Research Grants

JEFFREY CRAVER Pediatrics, Forum (Families Organized for Resource Use Management), $19,699 from Advocacy Coalition: People With Disabilities, July 1997 through June 1998.

JAMES COOK Physiology, Eicosanoids and Shock, $276,563 from National Institute of General Medical Sciences, July 1997 through June 1998.

ROBERT GOURDIE Cell Biology and Anatomy, Patterning of Gap Junction Coupling in Developing Heart, $199,757 from National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, July 1997 through June 1998.

STANLEY HOFFMAN Medicine, Cell-cell and -Matrix Interactions in Heart Morphogenesis, $202,340 from National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, July 1997 through June 1998.

DANIEL HOSKINS Experimental Oncology, Smoking Cessation Techniques for Physicians, $281,540 from SC DHEC, July 1997 through September 1999.

AYAD A. JAFFA Medicine, Kinins Role in Mesangial Cell Proliferation, $70,000 from National Institutes of Health, July 1997 through June 1998.

SCOTT W. HENGGELER Psychiatry, Outcome Evaluation of a MST-Based System of Care, $97,876 from Annie E. Casey Foundation, June 1997 through February 1998. MARIE LOBO Nursing, Babies Can't Wait: A Program Evaluation, $108,000 from National Institutes of Health, July 1997 through June 2000.

LUCILLE LONDON Microbiology and Immunology, Pathogenesis of Viral Proliferative, $25,000 from American Lung Association, July 1997 through June 1998.

JOHN H. MILLS Otolaryngology, Experimental and Clinical Studies of Presbyacusis (Project 3), $175,943 from National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, July 1997 through June 1998.

MICHAEL RYAN Environmental Health Services, Occupational Exposure Assessment program, $37,411 from PHP Healthcare Corporation, July 1997 through December 1998.

ANAND SAHAI Medicine, When is MRCP Worthwhile÷When ERCP is Requested, $10,000 from American College of Gastroenterology, July 1997 through June 1998.

STEVEN A. SAHN Medicine, 12 Weeks Treatment with 200 or 800 ug/d Ciclesonide vs Placebo Followed by a 40 Weeks Treatment with Ciclesonide in Asthmatic Patients, $46,934 from Covance Clinical, June 1997 through July 1998.

YUKIKO SUGI Cell Biology and Anatomy, Regulation of Early Endocardial Formation, $24,459 from American Heart Association/SC Affiliate, July 1997 through June 1998.

MICHAEL E. ULLIAN Medicine, Mineralocorticoid Resistance in the Wistar-Furth Rat, $25,000 from American Heart Association/SC Affiliate, July 1997 through June 1998.

VICTORIA VELARDE Medicine, Effects of Kinins, Glucose and Modified Lipoproteins on Matrix Formation in Mesangial Cells, $30,000 from Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, July 1997 through June 1998.

RICHARD VISCONTI Anatomy and Cell Biology, Role of Matrix Metalloprotenaise 2 in Avian Endocardial Cushion, $20,000 from American Heart Association, July 1997 through June 1998.

EBERHARD O. VOIT Biometry and Epidemiology, Graduate Education and Internship Program in Risk Assessment at SRS, $60,031 from SCUREF, July 1997 through June 1998.

GEORGE F. VON KOLNITZ Physical Plant, 1997-1998 College and University Recycling Grant Program, $20,000 from SC DHEC, July 1997 through June 1998.

JENNIFER WOODWARD Surgery, Modulation of Immune Function via Inhibition of Transferrin Receptor, $12,500 from national Kidney Foundation, July 1997 through June 1998.