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Fayette County, Ky., funds by Health and Human Services, Department of

Listing $75,759,615.49 in stimulus funds from Health and Human Services, Department of for Fayette

Note: For some programs where states do not report where money will be distributed across the state, we do not have the allocation for individual counties. Those programs include: Medicaid, unemployment benefits and food stamps. Those amounts are included in the totals for where the state agency receiving that money is located.

Amount refers to both the amount of stimulus funding going toward the project and the face value of the loan.

Recipient Amount Description Federal Dept./Agency Date
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $7,419,318 ARRA - Health Information Technology Extension Program REC CENTERS 3012: The University of Kentucky Medical Center (UKMC) is a leading comprehensive academic health center with extensive experience and success in electronic health records implementation and adoption by clinicians. UKMC has developed... Show more Health and Human Services, Department of 3/30/2010
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $6,428,471 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The University of Kentucky (UK) requests $6,432,134 to renovate 5,526 sq. ft. on the fourth floor of the Sanders-Brown Center for Aging. The proposed renovation will completely demolish and remove the present aged and obsolete small barrier animal facilit National Institutes of Health 3/04/2010
ALLTRANZ INC. $4,013,265 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support TRANSDERMAL CANNABINOID PRODRUG TREATMENT FOR CANNABIS WITHDRAWAL AND DEPENDENCE. Cannabis use disorders affect approximately 1.5% of the United States population, and more than half of the individuals addicted to marijuana experience significant withdraw National Institutes of Health 9/30/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $3,095,885 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This grant is to support the acquisition of a high-field small animal imager to support multiple NIH- funded investigators using small animals for biomedical research. The imager selected is a 7T Bruker ClinScan system which incorporates the advantages of National Institutes of Health 5/27/2010
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $2,670,570 ARRA Child Care and Development Block Grant Improve the quality of day care providers and caretakers. Increase or maintain assistance to low income families through child care subsidies that enable families to work toward self-sufficiency.
This spending item is part of a $34,898,645 allocation. See details
Administration for Children and Families 4/09/2009
COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL FOR LEXINGTON-FAYETTE, BOURBON, HARRISON & NICHOLAS COUNTIES INC $2,168,180 ARRA - Early Head Start This proposed expansion has four main objectives. 1. Deliver comprehensive child development and support services (including educational, health, mental health, nutritional, and social services) to economically disadvantaged children and their families t Administration for Children and Families 11/23/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $1,913,322 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The long-term objective of our program of research is to improve the cardiovascular (CV) health of inmates by implementation of a state-wide CV risk factor reduction program in prisons. The purpose of the proposed study in male inmates is to test the effe National Institutes of Health 9/22/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $1,805,586 ARRA - Health Information Technology Extension Program HealthBridge is a non-profit health information exchange organization (HIO) that serves a tri-state region of Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. HealthBridge has assembled a network of clinical, technology and quality improvement leaders who will establ... Show more
This spending item is part of a $10,821,318 allocation. See details
Health and Human Services, Department of 2/08/2010
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $1,439,136 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The strategic plan of the University of Kentucky (UK) P30 application in response to RFA-OD-09-005 is to provide support for the recruitment of 2 junior investigators who will be immersed into a highly collaborative, interdisciplinary group of investigato National Institutes of Health 9/29/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $1,300,000 ARRA Health Center Integrated Services Development Initiative[g1] Recovery Act Health Center Cluster Program: This grant will e... Show more Health Resources and Services Administration 2/26/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $1,170,973 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Prescription opioid misuse and abuse are increasing problems in the United States. In the 2006 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 5.2 million Americans had illicitly used a prescription opioid in the past month. National rates of illicit prescription National Institutes of Health 7/16/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $1,110,233 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support T.his is a NIH P30 Biomedical Research Core Center Application (RFA-OD-09-005) on Fetal Programming in the Development of Obesity-induced Cardiovascular Diseases. The request is for support of salary and start-up costs for recruit of one new investigator National Institutes of Health 9/30/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $1,027,710 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This Competitive Revision Application is in response to Notice Number: NOT-OD-09-058 and Notice Title: NIH Announces the Availability of Recovery Act Funds and is proposed as a competitive supplement to our current R01 grant DA 13519, titled 'Development National Institutes of Health 9/28/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $1,000,000 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) affects as many Americans as all cancers combined and twice as many as Alzheimer's disease. The overwhelming cause of severe vision loss in AMD is choroidal neovascularization (CNV), the growth of abnormal blood vess National Institutes of Health 9/30/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $996,474 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This application addresses broad Challenge Area 15: Translational Science and specific Challenge Topic 15-ES-101: Effects of environmental exposures on phenotypic outcomes using non-human models. Approximately 8.6 million Americans perform shift work, whi National Institutes of Health 9/27/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $972,843 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This application addresses broad Challenge Area (04) Clinical Research and specific Challenge Topic, 04-MH-101, Autism: Addressing the challenge. Although the focus on early identification efforts in recent years has been effective in sharply increasing t
This spending item is part of a $999,995 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/23/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $969,564 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Kentuckians living in rural Appalachia suffer a disproportionate burden of negative health disparities, which is especially evident for persons with neurological conditions (spinal cord injury (SCI) traumatic brain injury (TBI) and stroke). Recently, the
This spending item is part of a $1,000,000 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 7/06/2010
COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL FOR LEXINGTON-FAYETTE, BOURBON, HARRISON & NICHOLAS COUNTIES INC $968,512 ARRA - Community Services Block Grant ARRA Supplemental Funding for the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Program: Allocate funds to a network of eligible organizations to support employment related services that create and sustain economic growth.
