Contracts and Grants

Information is courtesy of the Office of Sponsored Projects (OSP). Each listing includes the faculty member's name and school 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 some pharmaceutical companies, the OSP no longer publishes some pharmaceutical awards in Distinctions.

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Sandeep K. Agarwal, Medical School (MS), Scleroderma Foundation, $150,000, Role of Cadherin-11 in Dermal Fibrosis

Jason L. Anthony, MS, U.S. Department of Education, $2,659,751, Efficacy of Earobics Step 1 in English Language Learners and Low SES Minority Children

Noriaki Aoki, School of Health Information Sciences (SHIS), Schull Institute, $27,998, Decision Analysis of Treatment: Hepatitis C

Charles E. Begley, School of Public Health (SPH), Gateway to Care, $29,544, Provider Network Evaluation, 100 Percent Campaign, and CHIP Education Evaluation Study

Eric Boerwinkle, SPH and Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSBS), Broad Institute of MIT, $356,725, Large-Scale Genotyping of NHLBI Cohorts

Henry S. Brown III, SPH, UT Pan American, $55,093, UTPA Health Services Research Initiative

Charles S. Cox Jr., MS, Kinetic Concepts Inc., $245,151, A Study to Observe the Inflammatory Response in a Model of Hemorrhagic Shock/Resuscitation Before and After Placement of V.A.C. Therapy Using the V.A.C. Abdominal Dressing System

Xianglin L. Du, SPH, University of Kentucky, $157,741, Using Batterer Psychological Profiles for Prevention of Partner Abuse

Gary N. Frey, Dental Branch, Nusmile Primary Crowns, $3,500, Fracture Resistance of Esthetic Pediatric Crowns Loaded at End to End Inter Incisional Angle

Ponnada A. Narayana, MS and GSBS, Teva Neuroscience Inc., $100,000, Effective Communication between Neuroradiologists and Multiple Sclerosis Physicians

Luis Ostrosky-Zeichner, MS, Astellas Pharma US Inc., $115,015, In Vivo Activity of Micafugin Compared to Casofugin against Caspofungin Clinical Failure C. Glabrata Starins in Neutropenic Murine Model of Invasive Candidiasis

Melissa Fleschler Peskin, SPH, City of Houston, $166,620, Structural Interventions to Increase School-Wide Support for HIV/AIDS Education

Matthew B. Schabath, SPH, UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC), $44,550, Inflammation-Related Genes and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): A Molecular Epidemiology Approach

Thomas H. Stock, SPH, MDACC, $74,250, Environmental Tobacco Smoke Monitoring Strategies: A Comparison of Personal, Area and Judgment Monitoring Approaches Using Vapor-Phase Nicotine
Passive Monitors

Angela L. Stotts, MS, Health Resources & Services Administration, $872,782, Reducing Environmental Tobacco Smoke in NICU Infants' Homes

Charles Streckfus, DB and GSBS, Avon Products Inc., $260,000, Identifying Salivary Biomarkers for Breast Cancer Detection

S. Ray Taylor, DB, PPG Industries, $111,840, Chrome Free Electrocoat Project

Charles T. Van Buren, MS, Memorial Hermann Hospital, $13,444, A Randomized, Double-Blind Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of Prophylactic Use of Maribavir vs. Oral Ganciclovir for the Prevention
of Cytomegalovirus Disease in Recipients of Orthotopic Liver Transplants - Maribavir

Sally W. Vernon, SPH, University of California, San Diego, $72,799, Multilevel Mechanisms of Physical Activity Change

Jiajie Zhang, SHIS, U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity, $199,999, Usability Evaluation of AHLTA (the military's electronic health record)

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