Contracts & 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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Ananth Annapragada, School of Health Information Sciences (SHIS) and Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSBS), University of Houston (UH), $54,980, Keck Fellowship for Ketan Ghaghada

Noriaki Aoki, SHIS, Schull Institute, $14,584, Data Analysis and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Usefulness of Percutaneous Cardiopulmonary Support for Cardiopulmonary Arrested Patients

Cesar A. Arias, Medical School (MS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), $90,650, Enterococcus Faecium Virulence: A Molecular and Therapeutic Approach

Nancy Bergstrom, School of Nursing (SON), American Nephrology Nurses Association, $5,000, Frequency, Severity & Distress of Dialysis- Related Symptoms Reported by Patients on Hemodialysis

Raul Caetano, School of Public Health (SPH), NIH, $762,414, Cross Ethnic Trends in Drinking, Alcohol Use Disorders and Service Utilization; NIH, $1,493,720, Alcohol Epidemiology among Border and Non-Border Mexican Americans

Shiwei Cai, Dental Branch (DB), American Association of Endodontists Foundation, $17,400, Dental Pulp Regenerative Potential of Stem Cells of Bone Marrow Origin in A Rat Model

Stephen P. Daiger, SPH and GSBS, Foundation for Fighting Blindness, $1,473,014, Targeted High-Throughput Sequencing for Gene Discovery in Retinitis Pigmentosa

Lex Frieden, SHIS, Memorial Hermann Hospital, $45,936, National State to State Technical Assistance Program for Community Living; Memorial Hermann Hospital, $11,240, Research and Training Center on Spinal Cord Injury and Secondary Conditions

Danielle A. Garsin, MS and GSBS, NIH, $420,133, Regulation of Ethanolamine Utilization in E. Faecalis by an Atypical Riboswitch Mechanism

Millicent E. Goldschmidt, MS and GSBS, Marianna Cooley, $5,000, Chewable Toothpaste Tablet/MRE

Nicole R. Gonzales, Administration & Finance (A&F), American Heart Association, National, $110,000, MRI Evaluation of Hematoma Resolution as a Surrogate Marker of Clinical Outcome in Intracerebral Hemorrhage

Sandra K. Hanneman, SON, Sigma Theta Tau International, $5,000, Biomarker Circadian Rhythm Profiles in Critically Ill Mechanically Ventilated Patients; Sigma Theta Tau International, $2,000, Biomarker Circadian Rhythm Profiles in Critically Ill Mechanically Ventilated Patients - Zeta Pi Chapter Award

Ann-Marie Hedberg, SPH, General Mills Foundation, $10,000, P.L.A.N.T. Gardens - Preschoolers Learn About Nutrition Through Gardens

Deanna M. Hoelscher, SPH, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, $997,984, Statewide Evaluation of Childhood Obesity Prevention Policies in Texas: Texas Safe Routes to School and Increased Healthy Food Access for WIC Clients

Kathy L. Klos, SPH, NIH, $1,894,053, Genes of Oxidative Stress and Atherosclerotic Complications of Hypertension

Mikhail G. Kolonin, A&F and GSBS, American Heart Association, National, $308,000, Adipose Stem Cell Targeting as a Novel Approach to Obesity Treatment

Michael Lorenz and GSBS, MS, NIH, $372,050, Understanding Immunomodulation by Candida Albicans

Jonathan Ophir, MS, NIH, $371,250, Imaging the Shear Strain at Breast Tumor Boundaries

Cheryl L. Perry, SPH, Hriday-Shan, $89,041, Advancing Cessation of Tobacco in Vulnerable Indian Tobacco Consuming Youth

Renae R. Schumann, SON, Health Resources & Services Administration, $773,461, Nurse Education Practice and Retention

Emily J. Solari, MS, Texas Education Agency, $1,500,000, Texas Pre- Kindergarten Limited English Proficiency Program

George M. Stancel, GSBS and MS, UH, $21,011, Salary Reimbursement Agreement - GSBS Student

Nitin Tandon, MS, Epilepsy Foundation of America, $40,000, Hemispheric Laterality Predicted by Structural Connectivity

Deepa A. Vasudevan, MS, Texas Academy of Family Physicians Foundation, $5,000, Primary Care Physicians' Knowledge and Readiness on Ethnic-Specific Guidelines for Obesity Based On BMI And Waist Circumference among South Asian Indians

Hongbin Wang, SHIS, Department of the Air Force, $58,000, Request for an Integrated Eye-Tracking System for Measuring Human Operations Performance

Ann Wetmore, DB, American Dental Education Association, $13,000, 2008 Adea/GlaxoSmithKlein Dental Hygiene Teaching Fellowship Program

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Noriaki Aoki, SHIS, Schull Institute, $28,930, Designing Performance Feedback System for Medical Management in Japan

John H. Byrne, MS and GSBS, NIH, $1,864,579, Cellular Mechanisms of Associative Learning

Keith Hoots, MS and GSBS, Health Resources & Services Administration, $1,404,693, Region VI Comprehensive Hemophilia Program

Rodney C. Lester, SON, Health Resources & Services Administration, $4,276, Nurse Anesthetist Traineeship

David D. McPherson, MS, NIH, $480,216, Targeted Liposomes for Acoustic Cardiovascular Imaging

Hope Northrup, MS and GSBS, Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance, $6,000, TSC Clinic Development Award

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