The following projects have an award budget start date between 3/1/11 and 12/31/11. The list of industry sponsored research projects is partial, and no subcontracts are shown for which Tufts is a subrecipient. The list is derived from data in the proposal management system at the Office of the Vice Provost. Please click on the project title to view the abstract.
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| PI
(Last, First Name) |
Project Title | Sponsor | Project Duration |
| Quinto, Eric Todd | Geometric Analysis on Euclidean and Homogeneous Spaces | NSF | 12/15/11- 11/30/12 |
| Quinto, Eric Todd | Local Tomography and Microlocal Analysis | NSF | 9/1/09- 8/31/12 |
| Quinto, Eric Todd | The Urban Math and Science Teacher Collaborative | NSF | 9/1/10- 8/31/12 |
| Ramsburg, Andrew | Exploration of the Mechanisms Controlling Emulsion-Based Alkalinity Release During Subsurface Remediation | NSF | 4/1/10- 3/31/13 |
| Reijmers, Leon | Molecular Analysis of Functional Neural Circuits | Office of the Director (NIH) | 9/30/09- 8/31/14 |
| Ridge, Jack | Collaborative Research: Synchronizing the North American Varve Chronology and the Greenland Ice Core Record Using Meteoric 10Be Flux | NSF | 9/15/11- 8/31/14 |
| Rife, Jason | Draper Lab Fellow: Elizabeth Alexander | Charles Stark Draper Laboratories | 9/1/11- 8/31/13 |
| Rife, Jason | Risk Analysis to Enhance GBAS Performance for NextGen Applications | Federal Aviation Administration | 9/1/11- 8/29/12 |
| Rios, Maribel | BDNF and TrkB-Containing Neuronal Circuits Mediating Energy Balance | NIDDK | 12/1/05- 7/31/15 |
| Rios, Maribel | Investigations of Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Underlying the Effects of BDNF and Restricted Food Intake on Binge Eating | Klarman Family Foundation | 6/1/11- 5/31/13 |
| Rogers, Chris | DRK12 – Integrating Engineering and Literacy | NSF | 9/1/10- 8/31/15 |
| Romero, Michael | Evaluating the Stress Response of Wild Birds as a Bioindicator of Sub-Lethal Acute and Chronic Effects of Crude Oil Exposure | EPA | 8/1/11- 7/31/14 |
| Romero, Michael | Physiology and Behavior of Stress in Wild Animals | NSF | 3/1/11- 2/28/14 |
| Rothbaum, Fred | Child and Family WebGuide (Minnesota) | State of Minnesota | 3/1/11- 2/26/16 |
| Rozanski, Elizabeth | Decreased 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Concentration Associated with Development of Upper Respiratory Infection in Shelter Cats | Nestle Purina Company, Inc. | 5/1/11- 8/31/11 |
| Rozanski, Elizabeth | Multiple Organ Dysfunction in Gastric Dilatation Volvulus (GDV); The Role of Cardiac Dysfunction and Coagulopathy | Morris Animal Foundation | 3/1/11- 2/28/13 |
| Rush, John | Tufts/WTHS Primary Care Clinic | The Manton Foundation | 7/19/11- 5/31/12 |
| Ruskai, Mary Beth | Quantum Information Theory | NSF | 8/1/10- 7/31/13 |
| Rybak-Akimova, Elena | Mechanism-Based Design of Biomimetic Green Oxidation Catalysts | DOE | 7/1/09- 6/30/12 |
| Sacheck, Jennifer | Dietary Vitamin D and Response to Vitamin D Supplementation on Serum Vitamin D Status in Overweight and Obese Urban Schoolchildren | ADAH | 8/1/11- 8/1/13 |
| Sacheck, Jennifer | Impact of Vitamin D Supplementation on Cardiometabolic Risk in School Children | NHLBI | 6/1/11- 11/30/14 |
| Saliba, Richard | Mechanisms Underlying Activity-Dependent Modulation of GABAA Receptor Expression | NIMH | 7/8/10- 4/30/12 |
| Sassaroli, Angelo | Functional Near-Infrared Imaging Using the Phase of Hemodynamic Oscillations | NIMH | 3/1/11- 1/31/13 |
