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, project title, contracting or granting agency, and funding amount.

New

Roberto Arduino, Medical School (MS), A Multicenter, Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study Assessing the Efficacy and Safety of a 2 Mg Dose of TH9507, a Growth Hormone-Releasing Factor Analogue, in HIV Patients with Excess of Abdominal Fat Accumulation, Theratechnologies Inc., $70,064.

Kit-Sing Au, MS, Development of New Molecular Testing for the TSC1 and TSC2 Genes, Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance, $220,150.

Michael Braun, Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine for the Prevention of Human Diseases (IMM) and Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSBS), Urinary Biomarkers in Murine MPGN, National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, $295,788.

John Choi, School of Public Health (SPH) and MS, Safety and Effectiveness of Cortical Stimulation in the Treatment of Upper Extremity Hemiparesis, Northstar Neuroscience Inc., $88,080.

John Cochran, MS, C.H.O.S.E.N. Program, Department of State Health Services, $83,000.

Jodie Conyers, Biotechnology Center, Design and Development of Carbon-Based Nanomaterials for Addressing Healthcare Concerns of Space Flight, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, $1,984,000.

Pamela Diamond, SPH, Evaluation and Expansion of the Houston Police Department’s CIT Program, Hogg Foundation, $73,180.

Jacqueline Hecht, MS and GSBS, Strategy for Therapy of the Pseudoachondroplasia (PSACH) Phenotype: Understanding Temporal Events, NIH, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, $351,529.

Keith Hoots, MS and GSBS, Assessing Concerns with the Safety of Hemophilia Products: Patients and Parent Focus Groups, Research Triangle Institute, $8,000; and An Open-Label Study of the Hemostatic Activity, Pharmacokinetics and Safety of OBI-1 (B-Domain Deleted Recombinant Porcine FVIII), when Administered by Intravenous Injection, to Control Non-Life and Non-Limb Threatening Bleeding Episodes in Congenital Hemophilia, Octagen Corporation, $12,562.

Zhi-Dong Jiang, SPH, In Vitro Antibacterial Activity of Rifaximin Against Bacterial Enteropathogen Strains that Cause Pediatric Diarrhea in Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Salix Pharmaceuticals, $20,000; and Mechanism of Action of Rifaximin Antimicrobial Effects and Drug-Induced Alteration of Microbial Virulence of Enterotoxigenic (ETEC) and Enteroaggregative (EAEC) Escherichia Coli, Salix Pharmaceuticals, $38,542.

Steven Kelder, SPH, CATCH Flaghouse, Flaghouse Inc., $79,909.

Susan Landry, MS, Preschool Curricula: Outcomes and Developmental Processes, NIH, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, $8,291,607.

Jary Lesser, MS, A Three-Month, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Multicenter, Safety, Tolerability, and Efficacy Study of Three Doses of Lecozotan (SRA-333) SR in Outpatients with Mild to Moderate Alzheimer’s Disease with Donepezil as Active Control, Wyeth-Ayerst Research Inc., $124,490; and Retrospective Data Review Procedures for Confirmation of the Clinical Diagnostic Features of Vascular Dementia in Subjects Who Were Enrolled in Studies E2020-A001-307 or E2020-A001-308, Pharmaceutical Research Associates, $21,200.

Janet Meininger, School of Nursing (SON), Aldine-UT Partnership to Prevent Obesity in Youth, NIH, National Institute of Nursing Research, $445,500.

Hadar Merhav, MS, Enteric Coated Mycophenolic Acid (Myfortic) in Liver Transplant Recipients – Effect on Compliance and Calcineurin Inhibitor and Corticosteroid Sparing, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp., $254,266.

Steven Norris, MS and GSBS, Molecular Basis of Infectious Disease, NIH, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, $523,155.

Mary Prasad, MS, Caregiver and Environmental Influences on Outcomes from Traumatic Brain Injury in Infants and Preschoolers, U.S. Department of Education, $448,430.

Marek Radomski, MS, Mechanisms of PM-Associated Exacerbation of Endothelial Dysfunction, Health Effects Institute, $64,904.

Thomas Rich, MS and GSBS, Modeling B2 Receptor Activity in a Cellular Environment, NIH, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), $500,985.

Mary Ann Smith, SPH and GSBS, The Health Effects of Air Toxics and Development of Air Toxics Standards for Houston, Rice University, $40,000.

Angela Stotts, MS, Acceptance Therapy During Methadone Detoxification, NIH, National Institute on Drug Abuse, $1,000,920.

Patrick Tarwater, SPH, Chemokine Modulation During SIV Infection, University of Pittsburgh, $7,435.

Renewal

Eric Boerwinkle, SPH, IMM and GSBS, Genetic Determinants of High Blood Pressure, New Proposed Title: The Family Blood Pressure Program (Genoa Network), NIH, NHLBI, $3,643,412.

Samuel Casscells III, MS, Texas Training and Technology Against Trauma and Terrorism, Department of the Army, $16,227,648.

Vaunette Fay, SON, Texas Consortium of Geriatric Education Centers, Baylor College of Medicine, $30,000.

Craig Hanis, SPH and GSBS, Genetics of Diabetic Retinopathy, NIH, National Eye Institute (NEI), $2,119,862.

Steven Kelder, SPH, Diffusion of CATCH in Texas Elementary Schools, Department of State Health Services, $300,000.

Susan Landry, MS, Head Start State Collaboration Program, Administration for Children and Families, $900,000.

Scott Lillibridge, SPH, Texas Bioterrorism Continuing Education Program, Health Resources and Services Administration, $4,500,000.

David Marshak, MS and GSBS, Retinopetal Axons of Mammalian Retinas, Old Title: Peptidergic Neurons of the Primate Retina, Proposed New Title: Primate Retinal Ganglion Cells, NIH, NEI, $2,409,246.

Alfred McAlister, SPH, TDH Multi-Cultural Tobacco Prevention and Evaluation Studies, Department of State Health Services, $352,906.

Diane Persson, SON, University of Texas Ombudsman Program and Family Caregiver Program (Response To RFP Covers Ombudsman, Caregiver and Training), City of Houston, $339,564.

Willy Wriggers, School of Health Information Sciences and GSBS, Keck Fellowships – Stefan Birmanns, Baylor College of Medicine, $40,000.