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Grants 2008
The following grants are listed by the month (most recent first) in which they were published in Focus, the newsletter of UMass Medical School. 2007 grants.
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Robin E. Clark, PhD, associate professor of family medicine & community health: Assessing the Impact of Buprenorphine on Medicaid Expenditures, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, one year, $99,448
Joseph DiFranza, MD, professor of family medicine & community health: Studying the Disenfranchisement of Poor and Minority Smokers by the American Psychiatric Association’s Policy on Nicotine Dependence, one year, $76,807
Stephen J. Doxsey, PhD, professor of molecular medicine, biochemistry & molecular pharmacology and cell biology: Midbody Accumulation in Breast Cancer Stem Cells, USA Med Research ACQ Activity, three years, $492,000
Terence R. Flotte, MD, dean of the School of Medicine and provost & executive deputy chancellor and professor of pediatrics: Gene Therapy for AAT Liver Disease Using RNAi, Alpha-1 Foundation, one year, $130,000
Ellen M. Gravallese, MD, professor of medicine: Role of sFRP1 and Wnt Signaling in Formation and Repair of Erosions in RA, American College of Rheumatology Research and Education Foundation, Within Our Reach: Finding a Cure for Rheumatoid Arthritis Research Grant, two years, $400,000
Chung-Cheng Hsieh, ScD, professor of medicine: In Utero Influences, Breast Stem Cells and Breast Cancer Risk Factors, USA Med Research ACQ Activity, three years, $491,842
Sougata Karmakar, PhD, post-doctoral fellow in the lab of Ellen M. Gravallese, MD, professor of medicine: The Role of BMP3 in the Pathogenesis of Focal Articular Bone Loss in Inflammatory Arthritis, Arthritis National Research Foundation, one year, $75,000
Jeanne B. Lawrence, PhD, professor of cell biology: Is Chromosome Therapy Possible for Down Syndrome and Other Karyotypic Imbalances?, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, one year, $327,083; recommended for three more years, $986,083
Nuclear Chromatin Packaging of Mammalian X-Chromosome, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, one year, $351,615; recommended for three more years, $1 million
Shan Lu, MD, PhD, professor of medicine and biochemistry & molecular pharmacology: Immunogenicity and Neutralizing Antibody Development with MTCT Env Antigens, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Pediatric HIV Vaccine Program Basic Research Award, two years, $200,000
Sandra Mayrand, MBA, director of the UMMS Regional Science Resource Center: Blueprints for Science, Intel Foundation, one year, $15,000
Evgeny I. Rogaev, PhD, professor of psychiatry: Function of Intramembrane Aspartic Protease, National Institute on Aging, one year, $320,979; recommended for four more years, $1.3 million
Alan Rosmarin, MD, professor of medicine: GABP Transcription Factor in Myeloid Differentiation, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, one year, $387,675
Oren P. Schaefer, MD, clinical associate professor of medicine: Program for Adult Care Excellence (PACE), Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, one year, $27,000; recommended for two more years, $54,000
Jason A. Silva, MD, orthopedic surgery resident: Tetracycline Family as Disease Modifying Osteoarthritis Drugs in an In-Vivo Model, Orthopaedic Research & Education Foundation (OREF), OREF/DePuy Orthopaedic Resident Educational Grant, one year, $5,000
Lawrence J. Stern, PhD, professor of pathology and biochemistry & molecular pharmacology: Class II MHC Antigen Processing in Dendritic Cells, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, $21,155; recommended for one more year, $39,060.
