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Developmental Disabilities

2006 Grants

John Merck Scholars Program in the Biology
of Developmental Disabilities in Children

Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons	$75,000
To support research by John Merck Scholar Peter Scheiffele, PhD, on the regulation of synaptic development by the neurexin-neuroligin complex. Third installment of a four-year, $235,000 grant.

Cornell University, Weill Medical College	$65,500
To conduct the 2006 summer institute on the biology of developmental disabilities.

Duke University	$75,000
To support research by John Merck Scholar Elizabeth Brannon, PhD, on the evolution and ontogeny of mathematical abilities. Final installment of a four-year, $300,000 grant.

Duke University	$75,000
To support research by John Merck Scholar Kevin Pelphrey, PhD, on charting normal and abnormal development of the social brain. First installment of a four-year, $300,000 grant.

Harvard University	$75,000
To support research by John Merck Scholar Dietmar Schmucker, PhD, on the functional and molecular analysis of the DSCAM family of neuronal immunoglobulin receptors. Third installment of a four-year, $300,000 grant.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology	$75,000
To support research by John Merck Scholar Pawan Sinha, PhD, on characterizing and improving face-processing skills in autistic and visually deprived children. Final installment of a four-year, $300,000 grant.

Stanford University	$75,000
To support research by John Merck Scholar Anna Penn, MD, PhD, on the impact of placental hormones on brain development in the premature neonate. First installment of a four-year, $300,000 grant.

University of California, Berkeley	$75,000
To support research by John Merck Scholar Kristin Scott, PhD, on hunger’s modulation of taste perception. First installment of a four-year, $300,000 grant.

University of California, Davis	$75,000
To support research by John Merck Scholar Kimberley McAllister, PhD, on cellular mechanisms of mental retardation. Final installment of a four-year, $300,000 grant.

University of California, Davis	$75,000
To support research by John Merck Scholar Silvia Bunge, PhD, on neural underpinnings of deficient cognitive controls in developmental disorders. Second installment of a four-year, $300,000 grant.

University of California, San Francisco	$75,000
To support research by John Merck Scholar Loren Frank, PhD, on the neural correlates of learning in the hippocampal-cortical circuit. Third installment of a four-year, $300,000 grant.

University of Minnesota Medical School	$75,000
To support research by John Merck Scholar Teresa Nick, PhD, on the role of neuronal excitability in vocal plasticity. Second installment of a four-year, $300,000 grant.

Family Support

National Association for the Dually Diagnosed	$20,000
To provide travel assistance for parents and caregivers to attend the annual conference; and to provide general support.

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