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Douglas County, Neb., funds by Health and Human Services, Department of

Listing $52,712,383.35 in stimulus funds from Health and Human Services, Department of for Douglas

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 NEBRASKA $8,000,000 National Center for Research Resources, Recovery Act Construction Support This University of Nebraska Medical Center proposal describes a plan to renovate the entire interior of the 52,900-square-foot Eppley Cancer Institute building. Opened in 1963, most of the research taking place in the building ... Show more National Institutes of Health 1/12/2010
NEHII, INC. $4,898,275 ARRA - State Grants to Promote Health Information Technology The State of Nebraska, in partnership with the Nebraska Health Information Initiative (NeHII), is creating a statewide health information exchange. The goals of Nebraska's statewide health information exchange include improving health care ... Show more
This spending item is part of a $6,837,180 allocation. See details
Health and Human Services, Department of 3/15/2010
DOUGLAS COUNTY NEBRASKA $2,345,887 ARRA - Prevention and Wellness--Communities Putting Prevention to Work Communities Putting Prevention to Work (CPPW) is an ARRA-funded program that was designed to reduce risk factors and prevent/delay chronic disease and promote wellness in both children and adults. This initiative has a strong emph... Show more
This spending item is part of a $5,713,346 allocation. See details
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 3/19/2010
EASTERN NEBRASKA COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP $1,681,225 ARRA - Community Services Block Grant The nine community action agencies in Nebraska will use the $6.9 million in ARRA funds from the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) to help reduce poverty, revitalize low income communities and assist low income families become self sufficient. The mai
This spending item is part of a $6,969,553 allocation. See details
Administration for Children and Families 4/10/2009
CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY $1,188,117 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support DESCRIPTION: Fumonisin (FB1) is a mycotoxin produced by a common fungal contaminant of corn (maize) . An association has recently been observed between ingestion of FB1-contaminated maize during early pregnancy and increased risk for having a child with a
This spending item is part of a $2,715,666 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/24/2010
HEARTLAND COMMUNITY HEALTH NETWORK, INC. $1,181,323 ARRA Health Center Integrated Services Development Initiative[g1] OneWorld Community Health Centers, Inc. received the Health Information Technology (HIT) Implementation ARRA grant on behalf of Heartland Community Health Network, a health center controlled network (HCCN) consisting of five federally ... Show more
This spending item is part of a $1,511,083 allocation. See details
Health Resources and Services Administration 6/01/2010
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA $1,138,814 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Support for recruitment of a tenure track faculty member, Lie Gao, M.D.,Ph.D. for salary support and startup funds to elevate Dr. Lie Gao to a tenure tract Assistant Professor in the Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology at the University of N National Institutes of Health 9/30/2009
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA $1,028,456 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support To trim the previous 5-year project (lR01EY018380-1A2) for the 2-year funding by the ARRA, here, we propose to test our hypothesis by conduct the following studies. First, we will use molecular and biochemical methods to identify the binding sites in a-cr National Institutes of Health 5/14/2009
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA $1,007,177 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Mucus hypersecretion is a hallmark of obstructive lung diseases, including chronic bronchitis, asthma, and cystic fibrosis. This condition is the result of hypertrophy and hyperplasia of mucus cells. Secreted from goblet cells on the surface epithelium an National Institutes of Health 5/30/2009
APPLIED INFORMATION MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE $1,000,000 ARRA Strengthening Communities Fund ARRA Strengthening Communities Fund Nonprofits Capacity Building Program The goal of this program is to build the capacity of nonprofit partners in order to address the broad economic recovery issues present in our community, including helping low-incom Administration for Children and Families 9/23/2009
CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY $874,490 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Shedding of the airway epithelium with selective loss of columnar epithelial cells from their attachment to basal cells is a hallmark of all types of asthma. Indeed, chronic asthma is associated with widespread damage to the bronchial epithelium and with National Institutes of Health 7/16/2009
CENTRAL TERRITORIAL OF THE SALVATION ARMY $846,991 ARRA - Early Head Start The EHS FY 2009 ARRA Expansion The EHS ARRA Expansion award provides services to an additional 36 children under the age of 3 and pregnant women. The program is primarily a home based program but partners with community based child care centers to provi Administration for Children and Families 11/10/2009
ONEWORLD COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS, INC. $825,855 ARRA Health Center Integrated Services Development Initiative[g1] OneWorld, a federally qualified health center, has experienced tremendous patient and visit growth in the past three years; including a 26% growth in the number of patients in 2008 over 2007. OneWorld's capital improvement project inc... Show more Health Resources and Services Administration 6/25/2009
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA $742,500 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Recent evidence implicates that the oxidative stress plays a role in the etiology of Age-Related Cataract, and suggests that aged lens cells are prone to this damage due to reduced expression of antioxidants. Because ocular lens is constantly exposed to e National Institutes of Health 7/22/2009
CHARLES DREW HEALTH CENTER INC $681,480 ARRA Health Center Integrated Services Development Initiative[g1] In an effort to improve efficiency, assure HIPPA compliance and improve quality patient care and safety, CDHC requested and received funding to purchase a practice management and electronic health records system. The addition of the p... Show more Health Resources and Services Administration 6/29/2009
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA $677,843 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The overarching goal of the proposed project is to develop an innovative, durable academic-community research enterprise co-created and grounded by an equitable partnership among NebraskaG??s leading health science center and key community organizations w
