Project Title
Principal Investigator
Institution
Year
Amount
Program
Research Topics

Donaghue Initiative in Biomedical and Behavioral Research Ethics

Robert Levine

Yale University

2003

$2,100,000

Practical Benefit Initiatives

Bioethics

Chemotherapy, Race and Cancer Survival

Beth Jones

Yale School of Medicine

2002

$180,000

Clinical and Community Health Issues

Cancer

3-D Ultrasound & NIR Imaging for Breast Cancer Detection

Quing Zhu

University of Connecticut

2002

$179,992

Clinical and Community Health Issues

Cancer

Behavior therapy for medication nonresponders with OCD

David Tolin

Institute of Living

2002

$173,000

Clinical and Community Health Issues

Psychiatry, Behavioral Sciences

D-Serine treatment of negative symptoms in schizophrenia

Deepak Cyril D'Souza

Yale School of Medicine

2002

$180,000

Clinical and Community Health Issues

Psychiatry

Event-related functional MRI of adult ADHD

Leighton Huey

University of Connecticut Health Center

2002

$176,937

Clinical and Community Health Issues

Psychiatry

Screen development to detect the schizophrenic prodrome

Tandy Miller

Yale School of Medicine

2002

$176,039

Clinical and Community Health Issues

Psychiatry

Cox-2 regulation of osteoblast replication and apoptosis

Carol Pilbeam

University of Connecticut Health Center

2002

$595,791

Donaghue Investigators

Cell and Molecular Research, Geriatrics

Enhancing older driver safety and mobility

Richard Marottoli

Yale University School of Medicine

2002

$595,791

Donaghue Investigators

Geriatrics

Neurogenetics of Ion Channel function and dysfunction

Robert Reenan

University of Connecticut Health Center

2002

$595,791

Donaghue Investigators

Neurodegenerative Diseases, Cell and Molecular Research

National Patient Safety Research Foundation Research Program

Diane Pinakeiwicz

National Patient Safety Foundation

2002

$220,000

Practical Benefit Initiatives

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Donaghue Early Schizophrenia Initiative

Scott Woods

Yale University School of Medicine

2002

$1,600,000

Practical Benefit Initiatives

Psychiatry

SisterTalk

Judith Fifield

Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center

2002

$665,000

Practical Benefit Initiatives

Public Health, Nutrition

Comprehensive Treatment for Low Income Pregnant Smokers

Ellen Dornelas

Hartford Hospital

2001

$179,993

Clinical and Community Health Issues

Behavioral Sciences, Obstetrics and Gynecology

Blood Pressure Measurement During Pregnancy

William White

University of Connecticut Health Center

2001

$179,944

Clinical and Community Health Issues

Cardiovascular Diseases, Obstetrics and Gynecology

Exercise and Protein Supplementation in Heart Transplants

Charles Cortes

Hartford Hospital

2001

$180,000

Clinical and Community Health Issues

Cardiovascular Diseases, Nutrition

Erythema Migrans-Window to Lyme Disease

Juan Salazar

Connecticut Children's Medical Center

2001

$180,000

Clinical and Community Health Issues

Cell and Molecular Research

Effects of Nicotine on Bone Turnover in Older Women

Cheryl Oncken

University of Connecticut Health Center

2001

$180,000

Clinical and Community Health Issues

Geriatrics

Non-Invasive measures of auditory integrity in infants

Gerald Leonard

University of Connecticut Health Center

2001

$180,000

Clinical and Community Health Issues

Pediatrics

Intensive care for teens with negative pregnancy tests

Lois Sadler

Yale School of Nursing

2001

$179,073

Clinical and Community Health Issues

Primary Care, Obstetrics and Gynecology

Substance abuse domestic violence treatment study

Caroline Easton

Yale School of Medicine

2001

$173,555

Clinical and Community Health Issues

Psychiatry, Substance Abuse

Transcranial magnetic stimulation & hallucinated voices

Ralph Hoffman

Yale School of Medicine

2001

$179,399

Clinical and Community Health Issues

Psychiatry

Mechanisms of inflammatory central nervous system injury

Sandra Hewett

Syracuse University

2001

$595,791

Donaghue Investigators

Cardiovascular Diseases, Neurodegenerative Diseases

Structural Studies of Sickle Cell Hemoglobin Fibers

Ishita Mukerji

Wesleyan University

2001

$595,791

Donaghue Investigators

Cell and Molecular Research, Chronic Illness and Disability

Intracellular Transport/Regulation Of Molecular M-C Interacts.

Stephen King

University of Connecticut Health Center

2001

$595,791

Donaghue Investigators

Cell and Molecular Research

Brief Interventions for Problem Gamblers

Nancy Petry

University of Connecticut Health Center

2001

$595,791

Donaghue Investigators

Psychiatry, Behavioral Sciences

Ethical Issues in the Management of Financial Conflicts of Interest in Bio-research

Thomas Murray

The Hastings Center

2001

$493,769

Practical Benefit Initiatives

Bioethics

Improving Access to Mental Health Services for Older Hartford Residents

Jean Schensul

Institute for Community Research

2001

$996,631

Practical Benefit Initiatives

Psychiatry, Geriatrics

Effect of estrogen therapy on men with prostate cancer

Pamela Taxel

University of Connecticut Health Center

2000

$180,000

Clinical and Community Health Issues

Cancer, Geriatrics

Mammographic Patterns in AfricanAmerican and White women

Beth Anne Jones

Yale School of Medicine

2000

$180,000

Clinical and Community Health Issues

Cancer, Epidemiology

Novel HPV probes to improve cervical cancer screening

Janet Brandsma

Yale School of Medicine

2000

$179,200

Clinical and Community Health Issues

Cancer

Improved stroke outcome quantitative functional MRI

Song Lai

University of Connecticut Health Center

2000

$179,989

Clinical and Community Health Issues

Cardiovascular Diseases

Association of osteonectin mutations with osteoporosis

Anne Delany

Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center

2000

$180,185

Clinical and Community Health Issues

Geriatrics, Genetics

Quality Care for Assisted Living Persons with Dementia

Sandra Bellantonio

Baystate Geriatric Medicine

2000

$180,000

Clinical and Community Health Issues

Geriatrics, Neurodegenerative Diseases

The effect on aging on human bone/implant interactions

Gloria Gronowicz

University of Connecticut Health Center

2000

$178,165

Clinical and Community Health Issues

Geriatrics

Intervening events and functional decline in older persons

Thomas Gill

Yale University School of Medicine

2000

$180,000

Clinical and Community Health Issues

Geriatrics

Crohn’s disease and osteopenia

Francisco Sylvester

Connecticut Children's Medical Center

2000

$178,486

Clinical and Community Health Issues

Pediatrics, Chronic Illness and Disability

Effects of a mentoring program on maternal/ and health

Victoria Seitz

Yale School of Medicine

2000

$177,177

Clinical and Community Health Issues

Pediatrics

Screening hispanic mothers for postpartum depression

Cheryl Beck

University of Connecticut

2000

$179,955

Clinical and Community Health Issues

Psychiatry, Obstetrics and Gynecology

ketoconazole antagonism of cocaine-induced euphoria

Robert Malison

Yale School of Medicine

2000

$180,000

Clinical and Community Health Issues

Psychiatry, Substance Abuse