J.D. Shields - Grants Obtained

2005-2007

NSF, Biological Oceanography Program, "Disease Dynamics in Degraded Nurseries: Ecology of Viral Disease in a Social, Marine Animal." Principal Investigator – Mark J. Butler, Co-PIs – Jeffrey D. Shields, Robert Ratzlaff, Roland Cooper, Donald C. Behringer

$575,000

2003-2005

NOAA, Oyster Disease Program, "Shell Disease of C. virginica and C. ariakensis: A Marketing Issue." Principal Investigator – Robert S. Fisher, Co-PIs – Jeffrey D. Shields, Howard Kator

$136,000

2003-2005

NOAA, CMER Program, "Comparative pathology of amoebic infections in the blue crab and the American lobster." Principal Investigator – Jeffrey D. Shields, Graduate Student – Andrea Maniscalco

$33,000

2002-2004

NOAA, Saltonstall-Kennedy Program, "Epidemiological Studies On Spiny Lobsters, Panulirus Argus, Infected With A Pathogenic Herpes-Like Virus." Principal Investigator – Jeffrey D. Shields, Co-PIs – Mark J. Butler, Robert Ratzlaff, Donald Behringer.

$199,000

2002-2004

NSF, Biological Oceanography Program, "The behavioral and ecological effects of disease in Caribbean spiny lobster. Principal Investigator – Mark J. Butler, Co-PIs – Robert Ratzlaff, Jeffrey D. Shields

$250,000

2001

NOAA, NERRS Fellowship Program, "The effect of subsurface hydrogen sulfide on the distribution of fiddler crabs." Graduate Student Fellow – Landon Ward, Co-PI – Jeffrey D. Shields

$16,500

2001-2003

NOAA, ECOHAB Program, "Life history and pathogenicity of Pfiesteria shumwayae." Principal Investigator – Wolfgang K. Vogelbein, Co-PIs – Jeffrey D. Shields, Larry W. Haas, Kimberley S. Reece

$639,000

2000-2002

EPA, ECOHAB Program, "Pfiesteria or Fungus: the etiology of lesions in menhaden." Principal Investigator – Jeffrey D. Shields, Co-PIs – Wolfgang K. Vogelbein, Larry W. Haas, Howard Kator

$514,000

1999-2000

NOAA, California Sea Grant Program, "Rapid identification and treatment of abalone afflicted with withering syndrome." Principal Investigator – Carolyn S. Friedman, Associate PI – Jeffrey D. Shields

$200,000

1998

NOAA, California Sea Grant Program, Rapid Response, "Microencapsulation as a potential control technique against sabellid worms in abalone aquaculture." Principal Investigator - Carolyn S. Friedman, Associate PI - Jeffrey D. Shields

$10,000

1997-1998

NOAA, Saltonstall-Kennedy Program, "The therapeutic treatment of abalone infected with the putative agent of abalone withering syndrome." Principal Investigator - Jeffrey D. Shields, Co-PI - Carolyn S. Friedman

$118,213

1997-1998

NOAA, Saltonstall-Kennedy Program, "Mortality and patho-physiology studies of blue crabs infected with the parasitic dinoflagellate Hematodinium perezi." Principal Investigator - Jeffrey D. Shields, Co-PI - Aswani Volety

$117,868

1995-1996

NOAA, Saltonstall-Kennedy Program, "An investigation into the epizootiology of Hematodinium perezi, a parasitic dinoflagellate in the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus." Principal Investigator - Jeffrey D. Shields

$87,523

1994

NOAA, Saltonstall-Kennedy Program, "A parasitological examination of wasting disease in black abalone, Haliotis cracherodii." Principal Investigator - Jeffrey D. Shields; Co-PIs – Frank O. Perkins, Armand M. Kuris

$112,660

1994

NOAA, Virginia Sea Grant Program, Project Development Funds, "Investigations into the epizootiology of Hematodinium perezi and related mortalities." Principal Investigator - Jeffrey D. Shields; Co-PIs – Frank O. Perkins, Gretchen Messick

$2,000

1993

National Park Service Challenge Cost-Share, "Floristic study of Popes Creek, George Washington Birthplace National Monument." Principal Investigator - Gene Silberhorn; Co-PI - Jeffrey D. Shields

