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Information provided by the Office of Research Services. Entries are listed by researcher, department, granting agency and project name.

Michael D. Aitken, Cass T. Miller, Environmental Sciences and Engineering, National Science Foundation, Role of Bacterial Chemotaxis in the Biodegradation of Napthalene in Porous Media

Robert Aris, Medicine, American Lung Association, Obliterative Bronchiolitis: Role of the Airway Epithelium

James D. Bader, Sheps Center for Health Services Research, National Institute of Dental Research, Incidence, Risk Indicators, and Outcomes of Tooth Fracture

Stephen C. Bayne, Jeffery Y. Thompson, Operative Dentistry, Jeneric/Pentron Incorporated, In Vitro Mechanical Behavior of Amalgam Replacement Materials

Brian A. Boehlecke, Medicine, National Heart, Lung, & Blood Institute, Sleep Medicine Education and Practice Improvement Plan

George R. Breese, Center for Alcohol Studies, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism-NIH, Molecular Biology of Ethanol Action on Receptors

Siddhartha Chatterjee, Computer Science, Duke University, TUNE: Mathematical Models and Transformations for Memory-Friendly Programming

George Christakos, Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Univ. of South Carolina, Spatiotemporal Analysis and Mapping of Groundwater Contamination Using Random Fields

Douglas J. Crawford-Brown, Institute for Environmental Studies, Environmental Protection Agency, To Map Biomathematical Modeling Resources in or Near RTP and to Establish and Maintain that Information on a Publicly Accessible Web Site

Douglas J. Crawford-Brown, Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Environmental Protection Agency, Defining a Framework for Ample Margin of Safety for Noncarcinogens and for Carcinogens for which the Margin of Exposure Approach is Adequate

Fulton T. Crews, Center for Alcohol Studies, Centers for Disease Control, Center for Disease Control and Prevention Video Project

James N. Damon, Mathematics, National Science Foundation, Topology of Nonisolated Singularities and the Geometry of Functions

Scott R. Daugherty, Small Business and Tech Dev Center, NC Technological Development Authority, NC Technological Development authority and the ABTDC

Augustine J. D'Ercole, Dionisios Chrysis, Pediatrics, Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society, Insulin-Like Growth-I Regulation of Apoptosis in the Brain

Joseph M. DeSimone, Chemistry, Alfred P Sloan Foundation, Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship

Francis A. DiGiano, Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Orange Water and Sewer Authority, Alternative Water Treatment Processes to Remove Odor-Causing Compounds

Francis A. DiGiano, Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Water Resources Research Institute, A Simplified Bacterial Regrowth Model for Distribution Systems Incorporating Uncertainty Analysis

Susan T. Ennett, Health Behavior and Health Education, Research Triangle Institute, School-Based Drug Prevention Study

Stanley C. Froehner, Physiology, Muscular Dystrophy Association, Molecular Interactions of Dystrobrevin, a Dystrophin-Associated Protein

Ken Galluppi, Carolina Environmental Program, Environmental Protection Agency, Developing a New Paradigm for Cross Pollutant Media, Environmental Modeling System

Allen F. Glazner, Geology, National Science Foundation, Melting Behavior of Mafic Lower Crust in Continental Arcs

Ronald W. Helms, Biostatistics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Sickle Cell Coordinating Center

Jianping Lu, Physics and Astronomy, National Aeronautics & Space Administration, Carbon Nanotube-based Quantum Devices

Michael I. Luger, Kenan-Flagler Business School, NC Dept. of Commerce, Worker Dislocation in North Carolina: Anatomy of the Problem and Analysis of Policy Approaches

Peter A. Margolis, Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Packard (David & Lucile) Foundation, Center for Applied Research: Identifying Strategic Options, Phase II

Diana L. Meisburger, Psychiatry, Governor's Crime Commission, PCTM: Serving children who are deaf and/or autistic

Margaret M. Miller, Pamela A. Chappell, Nursing, NC Dept. of Health and Human Services, NC PAIR Project

