In November of 1998 the UC TSR&TP issued its annual Request for Proposals for research projects addressing problems of toxic chemicals. This competitive grants program offered Individual Investigator Grants and Graduate Student Fellowships. The RFP was limited to University of California affiliates, and proposals were due January 29th, 1999.
We received 35 proposals for fellowships and 33 for Individual investigator grants. The proposals were reviewed and 19 were funded. A list of the funded fellowships and grants is below with links to the abstracts.


10 Graduate Student Fellowships Awarded

Amundson, Nancy	UCD	Direct and indirect effects of an endocrine disruptor on rodent population and ecological community dynamics in a grassland ecosystem
Chapa, Guadalupe	UCLA	Quantification of exposure of organophosphate pesticides in a Mexican agricultural community
Dunsby, Joshua	UCSD	Clarifying air pollution: Expert knowledge, health, and environmental politics
Hoffman, Karen	UCSC	An anthropological assessment of community-based environmental programs
Jessup, Christine	UCSB	Determining the effects of land use on the ecology of pathogenic bacteria in coastal watersheds using molecular, community-based techniques and a hydrodynamic transport model
Rueda, Francisco	UCD	Development of a 3-D hydrodynamic model for fate and transport studies in complex aquatic environments
Shipp, William	UCD	Determining acid mine drainage flux using geochemical methods at the Sulphur Bank Mercury Mine, Clear Lake, California
Song, Donald	UCB	Investigation of the use of stable isotope measurements as a tool for monitoring in-situ bioremediation
Tareen, Naureen	UCLA	Male reproductive effects of childhood dibromocholoropropane (DBCP) exposure
Vidal, Dora	UCB	Adaptation as a mechanism for pollutant tolerance in aquatic invertebrates

Abu-Omar, Mahdi	UCLA	Transition-metal catalysts for environmental preservation
Baldwin, Enoch	UCD	Probing structure and specficity through crystallographic studies of ligand binding to the aromatic hydrocarbon receptor
Chen, Wilfred	UCR	Tunable biopolymers for heavy metal removal
Collins, Michael	UCLA	Identification of chromosomal loci associated with murine strain differences in cadmium-induced congenital malformations via a whole-genome scan
Latz, Michael	UCSD	Development of a metazoan physiological bioassay for heavy metal contamination
Lowenstine, Linda	UCD	Characterization of domoic acid toxicity in birds and development of an antibody based diagnostic test
Ritz, Beate	UCLA	Evaluation and validation of pesticide use reporting in California for exposure assessment of long term health effects
Smith, Donald	UCSC	The effects of increased manganese exposure on the development of Parkinsonism
Vulpe, Christopher	UCB	Metabolic genomics: A novel methodology to assess toxic exposure