Research Grants


ROBERT BAKER Pediatrics, MUSC Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, $29,664 from Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, July 1997 through June 1998.

SEYMOUR BARON Administration, Burns and Roe Enterprise Incorporated, Summer Scholarship, $14,300 from SCUREF, July 1997 through August 1997.

ALICE BOYLAN Medicine, Integrins as Mediators of the Biologic Effects of Asbestos, $25,000 from American Lung Association, July 1997 through June 1998.

KATHLEEN T. BRADY Psychiatry, Valproic Acid Treatment of Alcohol Dependence, $138,821 from Abbott Labs, July 1997 through July 1998.

LEE CHAO Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Gene Therapy in Experimental Hypertension, $77,908 from National Institutes of Health, August 1997 through July 1998.

JOHN A. COLWELL Medicine, Diabetes Initiative of SC, $125,000 from DHEC, July 1997 through June 1998.

ROSALIE K. CROUCH Ophthalmology, Synthetic Retinal Pigments and Binding Proteins, $180,778 from National Institutes of Health, August 1997 through July 1998.

DAVID J. COLE Surgery, T-Cell Recognition of Tumor Antigen, $97,561 from National Cancer Institute, July 1997 through June 1998.

W. TIMOTHY GARVEY Medicine, Mentor-Based Fellowship (Leon Robinson), $2,000 from National Medical Fellowships Incorporated, July 1997 through June 1998.

BARBARA K. HAIGHT Nursing, Project COPE MUSC Primary Care Grant, $40,000 from SC Commission on Aging, July 1997 through September 1998.

STANLEY HOFFMAN Medicine, T Lymphocyte-Laminin Interactions in Aging, $72,000 from National Institute on Aging, August 1997 through July 1998.

ARTHUR C. HUTSON Family Medicine, the MUSC Family Medicine/Primary Care Curriculum Program, $183,435 from Medicine, September 1997 through August 1998,

STEPHEN M. LANIER Cell and Molecular Pharmacology, Imidazoline Binding Domain on MAO-B, $177,270 from National Institutes of Health, August 1997 through July 1998.

JEAN D. LEUNER Nursing, Professional Nurse Traineeship Program (Summary Progress Report) $65,709 from Nursing, July 1997 through June 1998.

DANIEL R. KNAPP Cell and Molecular Pharmacology, Structural Studies of Visual Transduction Proteins, $155,741 from National Eye Institute, August 1997 through July 1998.

RONALD K. MAYFIELD Medicine, Multicenter Randomized Trial Comparing HOE 901 Insulin with NPH in Type I Diabetes, $121,104 from Hoechst-Roussel Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, July 1997 through September 1998.

JOHN H. MILLS Otolaryngology, Experimental and Clinical Studies of Presbyacusis (Project 2), $167,603 from National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, July 1997 through June 1998.

ROBERT P. NELSON Urology, Evaluation of the Safety and Efficacy of MUSE (Alprostadil) Plus the ACTIS Venous Flow Controller in Men with Erectile Dysfunction, $27,060 from Vivus Incorporated, March 1997 through June 1998.

JOHN S. RAMSDELL Cell Biology and Anatomy, Research and Training in Marine Biotoxins-IPA, $78,000 from Department of Commerce, July 1997 through June 1999.

JOHN RAYMOND Medicine, GI-Regulated NHE Activity in Renal and Fibroblast Cells, $178,661 from national Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, July 1997 through June 1998.

BRUCE S. RIBNER Medicine, Randomized Study of Voriconazole vs Amphotericin in Aspergillosis, $110,348 from Covance Clinical, July 1997 through November 1998.

MICHAEL RYAN Environmental Health Sciences, A Grant for Investigations of Environmental Issues Related to Storage and Disposal of Radioactive Waste, $40,000 from Mitsubishi Materials Corporation, July 1997 through December 1999.

MICHAEL G. SCHMIDT Microbiology and Immunology, Maturation of the Integrated Membrane BioRector Technology for the Destruction of Dilute Vapor Phase Organics, $640,365 from SCUREF, July 1997 through June 1999.

H. DEL SCHUTTE JR Orthopedic, Retrospective Clinical Review of Total Hip and Total Knee Arthroplasty Between 1990-1996, $50,000 from Howmedica Incorporated, July 1997 through December 1998.

ALISON C. SMITH Comparative Medicine, Transvenous Arrhythmia Ablation in Hypertrophied Heart, $82,443 from National Center for Research Resources, September 1997 through August 1998.

GREGORY W. WARR Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Evolution of Lymphocyte Recognition, $100,000 from National Sciences Foundation, September 1997 through August 1998.