Recent grants top $7M

The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs reports 60 new grants and competing renewal grants for March 2002 totaling $7,592,718

The Feinberg School of Medicine

Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer’s Disease Center

• Principal Investigator: Mesulam, Marsel. Title: Alzheimer’s Disease Core Center. Sponsor: National Institute on Aging. Amount: $29,157.

• Principal Investigator: Morhardt, Darby J. Title: Alzheimer’s Disease Demonstration Project. Sponsor: Administration on Aging (subcontracted from: Illinois Department of Public Health). Amount: $20,000.

• Principal Investigator: Weintraub, Sandra. Title: Estrogen, Vitamin E and Cognitive Change in Women. Sponsor: National Institute on Aging (subcontracted from: New England Research Institutes, Inc.). Amount: $327,200.

Galter Health Sciences Library

• Principal Investigator: Shedlock, James. Title: The Papers of G.V. Black: Father of Modern Dentistry. Sponsor: Illinois State Library. Amount: $7,961.

Medicine

• Principal Investigator: Boggio, Lisa N. Title: Northwestern Hemophilia Treatment Center—CDC Cooperative Grant. Sponsor: Centers for Disease Control (subcontracted from: Great Lakes Hemophilia Foundation). Amount: $56,800.

• Principal Investigator: Cotts, William G. Title: B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Levels in Chronic Aortic Insufficiency. Sponsor: Northwestern Memorial Foundation. Amount: $14,420.

• Principal Investigator: Craig, Robert M. Title: Immune Ablation and Peripheral Stem Cell Support in Patients with Severe Crohn’s Disease. Sponsor: The Eli and Edythe L. Broad Foundation. Amount: $101,750.

• Principal Investigator: Eklund, Elizabeth. Title: HoxA10 Function during Myeloid Differentiation. Sponsor: National Cancer Institute. Amount: $261,660.

• Principal Investigator: Green, David. Title: Maternal and Child Health Bureau Grant-12. Sponsor: Maternal and Child Health Bureau (subcontracted from: Great Lakes Hemophilia Foundation). Amount: $19,934.

• Principal Investigator: Koch, Alisa E. Title: Fellowship in Support of the Role of Chemokine Receptor Antagonists in Rat Adjuvant Induced Arthritis. Sponsor: Arthritis Foundation. Amount: $35,500.

• Principal Investigator: Murphy, Robert L. Title: Prot# Manon 01: Determination of Immune Response in HIV Infected Patients and Standardization of Methods to Evaluate HIV Vaccine Efficacy (International, Multicentre Study). Sponsor: ORVACS. Amount: $45,655.

• Principal Investigator: Pavlovic-Surjancev, Biljana. Title: Role of Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases in Dilated Cardiomyopathy and Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy in Humans. Sponsor: American Society of Transplantation. Amount: $35,000.

• Principal Investigator: Sharma, Leena. Title: Progression of Knee OA: The Role of Local Factors. Sponsor: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases. Amount: $134,704.

Microbiology-Immunology

• Principal Investigator: Longnecker, Richard M. Title: Functional Studies of gp42 and HLA Class 11 in EBV. Sponsor: National Cancer Institute. Amount: $345,546.

Ophthalmology

• Principal Investigator: Weinberg, David V. Title: Submacular Surgery Trails Study Chairman’s Office Grant. Sponsor: National Eye Institute (subcontracted from: Johns Hopkins University). Amount: $1,371.

Pathology

• Principal Investigator: Yaseen, Nabeel. Title: CAREER: Role of Nuclear Transport in Acute Leukemia. Sponsor: National Cancer Institute. Amount: $151,168.

Pediatrics

• Principal Investigator: Black, Stephen M. Title: Reactive Oxygen Species in PPHN. Sponsor: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Amount: $260,367.

• Principal Investigator: Dettman, Robert. Title: Functional Significance of Eph/Ephrin Interactions in Cardiac Vaculogenesis. Sponsor: Children’s Memorial Hospital. Amount: $13,500.

• Principal Investigator: Khan, Janine Y. Title: Effect of Congenital Hypothyroidism on the Anti-Oxidant Enzymes of the Brain. Sponsor: Children’s Memorial Hospital. Amount: $17,811.

• Principal Investigator: Wedgwood, Stephen. Title: Role of Biomechanical Forces in Pulmonary Vascular Remodeling. Sponsor: Children’s Memorial Hospital. Amount: $24,500.