This spending item is part of a $16,856,592 allocation. See details
Administration for Children and Families 4/10/2009
COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL FOR LEXINGTON-FAYETTE, BOURBON, HARRISON & NICHOLAS COUNTIES INC $961,183 ARRA - Community Services Block Grant ARRA Supplemental Funding for the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Program: Allocate funds to a network of eligible organizations to support employment related services that create and sustain economic growth.
This spending item is part of a $16,856,592 allocation. See details
Administration for Children and Families 4/10/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $919,509 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This administrative supplement request addresses the 'Advance Translational (T1 & T2) Research' solicitation of the NCRR within the ARRA program. The project proposed for support under an administrative supplement for the CSSO/SD will implement an interve
This spending item is part of a $1,451,533 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/24/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $907,883 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The Proteomics Core Facility at the University of Kentucky (UK) College of Medicine requests $947,163 to acquire a LTQ Orbitrap XL/ETD hybrid mass spectrometer with an Eksigent nano-HPLC. The goal of this application is to provide advanced mass spectromet National Institutes of Health 6/10/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $862,453 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Medicinal plants produce a wealth of pharmaceutical compounds such as taxol, vincristine, and morphine. Unfortunately, the specialized secondary metabolic pathways leading to such compounds remain poorly understood and progress in elucidating and manipula
This spending item is part of a $6,000,000 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/30/2009
LEXINGTON-FAYETTE URBAN COUNTY GOVERNMENT $844,055 ARRA Health Center Integrated Services Development Initiative[g1] LAB RENOVATION PROJECT Review of the Goals for the Project: As the center has increased the number of patients it serves, space accommodations have not kept pace with the patient growth. The center identified reconfiguring currently ... Show more Health Resources and Services Administration 6/25/2009
LEXINGTON FAYETTE URBAN-COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT $844,055 ARRA Health Center Integrated Services Development Initiative[g1] Lab Renovation and Clinic Improvements $76,597.00. Electronic Health Records $767,428.00. Total $844,055.00. Health Resources and Services Administration 6/25/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $833,673 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Telomeres, the DNA TTAGGG repeat sequences at the ends of eukaryotic chromosomes, are stabilized by telomerase to serve as protective capping and to prevent degradation. Stem cells constitutively overexpress the catalytic core telomerase reverse transcrip National Institutes of Health 8/31/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $800,922 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support An association between infection and suboptimal regenerative outcomes has often been described in the periodontal and oral surgical literature. It is also increasingly recognized that low-level bacterial contamination can play a role in 'aseptic' loosenin National Institutes of Health 5/29/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $799,237 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in developed countries. Individuals with obesity, metabolic syndrome, and/or diabetes are at markedly increased risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease although the underlying mechanisms are not National Institutes of Health 8/31/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $735,682 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Drug abuse is a major public health concern and preventing the onset of problematic drug use has become a public health priority. Individuals classified as high sensation seekers are vulnerable to drug abuse and other risky behaviors that may result in po National Institutes of Health 6/19/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $711,132 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Natural killer (NK) cells kill infected and malignant cells and direct subsequent adaptive immunity. NK cells distinguish normal from aberrant cells largely via killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIR). Despite high homology between KIR genes, indi
This spending item is part of a $749,365 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/16/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $702,543 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Airway hypersensitivity, characterized by exaggerated sensory and reflexogenic responses to inhaled irritants, is a prominent pathophysiological feature of various airway inflammatory diseases (e.g., asthma, bronchitis, etc). Increasing and compelling evi National Institutes of Health 8/31/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $688,767 ARRA Child Care and Development Block Grant Improve the quality of day care providers and caretakers. Increase or maintain assistance to low income families through child care subsidies that enable families to work toward self-sufficiency.
