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.

Due to confidentiality concerns in clinical trial agreements from pharmaceutical companies, beginning with next month's awards reporting for Distinctions, OSP will no longer include clinical trial agreements.

New

Roberto C. Arduino, Medical School (MS), Baylor College of Medicine, $8,200, Polyomavirus-Infected PBMCS in HIV-Positive Patients

Leona K. Bartholomew, School of Public Health (SPH), Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure Houston Affiliate, $10,000, Community Assessment of Breast Cancer Incidence, Mortality and Screening among Underserved Populations in Harris and Surrounding Counties

Michael S. Beauchamp, MS and Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSBS), National Science Foundation, $427,560, Collaborative Research: Multisensory Influences on Touch Perception: FMRI, MEG and TMS Studies

Eric Boerwinkle, SPH and GSBS, National Institutes of Health (NIH), $1,115,116, GWA for Gene-Environment Interaction Effects Influencing CHD

Thomas G. Cleary, MS, NIH, $977,652, Randomized Controlled Trial-Lactoferrin for Prevention of Diarrhea in Children; previous title: Randomized Controlled Trial of Bovine Lactoferrin for Prevention of Diarrhea in Children

Jodie Conyers, Administration & Finance (A&F), Department of Defense, $4,798,000, Texas Shield: Texas Science, Humanitarian Intervention, Education, and Leadership for Disasters

William H. Donovan, MS, The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research (TIRR), $42,555, Innovative Knowledge Dissemination and Utilization for Disability and Professional Organizations and Stakeholders and the Sub-award Agreement between Boston University and TIRR; TIRR, $62,510, Texas Model Spinal Cord Injury System

Carmel B. Dyer, MS, Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, $15,000, APS Team

Alexandra E. Evans, SPH, University of Texas at Austin, $13,148, WIC Nutrition Education Evaluation

Mauro Ferrari, A&F and GSBS, Department of the Army (DOA), $1,768,000, The Medical Nanovector Research and Development Center of the Alliance for NanoHealth

Kenichi Fujise, MS and GSBS, University of Houston, $11,595, PGIS, TXAS & PGES Structure /Function

Thomas J. Goka, GSBS, University of Houston - Downtown, $8,435, Marc U Star Scholars Program at the University of Houston - Downtown

Todd R. Johnson, School of Health Information Sciences (SHIS), Social & Scientific Systems Inc., $31,999, Validation Study for A Medical Device Usage Questionnaire

Theresa M. Koehler, MS, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, $51,694, Computational and Structural Biology in Biodefense / Structure and Function of atxA, the Bacillus Anthracis Virulence Gene Regulator

Mikhail G. Kolonin, A&F and GSBS, DOA, $110,398, Adipose Stem Cells as Potential Promoters of Breast Cancer Progression

Rosemary Kozar, MS and and GSBS, National Institutes of Health, $1,410,750, Induction of Molecular Mediators by Enteral Nutrients in the Postischemic Gut

Richard J. Kulmacz, MS, Alcon Laboratories, $27,500, Study to Kinetically Assess the Mechanism of Cycloxygenase-1 (Cox-1) And Cycloxygenase-2 (Cox-2) Inhibition of Two Test Articles Using Polarographic Assay Techniques

Stephen H. Linder, SPH, University of Texas at Austin, $16,372, Texas Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment Study (DMIE)

Lynna Y. Littleton-Gibbs, School of Nursing (SON), Sanofi-Aventis U.S., $1,000, Faculty Practice Continuing Education Seminar - July 2007

Ferid Murad, A&F and GSBS, National Institutes of Health, $1,128,600, The Role of Nitric Oxide and Cyclic GMPM in Stem Cells

Belinda M. Reininger, SPH, Texas Department of State Health Services, $47,999, Regional Media For Pandemic/Disaster Preparedness Response

Kevin D. Ridge, MS and GSBS, Baylor College of Medicine, $25,000, The Role Of CCR5 Dimerization in HIV-1 Recognition

Jan M. Risser, SPH, Baylor College of Medicine, $25,000, Financial Incentive for Concurrent Partners and HIV Risk Behaviors

Sean I. Savitz, MS, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, $375,000, Physician-Scientist Early Career Award

Joy M. Schmitz, MS, National Institutes of Health, $1,485,000, Contingency Management Plus Levodopa/Carbidopa for Treatment of Cocaine Dependence

William D. Spears, SPH, City of San Antonio, $54,500, Evaluation of San Antonio Metropolitan Health District Population-Based Program

Patrick M. Tarwater, SPH, Johns Hopkins University, $23,598, Minocycline Inhibits Immune Reactivation of CNS SIV

Alex Valadka, MS, Baylor College of Medicine, $100,000, Effects of Erythropoietin on Cerebral Vascular Dysfunction and Anemia in Traumatic Brain

Martha S. Vela Acosta, SPH, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, $324,000, Evaluation of Hearing Loss in Farm workers, Texas-Mexico Border Area

Sally W. Vernon, SPH, National Institutes of Health, $2,804,813, Initiation of Colon Cancer Screening in Veterans

Kelly A. Volcik, SPH, National Institutes of Health, $148,500, Alcohol-Metabolizing Gene Variation, Lipids, Hemostatic Factors and CVD

Wenzheng Zhang, MS, American Society of Nephrology, $200,000, Generation and Characterization of CNT/CD Specific DOTLA-Deficient Mice as A Novel Liddle's Syndrome Model

Renewal

Rodney E. Kellems, MS, National Institutes of Health, $371,250, Angiotensin Receptor Autoantibodies and Preeclampsia (Old) Gene Regulation At The Maternal Fetal Interface (Old) Purine Metabolism At The Maternal-Fetal Interface Proposed New Title: Preeclampsia And Autoimmunity

Steven H. Kelder, SPH, Flaghouse Inc., $245,285, CATCH Flaghouse

Transfer

Claudio N. Cavasotto, SHIS and GSBS, Burnham Institute, $72,025, Rexinoid Synergy in Prostate Cancer Apoptosis

Sharon P. Cooper, SPH, University of Texas Health Center at Tyler, $329,625, Migrant Adolescent Health Research Study

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