This spending item is part of a $993,063 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 8/19/2010
CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY $639,791 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Recently bone quality has been widely realized to be more predictive for risk of fragility fractures than bone mineral density (BMD). Our parent R01 human study (R01AR04054496) is to characterize defects in bone quality, independent of bone mass, that con National Institutes of Health 9/30/2010
CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY $623,249 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Vitamin D, as measured by serum 25(OH)D, is prevalently low in older people, and more than 60% of North American female populations are below the optimal level. Low vitamin D is a serious problem since optimal serum 25(OH)D concentration is essential for National Institutes of Health 9/29/2009
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA $622,252 ARRA - Prevention and Wellness--Communities Putting Prevention to Work Communities Putting Prevention to Work (CPPW) is an ARRA-funded program that was designed to reduce risk factors and prevent/delay chronic disease and promote wellness in both children and adults. This initiative has a strong emph... Show more
This spending item is part of a $5,713,346 allocation. See details
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 3/19/2010
LIVE WELL OMAHA $617,145 ARRA - Prevention and Wellness--Communities Putting Prevention to Work Communities Putting Prevention to Work (CPPW) is an ARRA-funded program that was designed to reduce risk factors and prevent/delay chronic disease and promote wellness in both children and adults. This initiative has a strong emph... Show more
This spending item is part of a $5,713,346 allocation. See details
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 3/19/2010
CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY $616,760 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Role of microRNAs in mammalian ear development and neurosensory specification The purpose of this biomedical basic research grant is to investigate the function of genetic regulatory molecules termed microRNAs in the development and maintenance of sensor
This spending item is part of a $694,185 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 6/02/2009
CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY $583,167 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Recently bone quality has been widely realized to be more predictive for risk of fragility fractures than bone mineral density (BMD). Our parent R01 human study (R01AR04054496) is to characterize defects in bone quality, independent of bone mass, that con National Institutes of Health 9/29/2009
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA $552,338 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support A Computational Genotyping System for Improved Influenza Surveillance. The long-term goal of this research is to better understand how influenza A viruses evolv, spread, and cause disease, so that enhanced diagnoses and ultimately control strategies for i
This spending item is part of a $755,826 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 7/22/2009
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA $552,338 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support A Computational Genotyping System for Improved Influenza Surveillance. The long-term goal of this research is to better understand how influenza A viruses evolv, spread, and cause disease, so that enhanced diagnoses and ultimately control strategies for i
This spending item is part of a $755,826 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 7/22/2010
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA $538,868 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The overall goal of this proposal is to discover gene-linked SNPs in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) and to make these SNPs easily accessible to the non-human primate research community. We will focus on identifying SNPs associated with genes of research National Institutes of Health 9/09/2009
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA $500,000 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support SIG support in next generation DNA National Institutes of Health 3/25/2010
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA $499,577 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This application addresses broad Challenge Area (11): Regenerative Medicine and specific Challenge Topic 11-AA-102: Roles of Cellular Organelles and the Cytoskeleton in Alcohol-induced Organ Damage. Alcohol abuse and alcohol-induced liver disease are a ma
This spending item is part of a $998,212 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/28/2009
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA $492,171 ARRA - Prevention and Wellness--Communities Putting Prevention to Work Communities Putting Prevention to Work (CPPW) is an ARRA-funded program that was designed to reduce risk factors and prevent/delay chronic disease and promote wellness in both children and adults. This initiative has a strong emph... Show more
This spending item is part of a $5,713,346 allocation. See details
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 3/19/2010
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA $461,102 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The Confocal Microscopy Core Facility (CMCF) is housed in the Durham Research Center (DRC), which opened in 2006. The CMCF was initiated at UNMC in 1996 and has served the research goals of >80 scientists since then. It is used extensively by scientists f National Institutes of Health 5/20/2010
CITY OF OMAHA $456,528 ARRA - Prevention and Wellness--Communities Putting Prevention to Work Communities Putting Prevention to Work (CPPW) is an ARRA-funded program that was designed to reduce risk factors and prevent/delay chronic disease and promote wellness in both children and adults. This initiative has a strong emph... Show more
This spending item is part of a $5,713,346 allocation. See details
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 3/19/2010
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA $426,129 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Diagnostic gene expression profiles were first identified ten years ago to identify subsets of childhood leukemia. Since then, untold thousands of studies (2909 listed in PubMed using G??cancer diagnosis microarraysG??) have been published purporting to b
This spending item is part of a $2,862,111 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/29/2009
