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WSU Awarded Grants: February 2007

WSU AWARDED GRANTS

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