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With no direct federal funding for Zika research and mosquitoes already infecting Floridians with the virus, the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health in collaboration with a Brazilian research foundation is funding research on its own.

During a public event Thursday, Pitt’s Cura Zika (Cure Zika) program announced six research grant winners, including four based at Pitt, with $400,000 available through a $200,000 contribution from the university that was matched by an anonymous donor.

Those studies, most already underway, focus on how the virus infects the mother’s placenta leading to infection of brain cells of the fetus, with others working to understand the infection process as a means of developing vaccines to stop the explosive pandemic in South American, Central America and Caribbean nations that has reached mainland United States.

Jennifer Adibi, an assistant professor at Pitt Public Health, said her study will focus on the viral impact on the placenta during the first trimester of pregnancy, including how and when the infection actually occurs, with hope of determining the best timeline to prevent infections and understand when the fetus is most prone to developing microcephaly, among other details.

How dendritic cells the quarterbacks of the immune system respond to the Zika virus infection is the focus of research by Robbie Mailliard, also an assistant professor at Pitt Public Health.

The shuttle provides medical transportation to able-bodied seniors age 60 and older living in Cheswick, Springdale, Tarentum, Brackenridge, Natrona Heights, Etna, Millvale, Oakmont and Verona. Margaret, UPMC Harmar Outpatient Center, UPMC Natrona Heights, UPMC Renaissance Family Practice.

Free Medical Shuttle for the Alle-Kiski Valley Residents of any age may receive free, nonemergency medical transportation service to and from St. Margaret Hospital, UPMC primary care doctors offices and other UPMC diagnostic centers in Arnold, Brackenridge, the Creighton section of East Deer, Lower Burrell, Natrona and Natrona Heights in Harrison, New Kensington (includes Parnassus), the Russellton section of West Deer, and Tarentum.

Among the major recipients of grants are North Hills Community Outreach, which received $83,000 for the two free shuttles for seniors, and Family Services of Western Pennsylvania, which received $50,263 for the free shuttle serving the Alle-Kiski Valley.

Coraopolis train station project steams ahead with grant | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

When residents of the Coraopolis area were asked to write about their memories of the town’s old train station, Marjorie Heinlein Jones, who grew up in Coraopolis, recalled her childhood fascination with what some might consider an odd fixture to intrigue a youngster the shiny brass spittoons at the station.

The memories surrounding the station which was built in 1895 and at one time linked Coraopolis’ thriving business district to Pittsburgh, Beaver County and cities around the country were collected by Stacey Christie and displayed at a station open house in July.

The Coraopolis Community Development Foundation, which bought the Mill Street station in 2005, is restoring the building, and that effort recently got a major boost with a $290,000 grant from the Allegheny Foundation.

While the station restoration is an effort to preserve a part of the town’s heritage, the community development foundation also hopes the $1.2 million project will help spur an economic resurgence for Coraopolis.

The station is adjacent to where the Montour Trail and the Ohio River Greenway Trail will join, and planners believe a cafe at the restored station would provide a rest stop for walkers and bicyclists using the trails.

Family Engagement Program helping Herkimer teachers, students, parents to bond – News – The Telegram – Herkimer, NY Family Engagement Program helping Herkimer teachers, students, parents to bond Kindergarten students starting at Herkimer Elementary School had a chance to learn their way around the school, eat lunch in the cafeteria and meet their new teacher during orientation Tuesday.Some students, however, already had the opportunity to meet their teacher during the summer through the help of a new program.The grant-funded Family Engagement Program allowed for a portion of Herkimer Central School District teachers visit with students at their homes in July and August. Through a school district news release, it stated the purpose of this pilot program is “to help create relationships and a feeling of teamwork between the schools and families.””Through the home visits, families had a chance to speak about their goals for their children, while teachers discussed their expectations for the school year,” it stated.Kristen Stallman, a kindergarten teacher at Herkimer Elementary School, said teachers included with the program were four seventh-grade teachers, one pre-kindergarten, one kindergarten, one first-grade and one second-grade.”[It’s] to make connections with family before school starts and build that comfort level,” said Stallman. “[We want families to] know how important they are in their child’s education [and] it also gives us a chance to know about the family on their turf.”Stallman said she got to visit with about 11 or 12 students out of the 20 she will be teaching this year through the program.Stallman said in a news release that children were “eager to share their homes and loved to have their teacher there,” noting that some played games with the teacher, while others showed their room and some even invited the teacher to stay for dinner.”It was also an opportunity to discuss what their hopes and dreams are for their child, not just for this school year, but throughout,” she said on Tuesday.Stallman said as a teacher over the past 21 years, family involvement has seemed to decrease.”It seems like something slowly started to dwindle away, for all different factors,” she said.

