Laura Rosenbury, J.D., associate professor of law, was named by the student body as the 2006 Professor of the Year in recognition of her outstanding teaching abilities. …
J. William Harbour, M.D., associate professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences, has received a four-year, $1,522,291 grant from the National Eye Institute for research titled “The Role of RB in the Retina & Other Tissues.” …
Eduardo A. Groisman, Ph.D., professor of molecular microbiology, has received a five-year, $1,417,500 grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for research titled “Regulation of Salmonella Virulence by the PhoP Protein.” …
Peter A. Crawford, M.D., Ph.D., instructor in medicine, has received a five-year, $599,956 grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases for research titled “Gnotobiotic Mouse Models/Microbial Regulation of Intestinal Injury.” …
Washington University School of Medicine has received a two-year, $539,923 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for the communications and dissemination plan for the Advancing Diabetes Self-Management initiative. …
Victoria J. Fraser, M.D., professor of medicine, has received a five-year, $500,000 grant from the Barnes-Jewish Hospital Foundation for the Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Career Development program. …
Thaddeus S. Stappenbeck, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of pathology and immunology, has received a three-year, $429,000 grant from the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundations of America for research titled “Cellular and Molecular Factors of the Epithelial Stem Cell Niche That Mediate the Colonic Mucosal Injury Response.” …
William F. Stenson, M.D., professor of medicine, has received a three-year, $429,000 grant from the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundations of America for research titled “Increased Expression of Indomoamine 2-3 Dioxygenase Diminishes the Severity of TNBS Colitis.” …
Marco Colonna, M.D., professor of pathology and immunology, has received a two-year, $419,198 grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for research titled “Nectins in Tumor Immunosurveillance.” …
David M. Holtzman, M.D., the Andrew B. and Gretchen P. Jones Professor of Neurology, has received a three-year, $375,000 grant from the Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund for Alzheimer’s Disease research. …
Kimberly Norwood, J.D., professor of law and associate professor of African and African American Studies, recently co-chaired the “Sweet 16” annual meeting of the Midwestern People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference Inc. Norwood led a panel discussion during that meeting, titled “Freeing Your Mind: Should We Encourage the Expression of a Broader Range of Views Within Communities of Color?”