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

Ananth Annapragada, School of Health Information Sciences and Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSBS), Novel Nanoparticle Contrast Agent for Early Detection of Cancer, Duke University Medical Center, $39,539.

Deborah L. Brown, Medical School (MS), A Phase 4 Study to Determine the Pharmacokinetic Response of Patients Diagnosed with Severe Hemophilia A to Different Doses of Advate RAHF-PFM, Baxter Health Care Corporation, $38,090; and Evaluation of the Efficacy of Passport for Life and Patientlink in Hemophilia Treatment Adherence Interventions, Baxter Health Care Corporation, $9,757.

Catherine M. Flaitz, Dental Branch, Effect of Whitening Agents on Enamel Caries-Like Lesion Formation and Progression In Vitro, Discus Dental Inc., $11,700.

Ralf Gebhard, MS, A Randomized, Double-Blind, Active Comparator-Controlled, Parallel-Group Study Conducted Under In-House Blinding Conditions, to Examine the Safety and Tolerability of IV MK-0517 for the Prevention of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting, Merck & Co. Inc., $48,058.

Barry D. Kahan, MS and GSBS, A Controlled, Randomized, Prospective, Double-Blind, Multicenter, Phase I/II, Intravenous, Single Ascending Dose Study of the Safety, Pharmacokinetics, and Efficacy of YSPSL for Prevention of Delayed Graft Function in Patients Undergoing Cadaveric Kidney Transplant, Y’s Therapeutics Inc., $168,107.

Steven H. Kelder, School of Public Health (SPH), Steps to a Healthier Houston/Harris County Consortium, Harris County Public Health and Environmental Services, $432,434.

Susan Landry, MS, Early Childhood School Readiness Program: Texas Early Education Model (TEEM), Texas Education Agency, $7,276,000.

John W. Lindsey, MS and GSBS, Bacteria and Multiple Sclerosis, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, $44,000.

Luis Ostrosky-Zeichner, MS, Independent Data Review for Astellas Pharma Study, Astellas Pharma US Inc., $81,250.

Ronald Portman, MS, Chronic Kidney Disease in Children Study (C-Kid), Johns Hopkins University, $20,482.

Joy M. Schmitz, MS, Baylor Mentored Clinical Investigator Award, Baylor College of Medicine, $11,380. Thomas H. Stock, SPH, Hurricane Katrina OVM Monitoring Project, Alion Science and Technology Corporation, $117,885.

Patrick M. Tarwater, SPH, HIV in Semen from Infected Subjects from India, University of Pittsburgh, $5,910.

Jerry S.Wolinsky, MS and GSBS, MRI Analysis Center for Aventis Protocol Teriflunomide, Aventis Pharmaceuticals Inc., $674,700.

Renewal

Giuseppe N. Colasurdo, MS,Women, Infants, and Children (Cost Service Allocation Plan), Texas Department of State Health Services, $2,499,999.

Susan Landry, MS, Head Start Ready to Read, Texas Education Agency, $339,504.