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

• Principal Investigator: Gard, Steven A. Title: Influence of Ankle Motion on Bilateral Amputee Gait. Sponsor: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Amount: $275,006.

Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences

• Principal Investigator: Brown, David A. Title: Restoration of Function in Neurologic Impairment: Lower Limb Force Vector Control in Hemiplegic Humans. Sponsor: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (subcontracted from: Rehabilitation Institute Research Corporation). Amount: $13,800.

Physiology

• Principal Investigator: Baker, James F. Title: Otolith Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex. Sponsor: National Eye Institute. Amount: $208,685.

• Principal Investigator: Heckman, Charles. Title: Restoration of Function in Neurologic Impairment: Motor Control in Multi-Functional Muscles and Computational Models of Multi-Sensory Control of Posture. Sponsor: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (subcontracted from: Rehabilitation Institute Research Corporation). Amount: $43,024.

• Principal Investigator: Mussa-Ivaldi, Ferdinando. Title: Restoration of Function in Neurologic Impairment: Biomechanics and Robotics Core and Force Fields and Adaptation for Restoring Motor Function to the Hemiparetic. Sponsor: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (subcontracted from: Rehabilitation Institute Research Corporation). Amount: $57,275.

Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

• Principal Investigator: Lyons, John S. Title: SASS/ITS Monitoring. Sponsor: Illinois Department of Children and Family Services. Amount: $172,706.

• Principal Investigator: Simpatico, Thomas A. Title: Clinical Antipsychotic Trials of Intervention Effectiveness (CATIE) - Part 2. Sponsor: National Institute of Mental Health (subcontracted from: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill). Amount: $15,000.

The Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University

• Principal Investigator: Levenson, Victor. Title: Identification of Genes Involved in Resistance to Tamoxifen. Sponsor: The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. Amount: $125,000.

• Principal Investigator: Morrow, Monica. Title: ACOSOG - PSA Agreement. Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (subcontracted from: Duke Clinical Research Institute). Amount: $118,000.

The Davee Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurological Sciences

• Principal Investigator: Alberts, Mark J. Title: CAREER: Genetic Studies of Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Sponsor: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Amount: $96,377.

• Principal Investigator: Siddique, Teepu. Title: ALS Genetic Research Program. Sponsor: Les Turner Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Foundation, Ltd. Amount: $310,000.

School of Law

Law

• Principal Investigator: Biehl, Julie A. Title: Clinical Evaluation Services Initiative. Sponsor: Circuit Court of Cook County. Amount: $810,000.

McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science Biomedical Engineering

• Principal Investigator: Messersmith, Phillip B. Title: Bioadhesive Polymer Hydrogels: Basic and Applied Studies. Sponsor: National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research. Amount: $282,308.

Center for Photonic Communication and Computing

• Principal Investigator: Shahriar, Selim. Title: Spin-Based Lattice-Gas Quantum Optics in Solids Using Optical Addressing. Sponsor: Air Force Office of Scientific Research (subcontracted from: Texas A & M Research Foundation). Amount: $140,159.

• Principal Investigator: Shahriar, Selim. Title: Ultra-Precise Clock Synchronization Via Distant Entanglement. Sponsor: Air Force Research Laboratory (subcontracted from: Massachusetts Institute of Technology). Amount: $240,000.

Computer Science

• Principal Investigator: Kao, Ming-Yang. Title: ITR/AP(BIO): Algorithmic Study in Computational Proteomics. Sponsor: National Science Foundation (subcontracted from: University of Southern California). Amount: $43,015.

Electrical and Computer Engineering

• Principal Investigator: Taflove, Allen. Title: Updateable Message Personal CD Player - Gen. 3. Sponsor: Lemelson Foundation. Amount: $12,600.

Materials Science and Engineering

• Principal Investigator: Dravid, Vinayak P. Title: Towards Predictive Structure-Property Relationships for Electroceramic Interfaces. Sponsor: Department of Energy. Amount: $171,536.

Mechanical Engineering

• Principal Investigator: Ghosal, Sandip. Title: Dynamics of Ignition and Extinction Fronts on Diffusion Flame Sheets. Sponsor: National Science Foundation. Amount: $58,460.