| Scheutz, Matthias | Effective Human-Robot Interaction with USVs and UAVs through Robust Natural Language Dialogue and Dynamic Vehicle Autonomy | Office of Naval Research | 12/1/10- 11/30/12 |
| Scheutz, Matthias | HCC: Large: Collaborative Research: Human-Robot Dialog for Collaborative Navigation Tasks | NSF | 8/15/11- 7/31/13 |
| Schwob, James | Anatomical Bases of Human Olfactory Dysfunction | NIDCD | 8/1/09- 7/31/14 |
| Schwob, James | Growth Factor Regulation of Olfactory Neurospheres | NIDCD | 5/7/09- 5/6/12 |
| Schwob, James | Medical Scientist Training Program at Tufts University | NIGMS | 7/1/07- 6/30/12 |
| Schwob, James | Olfactory Epithelial Stem Cell Regulation by the Transcription Factor p63 | NIDCD | 5/1/10- 4/30/14 |
| Schwob, James | Regulation of Growth and Differentiation in 3-D Cultures of Olfactory Epithelium | NICDC | 12/1/10- 11/30/12 |
| Selhub, Jacob | Specific Fluorescent Labeling for Micronutrient Assessment | Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | 7/1/11- 11/30/11 |
| Selker, Harry | Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI - UL1) | NCRR | 5/19/08- 4/30/13 |
| Selker, Harry | Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute (K12) | NCRR | 5/19/08- 4/30/13 |
| Selker, Harry | Tufts CTSI Career Development Program in Comparative Effectiveness Research | NCI | 9/30/10- 9/29/13 |
| Selsing, Erik | Testing a Role for Activation-Induced Deaminase in Omenns Syndrome B-Cell Autoimmunity | NIAID | 7/20/11- 6/30/13 |
| Shang, Fu | Impairment of the UPP and Choroidal Neovascularization | AHA | 4/1/10- 3/31/12 |
| Shoemaker, Charles | A Platform for Therapeutic Agents that Promote Rapid Recovery from Botulism | NIAID | 9/1/11- 8/31/16 |
| Shoemaker, Charles | Reversing Botulism with Agents that Accelerate Intraneuronal Toxin Degradation | NIAID | 4/1/10- 3/31/12 |
| Shultz, Mary Jane | Hydrogen-Bond Interactions and Imaging of Natural Ice | NSF | 4/1/09- 3/31/12 |
| Shultz, Richard | Bradley Fellowship Program | Bradley Foundation | 9/1/11- 6/30/12 |
| Shultz, Richard | Sarah Scaife Foundation Grant 2011-2012 | Sarah Scaife Foundation | 10/1/11- 9/30/12 |
| Sims Gallagher, Kelly | Climate Change Policy, with a US and China Focus | BP Alternative Energy | 11/1/10- 12/31/13 |
| Skelly, Patrick | Functional Characterization of the Schistosome Tegument | NIAID | 6/1/10- 5/31/15 |
| Slonim, Donna | Translational Bioinformatics for Human Developmental Genomics | NICHD | 12/1/08- 11/30/12 |
| Sonenshein, Abraham | Isolation of Early Sporulation Genes | NIGMS | 7/1/89- 3/31/12 |
| Sonenshein, Abraham | Meeting on the Pathogenesis of the Clostridia | NIAID | 9/1/11- 8/31/12 |
| Sonenshein, Abraham | Molecular Genetics of Basic Cell Functions | NIGMS | 7/1/07- 6/30/12 |
| Sonenshein, Abraham | Molecular Mechanisms of Clostridium difficile Resistance to Innate Host Defenses | NIDDK | 9/15/11- 5/31/16 |
| Sonenshein, Abraham | Regulation of Glutamate Synthesis in Bacillus subtilis | NIGMS | 8/1/08- 7/31/12 |
| Sonenshein, Gail | Blimp-1 Regulated Genes as Novel Targets for Treatment of Invasive Breast Carcinoma | DOD | 9/30/10- 9/29/13 |
| Sonenshein, Gail | Signaling Pathways in Stages of Mammary Tumorigenesis | NIEHS | 7/1/09- 6/30/13 |
| Sonkusale, Sameer | CAREER: Nanoelectrochemical Systems on Silicon | NSF | 3/1/10- 2/28/15 |
| Sonkusale, Sameer | Collaborative Research: Active Metamaterial/pHEMT Hybrid Devices for Terahertz Modulation and Detection | NSF | 6/1/10- 5/31/13 |
