Research & Scholarship

Research Grants - 1994
 

Total Grants Awarded for Year: $712,862
(derived from Grants and You, KCOM faculty and staff principal investigators are listed in bold font)


Brandau, Duane T., D.O., Ph.D. (Biochemistry) $5,000. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Aug. 1994 - July 1995. Small instrumentation grant.

Brandau, Duane T., D.O., Ph.D. (Biochemistry). $50,000. American Osteopathic Association. Sept. 1994 - Aug. 1996. Reduction of deep vein thrombosis.

Brandau, Duane T., D.O., Ph.D. (Biochemistry). $3,500. KCOM Warner/Fermaturo Fund. July 1994 - June 1996. Reduction of deep vein thrombosis.

Cenedella, Richard J., Ph.D. (Biochemistry). $164,860 (year 17). National Institutes of Health/National Eye Institute. Sept. 1994 - Aug. 1995. Lens cholesterol metabolism and the U18666A cataract.

Cox, James L., Ph.D. (Biochemistry). $115,400. National Institutes of Health-AREA. Aug. 1994 - July 1997. Cystatin C expression and B16 melanoma metastasis.

Darmani, Nissar A., Ph.D. (Pharmacology). $98,464 (year 01). National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Drug Abuse. Sept. 1994 - Aug. 1995. The serotonergic component of cocaine's actions.

Darmani, Nissar A., Ph.D. (Pharmacology). $3,500. KCOM Warner/Fermaturo Fund. July 1994 - June 1996. Serotonergic 5-HT2A- and 5-HT-2C-receptor adaptation mechanisms.

Degenhardt, Brian F., D.O. (Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine). $2,000. American Academy of Osteopathy-Robuck Fund. The influence of OMT on infant and suckling patterns.

Geisbuhler, Timothy P., Ph.D. (Physiology). $4,000. KCOM Warner/Fermaturo Fund. July 1994 - June 1996. Metabolism of nucleosides in ischemic myocardium.

Katsaros, Mark R., D.O., and Brian F. Degenhardt, D.O. (Faculty Sponsor, Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine). $5,000. American Osteopathic Association-Burroughs Wellcome Osteopathic Research Fellowship. July 1994 - June 1995. Role of osteopathic manipulation in cardiac patients.

Martin, John R., Ph.D. (Pharmacology). $3,500. KCOM Warner/Fermaturo Fund. July 1994 - June 1996. Characterization of NPY receptor subtypes in posterior hypothalamic nucleus.

McAdoo, James S., Class of 1995, and Michael L. Kuchera, D.O., FAAO (Faculty Sponsor, Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine). $5,000. American Osteopathic Association-Burroughs Wellcome Osteopathic Research Fellowship. July 1994 - June 1995. Treating carpal tunnel syndrome patients with osteopathic manipulation.

Mock, Orin B., Ph.D. (Anatomy). $118,365. Environmental Protection Agency. Oct. 1994 - Sept. 1996. Toxicity studies of nitroaromatics in the Least Shrew.

Ousterhout, Julia, Ph.D. (Pharmacology). $2,000. KCOM Warner/Fermaturo Fund. July 1994 - June 1996. Involvement of potassium channels in the actions of nitric oxide on vascular smooth muscle.

Patrick, George, Ph.D.$3,500. (Anatomy). KCOM Warner/Fermaturo Fund. July 1994 - June 1996. Bicuculline-induced seizure threshold as measured by EEG in postnatally lead-treated kittens with hyperspiny neurons.

Rhodes, Diana C., D.V.M., Ph.D. (Anatomy). $10,000. Interstitial Cystitis Foundation. Oct. 1994 - Sept. 1995. Urine hydrolase activity as an etiologic factor in IC.

Sexton, William L., Ph.D. (Physiology). $27,500. American Heart Association, Missouri Affiliate. July 1994 - June 1995. Insulin and insulin-like growth factor in the diabetic microcirculation.

Stuart, Melissa K., Ph.D. (Microbiology/Immunology). $2,332. U.S. Department of Agriculture. Jan. 1994 - Dec. 1994. A simplified immunoassay for detecting Trogoderma granarium everts, the Khapra Beetle.

Theobald, Robert J., Jr., Ph.D. (Pharmacology). $89,771 (year 02). National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Sept. 1994 - August 1995. Purine function in the lower urinary tract.

Waack, BJ, Class of 1997, and William L. Sexton, Ph.D. (Faculty Sponsor, Physiology). $1,170. F. Herbert Fields, D.O., Memorial Research Fund. May 1994 - April 1995. Role of ATP-sensitive potassium channels in diabetes-induced cardiovascular dysfunction.


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