This spending item is part of a $34,898,645 allocation. See details
Administration for Children and Families 4/09/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $684,807 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Opioid abuse and dependence are growing public health problems in the United States. While rates of heroin use have remained fairly stable over the past several years, abuse and dependence on prescription opioids have shown sharp increases over the past d National Institutes of Health 8/14/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $675,100 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Broad goals and specific aims: Kentucky ranks among the worst in the nation for its burdens of diabetes (41st ) and obesity (46th), which are major contributors to the fact that Kentucky ranks 44th for its all-cause mortality rate. The proposed Kentucky D
This spending item is part of a $998,571 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 8/09/2010
COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL FOR LEXINGTON-FAYETTE, BOURBON, HARRISON & NICHOLAS COUNTIES INC $627,827 ARRA - Head Start Head Start promotes the school readiness of low-income children through the provision of comprehensive health, develpmental and family services. Administration for Children and Families 6/18/2009
COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL FOR LEXINGTON-FAYETTE, BOURBON, HARRISON & NICHOLAS COUNTIES INC $588,111 ARRA - Head Start This proposed expansion has four main objectives. 1. Deliver comprehensive child development and support services (including educational, health, mental health, nutritional, and social services) to economically disadvantaged children and their families t Administration for Children and Families 9/17/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $569,995 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Salamanders are important vertebrate model organisms in several areas of human health and disease research, including spinal cord and limb regeneration, post-embryonic development, toxicology, vision, olfaction, heart development, renal function, and neur National Institutes of Health 8/20/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $511,802 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Aerobic organisms exploit O2 to extract large amounts of energy from oxidative metabolism of food, and employ oxidative reactions for a number of important chemical transformations involved in antibiotic biosynthesis, metabolism of xenobiotics, constructi National Institutes of Health 6/05/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $509,000 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support In 2005, Science magazine identified understanding organ regeneration as one of the top 25 unanswered questions in science. For over 400 years scientists have been studying the amazing regenerative capacity of the Axolotl or Mexican Salamander. These amaz
This spending item is part of a $2,078,918 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/25/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $480,899 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Improving clinical outcomes in critically ill patients with respiratory failure. Over the past two decades a great deal has been learned about the basic physiology of the breathing muscles and a number of pathophysiological conditions, including sepsis, h National Institutes of Health 9/30/2009
EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY $472,915 ARRA Health Center Integrated Services Development Initiative[g1] Renovation and expansion of Bluegrass Community Health Center's Versailles Road Clinic. Provide funding for purchase of a new practice management system and electronic medical records. Health Resources and Services Administration 6/25/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $470,640 ARRA Health Center Integrated Services Development Initiative[g1] In order to transform our new satellite access point at June Buchanan Medical Clinic (JBMC) into a competitive health care facility we propose the following capital improvement projects: -Installation of a Variable Refrigerant Volume ... Show more Health Resources and Services Administration 6/25/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $445,313 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support We propose to establish a viral synthesis core administered through our COBRE on the Molecular Basis of Human Disease. Viral vectors are increasingly being used in biomedical research for expression of genes in cells difficult to transfect, for the long-t National Institutes of Health 9/14/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $438,780 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Challenge Area - (11) Regenerative Medicine Specific challenge topic - 11-DK-101 Promote regeneration and repair in the digestive system, liver, pancrease, kidneys, hematologic, and urological system. 3. Project Title: Slit2-mediated expansion of primitiv National Institutes of Health 3/15/2010
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $428,622 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support When behavior thought to be characteristic of humans alone, is found in other animals using carefully controlled experiments, it may not be necessary to posit complex theories that are difficult to test. In the present proposal we will investigate in pige National Institutes of Health 7/20/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $422,856 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The goal of this project is to validate phosphodiesterase-2 (PDE2) as a pharmacological target for the treatment of mood disorders and to discover novel, selective inhibitors. Inhibition of PDE2 enhances cGMP signaling by blocking it hydrolysis and produ
This spending item is part of a $951,629 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/30/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $408,375 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a global health problem that is financially crippling for many families because of both specialized care and lost financial income. TBI involves at least two separate injury cascades that lead to neuronal and cognitive dysf National Institutes of Health 9/30/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $408,375 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Yersinia pestis is the causative agent of plague in humans. We have discovered a chromosomally located bicistronic operon that encodes a novel pair of interacting surface proteins called YadB and YadC (collectively referred to as YadB-C) that belong to th National Institutes of Health 7/22/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $403,525 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Infants are particularly susceptible to respiratory infections which have been attributed to an immature and naive immune system that is characterized by suboptimal antigen presentation and a T helper cell bias toward Th2-type cytokines. However, little i National