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16,179 grants matching “malaria”
Nutritional Ecology of Adult Anopheles gambiae
$153,482Woodbridge A. Foster · Ohio State University · R21 · FY2006 · AI
Environmentally greener, efficient, and safe synthetic platform for the productio
$153,228Paul Matthew Herrinton · Boropharm, Inc. · R43 · FY2008 · GM
Influence of gut microbiota on vector competence of disease transmitting insects
$153,225Jingwen Wang · Fudan University · R01 · FY2017 · AI
Comparative genomics of the 2La inversion breakpoints in Anopheles gambiae
$153,215Igor V Sharakhov · Virginia Polytechnic Inst And St Univ · R21 · FY2009 · AI
Modulation of odor encoding by non-neuronal auxiliary cells
$153,195Karen Anne Menuz · University Of Connecticut Storrs · R03 · FY2016 · DC
HCO3-transporters in Drosophila and Mosquitoes
$153,000Case Western Reserve University · R21 · FY2003 · DK
Clinical and Health Service Research Core
$152,978Amy Justice · Yale University · P30 · FY2010 · MH
Modulation of odor encoding by non-neuronal auxiliary cells
$152,906Karen Anne Menuz · University Of Connecticut Storrs · R03 · FY2017 · DC
MATERNAL MALARIA--PARASITE ADHESION AND ANTIBODIES
$152,539Henry M. Jackson Fdn For The Adv Mil/Med · R01 · FY2000 · AI
Cluster randomized trial of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in school-agechildren to improve the health of students and decrease community transmission(CRITICal)
$152,474Matthew G Dorsey · University Of California, San Francisco · U01 · FY2025 · AI
A point-of-care device for generating nitric oxide for inhalation
$152,430Robert L. Whalen · Whalen Biomedical, Inc · R43 · FY2011 · AI
Parasite Genetics Core
$152,314Jonathan J Juliano · Johns Hopkins University · U19 · FY2020 · AI
Administrative Core
$152,248Kenneth D Stuart · Seattle Children'S Hospital · U19 · FY2022 · AI
DEVELOPMENT OF A SIV-MALARIA COINFECTION MODEL IN RHESUS MACAQUES
$152,094Kristina Abel · University Of California At Davis · P51 · FY2010 · RR
MOSQUITO MAPPERSTHE GLOBAL HEALTH CRISIS POSED BY VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES IS SO GREAT IN SCOPE THAT IT IS CLEARLY INSURMOUNTABLE WITHOUT THE ACTIVE HELP OF TENS-OR HUNDREDS- OF THOUSANDS OF INDIVIDUALS WORKING TO ERADICATE RISK IN COMMUNITIES AROUND THE WORLD. OUR SOLUTION TO THIS GLOBAL HEALTH CHALLENGE IS ROOTED IN A CROWD SOURCED SCIENCE AND ACTION INITIATIVE LEVERAGING THE EXISTING CAPACITY AND NETWORKS OF SCIENTISTS TEACHERS STUDENTS AND CITIZEN SCIENTISTS PARTICIPATING IN THE GLOBE PROGRAM AND ITS PUBLIC CITIZEN SCIENCE COUNTERPART GLOBE OBSERVER. THIS INITIATIVE CONNECTS HEALTH EDUCATION ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY AND COMMUNITY-BASED ACTION IN A CITIZEN SCIENCE EFFORT WITH DIRECT BENEFITS TO NASA SCIENCE AND PUBLIC HEALTH DECISION MAKING. THE MOUNTING PUBLIC AWARENESS AND CONCERN ABOUT VECTOR-BORNE DISEASE PROVIDES A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR NASA TO PROVIDE A COMPELLING DEMONSTRATION OF HOW BOTH EARTH SYSTEM DATA AND PUBLIC SCIENCE ENGAGEMENT VIA A CITIZEN SCIENCE PROGRAM CAN HAVE DRAMATIC AND MEASURABLE IMPACTS ON REAL WORLD PROBLEMS FACING HUMAN HEALTH AND SOCIETY. CHANGING SEASONALITY RESULTING FROM CLIMATE CHANGE IS EXACERBATING PROBLEMS WITH VECTOR-BORNE DISEASE WORLDWIDE AND NASA SCIENTISTS HAVE BEEN WORKING TO UNDERSTAND HOW SATELLITE DATA CAN IMPROVE PREDICTIONS ON THE TIMING AND LOCATION OF DISEASE OUTBREAKS. IN THIS PROJECT THE DATA COLLECTED BY CITIZEN SCIENTIST VOLUNTEERS WILL BE USED FOR GROUND VALIDATION OF LOCATION AND RANGE EXPANSION OF THE DISEASE VECTORS RESPONSIBLE FOR VIRUSES SUCH AS ZIKA WEST NILE YELLOW FEVER DENGUE AND PARASITES THAT CAUSE MALARIA AND FILARIASIS. THROUGH CONNECTIONS TO PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENTS AND MOSQUITO CONTROL DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT THE U.S. AND INTERNATIONALLY THESE DATA WILL INFORM MANAGEMENT DECISIONS AND PROVIDE HEALTH BENEFITS TO SOCIETY. THIS PROJECT MOSQUITO MAPPERS PROPOSES A CITIZEN SCIENCE FOR EARTH SYSTEMS PROGRAM THAT ENGAGES THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO COLLECT REPORT AND ANALYZE PRESENCE/ABSENCE DATA ON MOSQUITO-VECTOR TAXA AND CHARACTERISTICS OF THEIR BREEDING ENVIRONMENT CONTRIBUTING TO OUR UNDERSTANDING OF HOW CHANGES IN THE EARTH SYSTEM PLAY A ROLE IN THE SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF MOSQUITO-BORNE DISEASE. THE FOCUS OF THE WORK SUPPORTS THE KEY SCIENCE QUESTIONS OF NASA S EARTH SCIENCE PROGRAM PARTICULARLY RELATED TO THE CARBON CYCLE AND ECOSYSTEMS FOCUS AREA (HOW DO ECOSYSTEMS LAND COVER AND BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES RESPOND TO AND AFFECT GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE?) WITH SPECIFIC EMPHASIS ON DEMONSTRATING HOW EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE PROVIDES SOCIETAL BENEFIT - ECOLOGICAL FORECASTING. IGES IS PLEASED TO WORK WITH SCIENTISTS AT THE USRA/GESTAR AND UCAR/NCAR TO IMPLEMENT THIS PROJECT WHICH BUILDS ON SIGNIFICANT COLLABORATIONS AND LEVERAGES NASA AND NSF INVESTMENTS IN EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE AND TECHNOLOGY INCLUDING THE GLOBE PROGRAM AND FLYOVER COUNTRY. MOSQUITO MAPPERS AIMS TO ANSWER THREE KEY QUESTIONS: HOW CAN THE MOBILIZATION OF CITIZENS AS SCIENTISTS CONTRIBUTE THROUGH THE COLLECTION OF DATA AND ANALYSIS TO IMPROVING THE UNDERSTANDING OF MOSQUITO VECTOR-BORNE DISEASE? HOW CAN CITIZEN SCIENCE COLLECTED DATA BE INTEGRATED WITH SPACE DATA TO ADVANCE ANALYSIS OF HOW CHANGES IN THE EARTH SYSTEM PLAY A ROLE IN SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF VECTOR-BORNE DISEASE? HOW CAN THIS SOURCE OF NEW INFORMATION BE USED BY PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS IN THEIR RESPONSE TO THE INCREASING THREAT OF VECTOR-BORNE DISEASE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL?
$152,092The Institute For Global Environmental Strategies, Inc. · · FY2017 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Immunology and Pathogenesis
$152,034Ousmane Aliou Koita · Tulane University Of Louisiana · U19 · FY2011 · AI
Malaria Erythrocyte Binding-like Genes & Host Specificity in a Natural Population
$151,965Ravinder Nath Marius Sehgal · San Francisco State University · SC2 · FY2010 · AI
Neurodevelopment and Vector-borne Diseases: Building Research Capacity in the Tropics
$151,912Randall Waechter · Windward Islands Research & Ed Fdn · R21 · FY2016 · TW
Mechanisms of mosquito midgut invasion by Plasmodium ookinetes
$151,875Marcelo Jacobs-Lorena · Johns Hopkins University · R56 · FY2014 · AI
Vaccine and Treatment Evaluation Unit at Saint Louis University
$151,855Daniel F. Hoft · Saint Louis University · UM1 · FY2022 · AI
An Integrated System for the Epidemiological Application of Earth Observation Technologies
$151,714Michael C Wimberly · University Of Oklahoma · R01 · FY2018 · AI
Building Capacity for Trauma Quality Improvement: An Innovative Pilot Program in Cameroon to Address the Burden of Injury
$151,691Catherine Juillard · University Of California Los Angeles · R21 · FY2019 · TW
Dry Season Ecology of Malaria Vectors
$151,658Thomas E Wellems · National Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases · ZIA · FY2014 · AI
Biochemical And Biophysical Parasitology
$151,658Thomas E Wellems · National Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases · ZIA · FY2014 · AI
mCME Delivering continuing medical education to community health workers using cell phones
$151,620Christopher J Gill · Boston University Medical Campus · R21 · FY2015 · TW