November 2008
Schahram Akbarian, MD, PhD, associate professor of psychiatry: The “Chromatin Landscape” of Prefrontal Neurons: Developmental Regulation and Potential Alterations in Schizophrenia, National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression, 2008 Staglin Family Music Festival NARSAD Schizophrenia Research Award, three years, $250,000
Sun Kim, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry: Predictors of Readiness for Tobacco Dependence Treatment among Korean Americans, American Lung Association, one year, $40,000; recommended for one more year, $40,000
John Moore, BS, GSBS student in the lab of Nathan Lawson, PhD, associate professor of molecular medicine: Downstream Targets of Notch in Endothelial Cells, American Heart Association, two years, $42,000
Jaime A. Rivera-Perez, PhD, assistant professor of cell biology: Visceral Endoderm Fate and Signals in Mammalian Development, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, one year, $310,650; recommended for four more years, $1.2 million
Kenneth L. Rock, MD, professor and chair of pathology: The Role of Cell Injury-Induced Sterile Inflammatory Pathways in Asthma, Strategic Program for Asthma Research (SPAR), American Asthma Foundation, 2008 SPAR Senior Investigator Award, one year, $250,000; recommended for two more years, $500,000
Matthew J. Simmons, PhD, post-doctoral fellow in the lab of Michelle A. Kelliher, PhD, associate professor of cancer biology: Mechanism(s) of Notch1 Activation in T-ALL, American Cancer Society, three years, $138,000
David Smelson, PsyD, professor of psychiatry: Qigong Therapy for Treating Cocaine Addiction, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, one year, $128,238
Jie Song, PhD, assistant professor of orthopedics & physical rehabilitation and cell biology: Osteogenic Synthetic Bone Grafts for the Repair of Musculoskeletal Defects, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, one year, $287,613; recommended for four more years, $1.2 million
Jennifer F. Tseng, MD, MPH, assistant professor of surgery and cancer biology: Neoadjuvant Strategies for Pancreatic Cancer: A Decision Analysis Model, American Surgical Association Foundation, one year, $75,000; recommended for one more year, $75,000
Ajay K. Wakhloo, MD, PhD, professor of radiology, neurology and surgery: University of Massachusetts Medical School Interventional Neuroradiology Fellowship Program, Cordis Neurovascular, Inc., one year, $50,000
Restricted Fellowship Grant for a Medical Resident in Interventional Neuroradiology, Micrus Endovascular, two years, $50,000
Raymond M. Welsh, PhD, professor of pathology and molecular genetics & microbiology: Training in Immunology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, one year, $175,655; recommended for four more years, $702,620
Zhiping Weng, PhD, professor of biochemistry & molecular pharmacology: Alternative Promoter Usage in Tissue-specific Gene Expression, National Human Genome Research Institute, one year, $161,200
Zuoshang Xu, MD, PhD, professor of biochemistry & molecular pharmacology and cell biology: Understanding CLIM2 Functions in vivo Using Transgenic RNAi, National Center for Research Resources, one year, $204,323; recommended for one more year, $245,938
Elaine M. Youngman, PhD, post-doctoral fellow in the lab of Craig C. Mello, PhD, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, Blais University Chair in Molecular Medicine and professor of molecular medicine and cell biology: Analysis of the biogenesis and functions of endogenous small RNAs in Caenorhabditis elegans, Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation, three years, $140,000
Alexei Bogdanov, PhD, professor of radiology: Transcription Factor Reporter Technology, National Cancer Institute, one year, $323,913; recommended for two more years, $612,663
Valerie De Crescenzo, PhD, research assistant professor of physiology: Regulation and Function of Internal Ca2 Stores in Nerve Terminals Releasing Arginine Vasopressin and Oxytocin, American Heart Association, one year, $66,000; recommended for two more years, $132,000
Richard K. Fleming, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry: Using CBPR to Design and Pilot a Physical Activity Program for Youth with ASB, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, one year, $192,386; recommended for one more year, $213,706
Heinrich G. Gottlinger, MD, PhD, professor of molecular medicine: Nef Function in HIV Infectivity, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; one year, $399,650; recommended for three more years, $1.2 million
Janet F. Hale, PhD, associate dean for Academic Affairs, director of Interdiscplinary & Community Partnerships and professor of nursing: Advanced Education Nursing Traineeship, Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, one year, $62,943
JeanMarie Houghton, MD, PhD, associate professor of medicine and cancer biology: Investigation of Bone Marrow Derived Stem Cell Recruitment to the Colon in Inflammatory Bowel Disease; Direct and Indirect Role in Carcinogenensis, The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation, one year, $150,000
Chung-Cheng Hsieh, ScD, professor of medicine: Stem Cells and Perinatal Factors for Breast Cancer Risk, National Cancer Institute, one year, $389,233; recommended for three more years, $1.2 million
