Grants and Awards

1) West Chester University Faculty Development Award. "Heart attack: cause and prevention of sudden death." Awarded 1998.80 for the purchase of chemicals necessary for a carnitine assay. Period of support = Jan '87- July '87.

2) WCU Faculty Development Award. "Cultured cardiac myocytes: a model system useful for the study of heart disease." Awarded 765.00 for the purchase of a tissue homogenizer. Period of support= July '87- Dec '87.

3) SSHE Faculty Development Award. "Cultured cardiac myocytes: a model system useful for the study of heart disease." Awarded 700.00 for the purchase of tissue culture supplies. Period of support = May 1987- May 1988.

4) WCU Research and Publication Award. "Cellular Mechanisms of Sudden Death in Ischemic Heart Disease." Awarded 3495.00 for the purchase of a vibration isolation table. Period of Support = May 1988.

5) Academic Research Enhancement Award (National Institutes of Health/ Heart, Lung, and Blood) "Long-chain acylcarnitines and arrhythmogenesis". Awarded 49,933.00 for the purchase of equipment and supplies for cardiovascular research. Period of support = Sept. '88- Sept. '90.

6) WCU Faculty Development Award. "Development of a cardiac arrhythmia model in the rat for the study of the mechanisms responsible for sudden death following coronary occlusion." (co-authored with Elise Triano). Awarded 1000.00 for supplies. Period of support = July '89- Dec. '89.

7) WCU RAPC grant. " Mechanisms of arrhythmias during myocardial ischemia and reperfusion." Awarded 1/4 release time Fall '89 and Spring '90.

8) American Heart Association Grant-in-Aid. "Long-chain acylcarnitines and reperfusion arrhythmias". Awarded 19,950.00 for purchase of equipment and supplies. Period of support = July '90- Sept. '91.

9) SSHE Faculty Development Award. "Viral Infection of cardiac cells." (co-authored with Gus Mbuy). Awarded 7000.00 for purchase of supplies. Period of support= May '90- May '91.

10) SSHE University Special Projects Grant. "Enhancement of Undergraduate Research Participation at West Chester University." Amount awarded = $6532.00 for a program to encourage undergraduate research participation.

11) WCU Faculty Development Award. (co-authored with Gus Mbuy). "Inhibition of viral infection of cardiac cells with different types of drugs". Awarded $4,059.00 for purchase of tissue culture supplies. Period of support = May '92- May '93.

12) CASSDA Award (co-authored with Gus Mbuy). "HSV-2 infection of cultured cardiac myocytes." Awarded $2000.00 for external grant preproposal to be submitted to NIH Area Grant. Period of support = '93-'94.

13) SSHE Social Equity grant for Inquiry Summer V (1995, $20,000). This 3-week residential program provided an in-depth summer research experience for 14 high school students of color.

14) Cytosensor Academic Grant Award (1995) $29,750.

15) SSHE Applied Research Grant (1996) Determining the mechanisms for viral infection using the cytosensor microphysiometer. $3500.

16) WCU Special Opportunities Grant (1996) Establishing summer research opportunities in Biology for undergraduate students. $7408.

17) Merck/AAAS Undergraduate Science Research Program (USRP) Award. Merck Summer Scholars program (1997- 1999) A summer research program in Biology and Chemistry. $20,000/ yr (3 year support), $60,000 total.

18) Summer Experience and Research Challenge (SEARCH) at West Chester University (1998-2000). Submitted to the National Science Foundation/ Research Experiences for Undergraduates. $112,000 (not funded).

19) Development of General Education Science Courses for Elementary Education Majors (1998). Grant participant. SSHE Special Projects Grants. $12,000.

20) CASSDA (1998) Measuring protein kinase activity in herpes virus infected cells. $1000 for purchase of reagents. Coauthored with Blaise Frost.

21) FDC (1999) Does HSV-2 induce or prevent programmed cell death (apoptosis)? $4500 for equipment and supplies. CASSDA (1998) Measuring protein kinase activity in herpes virus infected cells. $1000 for purchase of reagents. Coauthored with Blaise Frost.

22) Academic Affairs Initiative Grant: Women and Science: Curricular Development Across Disciplines, (Spring 2000- 2002) PI = Lisa Kirschenbaum, Susan Gans, with Richard Busch, Melissa Cichowicz, Elizabeth Srogi, Stacey Schlau, Maureen Knabb ($15,970).

23) Connecting Research Experiences and Teacher Excellence (CREATE) in Introductory Biology Laboratories at West Chester University. (Jan 2001- June 2004) Co-authored with Frank Fish, Richard Woodruff, Nancy Artus, Sharon Began, Geraldine Misquith, National Science Foundation Course, Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement grant, $187,026.

24) Biotechnology in a box: A Workshop for Teachers. (June 02- June 03) CETP-PA level II funding, $7869, with N. Barathan (IUP) and R Pitkin (Shippensburg)

25) HSV-2 and down-regulation of gap junctions (6/03-6/07). Richard I Woodruff, PI, with Gus Mbuy and M. Knabb, National Institutes of Health, Academic Research Enhancement Award (NIH AREA), funding $136,708.

26) “Inquiry-based curricular integration in physiology at West Chester University”, (05- 08) Giovanni Casotti (PI) with Maureen Knabb and Loretta Reiser-Danner. National Science Foundation Course, Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement grant (funding $112,049).

27) Interactive Case Study Teaching in Large Classes. (Sept 06, Aug 08) Senior personnel, coordinated by Kip Herreid (P.I.) at the National Center for Case Study Teaching at the University of Buffalo. National Science Foundation grant for Curriculum Improvement. ($399,354, DUE- 0618570).

28) An Integrative Project-Based Biochemistry Laboratory Curriculum at West Chester University of PA (08-09) with Mahrukh Azam (PI), Loretta Reiser Danner and Blaise Frost ($148,981.00 DUE#0737266)