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NIH Merit and RO1 Awards

Dr. Steven N. Treistman Medical Sciences Campus	NIH Merit Award R37AA12054 Ethanol Action on Ion Channels in Artificial Bilayers NIH R01AA08003 Alcohol Action on Nerve Terminals and Cell Bodies NIH R01AA018038 The Role of BK Channel Composition in Alcohol Tolerance and Consumption NIH R01AA017920 Mirna Regulation of Gene Expression In Alcohol Tolerance And Withdrawal
Dr. Guillermo Bernal Río Piedras Campus	NIH R01MH067893 Parent Intervention in CBT for Depressed Latino Youth
Dr. Kaumudi Joshipura Medical Sciences Campus	NIH R01DE017176 Periodontitis, Biomarkers and Cardiovascular Disease
Dr. Gregory Quirk Medical Sciences Campus	NIH R01MH058883 Prefrontal Amygdala Interaction in Fear Conditioning NIH R01MH081975 Translational Studies of Prefrontal Control of Fear Extinction
Dr. Nelson Varas Río Piedras Campus	NIH R01MH080694 AIDS Stigma among Health Professionals in Puerto Rico
Dr. Michael Clatts Medical Sciences Campus	NIH R01DA022170 Diffusion of HIV-1 among Drug Using Men in SE Asia NIH R01DA016188 Male IDUs in Viet Nam: Ethno-Epidemiology of HIV Risk
Dr. Walter Frontera Medical Sciences Campus	NIH R01 AG01884 * Lower extremity muscle power and function in the elderly *PI: Roger Fielding Grantee Institution: Tufts University Boston
Dr. Loyda Melendez Medical Sciences Campus	NIH R01 MH083516 Modulation of Cystatins and Cathepsins in HIV-1 Neuropatogenesis
Dr. Ann Macpherson-Sanchez Mayaguez Campus	NIH R01 HL091826 Using Community Based Participatory Research To Improve Health In Children
Dr. Edmundo Kraiselburd Medical Sciences Campus	NIH R01 AI084142* Cellular Innate Activation as a Tactic to Prevent HIV-1 Transmission *Grantee Institution: Wistar Institute, Pennsylvania

Research Center for Excellence

Dr. Glorisa Canino

Dr. Glorisa Canino
Medical Sciences Campus

NIH P60MD002261
UPR-CHA Research Center of Excellence: Making a Difference for Latino Health

NIH Career Awards

Dr. Kaumudi Joshipura Medical Sciences Campus	NIH K24DE016884 Clinical Research and Mentoring in Oral Epidemiology
Dr. Evangelia Morou Medical Sciences Campus	K23DE015285 Urease Activity and Dental Caries in Children
Dr. Marcia Cruz Medical Sciences Campus	NIH K22CA115913 Clinicopathology of IGF2 loss of imprinting in colon neoplasia

NSF Career Awards

Dr. Carlos Rinaldi Mayagüez Campus	NSF 547150 Response of Novel Suspensions of Magnetic Nanoparticles to Time Varying Magnetic Fields
Dr. Manuel Rodríguez Mayagüez Campus	NSF 448184 Net Traveler: A Database Middleware System for Ubiquitous Data Access on Wide-Area Networks
Dr. Arturo Hernández Mayagüez Campus	NSF 546370 A Research and Education Program in Nanostructured Materials for Adsorption Based Separations at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez

Dr. Carmen Zorrilla Medical Sciences Campus	U54RR019507 Puerto Rico Comprehensive Center for HIV Disparities
Dr. Walter Frontera Medical Sciences Campus	NIH U54CA096297 PRCC/MDACC: Partners for Excellence in Cancer Research
Dr. Edmundo Kraiselburd Medical Sciences Campus	NIH 5U54NS043011 A Caribbean Project for Clinical and Basic Neuroscience Research
Dr. José García Arrarás Medical Sciences Campus	U54NS039405 Specialized Program in Cellular & Molecular Neurobiology