Institutes of Health 8/14/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $402,875 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The causative agent of Lyme disease, Borrelia burgdorferi, can persistently infect humans and other mammalian hosts for great lengths of time. Understanding the mechanisms by which Lyme disease spirochetes establish and maintain chronic infections will be National Institutes of Health 5/14/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $393,726 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Parkinson's disease (PD), the most frequent movement disorder, is caused by the progressive loss of the dopamine neurons in the midbrain in an area called substantia nigra pars compacta (SNc), resulting in a deficiency of the neurotransmitter dopamine in National Institutes of Health 6/01/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $392,234 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder describes a wide range of behaviors and deficits that can occur as a consequence of prenatal alcohol exposure. These effects can range from relatively subtle learning deficits to significant mental retardation. Various expl National Institutes of Health 9/04/2009
LEXINGTON-FAYETTE URBAN COUNTY GOVERNMENT $387,632 ARRA Health Center Integrated Services Development Initiative[g1] Review of Goals for the Project: The uninsured: Data from local hospital emergency departments reports increased utilization of services by uninsured patients. The success of the Increased Demand for Services project will be document... Show more Health Resources and Services Administration 3/27/2009
LEXINGTON FAYETTE URBAN-COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT $387,632 ARRA Health Center Integrated Services Development Initiative[g1] The uninsured: Data from local hospital emergency departments reports increased utilization of services by uninsured patients. The success of the increased demand for services (IDS) project can be measured and documented by the incre... Show more Health Resources and Services Administration 3/27/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $379,470 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Emergence of new viruses is a continuing threat to our society. Evolution of plus- stranded RNA viruses is frequently driven by RNA recombination, a process that joins noncontiguous RNA segments together, creating novel combinations of genes or regulatory National Institutes of Health 5/21/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $371,250 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The support cells of the olfactory epithelium have received little direct attention, yet several lines of evidence indicate that they are critical for maintaining or regulating the olfactory sensory nerve cells, the ongoing replacement of olfactory sensor National Institutes of Health 6/02/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $352,890 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The majority of individuals in criminal justice settings across the U.S. have a critical need for sciencebased, psychosocial treatment that targets substance use and HIV risk behavior. The investigative team has developed and demonstrated the efficacy of
This spending item is part of a $3,439,782 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/28/2009
NAPROGENIX, INC. $340,250 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Title: Potential anti-relapse drugs: a plant genomics approach Description: Alcohol-induced neurodegeneration and the consequent dementia are important therapeutic targets in alcoholism. However, because alcohol-induced neurotoxicity has different mechan National Institutes of Health 9/28/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $334,866 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Premature cell senescence induced by oncogenes and oxidative stress in vitro recapitulates many facets of replicative senescence and in vivo cellular aging. With the recent findings of a tumor suppressor role for senescent cells in vivo, the establishment National Institutes of Health 9/18/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $334,866 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Fibromyalgia (FM) is a clinical state of widespread musculoskeletal pain with multiple tender points that is most common in postmenopausal women. Fatigue, particularly post-exertional, is an additional hallmark of the syndrome. FM likely has no single eti National Institutes of Health 9/11/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $318,752 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Prostate apoptosis response-4 protein (Par-4; also known as PAWR) is a leucine zipper domain protein that is conserved in vertebrates. During the previous funding period, we showed the core effector domain of Par-4 (amino acids 137-195, designated the SAC National Institutes of Health 8/27/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $300,000 ARRA ? Equipment to Enhance Training for Health Professionals The University of Kentucky College of Dentistry (UKCD) proposes to obtain a mobile dental van to: 1) increase dental safety-net services to vulnerable children in the Mississippi Delta region of western Kentucky; 2) increase dental student... Show more Health Resources and Services Administration 9/04/2010
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $299,460 ARRA ? Equipment to Enhance Training for Health Professionals This proposal focuses on a faculty development program designed to promote improved training of pre-doctoral dental students through the enhanced use of technology. Included in this technology are lecture capture, podcasting, an audience r... Show more Health Resources and Services Administration 8/31/2010
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $297,087 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The long-term objectives of our 12 federal grants (R01-type) are to address important and unique problems in neuroscience and cardiac physiology, including a better understanding how living cells in the nervous system and heart respond to drugs or other c National Institutes of Health 5/13/2010
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $297,000 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Several studies have established that signaling through mTOR is necessary for growth of adult skeletal muscle. The general objective of the parent grant (AR45617) is to define the molecular mechanisms whereby mechanical events and growth factors mediate t National Institutes of Health 9/28/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $296,947 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The majority of individuals in criminal justice settings across the U.S. have a critical need for sciencebased, psychosocial treatment that targets substance use and HIV risk behavior. The investigative team has developed and demonstrated the efficacy of
