Iowa Research!

Engaging Iowa and the World

The University of Iowa

External Funding 2008-2009

 Iowa Research!
Engaging Iowa and the World
•University-wide

•Interdisciplinary

•Impacting Iowa and Iowans

•Undergraduate research

•Sustainability

•ARRA
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TheIowa
Engaging Numbers
and the World

Total External Awards

2008-2009
$429.5 million *

Total Federal: $280.8 million

Total Non-Federal: $148.7 million
* 10.3% Increase
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University of Iowa
External Funding
Engaging IowaFY1968-FY2009
and the World

(Millions $)
 Iowa
Total Research!
Awards By Source
2008-2009
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(Millions $)

•Most recent NSF

survey (2007), UI ranks
20th among public
universities in
Federally-financed
research and
development
expenditures.
•UI ranks 13th in NIH
awards among all public
universities in NIH’s
2005 report.

DHHS=Department of Health and Human Services, DOD=Department of Defense, ED=Department of Education,

NASA=National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NSF=National Science Foundation

‘States’ and ‘Universities’ totals represent funds primarily from federal pass-through sources. ‘Other’ includes other federal
and other non-federal funds.
TotalIowa Research!
Awards By College
2008-2009
Engaging Iowa and the World
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EngagingImpact onthe
Iowa and Iowans
World

Soonhye Park, Assistant Professor, Department of Teaching and Learning,

College of Education, $53,121; 10/01/2008-06/15//2009; Improving Iowa High
School Biology Teacher’s Pedagogical Content Knowledge Through a Systematic
Professional Development and a Web-Based Video Analysis Tool; University of
Northern Iowa.

Dariush Shirazi, Info Tech Management IV, University Hygienic Lab, $258,978; 09/30/2008-
09/29/2009; Iowa Automated Electronic Influenza Reporting; Iowa Department of Public Health.

Pam Terrill, ARNP, Coordinator of Johnson County Sexual Assault Nurse

Examiners, College of Nursing, $45,489, 07/01/2008-06/30/09 (total grant award
$195,910); Johnson County Sexual Assault Response Team, Iowa Attorney
General.
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Paul Romitti, Associate Director, Department of Epidemiology, College of

Public Health, $4,682,329, 05/01/2009-11/30/2009; Iowa Center for Birth
Defects Research and Prevention; Centers for Disease Control &
Prevention.

Interdisciplinary project with co-investigators across four departments and

three colleges:

Peter Weyer, Center for Health Effects of Environmental Contamination

Kim Keppler-Noreuil, Pediatrics, Carver College of Medicine
Jeffrey Murray, Pediatrics, Carver College of Medicine
Daryl J Murry, Clinical and Administrative Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy
Trudy Burns, Epidemiology, College of Public Health
Wayne Sanderson, Occupational & Environmental Health, College of
Public Health
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American Recovery and
Engaging Reinvestment
Iowa and theAct (ARRA)
World

C. Allan Guymon, Professor, Chemical & Biochemical Engineering, College of Engineering,

$277,527; 09/01/2009-08/31/2012; “Reaction Directed Polymer Nanostructures through
Self-Assembly and Photopolymerization,” US National Science Foundation.

Gloria Lee, Associate Professor, Internal Medicine, Carver College of Medicine,

$179,580 (total grant award $363,955) ; 06/15/2009-05/31/2010; “Tau in Cancer Cells,”
National Institutes of Health.

Alberto Segre, Professor, Computer Science, College of Liberal Arts and

Sciences, $217,936 (total grant award $401,778); 06/19/2009-05/31/2010;
“Contact Network Epidemiology of Influenza and Other Nosocomial Infections,”
National Institutes of Health.

Interdisciplinary project involving faculty from 3 departments and 3 colleges:

Ted Herman and Sriram Pemmaraju, Computer Science, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Philip Polgreen, Internal Medicine, Carver College of Medicine
Joseph Cavanaugh, Biostatistics, College of Public Health
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American Recovery and
Engaging Reinvestment
Iowa and theAct (ARRA)
World

Michael O’Hara, Professor, Psychology, College of Liberal Arts and

Sciences, $149,378; 06/08/2009-05/31/2010; “The Iowa Flood Study:
Perinatal Effects of a Natural Disaster,” National Institutes of Health.