List of Quick Response
Grants from round 3:

Participation

Air
Training Corps – No 40 Squadron $500
Auckland Region
Outrigger Canoe Association Inc $10,000
Auckland
Secondary Schools Music Festival Trust $10,000
Auckland
Youth Choir (Inc) $11,000
Aupouri Rugby Football & Sports
Club Inc $11,000
Congregational Christian Church of Samoa
(Otahuhu) Trust Board Holding Trust $20,000
Connect The
Dots Charitable Trust $14,500
Dolphin Theatre
Inc $10,000
East City Community Trust $8,000
Forrest
Hill Milford United Football Club Inc $5,000
Grey Lynn
Park Festival Trust $10,000
Hibiscus Coast Music Society
Inc $2,000
Hokianga Arts Community
Trust $2,000
Kaiwaka Sports Association
Inc. $1,500
Mangere East After School Care, Community
Education, And Study Trust $20,000
McCahon House
Trust $20,000
New Zealand Asia Trust $10,000
New
Zealand Singing School Trust $5,000
Northland Paraplegic
& Physically Disabled Association Inc $16,000
NZ Barok
Inc. $10,000
Show Me Shorts Film Festival Trust
Board $15,000
South Auckland Woodturners Guild
Inc $2,000
Tamaki Makaurau Maori Hockey Inc $3,000
Te
Puu Ao Trust $20,000
The Auckland Diving Community Trust
Board $5,000
The Auckland Film Society
Inc. $10,000
The Graduate Choir NZ Trust $5,000
The
New Zealand Society of Authors (PEN NZ
Inc) $2,000

People

Age Concern
Whangarei (Inc) $20,000
Aotea Family Support Group
Charitable Trust $20,000
Association for Spinal Concerns
Inc $15,000
Auckland Asthma Society
Inc. $5,800
Kidz Social Services Charitable
Trust $10,000
Kohanga Reo – Te Piri O
Waimirirangi $9,000
Kokako Lodge Trust $15,000
Korean
Positive Ageing Charitable Trust $10,000
Mahu Vision
Community Trust $10,000
Maungarei Community Christian
Trust $5,000
Multiple Sclerosis Society of Auckland and
the North Shore Inc $20,000
New Vision Charitable Trust
Board in New Zealand $5,000
Ngati Hau Health and Social
Services Inc $10,000
Northland Multiple Sclerosis Society
Inc $17,000
Onehunga Chinese Association
Inc $3,000
Parent Aid Central West Auckland
Inc. $14,000
Parent Aid Waitakere Inc $20,000
Pukekohe
Community Action Charitable Trust $10,000
Rawiri
Residents Association Incorporated $12,000
Rodney Aphasia
Group Inc $2,200
South Kaipara Men’s Trust $10,000
Te
Karanga Charitable Trust $20,000
Te Kopuru
Playcentre $10,000
The Kauri Trust $20,000
The
Northland Out of School Care and Recreation Network
Inc $3,000
The Upside Downs Education
Trust $10,000
Waiheke Adult Literacy Inc. $2,000
Piha
Community Centre Society Inc $20,000
Sea Cleaners
Trust $9,000
Shakespear Open Sanctuary Society
Incorporated $20,000
Sustainable Coastlines Charitable
Trust $20,000
The Belmont Park Racquets Club
Inc $10,000
Titirangi Badminton Club Inc.

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