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA $418,251 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Sympatho-excitation contributes to the progressive deterioration of cardiac function in severe chronic heart failure (CHF). While we have learned much concerning the central mechanisms for this phenomenon there is still no satisfactory treatment for sympa
This spending item is part of a $771,758 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 7/16/2009
ONEWORLD COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS, INC. $393,366 ARRA Health Center Integrated Services Development Initiative[g1] OneWorld Community Health Centers, a federally qualilified health center, has experienced tremendous growth over the past few years including 26% growth in the patients from 2007 to 2008. Despite this growth, OneWorld has not been abl... Show more Health Resources and Services Administration 3/27/2009
CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY $388,475 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The senses of hearing and balance depend upon hair cells, the sensory receptors of the inner ear. Hair cells transduce mechanical stimuli into electrical activity. Loss of hair cells or damage to the transduction apparatus, the stereocilium bundle on the National Institutes of Health 6/02/2009
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA $384,756 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The work proposed could advance our fundamental understanding of the key factors that control the synthesis of mucin carbohydrates, the main determinants of mucin functions. The knowledge gained could help design strategy to develop therapeutic agents to National Institutes of Health 8/31/2009
DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 0001 $372,443 ARRA - Head Start Award Description: Award title is FY 2009 ARRA COLA/Ql. Award type is service. 1. Project name is ARRA Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA), and Quality Improvement Funding consistent with the provisions of Section 640(a) (5) of the Head Start Act. The awar
This spending item is part of a $521,171 allocation. See details
Administration for Children and Families 6/25/2009
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA $371,250 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Anti-retroviral therapy (ART) for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 infection has prolonged and improved quality and longevity of life. Nonetheless, disease morbidities associated with HIV abound, including cognitive dysfunction (HIV associated dementi National Institutes of Health 4/28/2009
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA $369,275 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Gene expression signatures that define the common categories of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) have been identified, including some unique subtypes not recognized previously. Molecular prognosticators for these NHLs have also been described. We have recentl National Institutes of Health 9/09/2009
CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY $361,250 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The ARRA funded project is a one year extension of an R56 grant intended to provide bridging support for my NIH-funded research program while we work to renew my existing NIH R01 research project and/or obtain new NIH funding. The focus of my research pr National Institutes of Health 5/29/2009
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA $348,002 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The parent grant investigates how Cbl family ubiquitin ligase-dependent and ubiquitin-mediated negative regulation negative regulation of EGF receptor is effected at the biochemical and cellular levels and to what extent this physiological negative regula National Institutes of Health 8/27/2009
CHARLES DREW HEALTH CENTER INC $334,290 ARRA Health Center Integrated Services Development Initiative[g1] Increased Demand for Services funding assisted Charles Drew Health Center in retaining (5) FTE employees: medical assistant, dental assistant, medical records clerk, medical receptionist and an accounting assistant. By retaining thes... Show more Health Resources and Services Administration 3/27/2009
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA $330,357 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support A recent report by Kohanski et al. demonstrated that multiple classes of bactericidal antibiotics stimulate the production of hydroxyl radicals thus accelerating bacterial cell death in Escherichia coli. Although different classes of antibiotics have uni
This spending item is part of a $412,854 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 5/07/2009
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA $330,015 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This COBRE application proposes to continue The Nebraska Center for Cellular Signaling that was established to strengthen the research within UNMC and particularly the College of Dentistry. The stated objectives of the Center were 1) to expand the current
This spending item is part of a $400,000 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/23/2009
ONEWORLD COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS, INC. $329,760 ARRA Health Center Integrated Services Development Initiative[g1] OneWorld Community Health Centers, Inc. received the Health Information Technology (HIT) Implementation ARRA grant on behalf of Heartland Community Health Network, a health center controlled network (HCCN) consisting of five federally ... Show more
This spending item is part of a $1,511,083 allocation. See details
Health Resources and Services Administration 6/01/2010
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA $325,323 The purpose of this contract is to obtain services for the Student/Resident Experiences and Rotations in Community Health (SEARCH) program(s) to provide opportunities for health professions students to serve on multidisciplinary health care teams in under
This spending item is part of a $595,215 allocation. See details
Health Resources and Services Administration 9/30/2009
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA $299,514 ARRA ? Equipment to Enhance Training for Health Professionals The Equipment to Enhance Training for Health Professionals-Comprehensive Geriatric Education Porgram grant is for the purpose of purchasing equipment for a Mobile Medical Clinic. An order for a Mobile Medical Clinic MH38 Diesel has been p... Show more Health Resources and Services Administration 9/03/2010
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA $297,000 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), with various difficult-to-kill strains isolated clinically and from communities, caused 94,360 serious infections and 18,650 deaths in the United States in 2005. To tackle this problem, we propose to eng National Institutes of Health 8/16/2010
