Contracts & Grants

Information is courtesy of the Office of Sponsored Projects. Each listing includes the faculty member's name and school(s) appointments at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, contracting or granting agency, funding amount and project title.

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Catherine G. Ambrose, Medical School (MS), Orthopaedic Research & Education Foundation, $150,000, Identification of Causative Bacteria in Osteomyelitis Using Rapid and Sensitive 16SrRNA Detection.

Joan M. C. Bull, MS, Dealer Computer Services Inc., $50,000, Brockman Thermal Therapy.

Theresa L. Byrd, School of Public Health (SPH), UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, $111,487, Interactive CD Rom on Cancer Genetics for Hispanics.

Marlene Z. Cohen, School of Nursing (SON), UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, $9,253, Parenteral Hydration in Advanced Cancer Patients: A Randomized Controlled Project.

Herbert L. Dupont, SPH and Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSBS), Iomai Corporation, $1,512,206, A Phase II, Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study to Evaluate the Epidemiology of Natural Infection with Enterotoxigenic Escherichia Coli Occurring after Transcutaneous Immunization in a Field Setting.

Susan Landry, MS, Texas Workforce Commission, $12,000,000, Child Care Match Contribution Agreement $12 million.

Maria T. Morandi, SPH, University of New Mexico, $16,200, University of New Mexico Arch Program on Border Asthma.

Philip R. Orlander, MS, Maurice Amado Foundation, $10,000, Maurice Amado Foundation Award. Rade Paravina, Dental Branch (DB) and GSBS, 3M Espe Dental Products, $4,500, Translucency of Ceramic Veneers; Vita Zahnfabrik H. Rauter Gmbh & Co. K.G., $4,999, Influence of Tab Arrangement of Shade-Matching Results.

John M. Powers, DB and GSBS, Nusmile Primary Crowns, $1,200, Properties of Esthetic Crowns.

Cleo J. Richard, SON, Agency for Health Care Research and Quality, $37,800,Living with Arterio-Venus Fistula for Hemodialysis.

Mya C. Schiess, MS, Medtronic Inc., $16,770, Implantable Systems Performance Registry.

Richard W. Smalling, MS, Cordis Corporation, $60,000, Sapphire WW (Stenting and Angioplasty with Protection in Patients at High- Risk for Endarterectomy Protocol Synopsis).

Heinrich Taegtmeyer, MS and GSBS, Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America Inc., $1,125, Metabolic Features of Heart Failure in Diabetes and Obesity.

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Bruce C. Kone, MS and GSBS, Harris County Hospital District, $447,491, Ryan White Title 1 Formula (DHHS) Outpatient Ambulatory Grants (TS).

Gene Lesage, MS, National Institutes of Health, $1,217,700, Bile Acid Modulation of Bile Duct Secretion and Growth.

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