Yoram Rudy, Ph.D., the Fred Saigh Distinguished Professor of Engineering and Director of the Cardiac Bioelectricity and Arrhythmia Center delivered in June, 2006, two keynote presentations describing his work on noninvasive electrocardiographic imaging at the annual meetings of the International Society for Heart Research (Manchester, United Kingdom) and the International Congress on Electrocardiology (Cologne, Germany). Rudy also delivered an invited presentation at Cardiostim — World Congress in Cardiac Electrophysiology and Cardiac Techniques (Nice, France) on the role of potassium ion channels in cardiac repolarization and its dependence on the channels’ molecular structure. …
Joel Perlmutter, M.D., professor of neurology, has received a one-year, $50,000 grant from the Huntington’s Disease Society of America for the HDSA Center of Excellence. …
Matthew J. Ellis, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of medicine, has received a one-year, $43,412.80 grant from the St. Louis Affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc. for “The Navigator Project.” …
Jeffrey Crippin, M.D., professor of medicine, has received a two-year, $35,750 grant from the Barnes-Jewish Hospital Foundation for research titled “Role of Indocyanine Green (ICG) in Patients with Advanced Liver Disease Undergoing Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (TIPS) as a Predicator of Post-TIPS Liver Failure and Survival.” …
Jennifer L. Ivanovich, research instructor in surgery, has received a one-year, $34,789 grant from the St. Louis Affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation for “The Young Women’s Breast Cancer Program.” …
Thomas A. Woolsey, M.D., professor of neurological surgery, has received a two-year, $30,000 grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke for the Spring Brain Conference. …
John DiPersio, M.D., Ph.D., the Lewis T. and Rosalind B. Apple Professor of Medicine, has received a one-year, $21,197 subcontract from Northwestern University for “Phase I & II Clinical Trials of Cancer Chemopreventive Agents.” …
June-Ho Shin, Ph.D., postdoctoral research assistant, has received a one-year, $20,000 grant from the National Organization for Hearing Research Foundation for research titled “Prevent and Treat Noise-induced Hearing Loss by Drug Blocking T-type Calcium Channels.” …
Jeffrey M. Arbeit, M.D., professor of surgery, has received a one-year, $19,001 grant from the Barnes-Jewish Hospital Foundation for Cervix Spore Research. …
Lawrence Lewis, M.D., associate professor of emergency medicine, has received a one-year, $5,500 grant from the Barnes-Jewish Hospital Foundation for the Allen P. Klippel Lecture Fund.