USC Health Sciences

Current Research Grants: Alphabetic by Investigator: September 2007

This listing of extramural research grants awarded to faculty members of the USC health sciences schools is compiled by the Norris Medical Library from information supplied by the USC Department of Contracts & Grants.

To locate grants on a particular subject or the grants of a particular researcher, use the "Find" command in your Web browser to do a word search of this page.

The listing includes all current health science research grants handled through the USC Dept. of Contracts & Grants. This information is updated on a quarterly basis. This listing is not intended to be a definitive source for the amount of grant awards, which should be obtained directly from the Department of Contracts and Grants. Users of this data are reminded also that there is a significant amount of grant activity not handled through the Department of Contracts & Grants and that this data is absent from this listing.

Last updated November 9, 2007 by Maggie Wineburgh-Freed

ADER, MARILYN; BERGMAN, RICHARD N.

Keck School of Medicine

Metabolic Effects of Atypical Antipsychotics

5/1/2005

4/30/2010

$1348174.00

National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases

ALLAYEE, HOOMAN

Keck School of Medicine

Role of the 5-Lipoygenase Pathway in Atherosclerosis

8/15/2005

6/30/2010

$1522909.00

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

ALLAYEE, HOOMAN

Keck School of Medicine

Genetic Contribution of Oxidation, Inflammation, and Apolipoprotein Genes to Atherosclerosis

7/1/2004

6/30/2008

$65000.00

American Heart Association

ALLAYEE, HOOMAN

Keck School of Medicine

Variation in the ALOX5 Gene and Response to Omega-3 Fatty Acid Supplements

9/30/2006

8/31/2008

$11815.00

University of California, Davis

ALONZO, TODD A.

Keck School of Medicine

Variation in Ara-C Pathway Genes and Treatment Outcomes in AML

5/1/2007

4/30/2009

$16434.00

Children's Hospital of Pittsburg

ALONZO, TODD A.

Keck School of Medicine

Molecular Studies of Down Syndrome Leukemia

1/1/2005

12/31/2008

$60024.00

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

ALONZO, TODD A.

Keck School of Medicine

Anitleukemic Effect of NK Cells in HCT for Pediatric AML

8/1/2007

6/30/2012

$13408.00

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

ALONZO, TODD A.

Keck School of Medicine

Prognostic Implications of FLT3 Mutations in AML

8/1/2005

7/31/2010

$35317.00

Hutchinson (Fred) Cancer Center

ALONZO, TODD A.

Keck School of Medicine

Molecular and Pharmacologic Correlates of Acute Myeloid Leukemia in Down Syndrome

7/6/2007

4/30/2008

$22707.00

Wayne State University

AN, WOOJIN

Keck School of Medicine

Role of Histone Acetylation in Transcription Regulation

1/1/2006

12/31/2007

$75000.00

Early (Margaret E.) Medical Research Trust

ARBUCKLE, STEVE E.;BYOUS, ROSSLYNN

Keck School of Medicine

Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students (Discipline: Physician Assistant)

7/1/2007

6/30/2008

$162421.00

Health Resources & Services Administration

ASKANAS, VALERIE

Keck School of Medicine

Role of PAR In Pathogenesis and Potential Treatment of Sporadic Inclusion-Body Myositis

2/1/2007

1/31/2009

$100000.00

Myositis Association of America

ASKANAS, VALERIE

Keck School of Medicine

Alzheimer-Like Pathology in Inclusion Body Myopathy Muscle

5/1/1999

4/30/2008

$984447.47

National Institute on Aging

ASKANAS, VALERIE

Keck School of Medicine

Mechanisms Involved in Protein Aggregation in s-IBM

1/1/2006

12/31/2008

$100000.00

Muscular Dystrophy Association

AVOL, E.; BERHANE, K.; HODIS, H.;GILLILAND, F.;

Keck School of Medicine

Air Pollution, Intima-Media Thickness, and Lung Function in College Students

9/30/2006

7/31/2011

$1398257.00

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

AVOL, E.;MCCONNELL, R.; GILLILAND, F.

Keck School of Medicine

Air Pollution and Preclinical Atherosclerosis in Elementary-School Children

5/1/2006

2/28/2010

$1629366.00

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

AVOL, EDWARD

Keck School of Medicine

Combustion Exhaust and the Respiratory Health of Port Community District

7/1/2007

6/30/2008

$489300.00

Southcoast Air Quality Management District

AVOL, EDWARD; KUENZLI, NINO;HRICKO, ANDREA

Keck School of Medicine

Land Use, Environmental Justice and Children's Health

9/1/2004

4/30/2008

$198391.00

Environmental Health Coalition

AZEN, STANLEY P.