James Wefel, Professor, Pediatric Dentistry, College of Dentistry,

$148,605; 06/01/2009-05/31/2010 (total grant award $263,657);
“Dentin Fluoride as a Biomarker for Childhood Fluoride Intake,
National Institutes of Health.
Co-investigator: Steven M Levy, Preventive & Community Dentistry
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Undergraduate
Engaging Research
Iowa and the World

Robert Kirby, Professor, Psychology, College of Liberal Arts and

Sciences, $7,815; 05/01/2009-09/30/2009; NIST Summer
Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) for Grady Lamar Payson;
National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Aaron Stump, Associate Professor, Computer Science, College of Liberal Arts

and Sciences, $82,521; 06/18/2008-07/31/2009 (total grant award $177,521),
REU supplement; US National Science Foundation.

Linda McCarter, Professor, Microbiology, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver

College of Medicine, $449,838; 09/01/2008-08/31/2011 “Swimming,
Swarming, or Sticking in Vibrio parahaemolyticus,” US National Science
Foundation.
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Sustainability
Engaging Research
Iowa and the World

Vicki Grassian, Professor, Department of Chemistry, College of Liberal Arts and

Sciences, $129,976; 01/01/2009-12/31/2010 (total grant award $389,303);
“Transformation and Fate of Manufactured Metal Oxide and Metal Nanoparticles in
Aqueous Environments,” US Environmental Protection Agency.

Michael Flatte, Professor, Physics & Astronomy, College of Liberal Arts and
Sciences, $520,833; 06/27/2008-11/30/2008 (total grant award $1,770,883);
“Room-Temperature Spin-Mediated Coupling in Hybrid Magnetic, Organic, and
Oxide Structures and Devices,” US Department of Defense, Army.
Co-investigator: Markus Wohlgenannt, Physics & Astronomy

Charles Stanier, Assistant Professor, IIHR-Hydroscience and Engineering, College of

Engineering, $439,598; 02/01/2009-01/31/2011 (total grant award $893,453); “Applying
Data Assimilation and Adjoint Sensitivity to Epidemiological and Policy Studies of
Airborne Particulate Matter,” US Environmental Protection Agency.
Interdisciplinary project involving faculty from 5 departments and 3 colleges:
Gregory Carmichael, Chemical & Biochemical Engineering, College of Engineering
Naresh Kumar, Geography, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
R. William Field, Occupational & Environmental Health, College of Public Health
Jacob Jay Oleson, Biostatistics, College of Public Health
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the World

Barry Carter, Professor, Division of Clinical and Administrative Pharmacy, College

of Pharmacy, $1,229,681; 04/15/2009-02/28/2010 (total grant award $4,797,340);
“A Collaborative Model to Improve BP Control and Minimize Racial
Disparities-CCC,” National Institutes of Health.
Interdisciplinary project involving 10 faculty from 3 colleges:
Paul James, Family Medicine, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine
Mark Vander Weg, Internal Medicine, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine
Gail Ardery and Cynthia Ann Weber, Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy
Lucinda M Buys, Gary Milavetz, and John Brooks, Clinical Hospital Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy
Elizabeth Chrischilles, Epidemiology, College of Public Health
Thomas E Vaughn, Health Management & Policy, College of Public Health

David Allan Bennett, Associate Professor, Geography, College of Liberal Arts and
Sciences, $149,454; 07/30/2008-07/29/2009 (total grant award $299,167); “Simulating
Spatiotemporal Interactions of Mobile Entities," US Department of Defense, National
Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
Co-investigator: Kathleen Stewart, Geography
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Arts and Humanities
Engaging Research
Iowa and the World

Spring Ulmer, Graduate Student, UI Nonfiction Writing Program, $35,000; 09/01/2008-

08/31/2009; Writing in Lyric Solid Rwandan Woman, US Department of Education.

Garrett Stewart, Professor, English, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, $293,000;
10/01/2008-09/30/2011; Mellon Dissertation Seminar: Story in Theory: Approaches
to Narrative Analysis, Mellon Foundation.

