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Table I.  New Grants brought into the Center for Translational Neuroscience

Recruits                                                                                Mentored Investigators                            Total

Year                 Name                           Amount ($)              Name (Degree)              Amount ($)                  

8/04-7/05          Mennemeier 1                256,960

                        Mennemeier 2                142,000

                        Mennemeier 3                 15,000

                                                            413,960                                                                                             $413,960

8/05-7/06           Al-Chaer 1                     335,362

                        Al-Chaer 2                     400,425

                        Al-Chaer 3                     132,438

                        Al-Chaer 4                     232,648

                                                          1,100,873                                                                

                                                        $1,100,873

8/06-7/07         Hayar 1                       1,000,000                      Dornhoffer (MD) 1           300,000

                        Hayar 2                          150,000                     Cole (RN, PhD) 1           142,900

                                                                                                Cole 2                           283,838

                                                                                                Cole 3                             15,000

                                                                                                Cole 4                             31,481

                                                            1,150,000                                                           773,219                $1,923,219

8/07-4/08         Al-Chaer 5                    221,550                       Aitken (MD)1                   50,000

                        Al-Chaer 6                    249,669                       Aitken 2                        741,000

                        Al-Chaer 7                    1,250,000                    Aitken 3                        594,642

                        Mennemeier 4             100,000                       Aitken 4                        749,963

                        Mennemeier 5              350,000                     Aitken 5                        168,000

                                                                                                Charlesworth (PhD)1      600,000

                                                                                                Hall (MD)1                     900,000

                                                                                                Hall 2                          1,458,826

                                                                                                Kaiser (MD)1               2,131,535

                                                                                                Reese (PT)1                  198,517

                                                             2,171,219                                                         7,582,483             $9,763,702  

                                                                                                 Cumulative total 4 years                    $13,201,754

 

Primary Awards to Junior Investigators and Recruits (as PIs in bold):

PI:  Mary E. Aitken, MD;        20% effort

Title:  Strike Out Child Passenger Injury

Agency:  Centers for Disease Control

Dates:  2/19/2007-2/20/2010

Amount:  $ 749,963

 

PI:  Mary E. Aitken, MD;        20% effort

Title:  Development and Evaluation of Targeted ATV Safety Educational Strategies for Rural Children

Agency:  Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration (DHHS)

Dates:  09/01/2007-08/30/2010

Amount:  $ 594,642

 

PI:  Mary E. Aitken, MD;        20% effort

Title:  Pediatric Injury Prevention Center (PIP Center) at Arkansas Children's Hospital

Agency:  Arkansas Children's Hospital

Dates:  07/01/2007-06/30/2010

Amount:  $ 741,000

 

PI:  Mary E. Aitken, MD;        5% effort

Title:  Building Consensus for Safer Teen Driving

Agency:  Allstate Foundation

Dates:  08/01/2007-07/31/2008

Amount:  $ 50,000

 

PI:  Mary E. Aitken, MD;        10% Effort       Co-I:  Jennifer Shaw, MPH

Title:  Mapping the Way to Success:  Arkansas's Safe Routes to School Walking and Wheeling Toolkit and Online Resource Guide

Agency:  Arkansas Department of Transportation

Dates:  12/01/07-11/30/2008

Amount:  $ 168,000

 

PI: Elie Al-Chaer, PhD, JD  75% effort       

Title: Mechanisms of chronic visceral hyperalgesia

Agency: NINDS

Type: R01

Dates: 9/1/2004-3/31/2007

Amount: $ 335,362

 

PI: Elie Al-Chaer, PhD, JD  5% effort         

Title: Effect of Allergan drugs on visceral hypersensitivity in a rat model of IBS

Agency: Allergan

Type: Research grant

Dates: 9/1/2004 - 12/31/2005

Amount: $ 400,425

 

PI: Elie Al-Chaer, PhD, JD  5% effort         

Title: Pharmacological validation of an animal model of IBS

Agency: GlaxoSmithKline

Type: Research grant

Dates: 9/1/2004-9/30/2007

Amount: $ 132,438

 

