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Dartmouth researchers were awarded a combined $4.7 million in new and competing awards during October 2012 ($2.7 million) and November 2012 ($2 million), for projects ranging from rural workforce development to brain imaging genetics to quantum computing.

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Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy Ryan Hickox is working on a project entitled “The Hidden Side of Rapidly Growing Black Holes.” (Eli Burakian ’00)

Below, view the complete list of awards as reported by the .

October 2012 Research AwardsAward commitment from the sponsoring agency is for a single year unless otherwise indicated.

Kristen Anton—Community and Family MedicineSponsoring agency: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Project: “Great Lakes/New England Clinical Validation Center”

Stephen Bartels and S. Pratt—PsychiatrySponsoring agency: Vinfen Project: “Community Based Health Homes for Individuals with SMI” 3-year project

Deborah Becker and L. Flint—Community and Family MedicineSponsoring agency: Vermont Department of Health Project: “Technical Assistance and Training for Vermont’s Adult & Youth Mental Health Employment Programs ”

William Black—RadiologySponsoring agency: American College of Radiology Project: “Outcomes and Effectiveness Core Lab” 2-year project

David Bucci—Psychological and Brain SciencesSponsoring agency: University of Vermont Project: “A Translational Approach to Evaluating Physical Activity on ADHD” 6-month project

Elliott Fisher—The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice and D. Goodman—PediatricsSponsoring agency: California Healthcare Foundation Project: “Dartmouth Atlas Project-California Healthcare Foundation” 7-year project

Ryan Hickox—Physics and AstronomySponsoring agency: University of Wyoming Project: “The Hidden Side of Rapidly Growing Black Holes:  Host Masses and Evolution of Obscured Quasars with WISE, Chandra, XMM, Spitzer and GALEX” 3-year project

Mark Israel—PediatricsSponsoring agency: American Cancer Society Project: “Institutional Research Grant” 3-year project

Timothy Lahey—MedicineSponsoring agency: The Arnold P. Gold Foundation, Incorporated Project: “Gold Humanism Scholar” 9-month project

Timothy Lukovits—NeurologySponsoring agency: Yale University Project: “Insulin Resistance Intervention after Stroke Trial (IRIS)”

Lisa Marsch—PsychiatrySponsoring agency: University of Wisconsin Project: “Implementing Technology-Assisted Drug Treatment and Relapse Prevention in FQHCs”

Carmen Marsit—Pharmacology and ToxicologySponsoring agency: Butler Hospital Project: “Childhood Maltreatment: Biomarkers of Risk and Resilience”

Jason Moore—GeneticsSponsoring agency: Indiana University Project: “Bioinformatics Strategies for Multidimensional Brain Imaging Genetics”

Mary Mulligan-Kehoe and D. Likosky—SurgerySponsoring agency: Celdara Medical, LLC Project: “Preclinical Development of a Novel Plaque-Regressing Therapy For Atherosclerosis”

Randolph Noelle—Microbiology and ImmunologySponsoring agency: University of Minnesota Project: “In Vivo Prevention of Murine GVHD”

Karen Schifferdecker—Community and Family MedicineSponsoring agency: North Country Health Consortium, Inc. Project: “Rural Health Outreach, Molar Express” 7-month project

Paula Schnurr—PsychiatrySponsoring agency: Yale University Project: “Sustained Use of Evidence-Based PTSD Treatment in VA Residential Settings” 9-month project

Christopher Snyder—EconomicsSponsoring agency: Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Project: “Econometric Studies of Open Access to the Scholarly Literature” 2-year project

Michael Sporn and K. Liby—Pharmacology and Toxicology and W. Black— RadiologySponsoring agency: Breast Cancer Research Foundation Project: “Chemoprevention of ER-Negative Breast Cancer”

Catherine Stanger—PsychiatrySponsoring agency: Oregon Research Institute Project: “Family and Adolescent Motivational Incentives for Leveraging Youth”

Tracy Stecker—Community and Family MedicineSponsoring agency: Veterans Administration Project: “IPA Hamblen Grant FY13 (Stecker)”

Charles Sullivan—Thayer School of EngineeringSponsoring agency: Environmental Protection Agency Project: “Small-Scale Hydropower Generation and Distribution System for Rural Electrification”

Gary Wegner—Physics and AstronomySponsoring agency: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Project: “Dark and Luminous Matter in the Twin Clusters of Abell 2465”

Jimmy Wu—ChemistrySponsoring agency: American Cancer Society Project: “Studies of the Nuphar Alkaloids-Potent Apoptosis-Inducing Compounds” 4-year project

November 2012 Research AwardsAward commitment from the sponsoring agency is for a single year unless otherwise indicated.