Hyun-Suk Jong, PhD, post-doctoral fellow in the lab of Roger W. Craig, PhD, professor of cell biology: Structure of Cardiac Muscle Thin Filaments: Relation to Normal Function and to Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, American Heart Association, two years, $90,000
Daniel L. Kilpatrick, PhD, associate professor of physiology: Temporal Regulation of Neuronal Differentiation, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, one year, $321,891; recommended for three more years, $970,593
Hardy Kornfeld, MD, professor of medicine: Acquired Susceptibility to Pulmonary TB, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, one year, $204,375; recommended for one more year, $246,000
Nathan Lawson, PhD, associate professor of molecular medicine, and Scot A. Wolfe, PhD, assistant professor of biochemistry & molecular pharmacology: Using Zinc Finger Nucleases to Manipulate the Zebrafish Genome, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, one year, $411,704; recommended for four more years, $1.6 million
Tzumin Lee, MD, PhD, associate professor of neurobiology: Drosophila Neuronal Temporal Identity, National Institute of Mental Health, one year, $367,969; recommended for four more years, $1.5 million
Stuart M. Levitz, MD, professor of medicine and molecular genetics & microbiology: Immune Response to Cryptococcal Infections, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, one year, $408,542; recommended for four more years, $1.6 million
Guozheng Liu, PhD, research assistant professor of radiology: Non-invasive Quantitative Beta Cell Imaging by Pretargeting, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International, one year, $330,000
Roger S. Luckmann, MD, MPH, associate professor of family medicine & community health: Applications to Support an Electronic Pain and Activity Diary, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, eight months, $50,000
Joel D. Richter, PhD, professor of molecular medicine: RNA and the Etiology of Disease, National Cancer Institute, one year, $6,000
Schahram Akbarian, MD, PhD, associate professor of psychiatry: Small RNA Regulation of BDNF Expression in Schizophrenia, National Institute of Mental Health, one year, $362,160; recommended for four more years, $1.5 million
Elliot J. Androphy, MD, the Barbara and Nathan Greenberg Chair in Biomedical Research and professor of medicine and molecular genetics & microbiology: High Throughput Screen for SMA, National Institute of Mental Health, one year, $25,000
Alexei Bogdanov, PhD, professor of radiology: Molecular Imaging to Determine the Risk of Rupture of Cerebral Aneurysms, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, one year, $214,594; recommended for one more year, $178,828
Douglas T. Golenbock, MD, professor of medicine and molecular genetics & microbiology: Phagocyte Receptors for Lipid A, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, one year, $470,766; recommended for three more years, $1.5 million
Eric S. Huseby, PhD, assistant professor of pathology: Expanding the T cell response to Pathogens, Searle Scholars Program, three years, $300,000
John J. Kelly, MD, associate professor of surgery: Advanced Minimally Invasive Surgery/Bariatric Fellowship, Ethicon Endo-surgery, Inc., one year, $75,000
Katerina Mardilovich, BS, GSBS student in the lab of Leslie M. Shaw, PhD, associate professor of cancer biology: Upregulation of IRS2 by Hypoxia Protects Breast Carcinoma Cells from Apoptosis, USA Med Research ACQ Activity, three years, $97,200
Evgeny I. Rogaev, PhD, professor of psychiatry: Convergent Genetic and Expression Analysis of Small Non-coding RNA in Schizophrenia, 2008 NARSAD Distinguished Investigator Award, National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression, one year, $100,000
Aldo A. Rossini, MD, the William and Doris Krupp Professor of Medicine and professor of medicine and molecular medicine: Heat Shock Proteins in the Pathogenesis of Type 1 Diabetes, The Iacocca Family Foundation, one year, $150,000; Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International, one year, $150,00
Hsin-Yue Tsai, PhD, post-doctoral fellow in the lab of Craig C. Mello, PhD, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, Blais University Chair in Molecular Medicine and professor of molecular medicine and cell biology: RDE-8 Encodes a Novel Protein with a Conserved Domain Required for RNAi, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, three years, $165,000
Ajay K. Wakhloo, MD, PhD, professor of radiology, neurology and surgery: Interventional Neuroradiology Fellowship, Boston Scientific, one year, $50,000
Marian Walhout, PhD, associate professor of molecular medicine: Identifying Transcription Factor Binding Sites in the C. Elegans Genome, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, one year, $607,283; recommended for three more years, $1.9 million
Zhiping Weng, PhD, professor of biochemistry and molecular pharmacology: Identification of Transcriptional Factor Binding Sites in Human Promoters, National Human Genome Research Institute, one year, $495,625; recommended for two more years, $865,626
Lan Xu, PhD, assistant professor of molecular medicine: Nucleocytoplasmic Trafficking of Smads, National Cancer Institute, one year, $66,619
Robert B. Zurier, MD, professor emeritus of medicine and cell biology: Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis—Marine/Botanical Oils, National Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine, one year, $13,490