FATHER FLANAGAN'S BOY'S HOME INC $296,022 ARRA - Prevention and Wellness--Communities Putting Prevention to Work Communities Putting Prevention to Work (CPPW) is an ARRA-funded program that was designed to reduce risk factors and prevent/delay chronic disease and promote wellness in both children and adults. This initiative has a strong emph... Show more
This spending item is part of a $5,713,346 allocation. See details
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 3/19/2010
FATHER FLANAGAN'S BOY'S HOME INC $288,544 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support While previous studies have shown that children with mild-to-severe hearing loss are at risk for poorer language, academic, social and psychological outcomes, these studies were conducted prior to the implementation of universal newborn hearing screening
This spending item is part of a $470,431 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 7/17/2009
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA $280,500 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Retinal degenerations are a group of genetically heterogeneous disorders that can often be classified according to the type of pathology observed in rod and cone photoreceptors. These diseases affect one in every 4000 individuals and it is clear the sever National Institutes of Health 9/30/2009
PONCA TRIBE OF NEBRASKA $275,378 Our clinic is housed in an older facility and is need of various improvements and repairs. Flooring and roofing repairs are badly needed and our current fire alarm system doesn't meet code so the ARRA funded projects will allow us to make some badly nee Indian Health Service 1/19/2010
PONCA TRIBE OF NEBRASKA $275,378 ARRA - IHS Tribal Agreements Flooring and roof replacement and fire alarm system upgrade. Indian Health Service 1/19/2010
FATHER FLANAGAN'S BOY'S HOME INC $273,852 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The purpose of the parent R01 grant application DC010202 is translational, namely, to improve the clinical diagnosis of auditory pathology in infants and children (Aims 1-3), the monitoring of the effects of ototoxic drugs on adult hearing (Aim 4), and th
This spending item is part of a $356,607 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 8/14/2009
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA $262,879 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The proposal plans to perform a comprehensive detection of fusion transcripts in acute myeloid leukemia, with the aims to identify new genes contributing to this disease and to identify new markers for clinical diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of this d
This spending item is part of a $509,211 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 3/04/2011
ONEWORLD COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS, INC. $258,455 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The overarching goal of the proposed project is to develop an innovative, durable academic-community research enterprise co-created and grounded by an equitable partnership among NebraskaG??s leading health science center and key community organizations w
This spending item is part of a $993,063 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 8/19/2010
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA $254,091 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The goal of this proposal is to examine how impairments and alterations in trafficking and targeting of lipid droplets (LD) to specific organelles influences LD accumulation in steatosis and contributes to alcohol-induced fatty liver disease (AFLD). We h
This spending item is part of a $499,999 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/28/2009
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA $245,910 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The Nebraska Research Network in Functional Genomics has two major components, the undergraduate campuses located throughout the State and the research campuses located in Omaha and Lincoln. On the undergraduate campuses, INBRE will support 24 faculty dir
This spending item is part of a $398,855 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 8/13/2009
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA $242,673 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The UNMC Eppley Cancer Center is an NCI-designated matrix Clinical Cancer Center at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) conducting a wide range of basic, clinical, translational and population science cancer research. The Cancer Center Direct National Institutes of Health 9/20/2009
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA $232,638 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The Nebraska Research Network in Functional Genomics has two major components, the undergraduate campuses located throughout the State and the research campuses located in Omaha and Lincoln. On the undergraduate campuses, INBRE will support 24 faculty dir
This spending item is part of a $640,079 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 7/13/2009
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA $226,931 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The genes of Runx1 and its heterodimeric partner Cbf? are disrupted by chromosomal translocations, inversions and point mutations in over 30% of human leukemias. Ets1 is amplified and rearranged in leukemia and lymphoma, and elevated Ets1 expression has National Institutes of Health 9/30/2009
FATHER FLANAGAN'S BOY'S HOME INC $219,340 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This supplement will validate a novel method developed by us to quantify the matrix potential to calcify. This method uses a Fura-2 calibration kit to G?extractG? Ca2+ from matrix proteins to better test the hypothesis that Oc90 can lead to accumulation o National Institutes of Health 7/17/2009
CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY $216,750 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support With the advent of modern engineered tissues for human transplant arises the need to improved tissue preservation technologies. In this regard, simple sugar solutions have proven to be effective in the long term preservation of biological tissues both co National Institutes of Health 8/04/2009
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA $212,273 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Endocytic recycling is essential for the control of receptors on the plasma membrane in mammalian cells. Consequently, recycling impacts health by regulating crucial cellular events such as signal transduction and proliferation, cholesterol homeostasis, n National Institutes of Health 9/30/2009
GRETCHEN SWANSON CENTER FOR NUTRITION $198,556 ARRA - Prevention and Wellness--Communities Putting Prevention to Work Communities Putting Prevention to Work (CPPW) is an ARRA-funded program that was designed to reduce risk factors and prevent/delay chronic disease and promote wellness in both children and adults. This initiative has a strong emph... Show more
This spending item is part of a $5,713,346 allocation. See details
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 3/19/2010
