- Senator McConnell Announces $11.36 Million in Variety of Federal Research
Grants
U.S. Senator Mitchell McConnell secured a total of $11.36
million in federal funding for research and outreach activities at the University
of Kentucky. The College of Agriculture received the largest portion --
$5.86 million -- while the College of Medicine, the Center of Instructional
Technology and Learning, the College of Law, and transportation research
also benefit. The funding for the College of Agriculture will support new
crop opportunities, forage and livestock systems, health education, plant
and animal genetics, and an important partnership with the U.S. Department
of Agriculture's Agriculture Research Service. The remainder of the
funding will go toward biomedical imaging equipment, the Center of Instructional
Technology and Learning, improving medication-related outcomes, the College
of Law's electronic access project, and transportation research. McConnell
placed these funds in the Omnibus Appropriations Conference Report recently
passed by the U.S. Congress and will go to President Bush for his signature.
- UK Physicians Perform State's First Robot-assisted Surgery
Physicians at UK Hospital performed the first surgical procedure
utilizing robotic instruments in mid-January, using the machine to assist
in a coronary artery bypass grafting operation. The surgery was performed
by Chand Ramaiah, M.D., assistant professor of surgery and director of Minimally
Invasive Cardiac Surgery in the UK College of Medicine's Division
of Cardiothoracic Surgery, on a 69-year-old female patient of Lexington.
Ramaiah's team used the minimally invasive system to bypass blockages
in the patient's coronary arteries. The system, which eliminated the
need to open the patient's sternum, offers greater precision to the
surgeons while providing the patient with a faster recovery with less blood
loss and scarring, less post-operative pain and discomfort and a reduced
risk of infection.
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UK Establishes Quick-dial Cell Phone Number to Enhance Campus Safety
In February, UK officials established a new, convenient cell
phone number that students and employees can use for emergency contact with
UK Police. The number, #UKPD or #8573, provides the means to rapidly report
an emergency situation on campus for faster dispatching of UK Police officers.
Before the new number was launched, students and employees calling 911 were
connected with the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Division of
Police, rather than UK Police. Other safety measures established in recent
weeks expanded free evening and late-night Campus Area Transportation Service;
overlapping shifts of UK Police officers in patrol vehicles, on bicycles
and on foot; campus-wide safety alerts to inform students and employees
about the most recent armed robberies; a card-access system and appropriate
check-in procedures in each residence hall; and safety and security advice
for residents of residence halls and fraternity and sorority houses from
the Office of Student Affairs. President Lee T. Todd Jr. commended the cooperation
between UK and Lexington Police to improve patrols and law enforcement on
campus and in surrounding neighborhoods.
- Research Protocol Consults Community
University of Kentucky researchers are seeking community feedback
about a proposed research study to investigate the use of a potential blood
substitute in treating severely injured and bleeding patients. The researchers
are launching a program to explain how patients would be enrolled in the
protocol and to solicit community feedback on those plans. The study would
be conducted under a federal regulation that allows research to be conducted
in certain emergent, life threatening situations using an exception from
the requirement for informed consent. In proposing conduct under this "exception
from informed consent," the federal regulation requires community
consultation to ensure that the community is involved in the University's
Medical Institutional Review Board's (IRB) decision-making process.
Andrew Bernard, M.D., trauma surgeon, UK Hospital, faculty member, UK College
of Medicine, Department of Surgery, would be the principal investigator
of the Central Kentucky-area portion of the national clinical trial testing
PolyHeme®, an oxygen-carrying blood substitute being developed by Northfield
Laboratories, in the treatment of hemorrhagic shock. More information about
the test and sites of public meetings are available online at www.uky.edu/PR/News/040219_polyheme_study.htm.
- UK to Survey Students to Gather Information on Ways to Improve Campus Climate
In an effort to learn how students perceive their social
and academic experience at UK, the university is administering a campus
climate survey today and Wednesday to approximately 9,000 undergraduate
students. The 85-question survey includes demographic questions and queries
on the campus environment, personal feelings, estimated frequency of selected
behaviors on campus, and the climate in the classroom.