Ingolf Bach, PhD, associate professor of molecular medicine: Roles of LILM Cofactors for Regulating ERalpha During Oncogenesis and Development, National Cancer Institute, one year, $337,188; recommended for four more years, $1.3 million
Rebecca L. Bernados, PhD, post-doctoral fellow in the lab of Marc R. Freeman, PhD, assistant professor of neurobiology: Regulation of Neural Stem Cell Fate in Drosophila, American Cancer Society, three years, $138,000
Becky Briesacher, PhD, assistant professor of medicine: Impact of MMA Part D on Medicare Residents in Nursing Homes, Changes in Health Care Financing & Organization, a program of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 18 months, $219,432
Robert E. Collins, PhD, post-doctoral fellow in the lab of David G. Lambright, PhD, professor of molecular medicine and biochemistry & molecular pharmacology: RabGDI Displacement Factors: Mechanism and Role in Membrane Traffic, The Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research, three years, $137,500
Benedicte Delaval, PhD, post-doctoral fellow in the lab of Stephen J. Doxsey, PhD, professor of molecular medicine, biochemistry & molecular pharmacology and cell biology: Primary Role for the Centrosome in Cilia Formation and Ciliopathies, PKD Foundation, one year, $50,000
Joseph DiFranza, MD, professor of family medicine & community health: A Study of the Onset of Nicotine Dependence in Relation to Lifetime Tobacco Use Using the HONC and the New Loss of Autonomy Over Smoking Checklist, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, two years, $30,000
Warren J. Ferguson, MD, associate professor of family medicine & community health: Weaving Public Health Education into the Fabric of a Family Medicine Residency Curriculum, Association of American Medical Colleges and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, eight months, $25,000
Patricia Franklin, MD, MBA, MPH, the Joy McCann Professor for Women in Medicine, associate professor of orthopedics & physical rehabilitation and family medicine & community health: Patient eHealth Tools to Guide Treatment Choices and Assess Outcome, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, two years, $198,684
Mary Gilchrist, PhD, professor of medicine: Establish Triage Protocols for Samples Potentially Contaminated with Unknown Select Agents, United States Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service, one year, $483,077
JeanMarie Houghton, MD, PhD, associate professor of medicine and cancer biology: Consortium Planning Grant, American Gastroenterological Association Institute, four months, $10,000
Sandra Mayrand, director of the Regional Science Resource Center: Intel Math Pilot 2 Program, Intel Foundation, one year, $35,000
Teresa V. Mitchell, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry: The Balance Between Top-Down and Bottom-Up Attentional Processes in Autism, March of Dimes Foundation, three years, $149,224
Rebecca Moles, MD, assistant professor of pediatrics: UMass Child Protection Program/CJC, Massachusetts Children’s Alliance, two years, $41,500
Barry Saver, MD, associate professor of family medicine & community health: Patient Decision Making and Personalized, MultifactorialRisk Information, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, two years, $149,998
Sean D. Speese, PhD, a post-doctoral fellow in the lab of Vivian Budnik, PhD, professor of neurobiology: Novel Wingless Signaling in Synapse Development, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, one year, $46,826
Mark Alkema, PhD, assistant professor of neurobiology: Analysis of Tyraminergic Signaling in Caenorhabditis elegans, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, $325,000; recommended for four more years, $1.3 million
Victor Ambros, PhD, professor of molecular medicine: Genetic Control of Development, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, one year, $536,177
Elliot J. Androphy, MD, the Barbara and Nathan Greenberg Chair in Biomedical Research and professor of medicine and molecular genetics & microbiology: Functional Genomic Screens for Regulators of SMN2 Expression, Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy, three years, $152,073
Daniel Bolon, PhD, assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular pharmacology: Molecular Analysis of Hsp90: A Specialized Chaperone in Signal Transduction, American Cancer Society, four years, $720,000
Anthony Carruthers, PhD, professor of biochemistry & molecular pharmacology and physiology and dean of the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences: Metabolic Control of Sugar Transport, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, one year, $325,000; recommended for four more years, $1.3 million
Joseph DiFranza, MD, professor of family medicine & community health: Imaging of Nicotine Sensitization in Humans: A Translational Application of fMRI, National Institute on Drug Abuse, one year, $243,750
Francis A. Ennis, MD, professor of medicine and molecular genetics & microbiology: Cellular Immunity to Category A-C Viruses in Humans, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, one year, $3.2 million
Richard A. Fenton, PhD, associate professor of physiology: Adenosine Transport in the Aged Heart, National Institute on Aging, one year, $66,625; recommended for one more year, $66,625
Laura L.Gibson, MD, assistant professor of pediatrics & medicine: Cytomegalovirus (CMV)-specific Cell-mediated Immunity in Infants with Congenital CMV Infection, Thrasher Research Fund, three years, $327,463