This spending item is part of a $3,439,782 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/28/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $292,926 ARRA ? Equipment to Enhance Training for Health Professionals ARRA -- Equipment to Enhance Training for Health Professionals. Funds are requested to purchase equipment for three mobile medical simulations labs, including the vehicles to house simulators and video systems, to be used by the University... Show more Health Resources and Services Administration 9/03/2010
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $276,884 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The purpose of the parent grant is to test the effects of a community intervention on smoke-free policy outcomes in rural underserved communities. The intervention combines assessment of community readiness with tailored, evidence-based dissemination and National Institutes of Health 8/10/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $276,211 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The evolving understanding of mechanisms contributing to the development of atherosclerosis and neointima formation following vascular injury has identified members of the nuclear hormone receptor superfamily as key transcriptional regulators of gene expr National Institutes of Health 8/15/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $273,755 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The mechanisms underlying the initiation and development of atherosclerosis are not fully understood. As outlined in the response to retention hypothesis, the retention of atherogenic lipoproteins within the sub-endothelial space by their interactions wit National Institutes of Health 7/16/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $265,111 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Arsenic remains a top environmental concern in the United States as well as world-wide because of its global existence and serious health impacts. Epidemiological studies provide ample evidence that arsenite exposure is associated with the increased incid
This spending item is part of a $663,511 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/25/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $258,056 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support iPLA2 (calcium independent phospholipase A2) is a member of the phospholipase A2 superfamily that is expressed in vascular smooth muscle and exhibits diverse cellular functions. Our preliminary data show that iPLA2 is activated/up-regulated in the vascula National Institutes of Health 7/16/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $250,000 ARRA Strengthening Communities Fund The goal of the program is to build the Kentucky Nonprofit Leadership Initiative's capacity to partner with community-based and faith-based nonprofts and to provide training and technical assistance to help nonprofit faith-based and community organization Administration for Children and Families 9/23/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $250,000 ARRA - Head Start For the development and work of a State Advisory Council that will facilitate the development and enhancement of high-quality systems of early childhood education and care designed to improve school readiness. The Council will develop a unified vision of
This spending item is part of a $1,729,908 allocation. See details
Administration for Children and Families 9/16/2010
EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY $249,812 ARRA Health Center Integrated Services Development Initiative[g1] Be able to respond to an increased demand for services at the Bluegrass Community Health Center. Health Resources and Services Administration 3/27/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $241,715 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This is an application for a 5-year Alzheimer's Disease Core Center (ADCC) at the University of Kentucky's Sanders-Brown Center on Aging. The application consists of the Clinical, Biostatistics and Data Management, Neuropathology, Education and Informatio National Institutes of Health 8/18/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $234,079 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support It has been shown that peripheral clearance of amyloid beta peptides reduces amyloid beta peptide levels in the brain through what has been termed a 'sink effect'. We have exploited this 'sink effect' by showing that the peptidase neprilysin, when express
This spending item is part of a $351,606 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 6/04/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $233,888 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This Competitive Revision application is in response to NOT-OD-09-058 'NIH Announces the Availability of Recovery Act Funds for Competitive Revision Applications.' We request competitive supplement to our NIH grant R21AG032567 entitled 'Role of p62 in Pro National Institutes of Health 9/29/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $232,934 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Project Summary Stroke is the leading cause of long-term disability in the United States. Approximately 70-88% of persons with stroke have some degree of motor impairment. A major goal of research in stroke rehabilitation is to harness the ability of the National Institutes of Health 9/28/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $225,227 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Scavenger receptor BI (SR-BI) is an HDL receptor that regulates HDL cholesterol levels by mediating the delivery of HDL cholesterol esters to the liver. We recently report a novel and potentially clinically important function of SR-BI in protection agains National Institutes of Health 9/18/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $222,750 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support There is accumulating evidence for an increasing incidence of chronic diseases in the human population. These diseases are generally complex, with aspects of genetic control interacting with environmental stressors to trigger the symptoms of the diseases. National Institutes of Health 5/05/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $222,750 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application is in response to the NIDCD Research Grants for Translating Basic Research into Clinical Tools for Human Health (R21) (PAR-08-018). As individuals age, muscle weakness and neuromuscular disorders have National Institutes of Health 9/22/2010
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $222,750 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Protein kinases mediate many cell signaling events, and their tight control is essential for regulating vital processes ranging from cell division to energy metabolism. Thus, it is not surprising that protein kinases are directly or indirectly involved in National Institutes of Health 1/19/2010
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $222,359 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This is a proposal establishes laser microdissection instrumentation using Laser Microdissection and Pressure Catapulting (LMPC) technology at the University of Kentucky. Laser microdissection technology has become a standard for cutting-edge biomedical r National Institutes of Health 4/22/2010