- Work-Life Office, Advisory Council to Help Balance Life at Home and Work
President Lee T. Todd Jr. created a Work-Life Office and
Advisory Council on Work-Life in February to help the university assist
its employees in balancing life in the workplace and life at home. The Work-Life
Office will provide an integrated, systematic approach to addressing work-life
issues, with a focus on culture and institution-wide initiatives. The council
will demonstrate and reinforce a long-term commitment to a positive work-life
climate at UK. The president's action came as a response to a report
filed by the UK Work-Life Task Force. The report was based on months of
research, meetings and focus groups conducted by the task force.
- Teaching and Academic Support Center Unveils Joe Davis Award
The UK Teaching and Academic Support Center (TASC), the new
service center for UK faculty, held an open house in February to introduce
its services to the campus community. The center offers a variety of services
to help faculty enhance and improve teaching methods that will enrich students'
classroom experiences. Among the services are course Web sites, animations,
audio-visual services, and training in the use of classroom software applications
like Blackboard. The event provided the setting for the presentation of
the inaugural Joe Davis Fellows Award to Linda Kraus Worley, associate professor
of German, and Charles "Chipper" Griffith III, M.D., associate
professor of medicine and pediatrics. Davis, the agricultural economics
professor who helped establish the UK Teaching and Learning Center in 1991,
died last summer after years of vigorous advocacy of superior, cutting-edge
teaching.
- 50th Anniversary of Brown vs. Board of Education Brings Two Conferences
to UK
The landmark Supreme Court ruling in Brown vs. Board of Education
of Topeka, Kansas, that abolished segregation in public schools 50 years
ago will be the focus of two conferences at UK. The President's Commission
on Diversity organized the conference "Education Beyond Brown: Future
Perspectives" March 24-26 in the College of Law Building. The tenth
annual Black Women's Conference, organized by the African American
Studies and Research Program in the College of Arts and Sciences, will focus
on "African American Women and the Historic Brown Decision: Looking
Backward, Going Forward" on March 25 in the UK Student Center. For
more information, contact the commission's office at (859) 257-3493.
- UK Alumni Association Names Great Teachers
The University of Kentucky Alumni Association recently announced
the recipients of its 2004 Great Teacher Award. This year's six winners
include Chana Akins, Arts and Sciences; George C. Herring, Arts and Sciences;
Kevin R. Hopper, Lexington Community College; Brian R. MacPherson, Medicine;
John R. Thelin, Education; and John Yannelli, Medicine and Pharmacy.
- Kentucky Women Writers Conference to Celebrate 25th Anniversary This Month
The Kentucky Women Writers Conference, the oldest writers
conference of its kind in the country, marks its 25th anniversary with one
of the most celebrated voices in jazz history. Vocalist Shirley Horn will
perform during the conference, slated March 25-27. The conference also features
photojournalist Harriet Logan in the inaugural Nell Stuart Donovan Exhibit,
a one-woman show of a world-class artist made possible by a grant from the
Donovan Trust. More information about the conference is available online
at www.uky.edu/Conferences/KYWWC/ or by calling (859) 257-6420.
- Salamander Research May Give Clues to Organ 'Regeneration'
UK researchers in the College of Arts and Sciences'
Department of Biology are collaborating with colleagues at the University
of California at Irvine to explore the genetic structure of salamanders
in hope of discovering clues about regeneration of living tissue. The project,
funded by the National Science Foundation, seeks to identify salamander
genes that are expressed during limb regeneration.
- Arts and Sciences Week Features Performances, Readings and Exhibits
The UK College of Arts and Sciences recently concluded its
celebration of Arts and Sciences Week, highlighting the many aspects of
academic life addressed by its departments. Organized by the Arts and Sciences
Student Ambassadors, the event featured live entertainment by the Step Show
Dancers of Alpha Phi Alpha, an address by Pulitzer Prize-winning author
Douglas Hofstadter, and readings by award-winning Kentucky author and UK
writer-in-residence Bobby Ann Mason. Displays and exhibits highlighted books
authored and research projects conducted by faculty members.
- UK Researchers to Be Featured at Ohio Valley Alliance for Life Sciences
Conference
Several UK researchers will be among the presenters at the
second annual meeting of the Ohio Valley Alliance for Life Sciences in Louisville
next week. The two-day event, hosted by the University of Louisville, focuses
on high-technology research with marketplace potential being performed at
UK, U of L, Wright State University, and the University of Cincinnati. The
event features keynote speaker William Hazeltine, chair and chief executive
officer of Human Genome Sciences Inc., discussing his experiences in blending
science and commercialization initiatives. More information is available
online at www.OVALSgroup.org or by calling (513) 558-1810.