Douglas T. Golenbock, MD, professor of medicine and molecular genetics & microbiology: Group B. Streptococci and Toll-like Receptors, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, $381,861; recommended for four more years, $1.7 million
Deborah Harmon Hines, PhD, professor of cell biology: NIH Summer Research Program to Increase Diversity Among Biomedical Researchers, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, one year, $165,888; recommended for four more years, $663,552
Melissa J. Jungnickel, PhD, instructor in cell biology: Mechanism of the Sperm Acrosome Reaction, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, one year, $81,250; recommended for one more year, $81,250
Wenjun Li, PhD, research assistant professor of medicine: Neighborhood Risk Factors for Falls in the Elderly, National Institute on Aging, one year, $380,405; recommended for three more years, $1 million
C. Robert Matthews, PhD, the Arthur F. and Helen P. Koskinas Professor and chair of biochemistry & molecular pharmacology: Folding Mechanisms of TIM Barrel Proteins, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, one year, $365,625; recommended for three more years, $1 million
Stephen C. Miller, PhD, assistant professor of biochemistry & molecular pharmacology: Near-IR Bioluminescence Imaging, National Cancer Institute, one year, $182,813; recommended for one more year, $219,375
Kenneth L. Rock, MD, professor and chair of pathology: Immunobiology of MCH Restriction of T Cells, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, one year, $81,198
Alan Rothman, MD, professor of medicine: Flavivirus Infections: Pathogenesis and Prevention, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, one year, $2.2 million; recommended for four more years, $9.1 million
Sean Ryder, PhD, assistant professor of biochemistry & molecular pharmacology: RNA Recognition by Maternal Gene Silencers in Nematodes, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, one year, $308,750; recommended for four more years, $1.2 million
Lawrence J. Stern, PhD, professor of pathology and biochemistry & molecular pharmacology: Structure and Function of MHC Proteins, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, one year, $274,041; recommended for four more years, $1.6 million
Gyongyi Szabo, MD, PhD, professor of medicine: Alcohol and Monocyte Signaling, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, one year, $462,704; recommended for four more years, $1.8 million
Elliot J. Androphy, MD, the Barbara and Nathan Greenberg Chair in Biomedical Research and professor of medicine and molecular genetics & microbiology: Optimization of Drug-like Compounds for Treatment of Spinal Muscular Atrophy, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, one year, $225,000; recommended for one more year, $253,125
Vesicular Transport Factor Interacts with SMN and the Pathogenesis of SMA, Muscular Dystrophy Association, one year, $107,590; recommended for two more years, $220,019
Patrick Emery, PhD, assistant professor of neurobiology: Synchronization of Drosophila Circadian Rhythms by Temperature Cycles, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, one year, $322,000; recommended for three more years, $975,000
Jay S. Himmelstein, MD, MPH, professor of family medicine & community health and medicine: Massachusetts Medicaid Infrastructure and Comprehensive Employment Opportunities, Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, three years, $3.8 million
Jane B. Lian, PhD, professor of cell biology: Synthesis of Osteocalcin in Bone, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, one year, $373,750; recommended for four more years, $1.5 million
Oliver Rando, MD, PhD, assistant professor biochemistry & molecular pharmacology: Genomic Analysis of Histone Replacement Dynamics in Yeast, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, one year, $331,455; recommended for four more years, $1.3 million
Charles G. Sagerström, PhD, associate professor of biochemistry & molecular pharmacology: Molecular Analysis of Hindbrain Development, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, one year, $350,000; recommended for four more years, $1.4 million
Lawrence J. Stern, PhD, professor of pathology and biochemistry & molecular pharmacology: Class II MHC Antigen Processing in Dendritic Cells, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, one year, $406,250; recommended for four more years, $1.6 million
Gyongyi Szabo, MD, PhD, professor of medicine: Toll Like Receptors—Mediated Pathways in Liver Injury, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, one year, $345,313; recommended for three more years, $1.03 million
Fumihiko Urano, MD, assistant professor of molecular medicine: Targeting ER—Stress-mediated Beta-cell Death, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International, one year, $110,000
Scott Waddell, PhD, associate professor of neurobiology: Motivational Control of Appetitive Memory, National Institute of Mental Health, $357,500; recommended for four more years, $1.4 million
Yu-Li Wang, PhD, professor of physiology and cell biology: Dynamics of Actin in Normal and Transformed Cells, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, one year, $614,236; recommended for three more years, $1.7 million
Zuoshang Xu, MD, PhD, professor of biochemistry & molecular pharmacology and cell biology: Transgenic Models of ALS Caused by VAPB Mutation, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, one year, $355,469; recommended for four more years, $1.4 million
