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  Socioeconomic status and smoking exposure in Appalachia

  Muscat, J., MUSCAT, J., MUSCAT, J., Muscat, J. E. & Muscat, J. E.

  National Institute on Drug Abuse

  9/15/11 → 5/31/18

  Project: Research project

  • Appalachian Region
  • Social Class
  • Smoke
  • Smoking
  • Tobacco

• Mindfulness in Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

  Raja-Khan, N.

  National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health

  9/1/11 → 6/30/18

  Project: Research project

  • Mindfulness
  • Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
  • Psychology
  • Skates (Fish)
  • Health Education

• Training in Animal Models of Inflammation

  Giblin, P. H., GIBLIN, P., HANKEY, P. A. & HANKEY, P. A.

  National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

  9/1/11 → 8/31/17

  Project: Research project

  • training (animals)
  • inflammation
  • students
  • animal models
  • human diseases

• PENN STATE SPINA BIFIDA CLINIC REGISTRY DEMONSTRATION PROJECT

  Dias, M., Dias, M., Dias, M. & Dias, M. S.

  National Institutes of Health

  9/1/11 → 8/31/14

  Project: Research project

  • Spinal Dysraphism
  • Registries
  • Pediatrics
  • Delivery of Health Care
  • Amish

• Specificity of miRNA Processing Provided by Double-Stranded RNA Binding Domains

  Showalter, S. A., SHOWALTER, S. A. & SHOWALTER, S. A.

  National Institute of General Medical Sciences

  9/1/11 → 8/31/18

  Project: Research project

  • Double-Stranded RNA Binding Motif
  • MicroRNAs
  • Endonucleases
  • Ribonuclease III
  • Small Interfering RNA

• Genetics of Alcohol and Nicotine Behaviors

  Kamens, H. M.

  National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

  8/20/11 → 7/31/17

  Project: Research project

  • Nicotine
  • Alcohols
  • Behavioral Genetics
  • Mentors
  • Nicotinic Receptors

• "Perturbation of peripheral B cell tolerance by the lupus susceptibility loci"

  Rahman, Z., RAHMAN, Z., RAHMAN, Z. S. M., RAHMAN, Z. S. M. & RAHMAN, Z. S. M.

  National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

  8/15/11 → 7/31/17

  Project: Research project

  • B-lymphocytes
  • loci
  • autoimmune diseases
  • antibodies
  • antibody formation

• Clinical Coordinating Center for the Severe Asthma Research Program (SARP)

  Mauger, D., Mauger, D. & MAUGER, D. T.

  National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

  8/8/11 → 5/31/20

  Project: Research project

  • Asthma
  • State Medicine
  • Public Health
  • Research Personnel
  • Operations Research

• Implications of Genetic Variance for Substance Use Interventions in Adolescence

  Vandenbergh, D. J., Cleveland, III, H. H., CLEVELAND, H. H., VANDENBERGH, D., CLEVELAND, H. H., Vogler, G. P., VANDENBERGH, D. J., CLEVELAND, H. H. & VANDENBERGH, D. J.

  National Institute on Drug Abuse

  8/1/11 → 5/31/16

  Project: Research project

  • Substance-Related Disorders
  • Genes
  • Parent-Child Relations
  • Peer Group
  • Social Isolation

• Development of an Infant VAD System for Long Term Uni- and Bi-ventricular Support

  Weiss, W., Nazarian, R., Nazarian, R. & WEISS, W. J.

  National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

  7/15/11 → 7/31/14

  Project: Research project

  • Pediatrics
  • Pneumatics
  • Flow rate
  • Control systems
  • Testing

• Creating Safe Biodegradable Photoluminescent Implant Polymers

  Yang, J., Yang, J., Yang, J., Yang, J. & Yang, J.

  National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

  7/11/11 → 6/30/16

  Project: Research project

  • tissue engineering
  • drugs
  • delivery
  • polymers
  • quantum dots

• Dynamics of nucleosome assembly/disassembly affected by chromatin modifications

  Lee, T., Lee, T. H. & Lee, T. H.

