Sponsored Research - Awarded/Active Grants

Survey of Amherst Senior and Midlife Population
Funding: Town of Amherst/Council on Aging
Investigators: Douglas L. Anderton and Randall Stokes
Since: 2009

Characterization of Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles in Human Breast Milk
Funding: NSF
Collaborators: Dougas L. Anderton and Kathleen Arcaro
Since: 2009

The Presence, Prevalance and Impact of Intracellular Chlamydia in Cells from Breast Milk
Funding: Avon Foundation
Investigators: Douglas L. Anderton and Kathleen Arcaro (Elizabeth Stuart, PI)
Since: 2009

M3 Team Grant: CSBS & CPPA Administration Grants Workshop
Funding: Andrew Mellon Foundation
Investigator: Joya Misra
Since: 2009

Environmental Impacts on Epigenetics: Bisphenol A and Promoter Methylation
Funding: Baystate Health Foundation
Investigators: Douglas L. Anderton, Kathleen Arcaro and David Reckhow
Since: 2009

Analysis of SKP2 and Associated Proteins in Estrogen-Receptor Negative Breast Cancers
Funding: Baystate Health Foundation
Investigators: Douglas Anderton, Christopher Otis and Katerina Fagan-Solis
Since: 2009

Predicting Breast Cancer by Detection of Promoter Hypermethylation in Serum DNA
Funding: Susan G. Komen Foundation
Investigators: Kathleen Arcaro and Susan Sturgeon
Since: 2009

The Institutional Origins of the United Negro College Fund
Funding: Rockefeller Archive Center
Investigator: Melissa Wooten
Since: 2009

Future of Work Project: Immigrant and Ethnic White Representation in Jobs
Funding: UMass Labor Center
Investigator: David Cort
Since: 2009

Doctoral Dissertation Research: Child Custody and Judicial Constructions of Parenthood
Funding: NSF
Investigators: Joya Misra and Kristy Thomas
Since: 2009

Advancing Sexuality Education, Health and Policy Using a New ABCD for Adolescent Sexuality
Funding: Ford Foundation
PI: Amy Schalet
Since: 2009

Unofficial Flexibility: An Analysis of Actual Day-to-Day Schedules
Funding: Sloan Foundation
Investigators: Dan Clawson and Naomi Gerstel
Since: 2009

Nanoparticle Models and New Analytical Methods to Study the Bioavailability and Toxicity of Nanomaterials
Funding: CHM/NSF
Investigators: Douglas Anderton, Kathleen Arcaro, Richard Vachet, Vincent Rotello and Julian Tyson
Since: 2008

Mutual Mentoring Initiative Grant
Funding: Andrew Mellon
Investigators: Anna Branch, David Cort, Emily Erikson, Dani Lainer-Vos, Andrew Papachristos, Wenona Rymond-Richmond, Amy Schalet and Melissa Wooten
Since: 2008

The Structural and Cultural Dynamics of Neighborhood Violence
Funding: NIJ (UMaryland-Prime)
Investigator: Andrew Papachristos
Since: 2008

Biomarkers for Early Detection of Breast Cancer and Increased Breast Cancer Risk
Funding: Department of Defense
Investigators: Kathleen Arcaro and Douglas L. Anderton
Since: 2008

Race and Infant Health Outcomes in the U.S. Military
Funding: NSF
Investigator: Jennifer Lundquist
Since: 2008

Family Policies and the Wage Penalty: A Cross-National and Multi-Level Approach
Funding: NSF
Investigators: Michelle Budig and Joya Misra
Since: 2008

Gene and Protein Expression of Paralemmin in Breast Cancer
Funding: Baystate Health Foundation
Investigators: Kathleen Arcaro, Douglas Anderton and Christopher Otis
Since: 2007

Role of Pregnancy and Lactation in Inhibiting Age-Induced Promoter Hypermethylation
Funding: Avon Foundation
PI: Kathleen Arcaro Collaborator: Douglas L. Anderton
Since: 2007

Editorship of Social Science History
Funding: Social Science History Association
PI: Douglas L. Anderton
Since: 2006

Strings Attached: International Donor Agencies and Latin American Women's Movements
Funding: University of Massachusetts - Faculty Research/CSBS Grant
PI: Millie Thayer
Since: 2006

NSEC: Center for Hierarchical Manufacturing (Nanotech)
Funding: NSF
Investigator: Douglas L. Anderton
PIs: Mark Tuominen and Thomas Russell
Since: 2006