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $221,038 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support We seek to obtain funds from the Recovery Act Funds for Administrative Supplements program (NOT-OD-09-056) in order to create new jobs in the field of environmental toxicology and to enhance research collaborations between the University of Kentucky Super National Institutes of Health 9/06/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $220,722 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Chronic soft tissue oral wounds (e.g., Mucositis, aphthous stomatitis and periodontal disease) can be very painful and often are to develop a simple to apply polymeric barrier for the enhanced healing of these oral wounds. It is hypothesized that by rinsi National Institutes of Health 9/17/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $220,213 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Functionally diverse proteins are generated by alternative splicing of primary transcripts in differentiating oligodendrocytes. PLP and DM20 are generated through the alternative selection of competing 5' splice sites in exon 3. As PLP becomes the predomi National Institutes of Health 9/30/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $210,000 ARRA - State Loan Repayment Program Title: ARRA - State Loan Repayment Program. Purpose: The purpose of the proposed project is to target pri Health Resources and Services Administration 9/16/2009
VINDICO NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY $199,683 Science, Recovery Act Fully biodegradable polymersome-encapsulated Hemoglobin as a Novel Nanoparticle-b National Institutes of Health 4/07/2010
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $191,999 ARRA - Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students ARRA - Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students: The University of Kentucky College of Health Sciences and their graduate educational programs in Physician Assistant Studies, Physical Therapy and Speech-Language Pathology are committed to providing financ... Show more Health Resources and Services Administration 6/14/2010
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $180,694 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The goal of this ARRA supplement is to obtain resources that would allow us to follow regeneration of tip links in a live mammalian hair cell in real time. The parent grant (R01 DC008861) proposed this study as a part of Specific Aim #3, but using scanni National Institutes of Health 7/17/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $174,761 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Located in rural Kentucky, the state with the highest adolescent overweight rate in the nation, the proposed project examines the feasibility of using a farm to school program as a health intervention. Farm to school p National Institutes of Health 9/01/2010
TRANSPOSAGEN BIOPHARMACEUTICALS, INC. $174,707 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support NOVEL SCID RAT MODELS FOR HUMAN CELL TRANSPLANTATION STUDIES National Institutes of Health 7/01/2010
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $171,732 ARRA Health Center Integrated Services Development Initiative[g1] This award proposes to utilize funds to retain and increase current staffing, build encounters, and increase access to obstetric and gynecological services in eastern Kentucky. We propose to expand obstetric and gynecological services ... Show more Health Resources and Services Administration 3/27/2009
BLUEGRASS COMMUNITY & TECH COLLEGE $170,600 ARRA ? Equipment to Enhance Training for Health Professionals The Dental Hygiene Clinic Expansion project is to expand and improve the dental hygiene clinic and program at Bluegrass Community and Technical College. The dental hygiene clinic will be expanded through the purchase of 4 dental operatorie... Show more Health Resources and Services Administration 9/03/2010
BLUEGRASS AREA DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, INCORPORATED $161,054 ARRA - Communities Putting Prevention to Work: Chronic Disease Self-Manage In collaboration with the Recovery Act-funded Communities Putting Prevention to Work (CPPW) program, this funding will support the deployment of evidence-based chronic disease self-management programs that empower older people... Show more
This spending item is part of a $600,000 allocation. See details
Administration on Aging 3/31/2010
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $153,308 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The mammalian olfactory epithelium does two remarkable things with its olfactory sensory neurons. These neurons detect odorants, translating the structure of volatile chemicals into a neural information code, and the epithelium can replace these neurons e National Institutes of Health 7/17/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $153,110 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The University of Kentucky is unique among land grant universities in that all colleges, including Medicine and Agriculture, are located on the same campus. This constellation of programs has enabled the UK-SBRP to develop uniquely productive collaboratio National Institutes of Health 8/07/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $150,223 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Every year, sudden cardiac death claims up to 25,000 people that do not have structural heart disease. Genetic and acquired causes for these cases of sudden cardiac death are increasingly being sought, and hundreds of mutations have been linked to the pro National Institutes of Health 7/16/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $148,416 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Airway inflammation, airway remodeling, colonization with microorganisms, and parenchymal destruction are hallmarks of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). In addition to cigarette smoking, infectious pathogens likely contribute to the decline in National Institutes of Health 5/08/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $136,262 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support There is overwhelming clinical evidence of the interactions between sleep and epilepsy, but the literature on seizure prediction has largely disregarded the effects of state of vigilance (SOV) on seizure generation. Existing seizure prediction algorithms National Institutes of Health 12/21/2009
BLUEGRASS AREA DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, INCORPORATED $127,388 Aging Congregate Nutrition Services for States ARRA provided funding for Congregate Nutrition Services. Established in 1972 under the Older Americans Act, the program provides meals to older Americans in congregate facilities such as senior centers, adult day centers, and faith-based settings.