- UK Celebrates Cultural Diversity at 16th Annual Festival
UK celebrated its 16th annual Cultural Diversity Festival
last month during two weeks of displays, events and shows. Among the events
were Chinese acrobats, a UK Asia Center film festival, and a performance
by the Moscow State Radio Symphony Orchestra.
- Art Museum Hosts New Exhibits of African Art, Ceramics and John Regis Tuska
Three new exhibits opened at the UK Art Museum on Sunday,
offering patrons views of African art, ceramics and the works of Kentucky
ceramic artist John Regis Tuska. "African Art With its Shadows: Selections
from the Collection of John D. Erickson" runs through May 30 and highlights
the collection of a UK College of Arts and Sciences professor. "A
Ceramic Continuum" runs through April 25 and includes 85 pieces from
the Archie Bray Foundation for Ceramic Arts in Helena, Mont. "Tuska"
also runs through April 25. For more information visit www.uky.edu/ArtMuseum
or call (859) 257-5716.
- UK CARES Hosts "Great Jeans Giveaway" to Encourage Healthy
Eating Habits
In late February, the UK Counseling, Awareness, Resources
and Educational Services program (CARES) of University Health Service hosted
the "Great Jeans Giveaway" in collaboration with University
Counseling and Testing Center to increase awareness of eating disorders.
The program collected students' jeans that no longer fit for donation
to local charities.
- UK Admission and Recruitment Publications Earn National Recognition
For the second consecutive year, admission and recruitment
publications by the Office of Undergraduate Admission and University Registrar
have won national awards at the Admissions Marketing Report's annual
Admissions Advertising Awards. In the category for schools with enrollment
exceeding 20,000, UK's recruitment poster and Schedule of Classes
book received top honors. The University's recruitment video received
a silver award. Other materials also were honored with merit awards. The
publications' content, format and designs were coordinated by Jacquie
Hager, associate registrar, and Matt Peterson, publications manager, in
the Office of Undergraduate Admission and University Registrar.
- Engineers Day Open House Brings 2,000 Youngsters to College of Engineering
Some 2,000 elementary, middle and high school students turned
out on February 28 for the College of Engineering's annual Engineers
Day open house. The four-hour event, geared to encourage youngsters to consider
engineering careers, offered a broad variety of contests, displays of engineering
students' projects, and exhibits highlighting research by College
of Engineering faculty. Among the students' projects featured were
BIG BLUE, the balloon-released unmanned glider with potential uses in NASA's
exploration of other planets, and the solar-powered car that participated
in national competitions last spring.
- Three Prize-winning Kentucky Poets Will Discuss and Read Their Work This
Weekend
Kentucky's three most recent winners of the Yale Younger
Poets Prize come together for the Bale Boone Symposium this weekend. The
prize is the oldest annual literary award in the country. A reception for
Tony Crunk, Davis McCombs and Maurice Manning will be held Friday, March
5, at Black Swan Books in Lexington. On Saturday, March 6, the three will
host workshops, readings and panel discussions at UK's Gaines Center
for the Humanities. A free poets reading will be held at 8 p.m. Saturday
in UK's Memorial Hall, followed by a reception at the Ann Tower Gallery
in Lexington. For more information, contact the Gaines Center at (859) 257-1537.
- Governor's Minority College Awareness Program Holds Expo; Stamp Unveiled
The Governor's Minority College Awareness Program (MCAP)
at UK celebrated its ninth annual African American Expo on February 21 with
a focus on the Underground Railroad. In addition, the United States Postal
Service presented the local unveiling of the 2004 Black Heritage Series
commemorative stamp of actor Paul Robeson. The event was initiated by the
parents of MCAP students to educate the next generation about their African-American
heritage. MCAP is comprised of several early intervention components focused
on preparing African-American and other underrepresented minority students,
grades 2-12, for success in postsecondary education institutions.
