Node Procurement for Advanced Molecular Diagnostic & Therapeutic<\/em>
\nConnecticut Breast Health Initiative, $38,000, 7\/11-6\/12<\/p>\n
\nInformation Tech Enabled Management System for Treatment of Adolescent Depression
\n<\/em>*Veritas Health Solutions LLC, $105,825, 1\/12-12\/12<\/p>\n
\nCharacterization of Highly Purified Hematopoietic Cell Populations in Response to Cathepsin-k Inhibition in Vivo
\n<\/em>Merck, Sharp & Dohme I A Corp., $126,000, 2\/12-2\/14<\/p>\n
\nGeneration and Evaluation of Cell Lines
\n<\/em>Johnson & Johnson, $297,274, 8\/10-3\/13<\/p>\n
\nAct Early Ambassador
\n<\/em>*Association of University Centers on Disabilities, $4,000, 1\/12-12\/12<\/p>\n
\nSignaling Pathways in Parotid Glands of Mice Exposed to Microgravity
\n<\/em>University of Hartford, $20,000, 11\/11-4\/12<\/p>\n
\nImportance of Beta-Catenin in Osteocytes Associated with Anabolic Lead
\n<\/em>*Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, $60,000, 3\/12-5\/12<\/p>\n
\nGrand Round Educational Funding
\n<\/em>Smith & Nephew Inc., $2,500, 1\/12-12\/12<\/p>\n
\nA Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blind, Controlled Trial of the Effects of Oxygen on Clinical In Vitro Fertilization Outcomes
\n<\/em>*Yale University, $161,256, 12\/11-11\/12<\/p>\n
\nEvaluation of Optiflex Human Motion Tracking System
\n<\/em>*University of Hartford, $20,000, 11\/11-4\/12<\/p>\n
\n4-D Imaging Cell\/Scaffold Interplays During In Vivo Bone Repair Process
\n<\/em>*University of Connecticut, $35,314, 4\/11-3\/13<\/p>\n
\nUnified Bio-Chemical Engineering Approach to Heat & Chemical De-Activation (4106-UCHC-DTRA-0004)
\n<\/em>*Pennsylvania State University, $120,000, 2\/10-2\/13<\/p>\n
\nEvaluation of Adoption of Health Information
\n<\/em>*Community Mental Health Affiliates Inc., $40,000, 1\/12-9\/12<\/p>\n
\nConnecticut Collaborative for Improving Services for Children & Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorders
\n<\/em>*Conn. Department of Public Health, $79,600, 11\/11-8\/14<\/p>\n
\nImpact of Dietary Sphingolipids on Muscle Regeneration and Performance in Aging
\n<\/em>University of Connecticut, $50,000, 10\/11-9\/13<\/p>\n
\nTuberculosis Prevention & Control in Connecticut State Correctional Facilities
\n<\/em>Conn. Department of Public Health, $70,000, 1\/12-6\/14<\/p>\n
\nMoney Follows the Person
\n<\/em>Conn. Department of Social Services, $602,711, 1\/10-12\/12<\/p>\n
\nMoney Follows the Person
\n<\/em>Conn. Department of Social Services, $152,000, 1\/10-12\/12<\/p>\n
\nDietary Approaches for Effective Colon Cancer Prevention by Vitamin D
\n<\/em>University of Connecticut, $50,000, 9\/11-9\/13<\/p>\n
\nHealth Information Technology & Exchange
\n*Conn. Department of Public Health, $169,182, 3\/10-3\/14<\/p>\n
\nAdvancing Correctional Nurse Competencies for Quality Care
\n<\/em>*University of Connecticut, $46,637, 7\/11-6\/12<\/p>\n