Research & Scholarship

Research Grants - 1997
 

Total Grants Awarded for Year: $449,534
(derived from Grants and You, KCOM faculty and staff principal investigators are listed in bold font)

Cenedella, Richard J., Ph.D. (Biochemistry). $186,373 (year 20). National Institutes of Health/National Eye Institute. Sept. 1997 - Aug. 1998. Lens cholesterol metabolism and the U18666A cataract.

Gaber, Ron, Ed.S. (General Practice/Family Medicine). $4,000. KCOM Warner/Fermaturo Fund. Feb. 1997 - Jan. 1999. The death of an adult child: effects, coping strategies, and recommendations for the grieving parent(s).

Geisbuhler, Timothy P., Ph.D. (Physiology). $38,500. American Heart Association, Missouri Affiliate. July 1997 - June 1998. Effect of GTP depletion on G-protein-dependent systems in adult rat cardiac myocytes.

Geisbuhler, Timothy P., Ph.D., and C. George Carlson, Ph.D. (Physiology). $4,000. KCOM Warner/Fermaturo Fund. July 1997 - June 1999. Effect of GTP depletion on G-protein-dependent systems in adult rat cardiac myocytes.

Handeguand, Thomas, D.O. (General Practice/Family Medicine, ASHS). $750. Warner/Fermaturo Fund. Oct. 1997 - Sept. 1998. Effects of capitated health care on spinal manipulation services.

Ilbeigi, Pedram (Class of 2000) and D. Fred Peterson, Ph.D. (Faculty Sponsor, Physiology). $3,000. F. Herbert Fields, D.O., Memorial Research Fund. July 1997 - June 1999. The role of regular, low intensity exercise in the manifestation of post-exercise hypotension.

Leonard, Robert, D.O. (General Practice/Family Medicine, ASHS). $750. KCOM Warner/Fermaturo Fund. Oct. 1997 - Sept. 1998. Can ingestion of O.T.C. prostate extract cause false elevation of prostate specific antigen?

Martin, John R., Ph.D. (Pharmacology). $33,000 (year 02). American Heart Association, Missouri Affiliate. July 1997 - June 1998. Cholinergic and NPY interaction in posterior hypothalamic nucleus.

Peterson, D. Fred, Ph.D. (Physiology). $17,962. American Osteopathic Association. Sept. 1997 - Nov. 1998. The impact of an organized wellness program on first-year osteopathic medical students.

Peterson, D. Fred, Ph.D. (Physiology). $3,400. KCOM Warner/Fermaturo Fund. July 1997 - Aug. 1998. Outcomes among first year osteopathic medical students participating in an organized 2 year wellness program.

Sargentini, Neil J., Ph.D. (Microbiology/Immunology). $110,249. National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute. July 1997 - June 1998. Effects of umuC, O2, and •OH radicals on gamma radiation mutagenesis.

Sexton, William L., Ph.D. (Physiology). $3,350. KCOM Warner/Fermaturo Fund. Feb. 1997 - Jan. 1999. Effect of cocaine on skeletal muscle blood flow during exercise.

Sexton, William L., Ph.D. (Physiology). $33,000 (year 02). American Heart Association, Missouri Affiliate. July 1997 - June 1999. Diabetes, exercise and the coronary microcirculation.

Theobald, Robert J., Jr., Ph.D. (Pharmacology). $2,200. KCOM Warner/Fermaturo Fund. Feb. 1997 - Jan. 1999. Effect of calcium channel blockers on Feline detrusor function.

Thieme, R, D.O. and Brian F. Degenhardt, D.O. (Faculty Sponsor, Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine). $5,000. American Osteopathic Association Research Fellowship. July 1997 - Sept. 1998. The efficacy of OMT in the treatment of obstetrical back pain.

Willingham, Alan, Ph.D. (Biochemistry). $4,000. KCOM Warner/Fermaturo Fund. July 1997 - June 1999. The effect of Danazol and protease inhibitors on uterine protease activity and the development of endometriosis in the rat.

*Written by or with assistance from the Office of Grants and Program Development and/or the Office of Research Support.