- U.S. Geologist Discusses What Indonesian Swamps Reveal About Kentucky Coal
Blaine Cecil, a research geologist with the U.S. Geological
Survey, discussed how coal was formed in Kentucky and what studies of tropical
peat swamps in Indonesia reveal about Kentucky coal in the 2004 Donald Haney
Lecture on February 26. Cecil has led American and Indonesian geologists
on numerous expeditions to study Indonesia's coastal swamps, rivers
and seas. The Haney Lecture, sponsored by the Kentucky Geological Survey
(KGS) at UK, is named for Haney, a former KGS director.
- Nominations Being Sought for 2004 Algernon Sydney Sullivan Medallion
Nominations are being sought for the 2004 Algernon Sydney
Sullivan Medallion, presented on Commencement Day to recognize outstanding
community service by a graduating male, a graduating female, and a non-student
UK employee, alumnus or friend. Nomination materials can be obtained online
at www.uky.edu/SullivanAward. Deadline for nominations is 4:30 p.m. Monday,
March 29.
- Tawada Yoko To Be UK Writer-In-Residence
Tawada Yoko, a writer who has produced more than 10 volumes
of literature in both Japanese and German, will be a writer-in-residence
at UK this month. Among Yoko's books is "Where Europe Begins," a startling
collection of stories that move through landscapes of fairy tales, family
history, dreams, and everyday reality. Often set in physically disparate
locations like Japan, Siberia and Germany, Tawada uses the fragmented world
to explore humanity's experience of estrangement in an ever-changing
society. Her UK visit is being sponsored by the UK Max Kade House Cultural
Center, the UK Japan Studies Program, and UK Asia Center.
- Student Awards and Achievements
- Russell Lucas, Phil Masterson, Nicholas Rueff and Jason Webb, Mechanical
Engineering students who graduated last May, won third place in the American
Society of Mechanical Engineers' 2003 international student design competition.
The four designed a system to reduce energy needed to remove a simulated
ore from an open-pit mine.
- Jennifer Robertson and William Messer, two UK graduates, recently competed
in the 44th annual Randolph Hearst Foundation's Journalism Awards
Program Opinion Writing Competition. Robertson placed 7th and Messer tied
for 15th place overall. Robertson and Messer recently received their bachelor's
degrees in journalism from the UK College of Communications and Information
Studies. Both had minors in political science. Robertson is now a reporter
for the Lexington-Herald Leader and Messer is in his first year at the
UK College of Law. More than 90 students representing 55 universities
and colleges across the nation competed in the opinion writing contest.
UK also is in fifth place overall in an ongoing Hearst Foundation Intercollegiate
Writing Competition which ends April 2004. The Journalism Awards Program
consists of six monthly writing contests, three photojournalism competitions
and four broadcast news competitions.
- Faculty and Staff Awards and Achievements
- James W. Anderson, Medicine and Clinical Nutrition,
and colleagues published "Carbohydrate and Fiber Recommendations
for Individuals with Diabetes: A Quantitative Assessment and Meta-Analysis
of the Evidence" in the February issue of the Journal of the American
College of Nutrition. Their conclusion is that diets rich in carbohydrates
and fiber are the most effective diets for management of blood glucose
in persons with diabetes.
- Carolyn S. Bratt, the W.L. Matthews Professor of Law, is among four
women to receive Kentucky's most prestigious award for activism
on behalf of women. The Kentucky Women Remembered exhibit honors inductees
based on women who have strengthened the Commonwealth by strengthening
Kentucky women through determination, personal contributions and exemplary
leadership in the struggle for women's rights. Bratt was recognized
for her lifetime commitment to social justice and women's rights.
- Jim Clark, Social Work, is a visiting associate professor in the School
of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago, for the winter
and spring quarters 2004.
- Jim Clark, Social Work, co-authored "Consumer Perspectives on
Quality of Inpatient Mental Health Services" in the Archives of
Psychiatric Nursing.
- Crystal Collins-Camargo and Chris Groeber, Social Work, published "Adventures
in partnership: Using learning laboratories to enhance frontline supervision
in child welfare" in Professional Development: The International
Journal of Continuing Social Work Education.
- Melinda Edgerton, academic adviser in the College of Arts and Sciences,
has been awarded the 2004 Frances J. Ockerman International Award by the
UK Office of International Affairs for her special efforts to befriend
UK's international students.
