Grants Awarded to Researchers

• The U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command has awarded Adam Brufsky of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute a $1.6 million grant to support the Pittsburgh Breast Cancer Consortium (PBCC).
• The goal of PBCC -- a collaboration involving the cancer institute, Magee-Womens Hospital and other partners -- is the rapid clinical development of new agents for treating metastatic breast cancer.
• Robert Enick of chemical and petroleum engineering has been granted $325,000 by the U.S. Department of Energy for a project that will design novel low molecular weight agents that enhance the viscosity of supercritical carbon dioxide.
• The National Science Foundation has granted $300,000 to the computer science department's Daniel Mosse to investigate "new and potentially revolutionary" approaches to protecting computer networks from break-ins and abuse without lowering quality of service.
• Laurie Mulvey of the University Center for Social and Urban Research has received a $2 million grant from the Administration on Children, Youth and Families to expand the Family Foundation's Early Head Start program to the East End corridor of Pittsburgh.
• The area includes Bloom-field, East Hills, East Liberty, Friendship, Garfield, Home-wood, Larimar, Lawrenceville, Lemington, Lincoln and Morningside.
• The National Cancer Institute has granted Jack Yalowich of pharmacology $259,130 to characterize the mechanisms and prevention of etoposide-induced leukemia.