Modeling TDP-43 Dysfunction In Vivo, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, one year, $177,734; recommended for one more year, $213,281
Elliot J. Androphy, MD, the Barbara and Nathan Greenberg Chair in Biomedical Research and professor of medicine and molecular genetics & microbiology: Small Molecule Inhibitors of Oncogenic Human Papillomavirus, National Cancer Institute, one year, $321,953; recommended for three more years, $920,861
Diane R. Blake, MD, associate professor of pediatrics: Computerized HIV Vaccine Trial Assent: Will It Improve Adolescent Comprehension?, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; one year, $243,750; recommended for one more year, $203,125
Patrick Emery, PhD, assistant professor of neurobiology: Synchronization of Drosophila Circadian Rhythms by Temperature Cycles, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, one year, $322,000; recommended for three more years, $975,000
Marc R. Freeman, PhD, assistant professor of neurobiology: How Does Wlds Protect Severed Axons?, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, one year, $355,469; recommended for four more years, $1.4 million
Jane B. Lian, PhD, professor of cell biology: Request for SCANCO Micro-CT 40 Multi-user Bone Studies, National Center for Research Resources, one year, $276,700
Jianyuan Luo, PhD, assistant professor of cancer biology: Regulation WRN Deacetylation by SIRT1 After DNA Damage, National Institute on Aging, one year, $270,075; recommended for four more years, $1 million
Haley E. Melikian, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry and biochemistry & molecular pharmacology: Trafficking and Regulation of Monoamine Transporters, National Institute on Drug Abuse, one year, $354,375; recommended for four more years, $1.5 million
Lori Pbert, PhD, associate professor of medicine: A School Nurse-Delivered Intervention for Overweight and At Risk Adolescents, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, one year, $257,611; recommended for one more year, $206,520
Neal Silverman, PhD, associate professor of medicine: Intracellular Bacterial Recognition in the Drosophila Innate Immune Response, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, one year, $305,349; recommended for four more years, $1.2 million
Jie Song, PhD, assistant professor of orthopedics & physical rehabilitation and cell biology: Synthetic Periosteum Promoting the Healing of Cortical Bone Allografts, Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation, one year, $124,998
Gyongyi Szabo, MD, PhD, professor of medicine: Mechanisms of Alcohol Mediated Organ and Tissue Damage, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, one year, $22,000; recommended two more years, $44,000
Yong-Xu Wang, PhD, assistant professor of molecular medicine: PPARdelta and Its Co-regulators in Energy Metabolism, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, one year, $330,000; recommended for four more years, $1.3 million.
Jason J. Chen, PhD, assistant professor of medicine: Modulation of a Novel Cell Cycle Checkpoint by the HPV Oncogene E6, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, one year, $243,750; recommended for one more year, $203,125
Terry S. Field, DSc, associate professor of medicine: Proactive Risk Reduction in Medication Prescribing in the Ambulatory Setting, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, one year, $199,975
Lisa Fortuna, MD, assistant professor of psychiatry: CBT Treatment for PTSD and SUDs in Minority Youth, National Institute on Drug Abuse, one year, $149,600; recommended for three more years, $442,779
Marc R. Freeman, PhD, assistant professor of neurobiology: Molecular Mechanisms of Reactive Gliosis, Fidelity Investments, two years, $400,000
Uri Galili, PhD, professor of medicine: Xenograft-like Rejection of Tumors in A-Gal Glycolipids, National Cancer Institute, one year, $304,688; recommended for two more years, $609,376
Jeffrey Geller, MD, assistant professor of family medicine & community health: The Impact of Competency-Based Outpatient Commitment Orders, The Stanley Medical Research Institute, one year, $80,000
Steven R. Grossman, PhD, MD, assistant professor of cancer biology and medicine: Role of CtBP in p53-Independent ARF Tumor Suppression, American Cancer Society, three years, $800,000
Lawrence J. Hayward, MD, PhD, associate professor of neurology and physiology: Aberrant SOD1 Hydrophobicity and Protein Interactions in ALS, Muscular Dystrophy Association, one year, $98,102
John F. Keaney Jr., MD, professor of medicine: Hypochlorite-Mediated Impairment of Endothelial Function, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, one year, $382,827
Michael Krashes, BS, GSBS student in the lab of Scott Waddell, PhD, associate professor of neurobiology: Investigating Octopaminergic Neural Circuitry in Olfactory Appetitive Memory, National Institute on Drug Abuse, $26,285; recommended for two more years, $52,570
Kathleen M. Mazor, EdD, MS, associate professor of medicine: Medical Errors in Children: What Are We Missing?, The Meyers Primary Care Institute, one year, $15,000
Colleen McGuire, MPM, Program Manager, Injury Free Coalition for Kids: Teen R.I.D.E., American Public Health Association, one year, $5,000
Katherine F. Ruiz de Luzuriaga, MD, professor of pediatrics and medicine: Molecular & Biologic Properties of Transmitted HIV-1 Variants in a Mother-Child Cohort, The Campbell Foundation, one year, $71,973