Deborah Becker and K. Mueser—Community and Family Medicine,  S. McGurk —PsychiatrySponsoring agency: Boston University Project: “Research and Training Center on Improving the Employment Outcomes for Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities” 15-month project

Joseph BelBruno—ChemistrySponsoring agency: Greenhill AntiBallics Corporation Project: “The Development of Gradient Nanoparticle Structures”

Ambrose Cheung—Microbiology and ImmunologySponsoring agency: Pfeiffer Research Foundation Project: “Discovery of Novel Antimicrobial Compounds for Combination Therapy Against Methicillin Resistant S. aureus (MRSA)”

Margaret Crane—Microbiology and ImmunologySponsoring agency: VERANNE Project: “Payne JPA” 8-month project

George Cybenko—Thayer School of EngineeringSponsoring agency: The University of Texas at El Paso Project: “Checkpoint Analysis and Assessment”

Larry Dumont—PathologySponsoring agency: Emory University School of Medicine Project: “Adverse Effects of RBC Transfusions: A Unifying Hypothesis” 11-month project

Robert Fesen—Physics and AstronomySponsoring agency: Space Telescope Science Institute Project: “Imaging the Distribution of Iron in SN 1885 in M31” 3-year project

Marcelo Gleiser and R. Caldwell—Physics and AstronomySponsoring agency: University of Chicago Project: “Emergent Complexity in the Universe:  Origin and Limits” 23-month project

Lee Lynd—Thayer School of EngineeringSponsoring agency: Department of Energy, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Project: “Bioenergy Science Center 2” 3-year project

Frances Norris—PsychiatrySponsoring agency: Veterans Administration Project: “Sherrieb IPA - FY13” 10-month projectAlexander Rimberg—Physics and AstronomySponsoring agency: University of Wisconsin Project: “Solid State Quantum Computing using Spin Qubits in Si/SiGe Quantum Dots” 2-month project

Karen Schifferdecker—Community and Family MedicineSponsoring agency: North Country Educational Foundation Project: “Rural Healthcare Workforce Development Program”

Charles Sentman—Microbiology and ImmunologySponsoring agency: Celdara Medical, LLC Project: “ChNKG2D-Targeted Cellular Cancer Therapy: Phase I Clinical Trial” 10-month project

Jacqueline Short—PhysiologySponsoring agency: National Eye Institute Project: “Laminar, Neuronal, and Circuit Mechanisms of Attention in V1”

Susanne Tanski, A. McClure and J. Sargent—Pediatrics,  J. BelBruno—Chemistry, A. Bernhardt—Norris Cotton Cancer Center, M. Crane—Microbiology and ImmunologySponsoring agency: American Academy of Pediatrics Project: “Evaluation of Nanotechnology-Based Personal Sensors for Detection and Quantification of Secondhand Tobacco Smoke Exposure”

Richard Waddell and C. von Reyn—MedicineSponsoring agency: University of Massachusetts Medical Center Project: “New England AIDS Education and Training Center”

Peter Wright—PediatricsSponsoring agency: University of Rochester Project: “Operation of a Facility for the Study of Influenza Viruses, Vaccines and Antimicrobials in Adult Human Subjects” 8-month project

Peter Wright, H. Bernstein and J. Modlin—Pediatrics, P. Palumbo and J. Turco—MedicineSponsoring agency: University of Rochester Project: “Operation of a Facility for the Study of Influenza Viruses, Vaccines and Antimicrobials in Adult Human Subjects” 8-month project