Institutional Research Program Awards

Dr. Emma Fernández-Repollet and Dr. José Conde Medical Sciences Campus	NIH G12RR003051 RCMI Program University of Puerto Rico Multidisciplinary Collaborative Research Program
Dr. Julio Benabe Medical Sciences Campus	NIH P20RR01126 Medical Sciences Clinical Research Development Center
Dr. Carmen Cadilla Medical Sciences Campus	NIH R25GM061838 MBRS-RISE at the UPR-Medical Sciences Campus
Dr. Augusto Elías Medical Sciences Campus	NIH U24DE015003 Research Infrastructure Pathway in Centered Oral Epidemiology
Dr. Fernando A. González Río Piedras Campus	NIH P20 RR016470 Alliance for the Advancement of Biomedical Research Excellence in Puerto Rico
Dr. Reginald Morales Río Piedras Campus	NIH R25GM061151 Support for University Biomedical Excellence at UPR-RP NIH T34GM007821 Rio Piedras Marc U*Star Development Program
Dr. Estela Estapé Medical Sciences Campus	NIH R25RR017589 Clinical Research Education and Career Development in Minority Institution
Dr. Walter Silva Medical Sciences Campus	NIH S06GM008224 MBRS SCORE Program at the UPR Medical Sciences Campus
Dr. Edmundo Kraiselburd Medical Sciences Campus	NIH U24RR018108 Enhancement Of The CPRC-SPF Rhesus Monkey Program
Dr. Brad Weiner Río Piedras Campus	NSF Award: 701525 Infrastructure Building Towards an Institute for Functional Nanomaterials (IFN) in Puerto Rico
Dr. Elvira Cuevas Río Piedras Campus	NSF Award:0734826 Center for Applied Tropical Ecology and Conservation: Biodiversity Conservation Under the Scenario of Climate Change
Dr. Manuel Gómez Resource Center for Science and Engineering	NSF Award: 0601843 Puerto Rico Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation, Phase IV: Sustaining Numerical Goals and Building Permanent Pathways to Graduate Studies
Dr. Nicholas Brokaw Río Piedras Campus	NSF Award: 620910 Luquillo LTER Program 4: Understanding Changes in the Ecosystem of Northeastern Puerto Rico
Dr. Alonso Ramírez Río Piedras Campus	NSF 552557 Undergraduate research on Tropical Ecosystems; From Forests to Cities
Dr. Idalia Ramos Humacao Campus	NSF Award: 353730 PENN-UPR Partnership for Research and Education in Materials
Dr. Isar Godreau Cayey Campus	NIH P20MD001112 Developing Biomedical and Sociobehavioral Improvement Program
Dr. Samuel Hernández Mayagüez Campus	DOD Army Center for the Development of Chemical Sensor Development
Dr. Ruperto Chaparro Mayagüez Campus	NOAA Sea Grant Program Puerto Rico Sea Grant Program
Dr. Marcelo Suárez Mayagüez Campus	NSF Award: 351449 Synergistic Partnership for Research and Education on Functional and Nanostructured Materials
Dr. Govind Nadatur Mayagüez Campus	NIH S06GM008103 MBRS-SCORE Program of the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez
Dr. Miguel Vélez Mayagüez Campus	NSF 9986821 Lead Institution: Northeastern University Engineering Research Center for Subsurface Image Sensing
Dr. Sandra Cruz Pol Mayagüez Campus	NSF 0313747 Lead Institution: University of Massachusetts Amherst Center for Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere
Dr. Carlos Velazquez Mayagüez Campus	NSF 0540855 Lead Institution: Rutgers University Center for Environmental Benign Semiconductor Manufacturing
Dr. Nayda Santiago Mayagüez Campus	NSF 9986860 Lead Institution: University of Massachusetts Amherst Wireless Integrated Microsystems
Dr. Carlos Cabrera Río Piedras Campus	Partnership project between NASA and the University of Puerto Rico Center for Advanced Nanoscale Materials (CANM)