VIMS

Funding Sources for VIMS Pfiesteria Research

Project Principal Investigator(s) Funding Agency Amount Duration
ECOHAB: Life history and pathogenicity of Pfiesteria shumwayae W.K. Vogelbein, J.D. Shields, L.W. Haas, K.S. Reece ECOHAB STAR Grant Program, NOAA $639,992 Oct 2001-Sep 2004
Development of new tools for monitoring Pfiesteria in environmental samples and biotoxicity assays K.S. Reece, J.D. Shields, W.K. Vogelbein, and L.W. Haas Centers for Disease Control via Virginia Department of Health $325,000 March 2002-Feb 2003
Environmental Monitoring in Support of the CDC Human Cohort Study: Year 2002 K.S. Reece, W. Vogelbein, J. Shields, L. Haas, J. Hoenig, H. Kator Centers for Diseases Control via Virginia Department of Health $325,000 March 2002-Feb 2003
Pfiesteria or Fungus? Assessment of the Current Data and Development of Monitoring Tools to Evaluate the Etiology of Skin Ulcers in Menhaden K.S. Reece, E.M. Burreson, J. Shields, W.K. Vogelbein, and L. Haas Virginia Department of Health, National Center for Disease Control $100,000 Jan 2002-June 2002
Molecular monitoring of CDC cohort study sites for Pfiesteria piscicida and other Pfiesteria-like organisms (PLOs) K.S. Reece Virginia Department of Health, National Center for Disease Control $127,000 March 2001-Feb 2002
Pfiesteria or Fungus? The etiology of lesions in menhaden J.D. Shields, W.K. Vogelbein, L. Haas, H. Kator EPA, ECOHAB Program $508,937 June 2000-June 2003
ECOHAB: DNA-based molecular diagnostics for Pfiesteria-complex organisms in Chesapeake Bay K.S. Reece, E.M. Burreson, and N. Stokes ECOHAB Program, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency $279,202 July 1998-June 2001
Pfiesteria Research, Decision Package #751 J.D. Shields, W. Vogelbein, L. Haas, H. Kator, E.M. Burreson, I. Anderson Continuation of State of Virginia Budget Initiative $1,000,000 2000-2001
Pfiesteria Research J.D. Shields, W. Vogelbein, L. Haas, K.S. Reece, H. Kator Virginia Department of Health, National Center for Disease Control $100,000 2000