Sean Ryder, PhD, assistant professor of biochemistry & molecular pharmacology: Regulation of Maternal Notch Translation in Nematode Development, March of Dimes Foundation, two years, $150,000
Kathleen Walsh, MD, assistant professor of pediatrics: Errors in Home Prescription Medication Use Among Children with Cancer, The Meyers Primary Care Institute, one year, $15,000
David C. Ayers, MD, the Arthur M. Pappas, MD, Chair in Orthopedics and professor of orthopedics & physical rehabilitation; Jerry H. Gurwitz, MD, the Dr. John Meyers Professor of Primary Care Medicine and professor of medicine and family medicine & community health; and Sarah M. McGee, MD, MPH, assistant professor of medicine: Geriatrics Education for Specialty Residents Program, The American Geriatrics Society, two years, $40,000
Vivian Budnik, PhD, professor of neurobiology, and Marc R. Freeman, PhD, assistant professor of neurobiology: Role of Glia in Sculpting Synpatic Fields During Development and Plasticity, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, one year, $355,469; recommended for three more years, $1.1 million
Stephen J. Doxsey, PhD, professor of molecular medicine, biochemistry & molecular pharmacology and cell biology: A New Paradigm for Cellular Aging Based on Asymmetries During Cell Division, The Ellison Medical Foundation, four years, $975,000
Albert J. Grudzinskas, JD, clinical associate professor of psychiatry: University of Massachusetts Medical School’s Boston Police Study/Boston Police Training Initiative, Sidney R. Baer, Jr. Foundation, one year, $200,000; recommended for two more years, $350,000
Eric S. Huseby, PhD, assistant professor of pathology: The Role of CD8 T-Cell Avidity and Specificity in Experimental Models of Multiple Sclerosis, Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation, three years, $300,000
Jeanne B. Lawrence, PhD, professor of cell biology: The Potential Role of BRCA1 in Maintaining Silent Constitutive Heterochromatin, USA Med Research ACQ Activity, 13 months, $121,875
Connie W. Lee, MS, a PhD student in the lab of Dario C. Altieri, MD, the Eleanor Eustis Farrington Chair in Cancer Research and professor and chair of cancer biology: Notch Survivin Signaling in Breast Cancer, National Cancer Institute, one year, $27,161; recommended for two more years, $54,322
Darlene M. O’Connor, PhD, associate professor of family medicine & community health: Real Choice System Grant: State Profile Tool—Assessing a State’s Long Term Care System, Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, three years, $506,460
Robert A. Phillips, MD, PhD, professor of medicine: Pilot Study to Assess the Feasibility of Reducing Nocturnal Blood Pressure in African-Americans with Hypertensive Chronic Kidney Disease, King Pharmaceuticals, one year, $1.2 million
Irena Pekker, PhD, post-doctoral fellow in the lab of Phillip D. Zamore, PhD, the Gretchen Stone Cook Chair in Biomedical Sciences and professor of biochemistry & molecular pharmacology: The Role of the Essential RNA Helicase Armitage in Gene Silencing, United States–Israel Bi-National Agricultural Research and Development Fund, one year, $40,000
Joel D. Richter, PhD, professor of molecular medicine: Polyadenylation and Translational Control, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, one year, $381,875; recommended for three more years, $1.1 million
Charles G. Sagerström, PhD, associate professor of biochemistry & molecular pharmacology: Genetic Regulation of Beta Cell Formation, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International, one year, $165,000; recommended for two more years, $330,000
Gary S. Stein, PhD, the Gerald L. Haidak, MD, and Zelda S. Haidak Professor of Cell Biology and chair of cell biology: Institutional Research Grant, American Cancer Society, one year, $120,000
Albert J. Grudzinskas, JD, clinical associate professor of psychiatry: Boston Police Study/Boston Police Training Initiative, Sidney R. Baer, Jr. Foundation, one year, $200,000; recommended for two more years, $350,000
Leslie R. Harrold, MD, MPH, associate professor of medicine: Assessing and Improving Arthritis Medication Adherence: Gout as a Model, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, one year, $127,850; recommended for four more years, $512,800
Daniel H. Lasser, MD, MPH, professor and chair of family medicine & community health: Academic Administrative Units in Primary Care, Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, one year, $245,524; recommended for two more years, $610,846
Brian Lewis, PhD, assistant professor of molecular medicine: Molecular Dissection of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma, National Cancer Institute, one year, $357,227; recommended for four more years, $1.5 million
Roger S. Luckmann, MD, MPH, associate professor of family medicine & community health: Telephone Counseling to Increase the Use of Screening Mammography in Hispanic, African American and African Immigrant Populations, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, two years, $299,998
Mariann M. Manno, MD, clinical associate professor of pediatrics and emergency medicine and Michael P. Hirsh, MD, professor of surgery and pediatrics: Community Based Pediatric Residents as Agents of Injury and Violence Prevention, American Academy of Pediatrics, one year, $20,000
C. Robert Matthews, PhD, the Arthur F. and Helen P. Koskinas Professor and chair of biochemistry & molecular pharmacology: Folding Mechanisms of TIM Barrel Proteins, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, one year, $119,012