FATHER FLANAGAN'S BOY'S HOME INC $197,642 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The purpose of the supplement is to fund two part-time undergraduate research assistants and purchase supplies to conduct studies of neuronal circuitry in the octopus region of the PVCN. Making brain sections and learning the method of inserting dyes into National Institutes of Health 7/17/2009
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA $197,273 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Invasive breast cancer in women is a leading cause of cancer deaths in the US each year. Approximately 25% of these malignancies overexpress the tyrosine kinase receptor ErbB2/neu, which serves as a prognostic marker and therapeutic target. The oncoprote National Institutes of Health 9/22/2009
EDUCARE OF OMAHA $195,683 ARRA - Head Start The Early Learning Mentor Coaches grant is designed to provide mentoring/coaching support to classroom teachers to enhance the instructional strategies the teachers use with Head Start children. There are 450 children are served. Nineteen classrooms and 3
This spending item is part of a $222,089 allocation. See details
Administration for Children and Families 9/16/2010
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA $185,625 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The purpose of this research project is to evaluate a behavior management intervention involving brief scheduled breaks to reduce distress in children undergoing restorative dental treatment. The research accomplishes several important needs by using a we National Institutes of Health 7/06/2010
CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY $182,395 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Considerable advances have been made in the study of opioid receptor structure and function, and in recent years evidence has accumulated that opioid receptors can interact with one another. Early studies demonstrated that antagonism of delta opioid recep
This spending item is part of a $622,810 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 7/16/2009
FATHER FLANAGAN'S BOY'S HOME INC $174,999 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This Core Center supplement has allowed us to hire a systems analyst-programmer who would accelerate both ongoing and future research projects by overcoming limitations in our locally developed data-collection and database software. A significant advantag National Institutes of Health 7/17/2009
HEARTLAND COMMUNITY HEALTH NETWORK, INC. $170,675 ARRA - Health Information Technology Extension Program Project/Program Title: HIT Extension Centers - 3012. The purpose of this award is to serve as the Health Information Technology Regional Extension Center for the State of Nebraska. Wide River Technology Extension Center (TEC) is working to creat... Show more
This spending item is part of a $8,062,318 allocation. See details
Health and Human Services, Department of 2/08/2010
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA $158,782 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support We propose to build upon our experience in meta-analysis, large-scale epidemiology, and cost-effectiveness research in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) using three large RA registries, a systematic literature review, and computerized simulation modeling to study
This spending item is part of a $999,956 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/29/2009
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA $152,945 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The Nebraska Research Network in Functional Genomics has two major components, the undergraduate campuses located throughout the State and the research campuses located in Omaha and Lincoln. On the undergraduate campuses, INBRE will support 24 faculty dir
This spending item is part of a $398,855 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 8/13/2009
FATHER FLANAGAN'S BOY'S HOME INC $146,000 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The goal of this project was to demonstrate the feasibility and effectiveness of conducting research experiments and conducting clinical measurements with cochlear implant (CI) recipients via remote/distance technology. This study evaluated the following National Institutes of Health 7/17/2009
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA $144,460 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Neural progenitor cells (NPC) are present throughout life and replenish neurons and glia (astrocytes and oligodendrocytes) through neurogenesis, a process that requires proper migration, proliferation and differentiation of NPC. Neurogenesis appears to be National Institutes of Health 8/11/2009
CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY $143,104 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The ARRA funded project is in response to PAR-09-028, Shared Instrumentation Grant Program, and requests a GE Healthcare Typhoon 9410 Workstation. The acquisition of the Typhoon 9410 will enhance ongoing NIH funded research in areas such as prion pathoge National Institutes of Health 3/18/2010
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA $142,815 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the most common type of inflammatory arthritis; while there are now many effective medications to treat it, these drugs vary greatly in cost (up to $15,000/year) and side effects and there is no way to predict which drug is be
This spending item is part of a $3,344,252 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/29/2009
Nebraska Center For Healthy Marriage and Families $141,835 ARRA - Prevention and Wellness--Communities Putting Prevention to Work Communities Putting Prevention to Work (CPPW) is an ARRA-funded program that was designed to reduce risk factors and prevent/delay chronic disease and promote wellness in both children and adults. This initiative has a strong emph... Show more
This spending item is part of a $5,713,346 allocation. See details
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 3/19/2010
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA $136,330 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The long-range objectives of the Colorado Learning Disabilities Research Center (CLDRC) are the identification, characterization, validation and amelioration of reading disabilities and ADHD, the two most prevalent and often co-morbid disorders of childho
This spending item is part of a $1,078,118 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/07/2010
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA $134,422 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This proposal will focus on HIV infection studies with HIV-ADA and will not compare different HIV isolates. Primary isolates will be performed in future studies. The scope is limited to cystatins B/C and cathepsin B. Includes studies of MDM and superna