PI: Elie Al-Chaer, PhD, JD  10% effort       

Title: Effect of Allergan drugs on visceral hypersensitivity in a rat model of IBS

Agency: Allergan

Type: Research grant

Dates: 1/1/2006-12/31/2006

Amount: $ 232,648

 

PI: Elie Al-Chaer, PhD, JD  10% effort       

Title: Effect of Allergan drugs on visceral hypersensitivity in a rat model of IBS

Agency: Allergan

Type: Research grant

Dates: 1/1/2007-12/31/2007

Amount: $ 221,550

 

PI: Elie Al-Chaer, PhD, JD  20% effort       

Title: Effect of Allergan drugs on visceral hypersensitivity in a rat model of IBS

Agency: Allergan

Type: Research grant

Dates: 1/1/2008-12/31/2009

Amount: $ 249,669

 

PI: Elie Al-Chaer, PhD, JD  50% effort       

Title: Sex Hormones and Visceral Hypersensitivity

Agency: National Institute of Digestive Diseases and Kidney,

Type: RO1 DK077733

Dates: 04/01/08-03/31/13

Amount: $ 1,250,000.00

 

PI: Amanda Charlesworth, PhD, 50% effort

Title: Role of Zar family proteins in M-phase control.

Agency: American Cancer Society Research Scholar Grant.

Dates: 01/01/2008 - 12/31/2011

Amount: $ 600,000

 

PI: Catherine Cole, RN, 15% effort; Co-I KC Richards, PhD 5% effort, M. Mennemeier, PhD 5%:

Title: Feasibility Study: Attention Measures in Alzheimer's.

Agency: NINR/NIH, R15 NR009796,

Dates: 06/25/2007 - 05/31/2009,

Amount: $ 142,900.

 

PI: Catherine Cole, RN, 75% effort, Mentors: KC Richards, C Beck, Cons.: M. Mennemeier, PhD

Title: Fragmented Sleep and Attention in Alzheimer's Disease.

Agency: NINR/NIH K23 NR009492

Dates: 06/01/2006 - 05/31/2009

Amount: $ 283,838

 

PI: Catherine Cole, RN,

Title: The Relationships Among Sleep Disturbance, Coronary Heart Disease   (CHD), and Cognitive Impairment

Agency: Tailored Biobehavioral Interventions Research Center

Dates: 07/01/2008 to 06/30/2009

Amount: $ 15,000

 

PI: Catherine Cole, RN,

Title: Feasibility Study: Repeated Measures of Attention in Persons with Dementia

Agency: Beverly Health Care

Dates: 4/1/06-3/31/07

Amount: $31,481

 

PI:  John L. Dornhoffer, MD,  12% effort;    Co-I: M. Mennemeier, PhD

Title: Using PET-CT to target and validate low-frequency TMS as treatment for tinnitus

Agency: Tinnitus Research Consortium (foundation grant)

Dates:  7/1/06-6/30/09

Amount:  $ 300,000

 

PI: R. Whit Hall, MD;                         10% Effort;      Co-PI: K. Anand, MD.

Title: NEOPAIN Follow-up

Agency: NIH/NICHD. Single Site RFP

Dates: 05/01/2008 to 04/31/2013

Amount: $ 900,000 (Awaiting letter of award)

 

PI: R. Whit Hall, MD;                         10% Effort;

Title: Telemedicine Outreach Utilizing Collaborative Healthcare

Agency: Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Dates: 01/11/2008 to 10/31/2011

Amount: $ 1,458,826

 

PI: Abdallah Hayar, PhD            70% effort

Title: External tufted cells coordinate olfactory bulb activity

Agency: NIH / NIDCD

Dates: 7/01/05 - 6/30/10

Amount: $ 1,000,000

 

PI: Abdallah Hayar, PhD,            25% effort

Title:  "Synchronous bursting among juxtaglomerular neurons."

