C A L L F O R
P R E - P R O P O S A LS
The New Mexico Center for
Environmental Health Sciences is now taking pre-proposals for pilot projects
for the 2006 funding cycle.
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Our Center is pleased to
announce that we have identified the Pilot Project who will received funding
awards for 2005:
Recipients of 2005 Pilot
Project Awards:
- $25,000 - “Prenatal Arsenic: Effect on
Hippocampal Function”
PI: Andrea Alan, PhD, UNM-HSC, Dept. of Neurosciences,
UNM School of Medicine
- $25,000 - “Environmental Tobacco Smoke and
Respiratory Infection”
PI: Susan Boggs, PhD, Lovelace Research Respiratory Institute
- $15,000 - “Heavy Metals Exposure among Native
American Jewelers and Proteomics"
PI: Vallabh Shah, PhD, UNM-HSC, Division of Nephrology,
Dept of Internal Medicine, UNM School of Medicine
- $15,000 - “Phenolic Antioxidants as
Environmental Antiandrogens in Prostate Carcinogenesis”
PI: Todd Thompson, PhD, UNM-HSC, College of Pharmacy
- $20,000 - “Development of Methods for a
Population-Based Study of Arsenical Skin Changes”
PI: Kristine Tollestrup, PhD - Dept of Family and Community Med,
UNM School of Medicine
Recipients of
2004 Pilot Project Awards:
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"Gene expression analysis of UVA
induced oxidative stress", to Dr. Graham Timmins, UNM College of Pharmacy,
Environmental Disease and Toxicology Research Core member, $18,000.
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"Impact of chronic arsenite exposure on
UVR challenged human keratinocytes" to Dr. Laurie Hudson, UNM College of
Pharmacy, Environmental Disease and Toxicology Research Core - Subcore
Leader, $25,000.
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“Immune Modulation by DEE During Pulmonary
Infection” to Dr. Kevin Harrod, Scientist LRRI, Environmental Lung
Disease Research Core member, $25,000.
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"Impact of Exposure to Endotoxin by
Inhalation on Respiratory Inflammation and Epithelial Cell Response" to
Dr.
Jake McDonald of LRRI, Environmental Assessment and Exposures Facility
Core Leader, $17,000.
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"Effects of Manganese Inhalation on
Angiogenic Growth Factor Expression and Vascular Morphology in Lung" to
Dr.
Sebastian Bredow, Associate Scientist, LRRI, Asscociate Member,
Environmental Lung Disease Research Core,
$15,000.
Congratulations to this year's recipients and thank
you to all those who participated.
Recipients of 2003 Pilot Project Awards
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Mary K. Walker, PhD - $15,000
"Altitude Induced Hypertension in AhR Null Mice"
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Dale Walker, PhD - $15,000
"Effects of Arsenic Exposure on Genetic and Epigenetic Alterations in
Peripheral Lymphocytes and Buccal Cells from Smokers"
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Julie Wilder, PhD - $15,000
"The Role of the type 2 Pulmonary Environment in the Exacerbation of
Allergic Asthma by Tobacco Smoke"
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Honglian Shi, PhD - $15,000
"Role of Free Radicals in Arsenic Induced Toxicity and Carcinogenesis"
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Steve Abcouwer, PhD - $25,000
"Effect of Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure on Bronchial VEGF
Expression"
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Kevin Divine, PhD - $25,000
"Effects of Chronic Low Level Arsenic Damage and CpG Methylation in Normal
Human Keratinocytes and Human Lung Bronchial Epithelial Cells"
If you have questions regarding the Pilot Project
Program, please contact Dr. Steven Belinsky, Center Deputy Director and
Pilot Project Program Coordinator at
sbelinsk@lrri.org
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