Current Funding

Paule Barbeau

Title:  Medical College of Georgia FitKid Project
Sponsor:  NIDDK
Term:  9/30/02 - 7/31/07

Title:  Stress Related Mechanisms of Hypertension Risk (Project 3: “Exercise: Impact on Reactivity and BP Risk Factors”)
Sponsor: NHLIB
Term:   7/1/02 - 6/31/07

Vernon Barnes

Title:  Impact of LifeSkills Training on Blood Pressure in Youth
Sponsor:  Williams LifeSkills Inc.
Term:  1/1/07 - 12/31/08

Title:  Mindfulness Meditation: Regulating Eating and Obesity in Adolescents
Sponsor:  MCG Intramural Grants Program
Term:  8/1/06 - 7/31/07

Catherine Davis

Title:  Effects of Exercise on Brain Function and Sleep-Disordered Breathing Symptoms in Overweight Children
Sponsor:  MCG Intramural Grants Program
Term:  8/1/06 - 7/31/07 

Title:  Exercise Dose and Insulin Sensitivity in Obese Children
Sponsor:  NIDDK
Term:  6/01/03 - 4/30/07

Title:  Exercise and Overweight Children's Cognition and Achievement
Sponsor:  NIDDK
Term:  4/01/05 - 3/31/07

Yanbin Dong

Title:  Lymphocyte Sodium Channels and Stress Induced Pressure Natriuresis in Black Youth
Sponsor:  MCG Intramural Grants Program
Term:  9/1/06 - 8/21/07

Title:  Genetics of stress induced hypertension in black youth
Sponsor:  NHLBI
Term:  4/01/06 - 3/31/10

Title:  Environmental stress exposure and genetic predisposition for hypertension risk in young twins
Sponsor:  American Heart Association
Term:  1/01/04 - 12/31/07

Title:  Genetics Core Principal Investigator: Stress Related Mechanisms of Hypertension Risk
Sponsor:  NHLBI - PPG
Term:  7/1/02 - 6/30/07

Gregory Harshfield

Title:  Racial Differences in Stress Induced Homeostatic Response
Sponsor:  NHLBI
Term:  12/01/01 - 11/30/07

Title:  Ethnic Differences in Sodium Regulation and Blood Pressure, a project within the Stress Related Mechanisms of Hypertension Risk Grant
Sponsor:  NHLBI
Term:  4/1/02 - 6/30/08

Title:  Impaired Sodium Regulation in Obese Youth
Sponsor:  NHLBI
Term:  8/01/03 - 7/31/07

Gaston Kapuku

Title:  Diastolic Function, Stress, and Natriuresis in Adults
Sponsor:  NIH
Term:  9/1/06 - 5/31/10

Title: Stress-Induced Changes in Diastolic Function
Sponsor:  American Heart Association
Term:  01/01/2005 - 12/31/ 2008

Martha S. Tingen

Title: Understanding Mechanisms of Health Risk Behavior Change in Children and Adolescents
Sponsor:  NIH
Term:  7/1/07 - 6/30/12

Title:  Project WIN: Working In uNison To Prevent Substance Abuse
Sponsor:  MHDDAD (Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Addictive Diseases)
Term:  8/19/05 - 6/30/07

Title: Project WIN: Working In uNison To Prevent Substance Abuse in 3rd and 5th Grade Students and Their Parents/Guardians
Sponsor:  MHDDAD (Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Addictive Diseases)
Term:   8/19/05 - 6/30/06

Title:  ETS Exposure and Genetics: Youth at Risk for CV Disease
Sponsor:  NIH/NINR
Term:  Mar. 2006 - 06/30/07

Frank A. Treiber

Title:  Stress Related Mechanisms of Hypertension Risk
Sponsor:  NHLBI (PPG)
Term:  7/1/02 - 6/30//07

Title:  Stress Reduction: Impact on BP in African-American Youth
Sponsor:  NHLBI
Term:  1/01/05 - 12/31/10

Xiaoling Wang

Title:  Identifying Genes Related to Heart Rate Variability at Rest and During Stress
Sponsor:  NIH
Term:  1/1/07 - 12/31/09

Title:  Genetic Architecture of Heart Rate Variability in Youth
Sponsor:  Sponsor: American Heart Association
Term:  1/1/07 - 12/31/10

Haidong Zhu

Title:  Inflammatory Factors, Genes and Stress Induced Pressure Natriuresis in Youth
Sponsor:  NIH
Term:  8/15/06 - 7/31/08

Title:  Interaction Between Genetic Predisposition and Environmental Stress on Renal Sodium Excretion for Hypertension Risk in Young Twins
Sponsor:  American Heart Association
Term:  7/01/04 - 6/30/08

Centers and Institutes  |  Medical College of Georgia
Please email comments, suggestions or questions to:
Dr. Gregory Harshfield, Director,
December 28, 2005