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Sponsored Research and Scholarly Activity

  
The list below includes active faculty projects with extramural funding. Those with "CCDA"in the Sponsor column are currently being conducted with support through the Osteopathic Heritage Foundation endowment. For additional information on a faculty member's interests, please follow the link to their departmental Web page.


Principal Investigator
Sponsor
Project Title
C. Adams, Ph.D. NIH (subcontract)

Creating an infection-free intraosseous transcutaneous amputation prosthesis

A. Aduounum, Ph.D.
(Georgia campus)
CCDA Methamphetamine modulation of synaptic plasticity
D. Appelt, Ph.D.

Penna. Dept. of Health

Dissecting the apoptosis pathway affected by C. pneumoniae in Alzheimer's disease

Osteopathic Heritage Foundation

CCDA

Endowment for Aging Research
 
 
 
Modulation of C. pneumoniae infection of THP1 cells following exposure to pDAG
R. Barsotti, Ph.D. NIH Determinants of cardiac thin filament regulation
NIH
IL-1 regulation of MMP-1 and MMP-3 genes in gingival and synovial fibroblasts

B. Buxton, Ph.D.
(Georgia campus)

Pearson Benjamin Cummings

Interactive CD-ROM on the immune system for undergraduate physiology textbooks

Q. Chen, Ph.D. CCDA The role of PKC beta II in acute hyperglycemia-induced leukocyte-endothelial interactions by using intravital microscopy
M. D'Angelo, Ph.D. CCDA Efficacy of collagenase 3 peptides in abrogation of tissue destruction in an animal model of osteoarthritis
R. DiTomasso, Ph.D. Pew Charitable Trusts Enhancing behavioral health service delivery for vulnerable adults at the PCOM Healthcare Centers
S. Felgoise, Ph.D.

Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation

CCDA

Measuring quality of life in individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Quality of life, coping, and psychological well-being in children with LQTS and their primary caregivers

K. Fresa-Dillon, Ph.D. CCDA Efficacy of a vaccine against C. pneumoniae in prevention of respiratory infection and/or respiratory spread
K. Galluzzi, D.O.

CCDA



Medical College of Wisconsin

The physician's role in death: Utilizing the SP program to bring issues to life

Medical School Palliative Care Education Project

Penna. Dept. of Health

CCDA

Entry mechanisms of mouse hepatitis virus, a model for multiple sclerosis

Investigation of mouse hepatitis virus entry into host cells using siRNA technology

H. Komiskey, Ph.D. 
(Georgia campus)

CCDA Resveratrol, estrogen, and curcumin effect on manganese-induced toxicity of rat astrocytes
P. Kottsieper, Ph.D. NIH (subcontract)

Adherence and empowerment:  Service participation and meaningful outcomes

 

Philadelphia Health Care Trust; Herb & Karen Lotman Foundation
 
 
 
American Osteopathic Association
 
 
Function, quality of life, and possible mechanisms of action in the adjunctive care of patients with Parkinson's Dseae treated with whole body, periodic acceleration &/or OMT: Pilot studies
 
Documenting mechanics and mechanisms in pedal pump OMT
 
A comparison of OMT to conventional care in the treatment of chronic posttraumatic headache attributed to mild head injury
C.S. Little, Ph.D.

Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development

Immune modulation of T-cells from peanut-sensitized inbred mice

Edna G. Kynett Memorial Foundation
Self-management program to prevent cardiovascular disease
M. Owen, Ph.D., J.D.
(Georgia campus)
CCDA Control of retinal arteriole smooth muscle vasodilation: Exploring the role of glucose, PGI2, BKca channels and extravascular pressure
NIH



CCDA
In vivo and ex vivo mechanisms related to eNOS uncoupling during reperfusion

Tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4) and dihydrobiopterin (BH2) in leukocyte-endothelium interactions using intravital microscopy
Penna. Dept. of Health

Christian and Mary Lindback Foundation
Role of nutrition in prostate cancer

Chromosomal translocation-induced overexpression of ERG and prostate tumorigenesis