WSU Awarded Grants: February 2007
This report recognizes our outstanding faculty for new awarded extramural funds. The following are reported awards for February 2007.
Awarded Grants as Reported to Sponsored Program Administration
PROVOST & VP ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
Center for Urban Studies
PI: Thomas L. Thompson
Title: Early On Training and Technical Assistance Evaluation
Sponsor: Clinton County Regional Educational Services Agency
Project Dates and Anticipated Amount of Award: 1/1/07-9/30/07; $39,148
Honors Program
PI: Jerry Herron
Title: Investing in College Futures Campus Partners for Youth Grant
Sponsor: Michigan Campus Compact
Project Dates and Anticipated Amount of Award: 1/1/07-8/1/07; $39,892
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Karmanos Cancer Institute
PI: Michele Cote
Title: Hormonal Factors and Lung Cancer: A Potential Target for Therapy
Sponsor: National Lung Cancer Partnership
Project Dates and Anticipated Amount of Award: 1/25/07-3/7/09; $50,000
Internal Medicine
PI: Lawrence Crane
Title: Out-Patient Early Intervention Services (EIS) with Respect to HIV Disease
Sponsor: Health Resources and Services Administration
Project Dates and Anticipated Amount of Award: 1/1/07-12/31/07; $681,633
Neurology
PI: Kenneth Maiese
Title: Impacting Oxidative Stress and Cell Injury through Novel Pathways of the Wnt Gene
Sponsor: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Project Dates and Anticipated Amount of Award: 2/1/07-1/31/12; $329,219
Ophthalmology
PI: Renu Kowluru
Title: Glycemic Control and Progression of Diabetic Retinopathy
Sponsor: National Eye Institute
Project Dates and Anticipated Amount of Award: 3/1/07-2/29/12; $376,250
DIVISION OF RESEARCH
Institute of Gerontology
PI: Peter Lichtenberg
Title: 2007 Issues in Aging Conference
Sponsor: The Retirement Research Foundation
Project Dates and Anticipated Amount of Award: 3/1/07-2/28/08; $24,000