- Sherry Fairchild, Social Work, co-presented "Global Social Justice
and Foreign Policy: Implications for Social Work Education" at the
Council on Social Work Education's 50th Annual Program Meeting in Anaheim,
Calif.
- Edward T. Jennings Jr., Political Science and Martin School of Public
Policy and Administration, won the Charles H. Levine Memorial Award for
Excellence in Public Administration from the American Society for Public
Administration and the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs
and Administration. He will receive the award at the ASPA's conference
in Portland, Ore., on March 28.
- Shelley Kenner, Geological Sciences, published an article about how
Earth's underground formations help transfer energy from earthquakes
was highlighted in a recent publication of the American Geophysical Union
Journal.
- Richard Labunski, Journalism and Telecommunications, published an article
about James Madison and the Bill of Rights on The History News Network
Web site, which was created in June 2001 to feature articles by historians
about current events.
- Derek Lane, Communications, has been named the first recipient of the
H. Lester Reynolds Professorship, a three-year professorship aimed at
helping improve communication skills of engineers. The professorship grew
out of a 2002 gift from Reynolds, a 1939 UK civil engineering graduate.
- Robert Olson, History, published a new book, "Turkey-Iran Relations,
1979-2004: Revolution, Ideology, War, Coups and Geopolitics." One
of the first scholarly publications to detail the tumultuous history and
politics of Iran and Turkey during the past quarter of a century, the
book examines the way the Iraq war affects these two countries.
- Kirk A. Randazzo, Political Science, received a U.S. Speaker and Specialist
Grant from the State Department's Office of International Information
Programs. As a guest of the American Embassy in Asmara, Eritrea, he will
travel to Africa for two weeks beginning March 8 and present several lectures
on civil liberties and the rule of law in the United States.
- Faculty Research Activities
- James Anderson, Internal Medicine, Clinical Trial, A Randomized, Double-Blind,
Pacebo-Controlled, Multicenter, Parallel-Group Study to Assess the Efficacy
and Safety of Topiramate OROS Controlled-Release in the Treatment of Obese,
Type 2 Diabetic Subjects Managed with Diet or Metformin.
- James Anderson, Internal Medicine, Clinical Trial, Phase 2, Multicenter,
Randomized, Blinded, Placebo Controlled, Proof of Concept Study of Combination
Therapy for Safety and Efficacy in Subjects with Uncomplicated Obesity.
- John Baker, OISTL/Engineering Distance Learning, $25,300, Active Control
of Blade Dynamic Response Due to Fluid/Structure Interaction in Turbomachinery:
Phase II.
- Andre Baron, Cancer Center-Core Support, $100,000, Evaluating Low Dose
Computed Tomography and the Serum Biomarkers for Lung Cancer Screening.
- Carol Baskin, Biological Sciences, $2,500, Seed Germination Ecology of
Hawaiian Montane Species: A Continuation of Efforts to Acquire, Organize,
and Share Data to Facilitate Propagation and Restoration Efforts.
- Christopher Bollinger, Business and Economics Poverty Center, $19,110,
Program Usage and Poverty Among Refugees in the South.
- Crystal Collins-Camargo, Social Work, $115,000, FRIENDS.
- Mark Dignan, Kentucky Community Cancer Program, $241,144, Network Site,
Cancer Prevention and Control Network (WVU SIP #2).
- Crystal Collins-Camargo, Social Work, $115,000, FRIENDS.
- Robin Cooper, Biological Sciences, $39,386, Kentucky Biomedical Research
Infrastucture Network - UK Bioinformatics.
- Deborah Danner, Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, $186,001, Dementia Outreach
Lexington: Diagnosis/Treatment and Services for African Americans.
- Willem De Villiers, Internal Medicine, Clinical Trial, A Phase III Multi-National,
Multi-Centre, Open Label, 52 Week Safety Study to Assess the Safety of Chronic
Therapy With the Humanised AntipTNF PEG Conjugate CDP870 400 mg sc, Dosed
4 weekly to Week 48, in the Treatment of Patients With Active Crohns.
- Willem De Villiers, Internal Medicine, Clinical Trial, A Phase I, Open-Label,
Multidose, Dose-Escalation Trial of Fontolizumab to Explore Safety and Pharmacology
in Patients with Moderate-to-Severe Crohns Disease.
