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D. Douglas Miller, M.D. (cardiology) has received a one-year, $152,000 contract award from DuPont Pharmaceuticals Co. The study is titled "Imaging Noninvasive Targets After Estrogen Therapy."
Adrian M. Di Bisceglie, M.D. (gastroenterology and hepatology) has received a four-year, $616,133 grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. The study is titled "Hepatitis C Viral Quasispecies within the Liver."
Dr. Norma A. Metheny (nursing) has received a three-year, $1,040,515 grant from NIH/National Institute of Nursing Research. The study is titled "Detecting Aspiration Associated with Tube Feedings."
Dr. Ross C. Brownson (public health) has received a one-year, $111,761 contract award from the Missouri Department of Health for a study titled "Analysis and Utilization of Public Health Data."
Dr. Ronald W. Rebore (leadership and higher education) was awarded a Marchetti Grant for $25,000, which is intended to finance the development of curriculum through the engagement of nationally recognized experts in Catholic education for a Catholic school leadership master's degree program and future doctoral programs.
Dr. Linda J. Bufkin, Ted Green and Dr. Ann M. Rule (educational studies) received a grant continuation for Goals 2000 "Social Studies Curriculum Reform -- An Integrated Approach for 1999-2000." Bufkin and Rule also received a Preservice Teacher Technology Preparation grant for $131,939, which is a capacity-building grant designed to revise undergraduate technology curriculum and support faculty development.
Sulekha Verma (cell and molecular biology), working in the laboratory of Dr. G. Chinnadurai (molecular virology), has received a one-year predoctoral grant from American Heart Association for $15,000. Her research area is the regulation of cell death activity of the pro-apoptotic protein Bik.
Dr. Michael Ariel (anatomy and neurobiology) has received a three-year, $159,988 grant award from the National Science Foundation for a study titled "Convergence of Excitatory and Inhibitory Visual Inputs onto Single Neurons." Ariel is researching how information about the direction of the body motion is processed by nerve cells in the brain stem. This information will contribute to understanding the brain mechanisms that form complex visual signals that then control the stability of eye positions as a body moves through the environment.
Dr. Maw-Shung Liu (pharmacological and physiological sciences) has received a four-year, $631,027 renewal grant award from the National Institutes of Health/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute for a study titled "Substrate Metabolism in Isolated Myocytes in Shock." Liu's research will lay groundwork for genetic intervention for preserving cardiac function during sepsis.
George M. Matuschak, M.D. (biology) (pulmonology and pulmonary occupational medicine) has received a four-year, $794,376 renewal grant award from the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of General Medical Sciences for a study titled "Liver-Lung Interactions During Gram-Negative Endotoxemia." Matuschak is researching the substances that may cause secondary damage after lung injury and multiple organ failure.
Justin L. Mott, M.D. (molecular microbiology and immunology) has received a three-year, $90,000 training grant award from the American Diabetes Association for a study titled "The Effect of Mitochondrial DNA Mutations on Beta Cell Function." Type II diabetes mellitus is characterized by increased blood sugar levels and decreased insulin secretion. It is thought that the insulin-producing cells of the pancreas are damaged. Mott's research is designed to learn more about the underlying cause of decreased insulin secretion, so that better treatment strategies may be developed to improve the lives of diabetics.
Dr. Frederic D. Wolinsky (public health) has received a four-year, $2,516,853 grant from the Agency for Health Care Policy Research for a study titled "Identification of Clinically Relevant Changes in HRQoL (health-related quality of life)."
Dr. Wendi S. Neckameyer (pharmacological and physiological science) has received a three-year, $221,436 grant award from the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Mental Health for a study titled "Molecular Analysis of the Drosophila GABA Transporters." Neckameyer is researching the mechanisms that regulate the activity of nerve cells to help develop better therapies for dementia and epilepsy.
Dr. Celerstine Johnson (Student Educational Services Center) has received a $507,622 grant from the U. S. Department of Education to assist in the continuation of the Upward Bound Project. She also has received a $196,962 grant from the U.S. Department of Education to facilitate a student support services program that assists first-generation college students. Johnson has also received a $190,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Education to set up the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program. The McNair program seeks to prepare undergraduate students for doctoral studies.
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