Judith Ogilvie, Ph.D., research assistant professor of ophthalmology and visual science, has received a three-year, $459,000 grant from the National Eye Institute for research titled “Photoreceptor Rescue By Inhibition of Dopamine Signaling.” …
Deanna M. Barch, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychology in Arts & Sciences, has received a four-year, $1,377,000 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health for research titled “Schizophrenia, Prefrontal Cortex & Emotion Regulation.” …
Michael Brent, Ph.D., associate professor of computer science, has received a three-year, $152,285 grant from the Municipal Institute of Medical Research in Barcelona for “The Encyclopedia of Genes and Gene Variants.” …
Leonidas Carayannopoulous, M.D., research fellow for pulmonary medicine, has received a four-year, $453,060 grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for research titled “Molecular Physiology of NKG2D Ligand Expression.” …
Walter Lewis, Ph.D., professor emeritus of biology in Arts & Sciences and University research ethnobotanist, was awarded the E.K. Janaki Ammal Gold Medal for 2003 by the Indian Society of Ethnobotanists for long and distinguished service to ethnobotany. He received the honor at a January ceremony at the Indian Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow. Lewis also was elected Fellow of the International Society of Herbal Medicine by Narendra Singh, president of the society in Lucknow, in recognition of significant contribution for the advancement of herbal medicine. …
Sandra Clifton, Ph.D., research assistant professor of genetics, has received a one-year, $250,000 grant from the National Science Foundation and the University of Illinois for research titled “Apple Structural Genomics.” …
David L. Browman, Ph.D., professor of anthropology in Arts & Sciences, has received a one-year, $9,983 grant from the National Science Foundation for research titled “Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant: Technology, Society, and Change: Shell Artifact Production Among the Manteno (A.D. 800-1535) of Coastal Ecuador.” …
Christopher I. Byrnes, Ph.D., dean of the School of Engineering & Applied Science and the Edward H. and Florence G. Skinner Professor of Systems Science and Mathematics, has received a three-year, $361,238 grant from the Office of Naval Research for research titled “Robust Multi-Length Scale Deformation Process Design for the Control of Microstructure-Sensitive Material Properties.” …
Da-ren Chen, Ph.D., assistant professor of mechanical engineering, has received a three-year, $750,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for research titled “NIRT: Synthesis and Application of Magnetic Nano- and Nano-Composite Particles.” …
Gregory C. DeAngelis, Ph.D., assistant professor of anatomy and neurobiology, has received a three-year, $225,519 grant from the EJLB Foundation’s Scholar Research Programme for research titled “The Neural Basis of Self-Motion Perception.” …
Srinivasan Sridharan, Ph.D., professor of civil engineering, has received a one-year, $19,947 grant from NASA for research titled “Nonlinear Visco-Elastic Response of Composites via Micro-Mechanical Models.” …
Michael Sherraden, Ph.D., the Benjamin E. Youngdahl professor of social development, has received a two-year, $200,000 grant from the Annie E. Casey Foundation for research titled “Family to Family Project,” a two-year, $25,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for research titled “IDA’s for Housing Policy: Analysis of Savings Outcomes and Radical Differences,” and a two-year, $300,000 grant from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation for research titled “IDA and Asset Building Policy in the States: Infrastructure, Network, Research and Capacity Building.”