Amanda Wilton, Doctoral Candidate in Music with an emphasis on Music Training

and Viola, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, $35,000; 09/01/2008-08/31/2009;
Cultural Interchange Music, US Department of Education.
 Iowa Research!
Highly Funded
Engaging Faculty
Iowa and the World
$Million Investigators, FY2005-FY2009
 Iowa Research!
Highly Funded
Engaging Faculty
Iowa and the World
Individuals Awarded $1,000,000 or More 7/01/2008 to 6/30/2009
Investigator Name Official College of Record Official Department of Record Total Awards
Hunninghake, Gary W Medicine/Other Admin. Units Internal Medicine/Inst. for Clin. & Transl. Sci. $14,160,713
Bacon, Robert A Other Admin. Units Center for Disabilities & Devel. $10,846,246
Paulsen, Jane S Medicine Psychiatry $10,768,508
Lynch, Charles Francis Public Health Epidemiology $8,100,653
Weiner, George J Medicine Cancer Center $7,312,514
Clarke, William Radue Public Health Biostatistics $6,558,949
Murray, Jeffrey Clark Medicine Pediatrics $6,266,487
Wichman, Michael D Other Admin. Units Hygienic Lab $5,769,692
Wilkes, Brian Keith Medicine/Other Admin. Units Pediatrics/Center for Disabilities & Devel. $5,696,423
Winokur, Patricia Lee Medicine Internal Medicine $4,913,715
Apicella, Michael A Medicine Microbiology $4,260,965
Kurth, William S Liberal Arts & Sciences Physics & Astronomy $4,204,428
Kuhl, Jon Gregory Other Admin. Units Public Policy Center $4,154,500
Pentella, Michael A Other Admin. Units Hygienic Lab $3,997,097
Davidson, Beverly L Medicine Internal Medicine $3,331,590
Engelhardt, John F Medicine Anatomy & Cell Biology $3,165,584
Robertson, Larry Public Health Occupational & Environ. Health $3,098,601
Hoffman, Eric Medicine Radiology $2,933,485
Hageman, Gregory S Medicine Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences $2,873,998
Abboud, Francois Medicine Internal Medicine $2,855,588
Gray, Gregory C Public Health Epidemiology $2,847,829
Welsh, Michael James Medicine Internal Medicine $2,777,396
Gantz, Bruce Jay Medicine Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery $2,733,766
Sigmund, Curt D Medicine Internal Medicine $2,498,165
Waldron, Debra Beth Medicine/Other Admin. Units Pediatrics/Center for Disabilities & Devel. $2,453,877
Romitti, Paul Anthony Public Health Epidemiology $2,384,366
Scher, Marvin Other Admin. Units Center for Biocatalysis and Bioprocessing $2,357,722
Flatte, Michael E Liberal Arts & Sciences Physics & Astronomy $2,219,958
Tomblin, J Bruce Liberal Arts & Sciences Speech Pathology & Audiology $2,172,462
Curry, Sue J Public Health Public Health Administration $2,133,141
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Highly Funded
Engaging Faculty
Iowa and the World
Individuals Awarded $1,000,000 or More 7/01/2008 to 6/30/2009
Investigator Name Official College of Record Official Department of Record Total Awards
Sheffield, Val C Medicine Pediatrics $2,106,728
Gurnett, Donald A Liberal Arts & Sciences Physics & Astronomy $2,101,507
Lee, John D Engineering Center for Computer-Aided Design (CCAD) $2,101,380
McLennan, Geoffrey Medicine Internal Medicine $2,058,758
Willard, Derek Hunt Other Admin. Units Finance & University Services $2,045,569
Heistad, Donald Medicine Internal Medicine $2,042,954
Wasson, Jeffrey A Other Admin. Units Hygienic Lab $2,034,730
Merchant, James A Public Health Occupational & Environ. Health $2,020,000
Merry, Carl A Other Admin. Units State Archaeologist $1,995,430
Kletzing, Craig Liberal Arts & Sciences Physics & Astronomy $1,954,118
Carter, Barry Lynn Pharmacy Clinical Hospital Pharmacy $1,946,108
Hand, Brian Education Teaching and Learning $1,843,081
Buckwalter, Joseph Addison Medicine Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation $1,831,274
Bishop, Gail A Medicine Microbiology $1,827,256
Perlman, Stanley Medicine Microbiology $1,743,654
Zwerling, Craig Public Health Occupational & Environ. Health $1,657,773
Knudson, C Michael Medicine Medicine Administration $1,631,691
Anderson, Mark Edward Medicine Internal Medicine $1,598,157