Agency: NIH / NIDCD,

Type: R03 DC006356-04,

Dates: 5/01/04 - 4/30/07,

Amount: $ 150,000

 

PI: Kathryn Hamilton, Louisiana State Univ., Co-PI: A. Hayar, PhD, 25% effort,

Title: Contribution of EPL Interneurons to Olfactory Processing.

Agency: NIH / NIDCD, R01 DC007876-01A2,

Dates: 04/01/08 - 03/31/12,

Amount: $ 1,000,000 (Hayar subaward, $150,000)

 

PI: Jeffrey R. Kaiser, MD            40% effort

Title: Physiological Disturbances Associated with Neonatal Intraventricular Hemorrhage

Agency: NIH/NINDS 1RO1 NS060674-01A1

Dates: 4/1/2008-3/31/2013

Amount: $ 2,131,534.

 

PI: Mark Mennemeier, PhD               40% effort

Title: Neglect and the neural mechanisms of magnitude estimation

Agency: NINDS-NIH . R01 NS39348

Dates: 07/01/05-04/30/06

Amount: $ 256,960

 

PI: Mark Mennemeier, PhD               15% effort

Title: Innovative Concepts and Treatments in Spatial Neglect.

Agency: NIH/NCMRR HD40613

Dates: 4/1/05-3/31/06

Amount: $ 142,000

 

PI: Mark Mennemeier, PhD               1% effort

Title: Identifying and treating arousal-related cognitive deficits in Alzheimer's disease

Agency: UAMS Memory Research Center Pilot Program

Dates: 07/01/06-06/30/07

Amount: $ 15,000

 

PI: Mark Mennemeier, PhD,            Co-I: P. Brown, MD  5% effort
Title:  Rehabilitating Strength Perception after Stroke
 Agency/Institute/Type: e.g. NIH, :  NICHHD, R03
 Dates:  12/01/07 - 11/30/09
 Amount:  $ 100,000

 

PI: Mark Mennemeier, PhD               25% effort

Title: Identifying and treating arousal related deficits in neglect and dysphagia.

Agency: RHD055677 NICHD

Dates: 01/01/09 - 30/12/11

Amount: $ 350,000 (Awaiting letter of award)

 

PI: Nancy Reese, PT, PhD   18% effort,       Co-I: Charlotte Yates, PT, PhD  12% effort

Title: Novel Treatment for Hyperreflexia following SCI

Agency: NIH/ R15

Dates: 12/01/2008 to 11/30/2010

Amount: $ 198,517

 

Secondary Awards to CTN Investigators, Recruits and Core users (Co-I):

PI: R. Buchanan, PhD, ASU (CTN trainee)

Title: Research Internships in Science of the Environment- University Program, RISE-UP

Agency:  NSF/URM DBI-731603

Dates:  07/01/2007-06/31/2012

Amount: $ 810,171

 

PI: E. Garcia-Rill, PhD;       Co-I: A. Charlesworth, PhD, 25% effort, A. Hayar, PhD.

Title: Central modulation of rhythms

Agency/Program: NIH, NINDS NS-20246-22-26

Dates: 12/01/2008-11/30/2013

Amount: $ 1,250,000

 

PI: K. Anand, MD;                  Co-I: R.Whit Hall, MD

Title: Arkansas Neonate Electrical Stimulation Acupuncture with Neonates Study

Agency: Mayday Foundation

Dates: Nov 1, 2008-Oct 31, 2010

Amount: $ 399,929

 

PI: Laura Ment, MD,               Co-I: J. Kaiser, MD, 5% effort

Title: Gene Targets for Intraventricular Hemorrhage

Agency: NIH/NINDS RO1 NS053865-01A2

Dates: 8/1/2007-5/41/2012

Amount: $ 55,515

 

PI: Angus MacNicol, PhD,      Co-I: Melanie MacNicol, PhD   50% effort

Title: Maternal gene regulation in early vertebrate development

Agency: NICHD, R01

Dates: 7/01/07 - 6/30/12

Amount: $ 956,250