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Administration on Aging 3/18/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $124,889 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Innate and acquired immune responses in the intestine must promote homeostasis in the presence of large numbers of commensal microorganisms, while maintaining the capacity to defend the body against invasive pathogens. The adult human intestinal tract is National Institutes of Health 9/28/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $121,702 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support It is well established that cardiac contractile reserve declines while the incidence of heart failure increases dramatically with age. According to the free radical theory of aging, cardiac dysfunction may be the result of oxidative stress-induced myocard National Institutes of Health 5/14/2009
Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital $115,452 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Health literacy has emerged as an important construct because it's four components: cultural and conceptual knowledge, listening and speaking (oral literacy), writing and reading (print literacy), and numeracy affect the health outcomes of individuals. As
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National Institutes of Health 7/16/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $112,794 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Fairness of skin correlates with diminished epidermal expression of eumelanin, the brown/black pigment responsible for dark complexion. Instead, there is preferential expression of pheomelanin, a sulfated blonde/red melanin species that is soluble and has National Institutes of Health 8/31/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $112,602 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The co-translational N-glycosylation of many important cell surface receptors, ion channels and lysosomal enzymes is essential for their correct folding, intracellular routing and function in the CNS and other mammalian cells. The vital importance of prot National Institutes of Health 9/25/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $112,531 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Increasing minority representation in clinical trials is a priority for the National Institutes of Health. Without adequate representation of all racial/ethnic groups, the results from randomized clinical trials, which are the gold standard for evaluation
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National Institutes of Health 9/28/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $108,044 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Abnormal vascular smooth muscle cell (SMC) growth and migration contributes to hypertension, atherosclerosis, and restenosis. SMC function is controlled by complex regulatory mechanisms, which are governed in part by interactions with the extracellular ma National Institutes of Health 7/16/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $101,106 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Obesity and type 2 diabetes are conditions characterized by a state of chronic, low-grade inflammation, due largely to an increase in adipose tissue inflammation brought about by infiltrating macrophages. Drugs such as National Institutes of Health 7/19/2010
COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL FOR LEXINGTON-FAYETTE, BOURBON, HARRISON & NICHOLAS COUNTIES INC $100,850 ARRA - Head Start One hundred percent of Quality funding is budgeted for educational personnel for professional development as specified in 648 (a)(1)I. of the Head Start Act, Providing assistance to complete post-secondary course work. As staff acquires additional educat Administration for Children and Families 7/09/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $99,716 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) present with abnormalities in mineral and bone metabolism, which are associated with high morbidity and mortality. The most relevant bone abnormalities encompass suppressed or extremely elevated bone turnover and National Institutes of Health 4/09/2010
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $99,633 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Lipids are intermediates in energy metabolism, structural components of biological membranes and as intra- and extra- cellular signals. Aberrant lipid metabolism plays a central role human pathophysiologies, including cardiovascular disease, obesity, dia National Institutes of Health 4/23/2010
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $99,584 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This supplementary proposal seeks to assess and likely improve the measurement of physical activity (PA), a key primary outcome of the parent grant, within our community-based sample of rural residents. Currently, the protocol for our energy balance inter National Institutes of Health 4/06/2010
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $95,857 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Alcoholism, alcohol abuse, and the medical complications of excessive drinking are major world-wide health problems. Alcohol is a tumor promoter. Epidemiological studies indicate that heavy alcohol consumption increases risk of breast cancer and is associ National Institutes of Health 7/14/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $93,486 ARRA - Strategic Health IT Advanced Research Projects (SHARP) This Strategic Health IT Advanced Research Projects (SHARP) Program seeks to support improvements in the quality, safety and efficiency of health care through advanced information technology.
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Health and Human Services, Department of 3/19/2010
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $84,965 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Covalent modification by isoprenoid lipids (prenylation) is a critical post-translational event for many proteins involved in cellular signaling and cancer. The primary goal of this research program is to design and test prenyl function inhibitors and to National Institutes of Health 5/10/2010
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $82,849 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This administrative supplement is based upon our current Program Project Grant (PPG) entitled Calpain as a Therapeutic Target for TBl which is beginning its third year of 5 years of funding. The requested funding for three projects and two cores will enab National Institutes of Health 8/17/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $74,852 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The sensory neurons of the olfactory epithelium can be regenerated even if they are completely eliminated. This capacity lasts throughout the life of the animal and is of significant interest for both basic and applied neuroscience research. Its mechanism National Institutes of Health 7/17/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $73,894 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This is a supplement application for Summer Research Experiences for Students and Science Educators submitted in response to the recent announcement NINDS FY2009 Program for Administrative Supplements Using Recovery Act Funds and NIH Notice NOT-OD-09-060. National Institutes of Health 7/20/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $72,841 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Most behavioral traits have complex bases and are the result of interactions between multiple genes and/or environments. Therefore, advancing our knowledge of human behavior will require an understanding of the genetic, epigenetic, and environmental bases
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National Institutes of Health 9/15/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $71,231 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support During the past decade, it has become evident that in vitro enzyme data obtained in solution frequently fail to provide an accurate profile of in vivo enzyme kinetic parameters. This may be due to oligomer formation. Efforts to separate the effect of olig
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National Institutes of Health 6/22/2011
BLUEGRASS AREA DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, INCORPORATED $62,713 Aging Home-Delivered Nutrition Services for States ARRA provides funding for Home-Delivered Nutrition services. Established in 1978 under the Older Americans Act, the program provides meals to seniors who are homebound.
