Project Title
Principal Investigator
Institution
Year
Amount
Program
Research Topics

The role of GABA in postpartum depression

Cynthia Neill Epperson

Yale School of Medicine

2000

$180,000

Clinical and Community Health Issues

Psychiatry

Cortical GABA concentrations in depression

Gerald Sanacora

Yale School of Medicine

2000

$179,423

Clinical and Community Health Issues

Psychiatry

Markers of biological risk in schizophrenia

Jonathan Covault

University of Connecticut Health Center

2000

$178,562

Clinical and Community Health Issues

Psychiatry

Transcranial magnetic stimulation in refractory depressi

Robert Berman

Yale School of Medicine

2000

$179,878

Clinical and Community Health Issues

Psychiatry

Efficacy of lyme vaccine in 28

Marietta Vazquez

Yale School of Medicine

2000

$180,000

Clinical and Community Health Issues

Public Health

Epstein-Barr virus in bone marrow transplant patients

Eric Pamer

Yale School of Medicine

2000

$110,000

Donaghue Investigators

Cancer

Molecular genetics of aging

Stephen Helfand

Brown University

2000

$595,791

Donaghue Investigators

Genetics, Geriatrics

DNA polymerase beta and meiosis

Joann Sweasy

Yale School of Medicine

2000

$595,791

Donaghue Investigators

Genetics, Cancer

Prevention of brain injury in premature infants

Scott Rivkees

Yale University School of Medicine

2000

$595,791

Donaghue Investigators

Pediatrics, Cell and Molecular Research

Treatment of binge eating and obesity

Carlos Grilo

Yale School of Medicine

2000

$595,791

Donaghue Investigators

Psychiatry, Behavioral Sciences

Promoting Patient Safety: Ethical Basis for Policy Debate

Virgina Ashby Sharpe

The Hastings Center

2000

$205,300

Practical Benefit Initiatives

Bioethics

Influence of Cognitive Activity on Coordination and Dynamics

Geraldine Pellacchia

University of Hartford

2000

$99,520

Practical Benefit Initiatives

Chronic Illness and Disability

The Study of Health Care Relationships

Sally Cohen

Yale University School of Nursing

2000

$2,860,000

Practical Benefit Initiatives

Focused Program of Research, Clinical Practice

Connecticut Collaborative Fall Prevention Project

Mary Tinetti

Yale University

2000

$3,200,000

Practical Benefit Initiatives

Geriatrics, Public Health

Screening, Outreach and Safety for Abused Prenatal Patients

Mary Duncan

University of Connecticut Health Center

2000

$794,773

Practical Benefit Initiatives

Obstetrics and Gynecology, Primary Care

Early Life Stress and Cocaine Abuse in Male/Female rats

Therese Kosten

VAMC

2000

$585,000

Practical Benefit Initiatives

Substance Abuse, Psychiatry

A novel model system for the dev of ovarian carcinoma

Eva Sapi

University of New Haven

1999

$180,000

Clinical and Community Health Issues

Cancer

Comprehensive Elementary School Cancer Prevention

David Schonfeld

Yale School of Medicine

1999

$179,977

Clinical and Community Health Issues

Cancer, Pediatrics

New clinical-anatomic staging system for Prostate Cancer

John Concato

Yale School of Medicine

1999

$117,070

Clinical and Community Health Issues

Cancer

Does E Genotype determine the lipid response to exercise

Paul Thompson

Hartford Hospital

1999

$180,000

Clinical and Community Health Issues

Cardiovascular Diseases, Genetics

Minority Elders & Long Term Care: Use & Access

Elizabeth Bradley

Yale School of Medicine

1999

$158,021

Clinical and Community Health Issues

Geriatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology

Preventing Drug Interactions in Older Adults

Patricia Neafsey

University of Connecticut

1999

$179,849

Clinical and Community Health Issues

Geriatrics, Behavioral Sciences

Perimenopausal Symptom Management with Acupuncture

Susan Cohen

Yale School of Nursing

1999

$177,728

Clinical and Community Health Issues

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Pregnancy with Diabetes: Infant neurobehavior

Carol Lammi-Keefe

University of Connecticut

1999

$180,000

Clinical and Community Health Issues

Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology

Effects of Magnesium Nutrition on Bone Health

Thomas Carpenter

Yale School of Medicine

1999

$178,026

Clinical and Community Health Issues

Pediatrics, Nutrition

Improving prenatal screening protocols

Tryfon Beazoglou

University of Connecticut Health Center

1999

$180,000

Clinical and Community Health Issues

Pediatrics, Health Services

10 Year follow-up of orthopaedic surgery in cerebral palsy

Peter DeLuca

Connecticut Children's Medical Center

1999

$140,165

Clinical and Community Health Issues

Pediatrics, Chronic Illness and Disability

Sodium intake and bone mass in postmenopausal women

Jasminka Ilich-Ernst

University of Connecticut

1999

$178,970

Clinical and Community Health Issues

Physiology, Nutrition

Neuroleptics on Cortical glutomate in Schizophrenia

Walid Abi-Saab

Yale School of Medicine

1999

$179,011

Clinical and Community Health Issues

Psychiatry, Neurodegenerative Diseases

Immunological Alterations in Neuropsychiatric Disease

Debra Bessen

Yale School of Medicine

1999

$175,374

Clinical and Community Health Issues

Psychiatry

Adhesion based mechanisms for prediction of cancer

David Rimm

Yale School of Medicine

1999

$550,000

Donaghue Investigators

Cancer, Cell and Molecular Research

Development of muscle fiber type

Stephen Devoto

Wesleyan University

1999

$542,348

Donaghue Investigators

Cell and Molecular Research

Neural development in G protein gene knockout mice

Stephen Strittmatter

Yale University School of Medicine

1999

$595,791

Donaghue Investigators

Chronic Illness and Disability, Cell and Molecular Research

Comparing genomes in terms of protein structures

Mark Gerstein

Yale University

1999

$595,791

Donaghue Investigators

Genetics, Cell and Molecular Research

Delirium and functional decline in hospitalized elders

Sharon Inouye

Yale University

1999

$595,791

Donaghue Investigators

Geriatrics, Health Services

Pre-operative behavioral stress in children

Zeev Kain

University of California Irvine

1999

$595,791

Donaghue Investigators

Pediatrics, Behavioral Sciences

BEACON Collaborative Research on Cardiovascular Engineering

Joseph Bronzino

Trinity College

1999

$328,691

Practical Benefit Initiatives

Cardiovascular Diseases

Patient-based Investigation of Aortic Aneurysm Mechanics

Robert Peattie

Trinity College

1999

$118,420

Practical Benefit Initiatives

Cardiovascular Diseases

Nanofabrication for Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering

Steven Goodman

University of Connecticut Health Center

1999

$135,032

Practical Benefit Initiatives

Cardiovascular Diseases

Learning Disabilities-A Pilot Study

Susan Austin

University of Connecticut Health Center

1999

$39,290

Practical Benefit Initiatives

Pediatrics, Chronic Illness and Disability