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Research: Past Grants

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2007
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Amount Awarded

Sp17 Antigen Based Vaccine for Ovarian Cancer

Principal Investigator: Maurizio Chiriva, PhD
Co-Investigator: Marjorie Jenkins, MD
Institutions: TTUHSC School of Medicine, Amarillo and Lubbock

$20,000

Cytochrome P450 Expression & Genotypes with Alzheimer's Disease

Principal Investigator: Majid Moridani, PhD
Co-Investigator: Randolph Schiffer, PhD
Institutions: School of Pharmacy, Amarillo and Lubbock

$20,000

Clinical Epidemiology of Preeclampsia in Texas

Principal Investigator: Mulla Zuber, PhD
Co-Investigators: Bahij Nuwayhid, MD
Arthur Evans, MD
James Van Hook, MD
Moss Hampton, MD
Institutions: TTUHSC School of Medicine, El Paso, Amarillo, Odessa and Lubbock

$20,000

Effect of Green Tea Polyphenols on Bone Loss and Atherosclerosis

Principal Investigator:Chwan-Li "Leslie" Shen, PhD
Co-Investigators: Jia Shen-Wan, PhD
Dale Dunn, MD
Institutions: TTUHSC School of Medicine Lubbock

$20,000

Molecular Mechanisms Associated with Ovarian Cancer Metastasis

Principal Investigator: Zhongan Dai, PhD
Co-Investigators: William Robinson, MD
Sean Tedjarati, MD
Institutions: TTUHSC School of Medicine Amarillo

$19,998

Economic Differences Regarding Menopause & Therapies in Hispanic Women

Principal Investigator: Joanna Wilson, DO
Co-Investigator: Marjorie Jenkins, MD
Institutions: TTUHSC School of Medicine Amarillo

$3,750

What Patients Know and Believe About HPV Vaccine

Principal Investigator: Teresa Baker, MD
Co-Investigator: Sean Tedjarati, MD
Institutions: TTUHSC School of Medicine Amarillo

$4,000

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2006
Grant Topics
Total
Amount Awarded

Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: Novel Screening Approaches

Principal Investigator: Robert Kauffman, M.D.
Co-Investigator: Glenn Anderson, PhD
Institutions: TTUHSC School of Medicine, School of Pharmacy

$24,258.40

Drug Resistance Biomarkers in the Human Breast Cancers

Principal Investigator: U.S. Rao, PhD
Co-Investigator: Kalkunte Srivenugopal, PhD
Institutions: School of Pharmacy

$25,000

Gastrochesis: Incidence Epidemiology

Principal Investigator: Bonna Benjamin, MD
Institutions: School of Pharmacy

$1,300

Gender Differences in Decision Making

Principal Investigator: K. McCall
Institutions: School of Pharmacy

$7,050

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2005
Grant Topics
Total
Amount Awarded

Risk of Hip Fracture (Osteoporosis Study)

Principal Investigators: Marjorie Jenkins, M.D.
Institutions: TTUHSC School of Medicine, Northwest Texas Healthcare System

$55,600

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2004
Grant Topics
Total
Amount Awarded

Dual Strategy to Combat Toxicity and Improve Drug Efficacy in Breast Cancer Therapy

Principal Investigator: K. Srivenugopal
Institutions: School of Pharmacy

$7500

Molecular Targets to Inhibit Osteoporosis

Principal Investigator: S. Lindsey
Institutions: School of Pharmacy

$25,000

Estrogen Fatty ACYL COA Synthetase and Vascular Smooth Muscle Tone Combined with Proposed Role of Elfaoas in the Development of Post-Menopausal HTN

Principal Investigator: M. Weis
Institutions: School of Pharmacy

$35,000

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2002
Grant Topics
Total
Amount Awarded

Investigation of the Role of Chondroitin Sulfate in Osteoarthritis: LC-ME Method Development

Principal Investigator: R. Akins
Institutions: School of Pharmacy

$7500

Coenzyme Q 10-Cancer Preventing Properties

Principal Investigator: M. Khan
Institutions: School of Pharmacy

$7500

Immune System to Kill Cancer Cells (Co-PI)

Co-Investigator: S. Lindsey
Institutions: School of Pharmacy

$25,000

AAV-DC Efficient Activation of Specific T Cells in Breast Cancer (Co-PI)

Co-Investigator: J. Weidanz
Institutions: School of Pharmacy

$25,000

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2001
Grant Topics
Total
Amount Awarded

The Relationship of Heliobacter pylori to Hyperemesis Gravidarum

Principal Investigator: Abiodun Johnson, M.D.
Co-Investigators: Thomas Myles, M.D.
Institutions: TTUHSC School of Medicine Departments of Pediatrics and Obstetrics & Gynecology

$7,500

Amarillo Area Health Professions Student Research Consortium

Principal Investigator: Dennis B. Dove, M.D.
Co-Investigators: Subcommittee on Student Research
Institutions: School of Medicine Department of Surgery

$7,000

Osteoporosis Screening and Education in Community Pharmacies Using a Team (Not Completed)

Principal Investigator: E. MacLaughlin
Institutions: School of Pharmacy

$7460

Treatment of Paclitaxel-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy in Breast Cancer with Mirtazapine (Not Completed)

Principal Investigator: C. Herndon
Institutions: School of Pharmacy

$5500

Improving the Care of Women with Alzheimer's Disease through a Multidisciplinary Intervention Program (Not Completed)

Principal Investigator: C. Fernandez
Institutions: School of Pharmacy

$6000

Effects of Equilin on Estradiol Metabolism (Not Completed)

Principal Investigator: C. Fisher
Institutions: School of Pharmacy

$5580

Regulation by Long Chain Fatty ACYL COA Synthetase in Human Coronary Endothelial Cells

Principal Investigator: M. Weis
Institutions: School of Pharmacy

$5500

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2000
Grant Topics
Total
Amount Awarded

Genes Induced by the Activated Protooncogens, MET

Principal Investigator: S. Lindsey
Institutions: School of Pharmacy

$20,000

Regulation of the High-Affinity Choline Transporter by Estrogen

Principal Investigator: J. Stoll
Institutions: School of Pharmacy

$13,975

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