| Sonkusale, Sameer | Collaborative Research: IDBR: Metamaterial Enhanced Spectrometer for Terahertz Hyperspectral Imaging of Biological Specimens | NSF | 5/1/11- 6/30/13 |
| Sonkusale, Sameer | Draper Fellowship for Wes Uy | Charles Stark Draper Laboratories | 9/1/11- 8/31/12 |
| Sonkusale, Sameer | Draper Lab Fellowship in Analog/RF | Charles Stark Draper Laboratories | 9/1/10- 8/31/12 |
| Sonkusale, Sameer | Draper Lab Fellowship: Integrated Circuits | Charles Stark Draper Laboratories | 9/1/11- 8/31/12 |
| Sonkusale, Sameer | Metamaterial Embedded Terahertz Signal Processing: Novel Devices and Architectures | ONR | 6/11/09- 6/11/12 |
| Sonkusale, Sameer | Nanoelectrochemical Sensors on CMOS | Catalyst Foundation | 9/1/11- 8/31/12 |
| Soto, Ana | BPA as a Developmental Carcinogen | NIEHS | 9/19/11- 5/31/15 |
| Soto, Ana | Development of an in vitro Bioassay to Screen Compounds for Breast Carcinogenicity | Art BeCAUSE | 10/5/11- 10/4/12 |
| Soto, Ana | Environment and Breast Cancer | Great Neck Breast Cancer Coalition | 6/1/10- 5/31/12 |
| Soto, Ana | Mechanism of Developmental Toxicity of Bisphenol-A | NIEHS | 9/1/96- 5/31/16 |
| Sprague Martinez, Linda | Nuestro Futuro: Applied Science Education to Engage Black and Latino Youth | National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities | 8/1/11- 5/31/13 |
| Stadecker, Miguel | Immunoregulation in Schistosomiasis | NIAID | 9/30/95- 6/30/15 |
| Staii, Cristian | Combined Atomic Forces Microscopy/Fluorescence Spectroscopy Approach for Measuring Adhesion, Connectivity and Electrical Activity of Neurons Patterned on 2-Dimensional Protein Substrates | NSF | 7/15/11- 6/30/14 |
| Starks, Philips | Tufts REU Site: Integrative Approaches to Studying Recognition Systems in Cells, Organisms, and Populations | NSF | 5/1/11- 4/30/12 |
| Stites, Elizabeth | Customary Law, Livelihoods Change and Conflict Mitigation in the Karamoja Cluster: The Case of Uganda | Government of Ireland | 10/20/10- 10/19/12 |
| Swan, Chris | Collaborative Research: Engineering Faculty Engagement in Learning Through Service (EFELTS) | NSF | 9/15/10- 8/31/13 |
| Swan, Chris | Collaborative Research: The Impacts of Service on Engineering Students (ISES) – A Longitudinal Study | NSF | 9/1/10- 8/31/13 |
| Swartz, Roger | Orientation to Positive Deviance | Indianapolis Center for Congregations | 4/14/11- 6/20/11 |
| Swartz, Roger | PD For Improving Mental Health Outcomes | Allegheny HealthChoices, Inc. | 6/1/11- 10/1/12 |
| Sykes, Charles | A Single-Molecule Approach for Understanding and Utilizing Surface and Subsurface Absorption to Control Chemical Reactivity and Selectivity | DOE | 7/1/11- 6/30/12 |
| Sykes, Charles | Collaborative Research: High Throughput Structure Sensitive Surface Chemistry | NSF | 9/1/10- 8/31/13 |
| Sykes, Charles | Turning Molecules into Motors and Mechanical Devices | Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation | 9/1/11- 8/31/16 |
| Tang, Guangwen | The Study of Vitamin A Requirement in Chinese Children and the New Technology of Dietary Assessment | National Institute for Nutrition and Food Safety, Chinese CDCP | 3/1/11- 12/31/12 |
| Taylor, Allen | Mechanistically Linking AMD, Glycemic Index and Protein Homeostasis | NEI | 9/30/11- 8/31/14 |
| Taylor, Allen | Ubiquitin Function in Eye Lens | NEI | 4/1/01- 2/28/13 |
| Taylor, Holly | Research on Behavioral and Brain Indices of Soldier State and Navigation Performance | U.S. Army Natick Soldier Systems Center | 9/1/09- 8/31/12 |