- Mark Dignan, Kentucky Community Cancer Program, $241,144, Network Site,
Cancer Prevention and Control Network (WVU SIP #2).
- James Drahovzal, Kentucky Geological Survey, $10,000, Midwest Regional
Carbon Partnership.
- Paul Eakin, Mathematics, $420,375, Appalachian Mathematics and Science
Partnership.
- Paul Eakin, Mathematics, $6,973, Appalachian Mathematics and Science Partnership.
- Ahmed El-Ghannam, Graduate Center for Biomedical Engineering, $15,000,
KSEF: Innovative Delivery System for BMP-2 to Treat Segmental Bone Defect.
- Toufic Fakhoury, Neurology, Clinical Trial, LAM40124 An Assessment of Behavioral
Changes Associated with Lamotrigine and Levetiracetam in Patients with Epilepsy.
- James Ferguson II, Obstetrics and Gynecology, $48,543, Ferguson Scope Effects
of Periodontal Therapy on Preterm Birth.
- C. Frost, Law Instruction, $18,000, Legal Assistance to Inmates.
- Phillip Gerk, Toxicology, $20,000, In vitro mechanisms of action of ursodeoxycholic
acid.
- Kristi Graves, Behavioral Science, $41, 608, Expressive Writing with Cancer
Patients.
- Richard Greenberg, Internal Medicine, Clinical Trial, The Safety, Tolerability,
and Immunogenicity of ACAM2000 Smallpox Vaccine in Adults With Previous Smallpox
Vaccination. A Ramdomized, Double-Blind, Fixed Dose, Phase 3 Comparison between
ACAM2000 and Dryvax Smallpox Vaccines.
- Richard Greenberg, Internal Medicine, Clinical Trial, The Safety, Tolerability,
and Immunogenicity of ACAM2000 Smallpox Vaccine in Adults Without Previous
Smallpox Vaccination. A Randomized, Double-Blind, Fixed Dose, Phase 3 Comparison
between ACAM2000 and Dryvax Smallpox Vaccines.
- Eric Grulke, Chemical and Materials Engineering, $73,061, Heat Transfer
Mechanisms for Nanofluids in Laminar Flow.
- Edward Hall, Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center, $340,342, Peroxynitrite-Induced
Oxidative Damage in TBI NIH/NINDS.
- Carol Hanley, Tracy Farmer Center for the Environment, $2,500, Extending
the NOVA Network through Kentucky IDEAS.
- Issam Harik, Civil Engineering, $305,000, Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer
Bonded Repair of I-65 Bridges in Louisville - Federal Aid Research Task
No. 126.
- Issam Harik, Civil Engineering, $400,000, Development and Deployment
of Aluminum Bridge Deck Panels - Federal Aid Research Task No. 125.
- Claudia Heath, Business and Economics Poverty Center, $19,110, Research
Center for Families and Children.
- Jerzy Jaromczyk, Computer Science, $160,320, Kentucky Biomedical Research
Infrastructure Network - UK Bioinformatics.
- Helen Johnson, Council on Aging, $49,990, Bioterrorism Preparedness for
Older Persons.
- Michael Kalinski, Civil Engineering, $29,824, Application of Electromagnetic
Geophysics (EMG) Technology to Subsurface Investigations.
- Charles Knapp, Center for Biomedical Engineering, $24,000, Prototype of
an Adjustable Systemic Pulmonary Arterial Shunt.
- Janet Kurzynske, CES/Family and Consumer Sciences, $34,000, Cooperative
Agreement with USDA/CSREES.
- Carl Leukefeld, Center on Drug and Alcohol Research, $349,358, Prescription
Drug Study.
- Nancy Levenson, Physics and Astronomy, $61,330, Probing Obscured AGN with
X-ray Iron Lines.
- Donald Linebaugh, Program for Archaeological Research, $7,726, A Proposal
to Perform Phase I Archaeological Survey for the US 641 Widening, Calloway
County, Kentucky Item No. 1-314.00.
- Donald Linebaugh, Program for Archaeological Research, $5,796, A Proposal
to Perform Phase I Archaeological Survey for the Proposed Realignment of KY
911 and KY 115, Christian County, Kentucky Item No. 2-156.00.
- Kaye Lowe, Curriculum and Instruction, $164,160, Kentucky Reading First
Grant.