Keck School of Medicine

Studies of Retinopahy in the HAART Era

4/1/2006

3/31/2010

$38279.00

University of California, San Diego

AZEN, STANLEY P.

Keck School of Medicine

Training Grant in Genomic Analysis and Interpretation

7/1/2006

6/30/2011

$214820.00

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

AZEN, STANLEY P.

Keck School of Medicine

Mechanistic-Based Non-Invasive Assessment of Retinal Damage in HARRT Era

6/1/2006

5/31/2011

$138563.00

University of California, San Diego

AZEN, STANLEY P.

Keck School of Medicine

Long-term Effects of Subclinical CAD on Cardiac Function

5/10/2007

8/31/2008

$196681.00

University of California, Irvine

BAEZCONDE-GARBANATI,

Keck School of Medicine

Hispanos-Latinos Unidos

7/1/2007

6/30/2010

$110826.00

State of California

BAEZCONDE-GARBANATI,

Keck School of Medicine

Cancer Information Service (CIS) - Partnership Program Office

10/15/1999

1/14/2010

$608879.00

Northern California Cancer Center

BEART, ROBERT W. JR.

Keck School of Medicine

A Clinical Trial Comparing Preoperative Radiation Therapy and Capecitabine with Preoperative Radiation Therapy and CVI of 5-FU in the Treatment of Patients with Operable Carcinoma of the Rectum

1/1/2003

1/30/2008

$37750.00

NSABP Foundation, Inc.

BEART, ROBERT W. JR.

Keck School of Medicine

A Clinical Trial Comparing Preoperative Radiation Therapy and Capecitabine with Preoperative Radiation Therapy and CVI of 5-FU in the Treatment of Patients with Operable Carcinoma of the Rectum

2/1/2003

1/31/2008

$35050.00

NSABP Foundation, Inc.

BERGMAN, RICHARD N.

Keck School of Medicine

IRAS Family Study

1/15/2005

12/31/2008

$108584.00

Wake Forest University

BERGMAN, RICHARD N.; ADER, MARILYN

Keck School of Medicine

Quantitation of Factors Regulating Glucose Tolerance

8/1/1981

11/30/2008

$2341493.00

National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases

BERGMAN, RICHARD N.; ADER, MARILYN;RICHEY, JOYCE

Keck School of Medicine

Quantitative Studies of Metabolic Organ Dynamics

1/1/2007

11/30/2011

$544733.00

National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases

BERINGER, PAUL

School of Pharmacy

Pharmacokinetics of rosiglitazone alone and in combination with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole in adolescents and adult patients

1/1/2007

12/31/2007

$38232.00

Children's Hospital of Los Angeles

BERINGER, PAUL; LOUIE, STAN G.;MAK, MAY C

School of Pharmacy

Impact of Abnormal Body Composition on Predictability of Glomerular Filtration Rate in HIV

11/27/2006

5/31/2008

$46345.95

GlaxoSmithKline

BERNSTEIN, LESLIE

Keck School of Medicine

Is Stroke a Late Effect of Chemotherapy

7/1/2006

6/30/2008

$28154.00

Wake Forest University

BOROK, ZEA; CRANDALL, EDWARD D.; MINOO, PARVIZ

Keck School of Medicine

GATA-6: Key Regulator of AEC Trans-Differentiation

9/1/1986

11/30/2008

$1436941.00

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

BOROK, ZEA;MINOO, PARVIZ

Keck School of Medicine

Role of Fox P2 in AEC (Transdifferentiation)

8/15/2000

7/31/2009

$1504568.16

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

BOTTINI, NUNZIO

Keck School of Medicine

Lymphoid Tyrosine Phosphatase and Type 1 Diabetes

8/1/2006

7/31/2008

$463419.00

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

BOTTINI, NUNZIO

Keck School of Medicine

Lymphoid Tyrosine Phosphatase and Type 1 Diabetes

4/1/2005

3/31/2008

$143000.00

Juvenile Diabetes Research Fdn. International

BOTTINI, NUNZIO

Keck School of Medicine

Regulation of ZAP-70 by the Low Molecular Weight Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase

9/20/2006

8/31/2009

$160637.00

National Institute of Arthritis & Musculoskeletal & Skin Diseases

BOTTINI, NUNZIO

Keck School of Medicine

Imaging protein Tyrosine Phosphorylation In Vitro

8/1/2007

7/31/2008

$97800.00

University of Utah

BOTTINI, NUNZIO

Keck School of Medicine

Whole-Gene Approach to Functional Genetics of T1D-Associated PTPN22 SNPs

5/1/2007

4/30/2008

$110000.00

Juvenile Diabetes Research Fdn. International

BOTTINI, NUNZIO

Keck School of Medicine

PTPN22: Enzymology of an Autoimmune-Predisposing Tyrosine Phosphatase Variant

6/1/2006

11/30/2007

$50000.00

Arthritis National Research Foundation

BOTTINI, NUNZIO;BARRIOS, AMY MARIE; NEAMATI, NOURI

Keck School of Medicine

Fluorogenic PTP Assay for Use in HTS of Novel LYP Inhibitors

7/1/2006

6/30/2008

$203750.00

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

BRADLEY, NINA S.

Independent Health Professions

Development and control of repetitive leg movements during embryonic development

8/1/2006

7/31/2009

$266657.00

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

BRIERE, J.N.

Keck School of Medicine

MCAVIC-USC Child and Adolescent Trauma Program

10/1/2005

9/30/2009

$175000.00

Miller Children's Hospital - Long Beach

BRINTON, ROBERTA E.

School of Pharmacy

Estrogen-Induced Neuroprotective Mitochondria Mechanism

6/1/2003

4/30/2008

$1320431.00

National Institute of Mental Health

BRINTON, ROBERTA E.; WANG, JUNMING

School of Pharmacy

Allopregnanolone as a Neurogenic Factor for Recovery of Neurons in Alzheimer's Disease

2/15/2005

6/1/2008

$95000.00

Institute for the Study of Aging

BRINTON, ROBERTA E.;MACK, W.;NILSEN, J.;

School of Pharmacy

Progesterone in Brain Aging and Alzheimer's Disease

8/15/2006

5/31/2011

$3115260.00

National Institute on Aging

BUCHANAN, THOMAS

Keck School of Medicine

Etiology, Pathogenesis Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes

7/1/2004

6/30/2008

$114929.00

American Diabetes Association

BUCHANAN, THOMAS; XIANG, ANNY H.

Keck School of Medicine

Pathogenesis of Type 2 Diabetes in Latino Women

6/1/1993

5/31/2008

$968258.00

National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases

BUCHANAN, THOMAS;WATANABE, R. M.; XIANG, A. H.

Keck School of Medicine

Genetics of Beta Cell Failure in Mexican Americans

1/20/2003

12/31/2007

$7098030.00

National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases

BURCKART, GILBERT J.

School of Pharmacy

Optimizing Outcome After Pediatric Heart Transplantation

2/15/2004

1/31/2009

$201323.00

University of Pittsburgh

CADENAS, ENRIQUE

School of Pharmacy

Oxygen Radicals in Biology GRC 2008

7/1/2007

6/30/2008

$5000.00

UC Berkeley - Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program

CADENAS, ENRIQUE

School of Pharmacy

Oxidative Stress, Mitochondrial Dysfunction, and Aging

4/1/1999

5/31/2010

$976428.00

National Institute on Aging

CAMPESE, VITO M.

Keck School of Medicine

Sympathetic Hyperactivity in End-Stage Renal Disease

8/15/2006

8/14/2008

$66782.00

National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases

CAMPESE, VITO M.

Keck School of Medicine

Oxidative Stress and Sympathetic Nerve Activity

1/24/2003

12/31/2007

$1504336.00

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

CASAGRANDE, JOHN T.

Keck School of Medicine

CRIC PC Support and Programmer

1/1/2005

2/28/2008

$226945.00

USC/Norris Cancer Center Foundation

CHAI, YANG

School of Dentistry

MSX1 Signaling and Craniofacial Morphogenesis

6/1/2005

5/31/2008

$184791.00

March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation

CHAI, YANG

School of Dentistry

Fate of Cranial Neural Crest and Molecular Regulation

5/15/2003

4/30/2008

$1520494.00

National Institute of Dental and CranioFacial Rese

CHAI, YANG

School of Dentistry

TGF Beta Signaling and Craniofacial Morphogenesis

1/1/1999

3/31/2009

$2722898.37

National Institute of Dental and CranioFacial Rese

CHAI, YANG; SLAVKIN, HAROLD C.

School of Dentistry

The Molecular Regulatory Mechanism of Calvarial Morphogenesis

9/1/2005

8/31/2010

$1039355.00

National Institute of Dental and CranioFacial Rese

CHAN, JONAH R.