This spending item is part of a $1,000,452 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 6/19/2009
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA $133,919 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The overall objective of this research proposal is to define the multifaceted role of the MUC4 mucin in the pathogenesis of pancreatic cancer (PC). During past funding cycles, we have made considerable progress, beginning with the cloning of the MUC4 cDNA National Institutes of Health 8/27/2009
CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY $132,572 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Determine if the superinfecting HY TME agent persists in animals when blocked by prior infection with the DY TME agent. Determine if HY TME agent emergence is inevitable. The data generated will further refine the parameters of prion strain interferenc National Institutes of Health 9/07/2009
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA $127,148 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The Nebraska Research Network in Functional Genomics has two major components, the undergraduate campuses located throughout the State and the research campuses located in Omaha and Lincoln. On the undergraduate campuses, INBRE will support 24 faculty dir
This spending item is part of a $413,452 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/01/2009
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA $125,758 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Diagnostic gene expression profiles were first identified ten years ago to identify subsets of childhood leukemia. Since then, untold thousands of studies (2909 listed in PubMed using G??cancer diagnosis microarraysG??) have been published purporting to b
This spending item is part of a $2,862,111 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/29/2009
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA $125,000 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The main purpose of this proposal is to use the allocated funds for the purchase of an ultrasensitive iTC200 microcalorimeter from GE Healthcare, Microcal Products Group. This isothermal titration calorimeter (ITC) is capable of measuring complete therm National Institutes of Health 12/09/2009
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA $124,290 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Coronary thrombosis on a ruptured coronary plaque is the main pathophysiologic event that leads to acute coronary syndromes (ACS). Clinical methods currently utilized to treat this are fibrinolytic agents or percutaneous coronary interventions, combined w
This spending item is part of a $188,363 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 7/30/2009
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA $111,375 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The goals of this project are to begin the identification and study of nuclear proteins that associate with the transcription factor Sox2 during the reprogramming of somatic cells to a pluripotent stem cell state. Sox2 is a major focus of the PIG??s labo National Institutes of Health 8/14/2009
EASTERN NEBRASKA HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY $111,216 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 care centers and faithbased settings.
This spending item is part of a $376,813 allocation. See details
Administration on Aging 3/18/2009
CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY $110,992 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Physiological and biomechanical analyses of Parkinsonian rigidity - ParkinsonG??s disease significantly impairs the quality of life of the individual. The disease currently affects at least 1.5 million Americans and an additional 75,000 cases are diagnos National Institutes of Health 9/29/2009
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA $108,000 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Estrogen exposure correlates with a reduced risk of colorectal cancer (CRC). Nonetheless, little is known about the mechanisms through which estrogens protect against CRC. At least some of the effects of estrogens on CRC are likely mediated via the estrog National Institutes of Health 9/22/2009
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA $106,660 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Organic dust exposure is an important occupational hazard for persons who work in swine confinement barns. Organic dust exposure to naive individuals results in an intense systemic and pulmonary inflammatory response that attenuates over time, suggestive National Institutes of Health 8/01/2009
GROWING GARDENERS, INC $105,980 ARRA - Prevention and Wellness--Communities Putting Prevention to Work Communities Putting Prevention to Work (CPPW) is an ARRA-funded program that was designed to reduce risk factors and prevent/delay chronic disease and promote wellness in both children and adults. This initiative has a strong emph... Show more
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 3/19/2010
Wellness Council of The Midlands $103,989 ARRA - Prevention and Wellness--Communities Putting Prevention to Work Communities Putting Prevention to Work (CPPW) is an ARRA-funded program that was designed to reduce risk factors and prevent/delay chronic disease and promote wellness in both children and adults. This initiative has a strong emph... Show more
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 3/19/2010
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA $103,950 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a devastating disease that affecting 1 million people world wide. Due to the unknown etiology, there is no specific treatment currently available for SLE. The hallmark for SLE is the production of disease associated a National Institutes of Health 8/30/2010
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA $101,371 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Apoptosis, or programmed cell death, is a biochemical pathway critical to normal development and tissue homeostasis in multi-cellular organisms. Aberrant suppression of apoptosis is a requisite contributor to human cancer. The long-term objective of this National Institutes of Health 1/15/2010
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA $100,000 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) will partner with the Aberdeen Area Tribal Chairmen's Health Board (AATCHB), with tribal schools in Nebraska and South Dakota, and with an urban elementary school to develop, implement and evaluate health scien National Institutes of Health 9/07/2009
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA $99,955 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Kidney transplantation (KTX) improves mortality in patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD), but cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the most common cause of death and kidney graft loss after KTX. Undertreated traditional CVD risk factors likely cont National Institutes of Health 9/11/2009