- James McDonough, Mechanical Engineering, $24,744, NASA EPSCoR: Implementation
of Discrete Dynamical System SGS Models in New LES Code for Turbulent Conbustion.
- Beth Miller, Internal Medicine, Clinical Trial, A Multicenter, Double-Blind,
Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel-Group Study Investigating the Clinical
Effects of Montelukast in Patients with Perennial Allergic Rhinitis.
- Mari Nikolova-Karakashian, Radiation Medicine, $15,000, ED Phase III GRID
Radiation Project.
- Michael Novak, Dentistry Research and Graduate Studies, $710,743, Effects
of Periodontal Therapy on Preterm Birth.
- Kevin Pearce, Family Practice and Community Medicine, $106,830, Restricted
Scope for Faculty Development in Primary Care.
- Tanya Peres, Program for Archaeological Research, $6,714, Phase I Archaeological
Survey - High Street Bridge and Approaches, Boone County, Kentucky - Item
No. 6-1046.0.
- Tanya Peres, Program for Archaeological Research, $11,737, Phase I
Archaeological Survey - Industrial Park Access Road, Warren County, Kentucky
- Item No. 3-16.0.
- Robert Perry, Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, $123,574,
Attenuated Live and Recombinant Yersinia Pestis Vaccines.
- Luther Pettigrew, Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, $253,997, Focal Brain
Ischemia in the TNF-Alpha-Transgenic Rat.
- David Pollack, Kentucky Archaeological Survey, $6,000, Phase I Archaeological
Survey - KY 2040 Bridge over Levisa Fork at Kentucky River, Johnson County,
Kentucky - Item No. 12-297.0.
- Alexander Rabchevsky, Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center, $99,730,
Evaluation of hESC-Derived Oligodendrocyte Progenitors in Spinal Cord Injury
Model.
- Kozo Saito, Mechanical Engineering, $71,120, UV Inspection Techniques Applied
to Marine Ballast Tanks.
- Holly Salisbury, Center for the Arts Service Center, $1,000, Meet the Composer
Grant.
- Holly Salisbury, Center for the Arts Service Center, $10,000, START Technology
Infra-structure Plan.
- Eric Scorsone, CES/Agricultural Economics, $15,000, Entrepreneurship Center.
- Timothy Sineath, School of Library and Information Science, $6,000, Web
Development Project.
- John Slevin, Neurology, Clinical Trial, A Multicenter Open Label Trial
to Assess Subject Preference of PARCOPA, Carbidopa/ Levadopa Orally Disintegrating
Tablets, Compared to Conventional Carbidopa/ Levadopa Tablets in Subjects
with Parkinson's.
- M. Smith, CES/Director's Office, $250,000, The Kentucky Natural Products
Alliance.
- Suzanne Smith, Mechanical Engineering, $80,000, BIG BLUE: Autonomous Flight
Demonstration of Mars Airplane Technology.
- Paul Spring, Otolaryngology Surgery, $200,000, Multidrug Resistance in
Lung Cancer.
- Joe Springer, Anatomy and Neurobiology, $318,642, COX-2 Pathophysiology
in Spinal Cord Injury.
- Charles Staben, Biological Sciences, $708,878, Kentucky Biomedical
Research Infrastructure Network - UK Bioinformatics.
- William Stilwell III, Education Psychology and Counsel, $28,000, Clinical
Training Agreement with Eastern State Hospital.
- Jeffrey Stringer, CES/Forestry, $40,000, Forest Land Enhancement Program:
Public Awareness, Publicity, and Training.
- Patrick Sullivan, Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center, $304,192,
Mitochondrial Uncoupling as a Therapeutic Target in TBI.
- John Thelin, Ed Soc and Phi Studies, $4,196, The Kentucky Campus: Colleges,
Culture and Community in the Commonwealth.
- Patrick Trader, Program for Archaeological Research, $59,844, Phase
I Archaeological Survey - Interstate 65 Interchange, U.S. 31W Access Road,
US 68/KY 80 Access Road, Warren County, KY -Item No. 3-16.00.
- Bruce Walcott, Electrical and Computer Engineering, $5,000, Student Technology
Leadership Program.
- David Westneat, Biological Sciences, $47,173, Kentucky Biomedical Research
Infrastructure Network - UK Bioinformatics.