  National Institute of General Medical Sciences

  7/1/11 → 6/30/17

  Project: Research project

  • Chromatin Assembly and Disassembly
  • Nucleosomes
  • Histones
  • Chromatin
  • DNA

• Within-Incident Spillover of Family Aggression

  Marshall, A. D. & MARSHALL, A. D.

  Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

  7/1/11 → 6/30/14

  Project: Research project

  • Aggression

• Predictors of Medication Adherence Among African Americans With Hypertension

  Cuffee, Y.

  National Institutes of Health

  7/1/11 → 6/30/12

  Project: Research project

  • hypertension
  • medication
  • American
  • health
  • earning a doctorate

• Repair of tobacco carcinogens in the susceptibility of lung cancer

  Spratt, T. & SPRATT, T. E.

  National Cancer Institute

  7/1/11 → 6/30/14

  Project: Research project

  • DNA Adducts
  • Carcinogens
  • Tobacco
  • DNA Repair
  • Lung Neoplasms

• Development of a Miniature Hydrodynamically Suspended Intrathoracic Tesla Pump

  Rosenberg, G., Nazarian, R., Rosenberg, G. & Nazarian, R.

  National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

  7/1/11 → 8/31/14

  Project: Research project

  • pumps
  • sensors (equipment)
  • controllers
  • hydrodynamics
  • hemolysis

• Penn TREC Survivor Center

  Schmitz, K., Chodosh, L., SCHWARTZ, S., TROXEL, A. & SAWER, D.

  National Cancer Institute

  6/24/11 → 5/31/13

  Project: Research project

  • neoplasms
  • breast neoplasms
  • energy balance
  • outreach
  • survival rate

• Compensation for Coarticulation: Implications for the Basis and Architecture of S

  Viswanathan, N. & VISWANATHAN, N.

  National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders

  6/21/11 → 8/31/15

  Project: Research project

  • listener
  • acoustics
  • phonetics
  • applicant
  • manipulation

• Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute

  Sinoway, L., SINOWAY, L., SINOWAY, L. & SINOWAY, L. I.

  National Center for Research Resources

  6/1/11 → 2/29/12

  Project: Research project

  • infrastructure
  • AIDS
  • Clinical Trials
  • grant
  • health

• Effects of temperature on mosquito immunity and vector competence: do some like i

  Thomas, M. B. & THOMAS, M. B.

  National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

  6/1/11 → 5/31/14

  Project: Research project

  • vector competence
  • immunity
  • Culicidae
  • temperature
  • malaria

• Analysis of quorum-signaling crosstalk within the squid-vibrio symbiosis

  Miyashiro, T. I.

  National Institute of General Medical Sciences

  6/1/11 → 2/29/16

  Project: Research project

  • Aliivibrio fischeri
  • Decapodiformes
  • Symbiosis
  • Vibrio
  • Host Microbial Interactions

• 2011 Polyamines Gordon Research Conference and Gordon Research Seminar

  Shantz, L. & SHANTZ, L. M.

  National Cancer Institute

  6/1/11 → 8/31/11

  Project: Research project

  • polyamines
  • researchers
  • human diseases
  • valleys
  • organisms

• Designing optimal microbicide delivery integrating rheology and acceptability

  Hayes, J. E., Ziegler, G. R., HAYES, J. E., ZIEGLER, G. R. & HAYES, J. E.

  National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

  5/20/11 → 4/30/17

  Project: Research project

  • Rheology
  • Drug products
  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Probiotics
  • HIV

• Role of the Trigeminal Orosensory Area of the Thalamus in Natural and Drug Reward

  Nyland, J. & Nyland, J. E.

  National Institute on Drug Abuse

  5/3/11 → 5/2/13

  Project: Research project

  • Thalamus
  • Reward
  • Cues
  • Pharmaceutical Preparations
  • Street Drugs

• Penn Center for Study of Epigenetics in Reproduction

  Butts, S., BARTOLOMEI, M., Coutifaris, C., BERGER, S., MEYER, R. G. & SHUDA, J.

  Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

  5/1/11 → 3/31/13

  Project: Research project

  • fetal development
  • maternal effect
  • exposure duration
  • plasticity
  • anti-Mullerian hormone

• Stress, Unconstructive Repetitive Thought and Cognitive Aging

  Sliwinski, M. J., SLIWINSKI, M. J. & SLIWINSKI, M. J.

  National Institute on Aging

  4/15/11 → 3/31/17

  Project: Research project

  • Cognitive Aging
  • Thinking
  • Cognition
  • Health
  • Mental Health

• Prevalence, Predictors, and Consequences of Alcohol Use from Childhood to Midlife

  Maggs, J., MAGGS, J. L. & MAGGS, J. L.

  National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

  4/15/11 → 3/31/16

  Project: Research project

  • Alcohols
  • Cohort Studies
  • Child Development
  • Drinking
  • Alcoholism

• Interpersonal Behaviors, Stress, and Addiction

  Ansell, E.

  National Institute on Drug Abuse

  4/15/11 → 6/30/16

  Project: Research project

  • Addictive Behavior
  • addiction
  • Ecological Momentary Assessment
  • Hyperphagia
  • candidacy

• Statistical learning of multiple patterns in infants, adults, and monkeys

  Weiss, D. J., WEISS, D. J. & WEISS, D. J.

  Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

  4/1/11 → 3/31/17

  Project: Research project

  • Haplorhini
  • Learning
  • Cues
  • Multilingualism
  • Organized Financing

• Disseminating PAL

  Schmitz, K. & SCHMITZ, K. H.

  National Cancer Institute

  4/1/11 → 9/30/13

  Project: Research project

  • Lymphedema
  • Exercise
  • Survivors
  • Weight Lifting
  • Cancer Survivors

• Milk-based nano-delivery system for hydrophobic drugs in infants and children

  Harte, F. M., KOJIMA, C., MARTIN-JIMENEZ, T., MARTIN-JIMENEZ, T., HARTE, F. M., KOJIMA, C. J., HARTE, F. M., KOJIMA, C. J. & MARTIN-JIMENEZ, T.

  Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

  4/1/11 → 4/30/15

  Project: Research project

  • Caseins
  • Drug Delivery Systems
  • micelles
  • Micelles
  • Milk

• Impact of Receptor Polymorphisms on Sensations from Common Oral Irritants

  Hayes, J. E., HAYES, J. E. & HAYES, J. E.

  National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders

  4/1/11 → 12/31/15

  Project: Research project

  • bitterness
  • mouth
  • genetic polymorphism
  • receptors
  • capsaicin

• Regulation of Intestinal Epithelial Tight Junction Barrier

  Ma, T., MA, T., MA, T. Y. & MA, T. Y.

  4/1/11 → 9/30/16

  Project: Research project

• A wrinkle in time: The perception of expressions in the elderly

  Adams, Jr., R., Kleck, R., ADAMS, R. B., Kleck, R. E., ADAMS, R. B., Kleck, R. E., Hess, U., Hess, U. & Hess, U.

  National Institute on Aging

  4/1/11 → 3/31/15

  Project: Research project

  • emotion
  • time
  • stereotype
  • interaction
  • imitation

• Evaluating cardiometabolic and sleep health benefits of a workplace intervention

  Buxton, O. M., BUXTON, O. M., BUXTON, O. M. & BUXTON, O. M.

  National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

  2/1/11 → 7/31/16

  Project: Research project

  • sleep
  • workplace
  • family work
  • manager
  • health

• Functional Analysis of SMAD Signaling in Oocytes

  Diaz, F. J. & Diaz, F. J.

  Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

  2/1/11 → 1/31/14

  Project: Research project

  • oocytes
  • transforming growth factor beta
  • follicular development
  • cell communication
  • granulosa cells

• Understanding Cisplatin Resistance Mediated by a Copper Efflux Protein

  Boal, A. K. & BOAL, A. K.