Philibert, Robert Alan Medicine Psychiatry $1,581,025
Thorne, Peter S Public Health Occupational & Environ. Health $1,578,895
Schnoor, Jerald L Engineering IIHR--Hydrosci. & Engin./Civil & Environ. Engin. $1,535,727
Fredericks, Douglas Christian Medicine Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation $1,534,823
Faraci, Frank M Medicine Internal Medicine $1,530,750
Atchison, Christopher Public Health/Other Admin. Units Center for Public Health Practice/Hygienic Lab $1,529,897
Stern, Frederick Engineering IIHR--Hydrosci. & Engin. $1,513,194
Pope, Melody K Other Admin. Units State Archaeologist $1,511,738
Hichwa, Richard Daniel Medicine Radiology $1,511,268
Smith, Richard J Medicine Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery $1,506,342
Stapleton, Jack T Medicine Internal Medicine $1,495,459
Harty, John Medicine Microbiology $1,480,171
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Highly Funded
Engaging Faculty
Iowa and the World
Individuals Awarded $1,000,000 or More 7/01/2008 to 6/30/2009
Investigator Name Official College of Record Official Department of Record Total Awards
Boggess, Thomas F Liberal Arts & Sciences Physics & Astronomy $1,468,000
Robinson, Jennifer G Public Health Epidemiology $1,465,283
Stuart, Scott Philip Medicine Psychiatry $1,457,206
Campo, Michelle Public Health Community & Behavioral Health $1,439,664
Peek-Asa, Corinne Public Health Occupational & Environ. Health $1,418,657
Andreasen, Nancy Coover Medicine Psychiatry $1,410,091
Hammond, Donna L Medicine Anesthesia $1,380,876
Stone, Edwin M Medicine Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences $1,367,349
Campbell, Kevin P Medicine Molecular Physiology & Biophysics $1,343,787
Torner, James C Public Health Epidemiology $1,323,702
Tranel, Daniel Thomas Medicine Neurology $1,298,913
Subramanian, Venkiteswaran Other Admin. Units Center for Biocatalysis and Bioprocessing $1,278,770
Karwal, Mark William Medicine Internal Medicine $1,245,480
Sanderson, Wayne T Public Health Occupational & Environ. Health $1,242,309
Kreder, Karl Medicine Urology $1,229,875
Arndt, Stephan Medicine/Other Admin. Units Psychiatry/ICSA $1,199,543
Berbaum, Kevin S Medicine Radiology $1,185,768
Snetselaar, Linda G Public Health Epidemiology/Community & Behavioral Health $1,169,897
Fuortes, Laurence Julius Public Health Occupational & Environ. Health $1,154,515
Chrischilles, Elizabeth A Public Health Epidemiology $1,124,997
Nopoulos, Peggy Colleen Medicine Psychiatry $1,121,844
Schnell, Thomas Engineering Center for Computer-Aided Design (CCAD) $1,112,069
Black, Donald W Medicine Psychiatry $1,102,283
Herr, Keela Nursing Nursing - Adult and Gerontology $1,070,805
Desjardin, Lucy E Other Admin. Units Hygienic Lab $1,067,946
Henry, Michael Darrin Medicine Molecular Physiology & Biophysics $1,040,322
Rothman, Paul Bennett Medicine Internal Medicine $1,035,000
Carmichael, Gregory R Engineering/Other Admin. Units Chemical & Biochemical Engin./CGRER $1,007,924
Johnsen, David C Dentistry Dentistry Administration $1,000,000
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Economic
Engaging IowaImpact
and the World

• Total FY 2007 NIH awards to Iowa: $202 million

• Business Activity Multiplier: 2.04
• Total New Business Activity in Iowa: $412 million – Rank 25
Source: In Your Own Backyard: How NIH Funding Helps Your State’s Economy, A Report by Families USA’s Global Health Initiative, June 2008
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and the World

•Total New Jobs Created & Supported in Iowa (FY 2007): 3,907 – Rank 23
•Total Wages From New Jobs: $154 million – Rank 25
Source: In Your Own Backyard: How NIH Funding Helps Your State’s Economy, A Report by Families USA’s Global Health Initiative, June 2008
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UIRF Iowa
Patent & and Revenues
License the World

$25,000,000

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$15,000,000
License Fees
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• Application

• Dissemination