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Grants and contracts awarded to Yale School of Medicine, January/February 2006
Federal
- Meenakshi Alreja, NIH, Cholinergic and GABAergic Mechanisms in the Septohippocampal Pathway, 5 years, $1,545,940
- Peter Cresswell, NIH, Role of Endocytosis in Cell Recognition, 5 years, $2,043,750
- Sankar Ghosh, NIH, Mechanism of T Cell-Receptor Mediated Activation of NFκB, 5 years, $2,043,750
- Tibor Hajszan, NIH, Antidepressant Effect on Hippocampal Synaptogenesis, 3 years, $850,966
- Nathan Hansen, NIH, Intervention for HIV+ Adults With Childhood Sexual Abuse, 4 years, $899,966
- Ralph Hoffman, NIH, rTMS Clinical Trial for Auditory Hallucinations, 5 years, $2,135,810
- Akiko Iwasaki, NIH, Viral Recognition by Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell, 4 years, $2,043,750
- Jeffrey Kahn, NIH, The Role of a Novel Coronavirus in Kawasaki Disease, 2 years, $437,795
- Robert LaMotte, NIH, Satellite Glia and Sensory Coding: Implications for Pain, 1 year, $404,663
- Peter Novick, NIH, Structure and Inheritance of the Endoplasmic Reticulum, 3 years, $1,209,900
- Jordan Pober, NIH, Alloimmunity to Progenitor Cell-Derived Human Vascular Cells, 4 years, $2,993,312
- Pasko Rakic, NIH, Apoptosis and Renewal of Neural Progenitor Cells, 5 years, $1,636,221
- David Rimm, NIH, Predicting Metastasis in Melanoma, 3 years, $1,044,764
- Scott Rivkees, NIH, Anti-Adenosine Therapy of Neonatal Brain Injury, 1 year, $183,938
- Craig Roy, NIH, Evasion of Antigen Presentation by Vacuolar Pathogens, 5 years, $2,043,750; NIH, Modulation of Host Cell Functions by Coxiella burnetii, 4 years, $1,839,375
- Kerry Russell, NIH, Cardiovascular Effects of Endothelial-Derived Neuregulin, 4 years, $2,037,464
- Mark Shlomchik, NIH, Differential GVHD Induction by Naive and Memory T Cells, 4 years, $1,635,000
- Mark Solomon, NIH, Anaphase Promoting Complex-Mediated Proteolysis, 3 years, $1,406,100
- Stephen Strittmatter, NIH, Nogo Receptor Antagonist for Ischemic Stroke Recovery, 5 years, $1,430,625
- Scott Strobel, NIH, Mechanism of Ribosome-Catalyzed Peptide Bond Formation, 3 years, $1,322,074
- Joann Sweasy, NIH, DNA Polymerase Β and Colon Cancer, 2 years, $341,715
Non-Federal
- Serap Aksoy, Ambrose Monell Foundation, New Strategies for African Trypanosomiasis Control, 1 year, $100,000
- Jeffrey Bender, Pfizer, Inc., Atorvastatin’s Impact on Vascular Wall Inflammation by Interfering with Isoprehylation and RAC-1 Function, 16 months, $64,690
- Elizabeth Bradley, William J. Clinton Foundation, Ethiopia Hospital Management Initiative, 1 year, $604,610
- Margaret Briggs-Gowan, University of Illinois, Chicago, Observational Measurement of Preschool Behavior Problems, 7 months, $18,842
- Susan Busch, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, The Effect of State Parity Laws on Children, 1 year, $64,872
- Jan Czyzyk, American Cancer Society, Inc., Alternative Effectors of Ras GTPase in T Cell Activation, 4 years, $720,000
- Maria Diuk-Wasser, G. Harold and Leila Y. Mathers Charitable Foundation, Development of an Interactive Internet Site for Lyme Disease Education, 1 year, $51,425
- Barbara Ehrlich, PKD Foundation for Research in Polycystic Kidney Disease, Molecular Coupling Between the InsP3 Receptor and Polycystin 2: InsP3 Receptor Isoform Specificity for Cyst Formation, 1 year, $65,000
- Gerald Friedland, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Supplement Provision of HIV Care, Antiretroviral Therapy and Prevention Through a Community-Based Program in Rural South Africa, 1 year, $25,000
- Alan Garen, Breast Cancer Alliance, Inc., Breast Cancer Immunotherapy Using Targeted Nanoparticles Encoding an Icon, 1 year, $100,000
- Walter Gilliam, Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, Mother Read/Father Read Evaluation, 1 year, $87,000
- Nora Groce, International Labor Organization, The Impact of HIV/AIDS on Disabled Populations: Policy Interventions, 5 months, $30,000
- Handan Gunduz-Bruce, National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression, GABA-Glutamate Interactions and Psychosis, 2 years, $60,000
- Melinda Irwin, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, TREC Coordination Center, 1 year, $22,346
- Kathleen Koenig, Organization for Autism Research, Development of an Instrument for Measuring Change in Social Behavior in Children with Autism Spectrum Conditions: The Social Behavior Observation Measure, 2 years, $29,784
- James Leckman, New York Medical College, Role of Group A Streptococcal Infection and HLA Type in TS and OCD, 1 year, $8,548
- Guoyong Li, American Heart Association, Characterization of a Novel Monoamine Oxidase, Renalase, 3 years, $260,000
- Xingguang Luo, Alcoholic Beverage Medical Research Foundation, Fine-Mapping Risk Alleles for Alcohol Dependence at the CHRM2 Locus, 1 year, $50,000
- Linda Mayes, Patrick & Catherine Weldon Donaghue Medical Research Foundation, Minding the Baby: Home Visiting for Young Parents, 3 years, $79,636
- Guillermo Mor, Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings, Ovarian Cancer Support, 3 years, $150,000; Novogen Limited, Assay of Induction of Apoptosis by Phenoxodiol in Cancer Cells, 1 year, $89,920
- Utpal Pal, American Heart Association, Molecular Pathogenesis of Lyme Carditis, 6 months, $260,000
- A. David Paltiel, Massachusetts General Hospital, Optimizing HIV Care in Less-Developed Countries, 3 years, $14,668
- Reuven Rabinovici, Cellphire, Inc, The Efficacy of Freeze-Dried Platelets in a Rat Model of Uncontrolled Hemorrhagic Shock, 1 year, $125,000
- Robert Roth, Organon Laboratories Ltd., Influence of Asenapine on Dopamine and Serotonin Turnover in the Phencyclidine Model of Frontal Cortical Dysfunction in Non-Human Primates, 2 years, $68,670
- David Rothstein, University of California–San Diego, Endotoxin and Allergy: Modulation by CTLA4, 17 months, $8,226
- Joseph Schlessinger, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Coupling Between FGF and Signaling via TGF Receptors, 1 year, $75,000
- Robert Schultz, Vanderbilt University, Perpetual Expertise Network: Dynamics of Object Perception, 1 year, $46,325
- Hong Wang, Harvard University, Social Experimental Study on RMHC Community-Based Health Insurance in Rural China, 3 years, $86,237
- Carol Weitzman, The Children’s Fund of Connecticut, Behavioral Health of Young Children in Primary Care Settings, 2 years, $178,561
- Dagan Wells, ART Institute of New York and New Jersey, Analysis of Cell-Cycle Checkpoints in Human Oocytes, 15 months, $16,792
- Herbert Yu, American Association for Cancer Research, Methylator Phenotype of Insulin-Like Growth Factors in Breast Cancer, 2 years, $160,000
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