Research Grants - 2003

Total Grants Awarded for Year: $323,754
(derived from Grants and You, KCOM faculty and staff principal investigators are listed in bold font)

Baer, Robert W., PhD (KCOM Department of Physiology); "Extracellular Matrix Molecules as Distinct Signals During Migration of Melanoma and Endothelial Cells;" KCOM Warner/ Fermaturo Research Fund; $4,000; 07/01/03-06/30/05.

Cenedella, Richard J., PhD (KCOM Department of Biochemistry); $226,250; "Lens Cholesterol Metabolism and the U18666A Cataract—Year 26;" National Institutes of Health; 09/01/03-08/31/04.

Degenhardt, Brian F., DO (Assistant Vice President for Osteopathic Research), and Sean K. Martin, MPH (Graduate Student); "Correlating Somatic Dysfunction and Neonate Sucking;" KCOM Biomedical Sciences Program; $5,000; 03/13/03-08/30/04.

Fleschner, C. R., PhD (KCOM Department of Biochemistry); "Lens Plasma Membrane-Cytoskeleton in Selenite Cataract Year—01;" National Institutes of Health; $60,547; 06/01/03-05/31/04.

Halma, Kelly D., DO (KCOM Department of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine); "Determining the Reliability of the Evaluation of Cranial Strain Patterns;" American Osteopathic Association Research Fellowship; $5,000; 08/01/03-07/31/04. Faculty sponsor is Brian F. Degenhardt, DO (KCOM Assistant Vice President for Osteopathic Research).

Martin, John R., PhD (KCOM Department of Pharmacology); "NPY and PYY Effects on the Posterior Hypothalamic Nucleus;" KCOM Warner/Fermaturo Research Fund; $3,957; 07/01/03-06/30/05.

Martin, John R., PhD (KCOM Department of Pharmacology), and Shawn McManus, BS, (Graduate Student); "Cannabinoids, PHN, and Blood Pressure in the Rat;" KCOM Biomedical Sciences Program; $5,000; 05/08/03-06/30/05.

Sexton, William L., PhD (KCOM Department of Physiology), and Greggory M. Kuhlmann, BS (Graduate Student); "Relationship Between O2 Pressure and Force Production;" KCOM Biomedical Sciences Program; $5,000; 06/25/03-06/30/05.

Sexton, William L., PhD (KCOM Department of Physiology), and Carlo P. Maiorano, BS (Graduate Student); "Oxidative Phosphorylation and Oxygen Uptake in Muscle;" KCOM Biomedical Sciences Program; $5,000; 06/25/03-06/30/05.

Theobald Jr., Robert J., PhD (KCOM Department of Pharmacology); "Correlation of Cannabinoid Induced cAMP and Urodynamic Changes Detrusor Smooth Muscle of the Cat and the Least Shrew;" KCOM Warner/Fermaturo Research Fund; $4,000; 07/01/03-06/30/05.

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