Keck School of Medicine

Neurotrophins and Their Receptors: Modulators of Myelination

9/12/2005

8/31/2008

$409535.00

National Multiple Sclerosis Society

CHAN, JONAH R.

Keck School of Medicine

Identification of the Axonal Signals that Control Oligodendrocyte Myelination

1/1/2007

12/31/2007

$62500.00

Reeve (Christopher) Paralysis Foundation

CHEE, WINSTON

School of Dentistry

Evaluating the Financial Impact of Pre-doctoral Clinical Dental Implant Education

2/1/2006

1/31/2008

$40000.00

Straumann USA, LLC

CHEE, WINSTON

School of Dentistry

ELONGATION CHARACTERISTICS AND MAXIMUM PRELOAD IN GOLD ABUTMENT SCREWS(DEREK TAN)

11/15/2006

2/15/2008

$2000.00

Greater New York Academy of Prosthodontics

CHEN, CASEY; COSTERTON, JOHN W

School of Dentistry

Genomic Comparison of A. Actinomycetemcomitans Strains

1/1/1999

6/30/2011

$781682.00

National Institute of Dental and CranioFacial Rese

CHEN, JEANNIE

Keck School of Medicine

Deactivation of Visual Pigments in Vivo

3/1/1998

2/29/2008

$2482617.28

National Eye Institute

CHEN, JEANNIE

Keck School of Medicine

Calcium Feedback Mechanisms in Visual Adaptation

9/17/1999

11/30/2008

$1715104.84

National Eye Institute

CHEN, MEI; WOODLEY, DAVID T.

Keck School of Medicine

Strategies toward Gene Therapy for DEB

8/1/2001

6/30/2010

$1171153.55

National Institute of Arthritis & Musculoskeletal & Skin Diseases

CHOW, ROBERT H.

Keck School of Medicine

Insulin Granule Dynamics in Pancreatic Beta Cells

7/15/2002

6/30/2008

$640041.40

National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases

CHUI, HELENA

Keck School of Medicine

The Aging Brain: Vasculature, Ischemia and Behavior

9/30/1994

5/31/2008

$12080527.46

National Institute on Aging

CHUI, HELENA

Keck School of Medicine

National Alzheimer Coordinating Center

7/1/2007

6/30/2008

$28900.00

University of Washington

CHUI, HELENA

Keck School of Medicine

ALZHEIMER DISEASE RESEARCH CENTER

4/15/1997

3/31/2009

$2278787.00

National Institute on Aging

CHUONG, CHENG-MING

Keck School of Medicine

Repair and Regeneration in a Novel Animal Model

2/1/2007

1/31/2009

$66830.00

National Institute on Aging

CHUONG, CHENG-MING;WIDELITZ, RANDALL B.

Keck School of Medicine

Development and Regeneration of Skin Appendages

1/1/1995

12/31/2008

$1623340.49

National Institute of Arthritis & Musculoskeletal & Skin Diseases

CHUONG,CHENG-MING;JIANG,TING-XIN;WIDELITZ, R. B.

Keck School of Medicine

Size Regulation of Ectodermal Organs

1/1/2001

4/30/2012

$350450.00

National Institute of Arthritis & Musculoskeletal & Skin Diseases

CLARK, FLORENCE A.

Independent Health Professions

Health Mediating Effects of the Well Elderly Program

5/1/2004

4/30/2008

$2247187.00

National Institute on Aging

CLARK, FLORENCE A.

Independent Health Professions

Development of Teaching Material in Support of SIPT.

1/1/2007

12/31/2007

$78803.64

Western Psychological Services

CLARKE, PETER

Keck School of Medicine

Fighting Obesity Among Low-Income People Using Message-Tailored Recipes about Fresh Produce

4/15/2006

4/14/2008

$800000.00

United States Department of Agriculture

COCKBURN, MYLES

Keck School of Medicine

Improving early detection of melanoma with skin self examiniation

7/5/2007

5/31/2011

$328115.00

National Cancer Institute

COCKBURN, MYLES

Keck School of Medicine

Melanoma Genes in High-Risk Twins

9/1/2005

8/31/2008

$160877.00

National Cancer Institute

COCKBURN, MYLES

Keck School of Medicine

Prostate Cancer and Pesticide Exposure in Diverse Populations in California's Central Valley

11/20/2005

12/19/2008

$548067.00

Department of Defense

COETZEE, GERHARD A.

Keck School of Medicine

The Role of Transcription Factors, RUNX2 and AR, in Prostate Cancer

1/1/2007

1/31/2010

$97732.00

U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command

COETZEE, GERHARD A.