| Teixidor I Bigas, Montserrat | The Poincaré Institute for Mathematics Education | NSF | 6/1/10- 5/31/12 |
| Terenzi, Gina | Post-Doctoral Training in General, Pediatric and Public Health Dentistry | HRSA | 9/1/10- 6/30/15 |
| Tesco, Giuseppina | Role of BACE Stabilization in Alzheimer's Disease | NIA | 4/1/05- 8/31/16 |
| Tesco, Giuseppina | The Role of BACE in the Pathogenesis of Alzheimer's Disease after Head Trauma | NIA | 8/15/09- 7/31/14 |
| Theoharides, Theoharis | Brain Mast Cells and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome | NINDS | 7/1/10- 6/30/14 |
| Theoharides, Theoharis | Comparison of Anti-Inflammatory and Anti-Flushing Effects of Six Different Flavonoid Compounds | Thorne Research, Inc. | 6/13/11- 2/13/12 |
| Theoharides, Theoharis | Investigation of IL-9, IL-33 and TSLP in Serum of Autistic Children | ARI | 4/19/11- 4/18/12 |
| Theoharides, Theoharis | Serum Biomarkers in Children with Autism | ARI | 4/1/10- 3/31/12 |
| Theoharides, Theoharis | Stress Induced Skin Mast Cell Activation and Vasodilation | NIAMS | 4/13/01- 6/30/12 |
| Thomas, Samuel | Enhanced Chromophore Stability Using Fluorescence Quenchers for Organic Photovoltaic Devices | American Chemical Society | 9/1/11- 8/31/13 |
| Thompson, Eric | Empirical Assessment of Site Amplification and Development of NEHRP Factors for CEUS: Collaborative Research with Pacific Engineering and Analysis, and Tufts University | National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program | 12/5/11- 12/4/12 |
| Tickle-Degnen, Linda | Compensatory Expressive Behavior for Social Functioning with Facial Paralysis | NIDCR | 4/1/11- 3/31/13 |
| Trimmer, Barry | Neuromechanics of Soft-bodied Locomotion | NSF | 3/1/11- 2/29/12 |
| Tzipori, Saul | Evaluate the Impact of Tigecycline Treatment of Clostridium difficile Infection in the Newly Developed Animal Model with Normal Human Gut Microflora (NHGM) | Pfizer Incorporated | 11/1/11- 11/1/12 |
| Tzipori, Saul | Evaluation of a New Class of Antimicrobial Agents against Clostridium difficile | NIAMS | 9/30/11- 9/29/12 |
| Tzipori, Saul | Evaluation of Shigella Vaccines in Mice and Pigs | PATH | 5/11/11- 7/31/12 |
| Tzipori, Saul | PART A: Non-GLP Small Animal Models of Infectious Disease | NIAID | 3/22/10- 3/21/17 |
| Tzipori, Saul | PART D: Non-Traditional Animal Models of Infectious Diseases | NIAID | 3/22/10- 3/21/17 |
| Utz, Arthur | Energy Resolved Studies of Dynamics, Reactivity and Mechanisms at the Gas-Surface Interface | NSF | 8/1/11- |
| Utz, Arthur | Training Tomorrow's Innovators: A GAANN Program for Interdisciplinary Doctoral Studies in Chemistry | ED | 8/15/09- 8/14/12 |
| Vandervelde, Thomas | CAREER: Metamaterial-Enhanced Thermal Energy Harvesters | NSF | 4/1/11- 3/31/16 |
| Vandervelde, Thomas | Nanostructured Metallic Layers for Enhanced Photodetector Functionality | AFOSR | 5/1/11- 4/30/14 |
| Vilenkin, Alexander | Fundamental Physics and Cosmology | NSF | 8/1/09- 7/31/12 |
| Walker, Peter | Changing Realities of Conflict & Crisis: The Second World Conference of the International Humanitarian Studies Association (IHSA) | USAID | 3/15/11- 6/30/11 |
| Walker, Peter | Livelihood Programming for Disaster Risk Reduction | USAID | 9/1/09- 8/31/12 |
| Walker, Peter | World Conference of Humanitarian Studies (IHSA Conference) | Norway Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs | 6/2/11- 6/5/11 |
| Walt, David | Development of Technologies for Early Detection and Stratification of Breast Cancer | DOD | 9/29/11- 9/28/16 |
