Richard L. Axelbaum, Ph.D., professor of energy, environmental and chemical engineering, has received a two-year, $88,000 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for research titled “Flame Design: A Novel Approach to Clean Efficient Diffusion Flames.” …
Alison Brockmeyer, a fourth-year doctor of audiology student in the Program in Audiology and Communication Sciences, received a $10,000 William F. Austin Scholarship from Starkey Laboratories Inc. The scholarship recognizes outstanding audiology graduate students pursuing clinical, teaching and research careers in audiology. …
Roger D. Chamberlain, D.Sc., associate professor, and Ron K. Cytron, Ph.D., professor and associate chair, both in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering, have received a three-year, $543,473 grant from the National Science Foundation for research titled “CPS: Small: Low-Impact Monitoring of Streaming Systems.” This grant will support both performance monitoring and debuggingof data-intensive computational science applications. …
Andrew L. Goodman, Ph.D., postdoctoral research scholar in pathology and immunology, has received a one-year, $50,054 fellowship from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for research titled “The Genetic Determinants of Symbiotic Host-Microbial Interaction in the Human Gut.” …
Daniel B. Graham, Ph.D., postdoctoral research associate in pathology and immunology, has received a three-year, $195,000 special fellow award from the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society for research titled “DLG Family Tumor Suppressors in Lymphote Development and Transfor-mation.” …
Victoria May, Ph.D., director of educational outreach and assistant dean in Arts & Sciences, has received a three-year, $36,878 subcontract from Cornell University for research titled “Microbial Fuel Cell Technology for Large-Scale Wastewater Treatment.” …
Mark A. McDaniel, Ph.D., professor, and Todd Braver, Ph.D., professor, both in the Department of Psychology in Arts & Sciences, have received a two-year, $780,796 grant from the National Institute on Aging for research titled “Neural Mechanisms of Age-Related Changes in Prospective Memory.” …
Alec Patterson, M.D., the Evarts A. Graham Professor of Surgery and chief of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, was awarded the Barnes-Jewish Hospital Foundation’s President’s Lifetime Achievement Award Sept. 15. Patterson was selected for his outstanding leadership, teaching, patient care and impact on his field at the School of Medicine, Barnes-Jewish Hospital and around the world. …
D.C. Rao, Ph.D., professor of biostatistics, and Rakesh Nagarajan, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of pathology and immunology, along with the Medical College of Wisconsin, have received a $962,912 two-year grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute for research titled “Development of Data Ontologies for Integrating Multi-Center Cardiovascular Studies.” This grant is supported by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. …
Joel D. Schilling, M.D., Ph.D., instructor in medicine in the Cardiovascular Division, won the Jay N. Cohn New Investigator Award in Basic Science at the 13th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Heart Failure Society of America in September. …
Robert D. Schreiber, Ph.D., the Alumni Professor of Pathology and Immunology and professor of molecular microbiology, has received a five-year, $4,135,723 grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases for research titled “Responses of Intestinal Stem Cells to Epithelial Injury.” …
Larry J. Shapiro, M.D., executive vice chancellor for medical affairs and dean of the School of Medicine, was elected chair-elect of the board of the Association of Academic Health Centers. …
Douglas A. Wiens, Ph.D., professor of earth and planetary sciences in Arts & Sciences, has received a two-year, $193,416 grant from the National Science Foundation for research titled “Extending the Lau Imaging Experiment to Study the Deep Tonga Seismic Zone.” This grant is supported by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. …
Ming You, M.D., Ph.D., professor of surgery and of genetics, has received a four-year, $1,907,602 grant from the National Institutes of Health for research titled “Chemoprevention of Lung Cancer with Red Ginseng Extracts.”