URBAN, LABOR AND METROPOLITAN AFFAIRS

Center for Urban Studies
PI: David Eric Martin
Title: Gap Analysis for the Michigan Prisoner Reentry Initiative in Wayne County
Sponsor: Hudson Webber Foundation
Project Dates and Anticipated Amount of Award: 3/15/06-3/31/07; $15,000

PI: Stephen Jeffrey Sills
Title: 2006 YSRC Evaluation
Sponsor: Youth Sports and Recreation Commission
Project Dates and Anticipated Amount of Award: 3/1/06-12/31/06; $108,823

PI: Thomas Lyke Thompson
Title: 2006-2007 Abstinence Education Project Evaluation
Sponsor: Providence Hospital and Medical Centers
Project Dates and Anticipated Amount of Award: 7/1/06-6/30/07; $25,845

EDUCATION

Teacher Education
PI: Jazlin Ebenezer
Title: Senior Year Students Understanding of Science Through Inquiry: A Scenario Based Approach
Sponsor: University Preparatory Academy
Project Dates and Anticipated Amount of Award: 5/1/06-12/31/06; $58,562

ENGINEERING

Chemical Engineering
PI: Yinlun Huang
Title: CFD-Based Modeling and Simulation of Paint Application at Rock Island Arsenal
Sponsor: Ventilation/Energy Applications, PLLC
Project Dates and Anticipated Amount of Award: 3/22/06-9/21/06; $45,000

Civil Engineering
PI: Gongkang Fu
Title: LRFD Load Calibration for State of Michigan Trunkline Bridges: Phase III
Sponsor: State of Michigan Department of Transportation
Project Dates and Anticipated Amount of Award: 6/2/06-8/2/06; $7,821

Electrical and Computer Engineering
PI: Gregory William Auner
Title: REU: Site for Nanoscale Structures and Integrated Biosensors (NSIB)
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Project Dates and Anticipated Amount of Award: 5/1/06-4/30/07; $130,400

PI: Xiaoyan Han
Title: Sonic Infrared Imagng of Cracks in Metals
Sponsor: Iowa State University
Project Dates and Anticipated Amount of Award: 3/1/06-4/29/07; $258,919

LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES

Chemistry
PI: Jin-Kun Cha
Title: Low Valent Titaninum-Mediated Organic Synthesis
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Project Dates and Anticipated Amount of Award: 7/1/06-6/30/09; $404,000

Geology
PI: Jeffrey L. Howard
Title: Quaternary Geology of the Walled Lake, Pontiac South and Salem Quandrangles, Southeastern Michigan
Sponsor: U.S. Geological Survey
Project Dates and Anticipated Amount of Award: 6/1/06-5/31/07; $10,486

Mathematics
PI: Paoliu Chow
Title: Conference on Asymptotic Analysis in Stochastic Processes, Nanparametric Estimation, and Related Problems
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Project Dates and Anticipated Amount of Award: 6/15/06-5/31/07; $16,000

Nutrition and Food Science
PI: Pramod Khosla
Title: Effects of Dietary Cholesterol on LDL and HDL Subfractions and Particle Sizes as Determined by NMR Spectroscopy
Sponsor: American Egg Board
Project Dates and Anticipated Amount of Award: -5/1/07; $31,904

Physics
PI: Ashis Mukhopadhyay
Title: Nanoscale Dynamics of Confined Fluids by Time-Correlated Fluorescence Spectroscopy within an Atomic Force Microscope
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Project Dates and Anticipated Amount of Award: 6/1/06-5/31/09; $345,615

PI: Ashis Mukhopadhyay
Title: Direct Measurement of Casimir Force in Critical Films of Binary Liquid Mixtures
Sponsor: American Chemical Society
Project Dates and Anticipated Amount of Award: 9/1/06-8/31/08; $35,000