• Principal Investigator: Lueptow, Richard M. Title: Advancing Rotating Membrane Water Purification for Human Life Support in Space NRA - Advanced Human Support Technology (AHST) Proposal #01-OBPR-01-025. Sponsor: NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. Amount: $174,158.

School of Music

Music

• Principal Investigator: Berliner, Paul. Title: The Heart that Remembers: A Tale of Musicians in a Time of War. Sponsor: The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Amount: $45,000.

School of Speech

Communication Sciences and Disorders

• Principal Investigator: Zheng, Jing. Title: Investigation of Prestin Expression and Auditory Function in the Reeler Mouse. Sponsor: American Hearing Research Foundation. Amount: $20,000.

University Research Centers

Center for Catalysis and Surface Science

• Principal Investigator: Sachtler, Wolfgang M. Title: Chemical Interactions in Multimetal/Zeolite Catalysts. Sponsor: Department of Energy. Amount: $138,000.

Center for Public Safety

• Principal Investigator: Fisher, Cameron. Title: Tennessee Highway Patrol: 10-Week School of Police Staff and Command. Sponsor: Tennessee Department of Transportation. Amount: $108,300.

• Principal Investigator: Freesmeyer, Timothy J. Title: Executive Management Program at the Middlesex County Fire Academy in Sayreville, New Jersey. Sponsor: New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety. Amount: $58,000.

• Principal Investigator: Freesmeyer, Timothy J. Title: School of Police Staff Command - Tri-River MTU. Sponsor: Tri-River Police Training. Amount: $114,000.

Center for Sleep and Circadian Biology

• Principal Investigator: Turek, Fred W. Title: Use of ENU Mutagenesis and Novel Neonatal Screen to Discover Genes that When Altered, Eliminate/Reduce Need to Sleep. Sponsor: Department of the Army. Amount: $525,863.

Institute for Policy Research

• Principal Investigator: Duncan, Greg J. Title: Meetings of Research Advisory Groups. Sponsor: The Annie E. Casey Foundation. Amount: $40,500.

• Principal Investigator: England, Paula. Title: Network on Family and the Economy. Sponsor: The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (subcontracted from: Washington University in St. Louis). Amount: $10,000.

• Principal Investigator: Pattillo, Mary E. Title: Race, Perceptions of Social Injustice, & Delinquency Among Chicago Youth. Sponsor: National Science Foundation (subcontracted from: Carnegie Mellon University). Amount: $44,420.

• Principal Investigator: Ventresca, Marc J. Title: How Foundations Change. Sponsor: Aspen Institute. Amount: $10,000.

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Anthropology

• Principal Investigator: McDade, Thomas. Title: Evaluation of Low Dietary Iron as a Nutritional Adaptation to Infectious Disease. Sponsor: National Science Foundation (subcontracted from: University of Washington). Amount: $38,396.

Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Cell Biology

• Principal Investigator: Radhakrishnan, Ishwar. Title: Structural Biology of Sin3 Corepressor. Sponsor: National Institute of General Medical Sciences. Amount: $245,163.

• Principal Investigator: Widom, Jonathan. Title: Mechanistic Problems in Eukaryotic Gene Regulation. Sponsor: National Institute of General Medical Sciences. Amount: $260,021.

Center for International and Comparative Studies

• Principal Investigator: Abbott, Kenneth W. Title: Ethical Dimensions of International Cooperation. Sponsor: Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs. Amount: $10,000.

Chemistry

• Principal Investigator: Ratner, Mark A. Title: Molecular Electronic Junctions: An Integrated Investigation of Device Features. Sponsor: Office of Naval Research. Amount: $100,000.

• Principal Investigator: Wasielewski, Michael. Title: Self-Assembly of Polymer-Based Photonic Material. Sponsor: Office of Naval Research. Amount: $75,000.

Neurobiology and Physiology

• Principal Investigator: Levine, Jon E. Title: Neuroendocrine Regulation of GnRH Release. Sponsor: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Amount: $256,519.

Physics and Astronomy

• Principal Investigator: Dutta, Pulak. Title: In Situ X-Ray Studies of Absorption, Nucleation and Self-Assembly at Soft and Hard Surfaces. Sponsor: Department of Energy. Amount: $145,374.

• Principal Investigator: Rasio, Frederic A. Title: Binary Stars and Global Cluster Dynamics. Sponsor: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Amount: $77,049.