Keck School of Medicine

Steroid-Independent signaling of the AR in hormone independent prostate cancer

2/1/2004

12/31/2008

$100000.00

Prostate Cancer Foundation

COETZEE, GERHARD A.

Keck School of Medicine

Unterstanding Castrate-Resistant Prostate Cancer

2/1/2006

1/31/2008

$100000.00

Prostate Cancer Foundation

COETZEE, GERHARD A.; FRENKEL, BARUCH

Keck School of Medicine

AR and RUNX2 Target Genes in Prostate Cancer

2/1/2006

12/31/2010

$569951.00

National Cancer Institute

COETZEE, GERHARD A.; RICE, JUDD CHRISTOPHER

Keck School of Medicine

Androgen Receptor-Mediated Escape Mechanisms from Androgen Ablation Therapy

10/1/2004

10/31/2008

$610313.00

U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command

COLLETTI, PATRICK M.

Keck School of Medicine

Long-Term Effects of Subclinical CAD on Cardiac Function

5/10/2007

8/31/2008

$142804.00

University of California, Irvine

COMAI, LUCIO

Keck School of Medicine

Biochemical Characterization of Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome

1/1/2006

12/31/2009

$40831.00

National Institute of General Medical Sciences

COMAI, LUCIO

Keck School of Medicine

The Werner Syndrome Protein in CPT-Induced DNA Damage

6/1/2004

5/31/2009

$781823.46

National Institute on Aging

COMAI, LUCIO

Keck School of Medicine

Viral Regulation of Ribosomal RNA Transcription

1/1/1998

8/31/2008

$933508.13

National Institute of General Medical Sciences

CONTI, DAVID V.; STRAM, D. O.;GAUDERMAN, W.J

Keck School of Medicine

Pharmacogenetics of Nicotine Addiction and Treatment

9/15/2005

6/30/2010

$259687.00

University of California, San Francisco

CONTI, PETER

Keck School of Medicine

High Resolution Ultrasound Resource for Molecular Imging Center

5/1/2007

4/30/2008

$361975.00

National Center for Research Resources

CONTI, PETER; BADING, JAMES R..

Keck School of Medicine

Micro Computerized Tomography Imaging System

5/15/2004

12/30/2007

$395384.00

National Center for Research Resources

CORTESSIS, VICTORIA

Keck School of Medicine

A Genetic Linkage Study of Testicular Cancer

9/27/2004

6/30/2009

$3199618.00

National Cancer Institute

COSTERTON, JOHN W

School of Dentistry

Center for Biofilms

4/1/2005

3/31/2008

$225000.00

Amado (Maurice) Foundation

COTE, R. J.; STEIN, J.P.;SKINNER,D.;GROSHEN, SUSAN

Keck School of Medicine

MV AC in Organ Confined Bladder Caner Based on p53 Status

5/1/1997

3/31/2008

$2424840.37

National Cancer Institute

COTE, RICHARD J.

Keck School of Medicine

Multiplexed Nanosensing for DNA and Proteins

9/30/2007

8/31/2010

$613878.00

Nat'l Inst. of Biomedical Imaging & Bioengineering

COTE, RICHARD J.; DATAR, RAM HEMANT; HAWES, DEBRA

Keck School of Medicine

Integrated Microdevice to Capture and Detect Circulating Tumor Cells

9/26/2006

8/31/2008

$333473.00

National Cancer Institute

COUSINEAU, MICHAEL R

Keck School of Medicine

HMO Help Center Client Assessment and Evaluation

6/20/2007

5/31/2008

$45376.00

California State University Long Beach

COUSINEAU, MICHAEL R

Keck School of Medicine

Evaluation of Children's Coverage Program - Phase II

12/15/2005

12/31/2008

$950000.00

California Endowment

COUSINEAU, MICHAEL R

Keck School of Medicine

Healthy Kids Initiative Evaluation

5/1/2004

4/30/2008

$426479.00

Urban Institute

COUSINEAU, MICHAEL R

Keck School of Medicine

Evaluation of Health Consumer Alliance Phase III

8/1/2006

12/31/2008

$228908.00

California Endowment

COUSINEAU, MICHAEL R;STEVENS, GREGORY D.

Keck School of Medicine

First 5 California Health Project Evaluation

12/15/2005

6/30/2009

$396875.00

California First Children's & Families Commission

COZEN, WENDY

Keck School of Medicine

Immune Response Genes and Young Adult Hodgkin Lymphoma