Research Grants - 1998
 

Total Grants Awarded for Year: $686,064
(derived from Grants and You, KCOM faculty and staff principal investigators are listed in bold font)

Bodell, John E., D.O. (Surgery). $25,000. KCOM Strategic Research Fund. July 1998 - July 1999. Low back pain study in the KCOM Michigan region.

Bragg, Jack, D.O. (Internal Medicine). $950. KCOM Strategic Research Fund. July 1998 - June 1999. Osteopathic internal medicine training and cost containment.

Carlson, C. George, Ph.D. (Physiology). $4,000. KCOM Warner/Fermaturo Fund. July 1998 - June 1999. Mn⁺²-quenching fluorimetric estimates of calcium permeability in dystrophic skeletal muscle.

Cenedella, Richard J., Ph.D. (Biochemistry). $193,828 (year 21). National Institutes of Health/National Eye Institute. Sept. 1998 - Aug. 1999. Lens cholesterol metabolism and the U18666A cataract.

Chamberlain, Neal R., Ph.D. (Microbiology/Immunology). $12,000. KCOM Strategic Research Fund. July 1998 - July 1999. Development of a synthetic peptide-based serological test for syphilis.

Darmani, Nissar A., Ph.D. (Pharmacology). $4,000. KCOM Warner/Fermaturo Fund. July 1998 - June 1999. Development of an experimental animal model for cocaine-exposed babies.

Degenhardt, Brian F., D.O. (Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine), Rene J. McGovern, Ph.D. (General Practice/Family Medicine), and Robert W. Jackson, D.O. (Internal Medicine). $28,400. KCOM Strategic Research Fund. July 1998 - July 1999. Osteopathic clinical research on osteoarthritis of the knee(s).

Degenhardt, Brian F., D.O., and Michael Lockwood, D.O. (Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine). $3,800. KCOM Strategic Research Fund. July 1998 - July 1999. Evaluating the effects of osteopathic manipulation on infant feeding.

Fleschner, C. Rick, Ph.D. (Biochemistry). $32,559 (year 01). National Institutes of Health-AREA Award. Mar. 1998 - Feb. 2001. Lens plasma membrane in selenite cataract.

Gaber, Ron R., Ed.S. (General Practice/Family Medicine). $2,000. KCOM Warner/Fermaturo Fund. July 1998 - June 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 1998 - June 1999. Effect of GTP depletion on G-protein-dependent systems in adult rat cardiac myocytes.

Harrison, Frankie, Ph.D. (Physical Therapy-ASHS).  $4,000. KCOM Warner/Fermaturo Research Fund. July 1998 - June 1999. A descriptive model of skilled nursing facility rehabilitation costs in an emerging managed care environment.

Hussain, Omar, (Class of 2001) and William L. Sexton, Ph.D. (Faculty Sponsor, Physiology). $2,515. F. Herbert Fields, D.O., Memorial Research Fund. May 1998 - Apr. 1999. Influence of diabetes and exercise on diaphragm myosin isoform expression.

Kuchera, Michael L., D.O., FAAO, and Michael Seamans, D.O. (Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine). $500. KCOM Strategic Research Fund. July 1998 - July 1999. Osteopathic manipulation versus placebo for the treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome.

Kuchera, Michael L., D.O., FAAO (Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine), Rick Walker, D.O. (Surgery), John Bailey, D.O. (Private Practice). $25,200. KCOM Strategic Research Fund. July 1998 - July 1999. Comparing osteopathic conservative management outcomes in subjects with symptomatic L5-S1 isthmic spondylolisthesis.

Peterson, D. Fred, Ph.D. (Physiology). $40,332. American Osteopathic Association. Sept. 1998 - Aug. 1999. The impact of an organized wellness program on first year osteopathic medical students.

Peterson, D. Fred, Ph.D. (Physiology) and Brian F. Degenhardt, D.O. (Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine). $2,150. KCOM Strategic Research Fund. July 1998 - July 1999. Four year outcomes among osteopathic medical students participating in an organized 2-year wellness program.

Rhodes, Diana C. J., D.V.M., Ph.D. (Anatomy). $4,000. KCOM Warner/Fermaturo Fund. July 1998 - June 2000. Characterization of Tamm-Horsfall glycoprotein's interaction with C1q.

Rhodes, Diana C. J., D.V.M., Ph.D. (Anatomy). $44,000. KCOM Strategic Research Fund. July 1998 - July 1999. Use of a resonant mirror biosensor to characterize Tamm-Horsfall glycoprotein's interaction with immunoglobulin and C1q.

Rhodes, James A., Ph.D. (Anatomy). $22,380. KCOM Strategic Research Fund. July 1998 - July 1999. Measurement of cell-cycle kinetics in murine epidermis by the Flx method.

Seamans, Michael, D.O., and Michael L. Kuchera, D.O., FAAO. (Faculty Sponsor, Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine). $5,000. American Osteopathic Association Research Fellowship. Aug. 1998 - July 1999. Osteopathic manipulation versus placebo for the treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome.

Sexton, William L., Ph.D. (Physiology). $38,500 (year 01). American Heart Association, Missouri Affiliate. July 1998 - June 1999. Diabetes, angiotensin and the coronary microcirculation.

Stuart, Melissa K., Ph.D. (Microbiology/Immunology). $50,000. U.S. Department of Agriculture. Sept. 1998 - Sept. 2000. Elongation factor-1 as a potential target for disruption of insect metabolism.

Stuart, Melissa K., Ph.D. (Microbiology/Immunology). $4,000. KCOM Warner/Fermaturo Fund. Feb. 1998 - June 1999. Identification of Rana catesbeianna developmental antigen OT-1H12 through protein sequence analysis.

Tooke-Rawlins, Dixie, D.O. (General Practice/Family Medicine), Michael L. Kuchera, D.O., FAAO (Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine), Robert W. Jackson, D.O. (Internal Medicine), Toni Smith, D.O. (Emergency Medicine/Anesthesiology), Brian Degenhardt, D.O. (Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine), and John Heard, Ph.D. (Community Health, Education and Prevention). $49,000. KCOM Strategic Research Fund. July 1998 - July 1999. KCOM/National somatic dysfunction database.

Willingham, Alan, Ph.D. (Biochemistry), Ralph Boling, D.O. (Surgery/Ob-Gyn), Marvin Sloin, D.O. (Surgery/Ob-Gyn), David Lang, D.O. (Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine), Michael Lockwood, D.O. (Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine). $17,500. KCOM Strategic Research Fund. July 1998 - July 1999. The role of metalloproteinases in the etiology of endometriosis.

Yates, Herbert A., D.O. (Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine), and Terence Vardy, D.O. (Tweed Head, Australia). $31,000. KCOM Strategic Research Fund. July 1998 - July 1999. The effect of progressive high intensity anaerobic exercise and OMT for deconditioned persons such as multiple sclerosis sufferers.

Yates, Herbert A., D.O. (Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine). $950. KCOM Strategic Research Fund. July 1998 - July 1999. Proposal of an opinion survey on OMM utilization.

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