| Wanke, Christine | Nutrition and HIV Progression | NICHD | 5/20/09- 4/30/14 |
| Wanke, Christine | Protease Inhibitor Related Dyslipidemia | NHLBI | 7/12/00- 6/30/12 |
| Wanke, Christine | The Impact of Omega-3 Fatty Acids on Vascular Function and cIMT in HIV Infected Individuals | NHLBI | 8/20/09- 5/31/14 |
| Webb, Patrick | Food Aid Quality Review Phase II | USAID | 9/28/11- 9/27/13 |
| Webb, Patrick | USAID Nutrition Collaborative Research Support Program (Nutrition CRSP) - ASIA | USAID | 10/4/10- 9/30/12 |
| White Robert | Draper Fellowship | Charles Stark Draper Laboratories | 6/1/11- 5/31/12 |
| Wilde, Parke | The FoodAPS Geography Study | USDA | 8/29/11- 9/30/16 |
| Wilson, Nancy | Partnering for Economic Recovery Impact Through Service (PERIS) | Corporation for National and Community Service | 8/15/09- 8/14/12 |
| Wilson, Nancy | The Goldberg Initiative: Mitigating Obesity in Boston's Immigrant Communities | Boston Foundation | 10/1/10- 9/30/13 |
| Wise, Timothy | Global Economic Governance and Sustainable Development | Rockefeller Brothers Fund Inc. | 7/1/11- 6/30/13 |
| Wong, Peter | Collaborative Research: Microscale Joining Using Nanoheater Structures | NSF | 10/1/10- 9/30/13 |
| Wortis, Henry | Babesiosis as a Model of Age-Related Immunosenescence | NIA | 8/15/08- 4/30/13 |
| Wortis, Henry | Immunologic Aspects of Disease | NIAID | 9/30/81- 6/20/13 |
| Wortis, Henry | Light Weight Modeling of Epstein-Barr Virus | NIAID | 9/1/08- 7/31/13 |
| Wortis, Henry | Tufts Post-Baccalaureate Research Education Program | NIGMS | 9/15/11- 7/31/15 |
| Wright, Wanda | Pre-Doctoral Training in General, Pediatric and Public Health Dentistry or Dental Hygiene | HRSA | 9/1/10- 6/30/15 |
| Wu, Dayong | Effect of the White Button Mushroom Supplementation on Resistance to Salmonella Infection and Immune Response in an Animal Model | The Mushroom Council | 8/15/11- 8/15/13 |
| Wu, Dayong | Green Tea EGCG and T-Cell Function in Autoimmune Inflammation | USDA | 12/1/09- 11/30/12 |
| Xu, Jun | X-linked Genes, Histone Modifications and Behavior | NIMH | 7/22/10- 2/28/14 |
| Xu, Qiaobing | Draper Lab Fellowship | Charles Stark Draper Laboratories | 9/1/11- 8/31/12 |
| Yang, Yongjie | Role of Astroglial Exocytosis in the Pathogenesis of ALS | The Robert Packard Center for ALS Research at Johns Hopkins | 11/1/11- 10/31/12 |
| Yee, Amy | Epilepsy and the Wnt Signaling Pathways | DOD | 6/1/10- 5/31/13 |
| Yelick, Pamela Crotty | Dental Stem Cells and Tooth Tissue Engineering | NIDCR | 5/10/10- 4/30/15 |
| Yi, Hyunmin | Collaborative Research: Hierarchically Assembled Viral-Synthetic Hybrid Microentities | NSF | 7/1/10- 6/30/12 |
| Young, Helen | Pastoralist Livelihoods, Trade and Markets | UNEP | 4/23/10- 6/30/12 |
| Zeng, Li | Muscle Cell-Enhanced Cartilage Tissue Engineering | NIAMS | 9/1/10- 6/30/15 |
| Zeng, Li | Novel Strategies in Cartilage Tissue Engineering: Enhancing Cartilage Stability Using Muscle-Derived Factors and Scaffold Section | NSF | 7/1/10- 6/30/13 |
| Zhang, Fang Fang | Energy Balance and Breast Cancer Risk in the Breast Cancer Family Registry | Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation | 5/17/10- 4/30/12 |
| Zimmerman, Michael | High Frequency RF Materials | Interplex Quantum Leap | 9/1/11- 8/31/12 |
| Zoukhri, Driss | Effects of ENaC Blockers on Tear Production | Parion Sciences, Inc. | 12/21/11- 6/30/12 |
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