Psychology
PI: Paul A. Toro
Title: Longitudinal Predictors of Depression in Young Adults
Sponsor: National Institute of Mental Health
Project Dates and Anticipated Amount of Award: 9/1/06-8/31/09; $108,579

Sociology
PI: Peter R. Bahr
Title: Cooling Out as Institutional Racism: Does Academic Advising Discourage the Educational Attainment of Underprepared Students of Historically
Sponsor: Association for Institutional Research
Project Dates and Anticipated Amount of Award: 6/1/06-5/31/07; $29,999

MEDICINE

Emergency Medicine
PI: Gloria Jean Kuhn
Title: Tolerance for Uncertainty and Satisfaction with the Career of Emergency Medicine
Sponsor: Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation
Project Dates and Anticipated Amount of Award: 7/1/06-6/30/07; $9,828

PI: Robert Dean Welch
Title: Matched Case-Control Study to Evaluate for Predictors of Patients with Spinal Epidural Abscess
Sponsor: Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation
Project Dates and Anticipated Amount of Award: 8/1/06-1/31/07; $9,978

Medical Acad and Student Programs
PI: Patrick David Bridge
Title: Evaluating Strategies to Increase and Monitor Physician Practice in Underserved Rural Communities
Sponsor: Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation
Project Dates and Anticipated Amount of Award: 9/1/06-8/31/09; $100,000

Neurology
PI: Seemant Chaturvedi
Title: Application of a Structured Vascular Risk Factor Intervention Program to an Urban High-Risk Population
Sponsor: Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation
Project Dates and Anticipated Amount of Award: 7/1/06-6/30/07; $70,971

PI: Richard A. Lewis
Title: Thymectomy in Non-Thymomatous MG Patients Receiving Prednisone
Sponsor: University of Alabama-Birmingham
Project Dates and Anticipated Amount of Award: 6/21/06-8/31/08; $29,120

Pathology
PI: Archana Thakur
Title: Role of P90 Ribosomal S6 Kinase 4 (RSK4), a Putative Tumor Suppressor Gene, in Breast Cancer Development
Sponsor: Elsa U. Pardee Foundation
Project Dates and Anticipated Amount of Award: 7/1/06-6/30/08; $207,334

Pediatrics
PI: Kathleen Lynn Meert
Title: Spiritual Needs of Bereaved Parents
Sponsor: The Children’s Research Center of Michigan
Project Dates and Anticipated Amount of Award: 5/1/06-6/30/08; $93,958

PI: Beena Sood
Title: Intravenous and Inhaled PGE1 and PG12 in Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure in Piglets
Sponsor: The Children’s Research Center of Michigan
Project Dates and Anticipated Amount of Award: 5/1/06-6/30/08; $99,835

Psychiatry
PI: Nashaat Nessim Boutros
Title: Cortical Excitability in Cocaine-Dependent Subjects
Sponsor: National Institute on Drug Abuse
Project Dates and Anticipated Amount of Award: 4/1/06-12/31/09; $338,625

Research and Graduate Programs
PI: Maryjean Schenk
Title: Encouraging Physicians to Practice in Underserved Rural and Urban Michigan Communities
Sponsor: Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation
Project Dates and Anticipated Amount of Award: 9/1/06-8/31/09; $225,000

Urology
PI: Willie Underwood
Title: Patient’s Factors that Influence Racial/Ethnic Disparities in the Treatment of Nonmetastaic Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer
Sponsor: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Project Dates and Anticipated Amount of Award: 7/1/06-6/30/10; $375,456

RESEARCH

PI: Peter A. Lichtenberg
Title: Building Occupational Therapy Skills and Competencies to Advance Mental Health Practices with Older Adults
Sponsor: The Retirement Research Foundation
Project Dates and Anticipated Amount of Award: 7/1/06-6/30/08; $262,150

PI: Peter A. Lichtenberg
Title: Post Doctoral Training in Aging and Urban Health
Sponsor: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Project Dates and Anticipated Amount of Award: 7/1/06-6/30/07; $225,530