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grants

The National Institute of Nursing Research has awarded the School of Nursing more than $2 million to support the Center for Evidence-based Practice in the Underserved for five more years. The PI is Suzanne Bakken, RN, DNSc, Alumni Professor of Nursing in the School of Nursing and professor of biomedical informatics in P&S.

William Blaner, Ph.D., professor of nutritional medicine-preventive medicine and nutrition, received a four-year, $1.3 million grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases to further clarify the molecular and cellular processes necessary to facilitate retinoid metabolism and storage in the liver.

Joseph Gogos, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of physiology & cellular biophysics, received a four-year, $1.3 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to study the role of the gene DISC1, which is strongly implicated in mental illness.

Patricia Hametz, M.D., assistant clinical professor of pediatrics, received $1.3 million from the NY State Department of Health for her work with Activ8Kids program, New York’s obesity prevention program for school-age children.

Hynek Wichterle, Ph.D., assistant professor of pathology, received a four-year, $1.4 million grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to study how embryonic stem cells can be programmed to differentiate into distinct subtypes of motor neurons found in the spinal cord.

Faculty in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences at the Mailman School received five grants, totaling more than $22 million from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Ginger Chew, Sc.D., assistant professor of environmental health sciences received $1.3 million over three years for the Rapid Allergenic Particle Identification project, a study of environmental sensors for personal exposure assessment. Frederica Perera, Dr.PH, professor & director of the Columbia Center for Children’s Environmental health, received $10.4 million over five years to study the role of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and diesel exhaust particulate in childhood asthma development. Matthew Perzanowski, Ph.D., assistant professor, is a recipient of a $2.7 million over four years to study the risk factors accounting for neighborhood differences in asthma prevalence. Robin Whyatt, Dr.PH, professor of clinical environmental health sciences, was awarded about $3 million over five years to study phthalate exposure and inner city pediatric asthma.