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA $98,780 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The renal preglomerular microvasculature is critically involved in achieving the homeostatic functions of the kidneys, including the regulation of Na+ and H2O excretion. The primary Na+ retaining hormone, angiotensin II (AngII), acts via AT1 receptors (AT National Institutes of Health 9/22/2009
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA $97,684 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The long-term goal of this research is to understand how bacterial autolysis contributes to biofilm formation. Bacteria are commonly found in the environment as complex biofilm communities. This has clinical significance as pathogens often form biofilms d National Institutes of Health 7/17/2009
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA $97,232 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The Colorado Learning and Disablities Research Center (CLDRC) consists of an Administrative Cores and Five Component Projects that focus on the identification, characterization, validation and amelioration of reading disabilities (RD) and ADHD, the two m
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National Institutes of Health 9/30/2009
CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY $90,999 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Development of Artificial Agonists for a Bacterial Riboswitch The threat of bacterial infections due to lack of effective antibiotics has come to the forefront as these pathogens become resistant to almost every antibiotic available to the public. The ne
This spending item is part of a $129,949 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/28/2009
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA $90,082 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Funds were provided to purchase a specialized microscope (total internal reflectance microscope) that will be used to visualize the movements of single molecules or single synaptic vesicles. We will use this microscope to analyze the mechanisms used by p National Institutes of Health 9/16/2009
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA $90,000 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Elevated distal flow rates resulting from volume expansion or diuretic therapy increase the delivery of fluid and electrolytes to the distal nephron resulting in stimulation of K+ secretion, often reducing plasma [K+] to critically low levels. It is known National Institutes of Health 9/21/2009
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA $89,605 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Within our cells, there are immune system receptors that capture fragments from viruses (if the cell is infected with a virus, such as influenza), or capture fragments from abnormal proteins if the cell is a cancer cell. These receptors then show these f National Institutes of Health 9/14/2009
EDUCARE OF OMAHA $89,293 ARRA - Head Start Award Description: Award title is FY 2009 ARRA COLA/Ql. Award type is service. 1. Project name is ARRA Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA), and Quality Improvement Funding consistent with the provisions of Section 640(a) (5) of the Head Start Act. The awar
This spending item is part of a $521,171 allocation. See details
Administration for Children and Families 6/25/2009
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA $81,168 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This program of investigation focuses on the genetics of Specific Language Impairment. We investigate longitudinal behavioral language phenotypes within a multi-gene developmental model involving a complex interaction of genetics, developmental brain chan
This spending item is part of a $296,171 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 8/14/2009
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA $80,000 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Heavy alcohol intake is known to damage the ability of the lung to protect itself from infections such as pneumonia and bronchitis. The lung's first line of defense against such infection is to trap inhaled particles and propel them out of the lung using National Institutes of Health 9/03/2010
CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY $78,589 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The use of anti-retroviral agents (ART), namely highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART) has significantly diminished the mortality associated with human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1) disease. However, tre National Institutes of Health 9/29/2010
Community Bicycle Shop of Omaha $74,766 ARRA - Prevention and Wellness--Communities Putting Prevention to Work Communities Putting Prevention to Work (CPPW) is an ARRA-funded program that was designed to reduce risk factors and prevent/delay chronic disease and promote wellness in both children and adults. This initiative has a strong emph... Show more
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 3/19/2010
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA $74,250 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support An important component of treatment development for destructive behavior involves the identification of effective reinforcers. Functional analysis is one method of identifying the reinforcer that maintains destructive behavior. Identifying the specific re National Institutes of Health 5/13/2009
CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY $62,140 Recovery Act Comparative Effectiveness Research - AHRQ This proposed work is responsive to the RFP HS-10-009: Comparative Effectiveness Research to Optimize Prevention and Healthcare Management for the Complex Patient. The proposed work addresses several of the Institute of MedicineG??s (IOMG??s) nat... Show more
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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 9/28/2010
NEBRASKA METHODIST COLLEGE $60,519 ARRA - Nurse Faculty Loan Program NFLP-ARRA - The Nurse Faculty Loan provides funds to eligible schools of nursing that offer advanced education nursing programs to prepare graduates to serve as faculty in a school of nursing. Health Resources and Services Administration 8/10/2009
EDUCARE OF OMAHA $59,435 ARRA - Head Start Award Description: Award title is FY 2009 ARRA COLA/Ql. Award type is service. 1. Project name is ARRA Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA), and Quality Improvement Funding consistent with the provisions of Section 640(a) (5) of the Head Start Act. The awar
This spending item is part of a $521,171 allocation. See details
Administration for Children and Families 6/25/2009
CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY $58,476 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support DESCRIPTION - With a long-term goal to better understand the molecular mechanisms of epithelial innate immune responses to pathogens, we will investigate innate immunity in cholangiocytes (epithelial cells lining the biliary tract) in response to Cryptosp National Institutes of Health 9/29/2010
