Dartmouth researchers were awarded $2 million in new and competing awards during February 2013, as reported by the .
February 2013 Research Awards
Award commitment from the sponsoring agency is for a single year unless otherwise indicated.
Duane Compton鈥擝iochemistrySponsoring agency: National Institute of General Medical Sciences Project: 鈥淥rganization of the Mammalian Mitotic Spindle鈥� Four-year project
Surachai Supattapone鈥擝iochemistrySponsoring agency: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Project: 鈥淢echanism of Prion Propagation鈥� Five-year project
Maia Rutman鈥擯ediatricsSponsoring agency: Bureau of Maternal and Child Health Project: 鈥淓mergency Medical Services for Children State Partnership鈥� Four-year project
Laura Flashman, T. McAllister and P. Schnurr鈥擯sychiatrySponsoring agency: Veterans Medical Research Foundation Project: 鈥淎CT Trial-Therapist Togus ME and Project Lead鈥� Two-year project
Tracy Stecker鈥擟ommunity and Family MedicineSponsoring agency: Department of Defense, Army Medical Research and Development Project: 鈥淚ncreasing Treatment Seeking Among At-Risk Service Members Returning from War Zones鈥� Five-year project
John Lyon鈥擯hysics and AstronomySponsoring agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Project: 鈥淓nergy Transport from Tail to Ring Current via Fast, Low Entropy Flows鈥� Four-year project
Diane Gilbert-Diamond and Z. Li鈥擟ommunity and Family Medicine, T. Heatherton鈥擯sychological and Brain Sciences and J. Sargent鈥擯ediatricsSponsoring agency: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Project: 鈥淐hildren鈥檚 Genetic Predisposition to Eat Without Hunger After Food Advertisements鈥� Two-year project
Brock Christensen, A. Andrew, J. Gui and M. Karagas鈥擟ommunity and Family MedicineSponsoring agency: National Cancer Institute Project: 鈥淢icroRNA Related Genetic Variation in Bladder Cancer鈥� Two-year project
Carrie Colla鈥擳he Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice AdministrationSponsoring agency: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Project: 鈥淧revalence and Variation in Over-Use of Health Services: Choosing Wisely鈥�
George Cybenko鈥擳hayer School of EngineeringSponsoring agency: Department of Defense, Air Force Research Laboratory Project: 鈥淨uantifying and Assessing Covertness in Adversarial Environments鈥�
Richard Enelow and T. MacKenzie鈥擬edicineSponsoring agency: Veterans Administration Project: 鈥淚PA-MacKenzie鈥� 10-month project
Scott Chasan-Taber鈥擳he Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice AdministrationSponsoring agency: State of Vermont Project: 鈥淎nalysis Health Care Spending鈥� Two-year project