Sean Ryder, PhD, assistant professor of biochemistry & molecular pharmacology: Small Molecule Effectors of Maternal Gene Expression in C. elegans Embryogenesis, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, one year, $190,625
Celia A. Schiffer, PhD, professor of biochemistry & molecular pharmacology: Targeting Ensembles of Drug Resistant HIV-Protease, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, one year, $1.8 million, recommended for four more years, $6.8 million
Leslie M. Shaw, PhD, associate professor of cancer biology: Insulin Receptor Substrate Function in Breast Cancer, National Cancer Institute, one year, $269,084, recommended for four more years, $1.1 million
Frederick A. Spencer, MD, associate professor of medicine: The Natural History of Venous Thromboembolism in the Elderly, National Institute on Aging, one year, $532,060; recommended for three more years, $1.6 million
Heidi A. Tissenbaum, PhD, associate professor of molecular medicine, and Marian Walhout, PhD, assistant professor of molecular medicine: Dissecting C. elegans Insulin Networks Using a Systems Approach, The Ellison Medical Foundation, four years, $975,000
Zuoshang Xu, MD, PhD, professor of biochemistry & molecular pharmacology and cell biology: Modeling Progranulin Hypomorphism for FTD in Mice, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, $177,734; recommended for one more year, $213,281
Phillip D. Zamore, PhD, the Gretchen Stone Cook Chair of Biomedical Sciences and professor of biochemistry & molecular pharmacology: Understanding microRNA Biogenesis and Function, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, one year, $81,250
Jianhua Zhou, PhD, assistant professor of medicine: Cell Based Assays for Compounds that Regulate Tau Exon 10 Splicing, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, one year, $162,500; recommended for one more year, $40,625
Mitchell S. Albert, PhD, professor of radiology: NRA/Research Opportunities in Space Life Sciences 1996, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, one year, $57,922
Robert A. Baldor, MD, professor of family medicine & community health: Residency Training in General and Pediatric Dentistry, Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, one year, $151,919; recommended for two more years, $283,473
Jean E. Boucher, PhD, assistant professor of nursing: Symptom Instrument for Chemotherapy-induced Diarrhea, National Institute of Nursing Research, one year, $242,688
Vivian Budnik, PhD, professor of neurobiology: Genetic Strategies to Elucidate APP Function during Synapse Formation, Alzheimer’s Association, three years, $240,000
Sharon B. Cantor, PhD, assistant professor of cancer biology: Bach1/FANCJ Checkpoint, Recombination and Chemoresistance, National Cancer Institute, one year, $308,750; recommended for four more years, $1.2 million
Angela Dolganiuc, MD, PhD, instructor in medicine: Alcohol Disrupts TLR4 Signaling in Lipid Rafts, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, one year, $233,594; recommended for one more year, $192,969
Terence R. Flotte, MD, executive deputy chancellor and dean of the School of Medicine and professor of pediatrics: Spliceosomal-Mediated RNA Trans-Splicing Gene Repair of Pi*Z Mutant Alpha-1 Antitrypsin, Alpha-1 Foundation, two years, $70,000
Patricia Franklin, MD, MBA, MPH, associate professor of orthopedics & physical rehabilitation and family medicine & community health: Perioperative Intervention to Improve Post-TKR Support and Function, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, one year, $488,364; recommended for three more years, $1.2 million
Robert J. Goldberg, PhD, professor of medicine: Community Surveillance for Heart Failure, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, one year, $771,346; recommended for four more years, $3.1 million
Jerry H. Gurwitz, MD, the Dr. John Meyers Professor of Primary Care Medicine and professor of medicine and family medicine & community health: Improving Post-hospital Medication Management of Older Adults Through Health IT, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, one year, $385,984; recommended for two more years, $813,968
Stephen N. Jones, PhD, associate professor of cell biology and cancer biology: International Mdm2 Workshop IV, National Cancer Institute, one year, $15,000
Michelle A. Kelliher, PhD, associate professor of cancer biology: Rip Proteins in Innate Immune Signaling, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, one year, $406,250
Martin G. Marinus, PhD, professor of biochemistry & molecular pharmacology: DNA Mismatch and Double-Strand Break Repair, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, one year, $320,000; recommended for three more years, $926,250
Gerald A. Schwarting, PhD, professor of cell biology: Glycoconjugates in Olfactory Cell-Cell Interactions, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, $308,125; recommended for four more years, $1.2 million
Leslie M. Shaw, PhD, associate professor of cancer biology: The IRS Proteins and Herceptin Resistance, USA Med Research ACQ Activity, two years, $731,250
Rossella G. Tupler, MD, PhD, research assistant professor of molecular medicine: An Animal Model to Develop Therapeutic Strategies for FSHD, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, one year, $355,180; recommended for four more years, $1.4 million
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