CENTRAL TERRITORIAL OF THE SALVATION ARMY $57,266 ARRA - Head Start FY 2009 ARRA COLA/QUALITY IMPROVEMENT ARRA COLA/Quality Funds were used to give and maintain a COLA of 3.5% to employees of the EHS program. In addition supplies, training and resources were provided to center based partners. Translation of EHS materia Administration for Children and Families 6/18/2009
DOUGLAS COUNTY NEBRASKA $56,765 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The overarching goal of the proposed project is to develop an innovative, durable academic-community research enterprise co-created and grounded by an equitable partnership among NebraskaG??s leading health science center and key community organizations w
This spending item is part of a $993,063 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 8/19/2010
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA $56,133 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The Nebraska Research Network in Functional Genomics has two major components, the undergraduate campuses located throughout the State and the research campuses located in Omaha and Lincoln. On the undergraduate campuses, INBRE will support 24 faculty dir
This spending item is part of a $640,079 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 7/13/2009
EASTERN NEBRASKA HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY $54,752 Aging Home-Delivered Nutrition Services for States ARRA provided 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 $185,508 allocation. See details
Administration on Aging 3/18/2009
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA $54,000 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Multidrug resistance is a major obstacle to curing cancer because cancer cells become resistant to diverse and unrelated therapeutic compounds. A mechanism for multidrug resistance is the active extrusion of chemotherapeutic drugs from cancer cells by ABC National Institutes of Health 9/28/2009
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA $44,966 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Anti-retroviral therapy (ART) for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 infection has prolonged and improved quality and longevity of life. Nonetheless, disease morbidities associated with HIV abound, including cognitive dysfunction seen during the later s
This spending item is part of a $512,479 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/03/2010
AFRICAN AMERICAN EMPOWERMENT NETWORK, INC. $31,374 ARRA - Prevention and Wellness--Communities Putting Prevention to Work Communities Putting Prevention to Work (CPPW) is an ARRA-funded program that was designed to reduce risk factors and prevent/delay chronic disease and promote wellness in both children and adults. This initiative has a strong emph... Show more
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 3/19/2010
NEBRASKA METHODIST COLLEGE $30,759 ARRA - Nurse Faculty Loan Program The Nurse Faculty Loan Program (NFLP) serves as an incentive for nurses to select careers as nurse educators. By providing financial support to nurse faculty candidates, HHS contributes to improving the supply of the nurse educators and therefore the Nat Health Resources and Services Administration 6/14/2010
NEBRASKA METHODIST COLLEGE $30,759 ARRA - Nurse Faculty Loan Program The Nurse Faculty Loan Program provides funds to eligible schools of nursing that offer advanced education nursing programs to prepare graduates to serve as faculty in a school of nursing. Health Resources and Services Administration 6/16/2010
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA $30,063 University of Nebraska has been awarded a contract to provide tumor types to the NCI for The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) project. Specifically this award is to fund the provision of lymphoma specimens (N=37). The collection of the specimens is being perfor National Institutes of Health 9/22/2010
CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY $29,825 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This supplement will provide summer funding for undergraduates to participate in research. Students will assist in the animal experiments and cell culture exeriments as a part of the parent grant. This award will accelerate the successful completion of th National Institutes of Health 6/01/2009
NEBRASKA FOOD BANK NETWORK, INC. THE $26,840 ARRA - Community Services Block Grant The nine community action agencies in Nebraska will use the $6.9 million in ARRA funds from the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) to help reduce poverty, revitalize low income communities and assist low income families become self sufficient. The mai
This spending item is part of a $6,969,553 allocation. See details
Administration for Children and Families 4/10/2009
DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 0001 $26,406 ARRA - Head Start The Early Learning Mentor Coaches grant is designed to provide mentoring/coaching support to classroom teachers to enhance the instructional strategies the teachers use with Head Start children. There are 450 children are served. Nineteen classrooms and 3
This spending item is part of a $222,089 allocation. See details
Administration for Children and Families 9/16/2010
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA $23,760 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The overall objective of the funding received from this supplement to my NIH-funded research grant is to bring undergraduate biology students or other students in other scientific curricula to my laboratory or colleagues laboratories for a summer research National Institutes of Health 7/13/2009
ALEGENT HEALTH $13,294 ARRA - Prevention and Wellness--Communities Putting Prevention to Work Communities Putting Prevention to Work (CPPW) is an ARRA-funded program that was designed to reduce risk factors and prevent/delay chronic disease and promote wellness in both children and adults. This initiative has a strong emph... Show more
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 3/19/2010
DENTALEZ, INC. $12,898 This will and does help stimulate the economy with keeping people employed and as well spending of money within our company to outside vendors of materials used to produce and manufacter our equipment. This as well helps improve the health care sector t Indian Health Service 8/25/2009
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA $9,000 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) are involved in various cellular signaling processes and activated by a diverse array of ligands. Many major diseases involve in malfunction of these receptors. Therefore, they are among the most important drug targets
This spending item is part of a $95,017 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 7/28/2009