Research Grants

WEIMIN FAN Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Hormonal Modulation of Taxol Action in Solid Tumors, $163,128 from National Cancer Institute, September 1997 through August 1998.

YAN FENG Pediatrics, Probing the Defect of MITF Gene in Human Osteopetrosis, $35,300 from National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, September 1997 through August 1998.

PERRY V. HALUSHKA Cell and Molecular Pharmacology, testosterone Regulation of Thromboxane A2 Receptors, $141,955 from National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, August 1997 through July 1998.

KENNETH HEWITT Pediatrics, Structure and Function of the Atrionodal Approaches to the Compact AV Node, $24,997 American Heart Association/SC Affiliate, July 1997 through June 1998.

GEORGE JOHNSON Pediatrics, Double-Blind...of the Combination of 1592U89/Zidovudine/Lamivudine vs the Combination of Zidovudine/Lamivudine in HIV-1 Pediatric Patients, $53,064 from Glaxo Wellcome, June 1997 through June 1998.

STEVEN D. LONDON Microbiology and Immunology, Virus Induced Perturbations of the Oral Immune System, $65,879 from National Institute of Dental Research, August 1997 through July 1998.

MARIA LOPES-VIRELLA Medicine, A Multicenter, Open-Label Expanded use Study to Evaluate the Tolerability of Simvastatin 80mg in Patients with Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia, $12,500 from Merck and Company, February 1997 through December 1998.

RONALD K. MAYFIELD Medicine, Combined Effects of Insulin and rhlGF in Type II Diabetes, $115,500 from Genentech, Incorporated, April 1997 through March 1998.

LAYTON MCCURDY Deanās Office, College of Medicine, GCRC-CAP-Carol L. Wagner, M.D., $35,978 from National Center for Research Resources, February 1997 through November 1997.

JOHN H. MILLS Otolaryngology, Experimental and Clinical Studies of Presbyacusis (CORE C), $197,100 from National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, July 1997 through June 1998.

JACOBO MINTZER Psychiatry, An Open Label Administration of SB 202026 in Patients Suffering from Probable Dementia of Alzheimerās Type, $3,000 from Smithkline Beecham Corporation, August 1995 through December 1998.

G. SHASHIDHAR PAI Pediatrics, Client Evaluation and Training Services, $45,000 from South Carolina Developmental Disabilities Council, July 1996 through June 1997.

JANARDAN P. PANDEY Microbiology and Immunology, Immunogenetic Studies in Environmentally-Associated Lups, $49,400 from Coda Incorporated, July 1997 through June 1998.

TAKIS S. PAPAS Medicine, ETS1: Modulator of Tumorigenicity, $100,000 from American Cancer Society, July 1997 through June 1998.

RICHARD V. PAUL Medicine, Mechanisms of Regulation of the Natriuretic Peptide Clearance Receptor, $25,000 from American Heart Association/South Carolina Affiliate, July 1997 through June 1998.

RICHARD A. SCHMIEDT Otolaryngology, Physiological Studies of Age-Related Hearing Loss, $166,072 from National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, September 1997 through August 1998.

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

DAVID SOPER Obstetrics/Gynecology, Pilot Study to Compare Vagistat-1 (Single Dose x1 Day) vs Vagistat-1 (Single Dose x2 Alternate Days) vs Vagistat-1 (Single Dose x3 Consecutive Days) vs Placebo for Treatment of Bacterial Vaginosis (BV), $7,614 from Bristol Myers, July 1997 through November 1997.

JERRY THOMPSON Medicine, Development of Primate Kidney Transplantation Tolerence Utilizing Anti-CD3 Immunotoxin, $107,750 from Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, July 1997 through June 1998.

RONALD B. TURNER Pediatrics, Effect of Rhinovirus Colds on Sleep and Daytime Function, $14,309 from Henry Ford Hospital, April 1997 through March 1998.