Roger E. Miller, Cindy Hauser, Chemistry, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Fellowship

Michael Minion, Mathematics, Alfred P Sloan Foundation, Nomination for Sloan Research Fellowship

Christine L. Moe, David J. Weber, John R. Seed, Epidemiology, Association of Schools of Public Health, Inc., Infectivity of Cyclospora in Human Volunteers

James L. Mohler, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, National Cancer Institute, Prostate Cancer: Transition to Androgen-Independence

James P. Morken, Chemistry, American Chemical Society-Petroleum Research Fund, Catalytic Asymmetric Michael-Tishchenko Reaction

Terry L. Noah, Pediatrics, National Heart, Lung, & Blood Institute, Viruses and Epithelial Chemokines in Asthmatic Children

Steven Offenbacher, Dental Research Center, National Institute of Dental Research, UNC Research Training Program in Molecular Dentistry

Steven Offenbacher, Dental Research Center, Glaxo Wellcome, Inc., Anti-Inflammatory Agents in Models of Periodontal Disease

Andrew F. Olshan, Epidemiology, Westat, Inc., Sectioning and t(14:18)PCR of FARM study of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma blocks

Robert Z. Orlowski, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Leukemia Society of America, Proteasome Inhibitor-Mediated Apoptosis of Transformed Cells

Thomas D. Petes, Elaine Sia, Biology, Burroughs Wellcome Fund, Analysis of yeast mutrants with altered simple repeat stability

David W. Pfennig, Biology, National Science Foundation, Evolution and Development of Polyphenism

Eugene F. Pichette, Medical Allied Health Professions, Department of Education, Long-Term Training: Rehabilitation Counseling

Barry M. Popkin, Penny Gordon-Larsen, Carolina Population Center, Dannon Institute, Proposal for a Dannon Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship Award

Roberto Quercia, Center for Urban and Regional Studies, The Urban Institute, Study of Single-Family Underwriting

Roberto Quercia, Center for Urban and Regional Studies, The Urban Institute, Comparative Performance of Affordable Lending Programs

Ann M. Reed, Doc J. Thurston, Jr. Arthritis Research Ctr, Muscular Dystrophy Association, Peptide Receptivity of the JDMS Molecule HLA-DQA1*0501

Thomas C. Ricketts, Sheps Center for Health Services Research, NC Dept. of Health and Human Services, Cooperative Work with the North Carolina Division of Facility Services

Desmond K. Runyan, Richard P Barth, Injury Prevention Research Center, Research Triangle Institute, Child Welfare Longitudinal Study

R. Balfour Sartor, Medicine, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive & Kidney Diseases, Colitis induced by immune responses to luminal bacteria

Mark D. Sobsey, Sacoby Wilson, Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Environmental Protection Agency, US EPA STAR Fellowship for Sacoby Wilson

Rebecca R. Socolar, Pediatrics, Ambulatory Pediatric Association, A Study of Parental Discipline Practices within the UNC/UAB Healthy Steps Site

Jeffery Y. Thompson, Dental Research Center, Kerr Corporation, In Vitro Wear Behavior of Compomer Materials

Charles L. Usher, School of Social Work, Univ. of Chicago, Monitoring Child and Family Social Program Utilization: Before and After Welfare Reform in 4 States

Charles L. Viles, School of Information and Library Science, Univ. of Virginia, Personalized Information Environments

Cun-Yu Wang, Dental Research Center, National Institute of Dental Research, Mechanism of Ras-mediated Apoptosis by Inhibition of NF-kB

Otto Zhou, Physics and Astronomy, National Aeronautics & Space Administration, Carbon Nanotube Composites: Fabrication and Properties

Otto Zhou, Christopher A. Bower, Physics and Astronomy, National Aeronautics & Space Administration, Synthesis and Properties of Carbon Nanotubes and Carbon Nanotube Intercalation Compounds


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