$13,000

1991-1993

Australian Research Council Grant, "The parasites of crabs and lobsters from the Great Barrier Reef." Chief Investigator - Jeffrey D. Shields

$A42,500

1990-1992

Australian Research Council Grant, "The community structure of the parasites of swimming crabs (Portunidae)." Chief Investigator - Jeffrey D. Shields; 2nd Chief Investigator - R.J.G. Lester

$A110,100

1990

University of Queensland Special Projects Grant, "The taxonomy of Carcinonemertes: Egg predators of crabs and lobsters from the Great Barrier Reef." Chief Investigator – Jeffrey D. Shields

$A6,400

2004-2007

Centers for Diseases Control via Virginia Department of Health, "Genotypic and phenotypic characterization of strains and species of Pfiesteria." Principal Investigator – Kimberley S. Reece, Co-PIs – Jeffrey D. Shields, Wolfgang K. Vogelbein, Larry W. Haas

874,000

2004-2006

Subcontract to University of Maryland, Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine via Centers for Diseases Control, "Characterization of Pfiesteria toxin and its effect on the mammalian CNS." Co-Principal Investigators – Jeffrey D. Shields, Larry W. Haas

$288,000

2003-2004

Centers for Diseases Control via Virginia Department of Health, "Genotypic and phenotypic characterization of strains and species of Pfiesteria." Principal Investigator – Kimberley S. Reece, Co-PIs – Jeffrey D. Shields, Wolfgang K. Vogelbein, Larry W. Haas

250,000

2003-2004

Subcontract to University of Maryland, Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine via Centers for Diseases Control, "Characterization of Pfiesteria toxin and its effect on the mammalian CNS." Co-Principal Investigators – Jeffrey D. Shields, Larry W. Haas

$96,000

2003

Subcontract to University of Maryland, Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine via Centers for Diseases Control, "Provision of Pfiesteria shumwayae for chemical analyses." Co-Principal Investigators – Jeffrey D. Shields, Larry W. Haas

$40,000

2002

Centers for Diseases Control via Virginia Department of Health, "Pfiesteria or Fungus? Assessment of the Current Data and Development of Monitoring Tools to Evaluate the Etiology of Skin Ulcers in Menhaden." Principal Investigator – Kimberley S. Reece, Co-Pis – Jeffrey D. Shields, Wolfgang K. Vogelbein, Larry W. Haas

$100,000

2002

Centers for Diseases Control via Virginia Department of Health, "Environmental Monitoring in Support of the CDC Human Cohort Study: Year 2002." Principal Investigator – Kimberly S. Reece, Jeffrey D. Shields, Wolfgang K. Vogelbein, Leonard Haas, Howard Kator, John Hoenig

$325,000

2001*

Centers for Diseases Control via Virginia Department of Health, "Development of new tools for monitoring Pfiesteria in environmental samples and biotoxicity assays." Principal Investigator – Kimberley S. Reece, Co-Pis – Jeffrey D. Shields, Wolfgang K. Vogelbein, Larry W. Haas

$250,000

2000-2001

Continuation of State of Virginia Budget Initiative, "Pfiesteria Research, Decision Package #751." Jeffrey D. Shields, with five others.

$1,000,000

2000

Virginia Department of Health, Pass through from the Centers for Diseases Control, "Pfiesteria Research." Jeffrey D. Shields, with 4 others.

$100,000

1998-1999

State of Virginia Budget Initiative, "Pfiesteria Research, Decision Package #751." Jeffrey D. Shields, with five others.

$1,500,000

1996

NOAA, Sanctuaries and Reserves, "System-wide education/monitoring linkage: Fusing education and monitoring efforts in the Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Virgina." Principal Investigator - David Niebuhr, Co-PI - Jeffrey D. Shields

$25,000

1994

NOAA, Virginia Coastal Resources Management, Education Program, "Ecologically important invertebrates of Chesapeake Bay. I. Fiddler crabs and oysters." Principal Investigator - Jeffrey D. Shields; Co-PIs - David Niebuhr, Maurice Lynch (VIMS)

$9,447