This spending item is part of a $447,346 allocation. See details
Administration on Aging 3/18/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $60,215 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The ocular motor system is arguably the best understood mammalian motor system. However, the extraocular muscles, its effector arms, remain somewhat of a black box. From a peculiar phenotype and extreme functional profile, to a disparate response to some National Institutes of Health 6/05/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $51,694 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Health literacy has emerged as an important construct because it's four components: cultural and conceptual knowledge, listening and speaking (oral literacy), writing and reading (print literacy), and numeracy affect the health outcomes of individuals. As
This spending item is part of a $167,146 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 7/16/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $47,226 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Survivors of cancer diagnosed during young adulthood (i.e., diagnosed between 18-39 years of age) (SCDYA) are an understudied population and likely have unique concerns and needs and face different challenges than survivors of either childhood or other ad
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National Institutes of Health 9/01/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $46,145 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Membrane fusion, a process critical for viral entry, is promoted by the paramyxovirus fusion (F) proteins. All F proteins contain a number of common features that play fundamental roles in fusion. However, significant National Institutes of Health 9/13/2010
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $41,738 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The spread of HIV and sexually transmitted diseases (STD) remains one of the most serious threats to general adolescent health. The severity of the STD/HIV threat increases significantly for adolescents when the intercorrelated use of illicit drugs and a
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National Institutes of Health 8/14/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $37,680 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Normal regulation of insulin gene transcription by glucose is essential for the maintenance of glucose homeostasis, and requires the beta-cell specific transcription factors Pdx-1, MafA and NeuroD1. However the exact mechanism(s) by which glucose increase National Institutes of Health 12/07/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $37,002 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Most behavioral traits have complex bases and are the result of interactions between multiple genes and/or environments. Therefore, advancing our knowledge of human behavior will require an understanding of the genetic, epigenetic, and environmental bases
This spending item is part of a $309,853 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 8/30/2010
University of Kentucky Research Foundation $35,524 ARRA - Prevention and Wellness--State Territories and Pacific Islands The Kentucky Department for Public Health (KDPH) proposes to implement policies, systems, and environment change strategies using the CDC recommended MAPPS (Media; Access; Point-of-Purchase/Promotion; Price; and Social Support and... Show more
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2/06/2010
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $33,413 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support As individuals age, muscle weakness and neuromuscular disorders have the potential to diminish the quality of life, increase health care costs, and lead to institutionalization. The larynx is part of a complex motor system that serves dually as the vibrat National Institutes of Health 5/20/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $32,801 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Membrane fusion, a process critical for viral entry, is promoted by the paramyxovirus fusion (F) proteins. All F proteins contain a number of common features that play fundamental roles in fusion. However, significant variations exist between F proteins r National Institutes of Health 6/04/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $32,332 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Normal regulation of insulin gene transcription by glucose is essential for the maintenance of glucose homeostasis, and requires the beta-cell specific transcription factors Pdx-1, MafA and NeuroD1. However the exact mechanism(s) by which glucose increase National Institutes of Health 7/16/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $31,928 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Circadian rhythms have long been known to influence behavioral and biological processes such as physical activity and feeding behavior. The fundamental importance of this system, which works to link physiology with the day/night cycle, is underscored by i National Institutes of Health 5/19/2010
Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital $30,436 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Kentuckians living in rural Appalachia suffer a disproportionate burden of negative health disparities, which is especially evident for persons with neurological conditions (spinal cord injury (SCI) traumatic brain injury (TBI) and stroke). Recently, the
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National Institutes of Health 7/06/2010
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $29,253 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The proposed research study responds to an unmet need for the successful implementation and dissemination of evidence-based tobacco cessation care for the uninsured. The overall intent of this research is to ultimately close the gap between research disco
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National Institutes of Health 8/11/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $26,557 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Challenge Area and Specific Challenge Topic: This application addresses broad Challenge Area (10) Information Technology for Processing Health Care Data and specific Challenge Topic, 10-RR-101*: Information Technology Demonstration Projects Facilitating S
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National Institutes of Health 9/24/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $21,948 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Cyclooxygenase (COX) inhibitors lower the risk of colorectal cancer (CRC) and inhibit tumor growth in animal and cell culture models. However, their efficacy in treating existing CRC remains controversial. Previous research in our laboratory has demonstra
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National Institutes of Health 5/13/2009
NAPROGENIX, INC. $10,000 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Title: Potential anti-relapse drugs: a plant genomics approach Description: Student to work research project as described as follows: Glutamate/NMDA (NMDARs) and nicotinic receptors (nicAChRs) in the CNS are accepted targets for antirelapse drugs. The ori National Institutes of Health 8/15/2009
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $0 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support A multidisciplinary team of collaborators from academic institutions and communities in Appalachian regions of Kentucky, West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland and Virginia are proposing to build on a strong foundation of previous activity
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National Institutes of Health 9/21/2009