  National Cancer Institute

  2/1/11 → 2/29/12

  Project: Research project

  • Copper
  • Proteins
  • Copper-transporting ATPases
  • Pumps
  • Stoichiometry

• Identifying Best Practices of Diabetes Self-Management: A Mixed Methods Approach

  Stuckey, H. & STUCKEY, H.

  NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES

  1/15/11 → 12/31/14

  Project: Research project

  • Self-Management
  • Practice Guidelines
  • Glucose
  • Public Health
  • Qualitative Research

• The role of protein kinase Mzeta in hippocampal-dependent memory maintenance.

  Kwapis, J. & KWAPIS, J. L.

  National Institute of Mental Health

  1/1/11 → 12/31/13

  Project: Research project

  • Protein Kinases
  • Memory
  • Maintenance
  • Conditioning (Psychology)
  • Hippocampus

• Identification of drug leads targeting SOD1 dissociation for the treatment of ALS

  Proctor, E. A. & Proctor, E. A.

  National Institute on Aging

  12/1/10 → 11/30/13

  Project: Research project

  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 1
  • Drug Delivery Systems
  • Post Translational Protein Processing
  • Mutation

• Meta-analysis of CAM therapies for HIV R01-AT005824

  Andreae, M.

  12/1/10 → 6/30/15

  Project: Research project

• Effects of diet and diabetes on gene expression in the liver

  Dennis, M., DENNIS, M. D. & DENNIS, M. D.

  NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES

  12/1/10 → 6/30/13

  Project: Research project

  • diabetes
  • translation (genetics)
  • hyperglycemia
  • gene expression
  • liver

• CRF regulation of BNST target control in alcohol withdrawal

  Silberman, Y. & SILBERMAN, Y.

  National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

  9/30/10 → 9/29/13

  Project: Research project

  • Septal Nuclei
  • Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone
  • Reinforcement (Psychology)
  • Alcohols
  • Alcoholism

• PS10-10138, EXPANDED HIV TESTING FOR DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED POPULATIONS

  Crook, T., Crook, T., Crook, T. & CROOK, T. J.

  National Institutes of Health

  9/30/10 → 9/29/13

  Project: Research project

• Mexican Children of Immigrants Program

  Landale, N. S., Van Hook, J. L. & Graefe, D. R.

  Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

  9/29/10 → 5/31/13

  Project: Research project

  • immigrant
  • migration
  • director
  • methodology
  • acculturation

• Gene-Environment Interplay and Development of Psychiatric Symptoms in Children

  Neiderhiser, J. M., Leve, L. D., Leve, L. D., NEIDERHISER, J. M., Leve, L. D. & NEIDERHISER, J. M.

  National Institute of Mental Health

  9/28/10 → 6/30/16

  Project: Research project

  • Psychiatry
  • Genes
  • Adopted Children
  • Behavioral Symptoms
  • Parturition

• Assay Development for Inhibitors of the Essential sRNA-Sigma E Virulence Factors

  Ades, S. E. & ADES, S. E.

  National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

  9/27/10 → 8/31/12

  Project: Research project

  • sporulation-specific sigma factors
  • High-Throughput Screening Assays
  • Virulence Factors
  • Virulence
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents

• mTOR-dependent pathways in skin carcinogenesis

  Shantz, L. & SHANTZ, L. M.

  National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

  9/21/10 → 7/31/13

  Project: Research project

  • Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 2
  • Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1
  • TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases
  • Raptors
  • Skin Neoplasms

• Effects of Smoking Expectancy on the Neural Response to Reward in Human Smokers

  Wilson, S. & WILSON, S. J.

  National Institute on Drug Abuse

  9/20/10 → 8/31/12

  Project: Research project

  • Reward
  • Smokers
  • Smoking
  • Individuality
  • Motivation

• Television and International Family Change: A Randomized Experiment

  Jayakody, R. T., JAYAKODY, R. & JAYAKODY, R.

  Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

  9/20/10 → 11/30/17

  Project: Research project

  • television
  • experiment
  • village
  • family formation
  • health