Ryan Anderson, a second-year medical student and president of the class, was one of 30 medical students nationwide to receive the American Medical Association Foundation’s 2010 Leadership Award. The award provides medical students, residents, fellows and early-career physicians with special training to develop their skills as future leaders in organized medicine and community affairs. …
Fourth-year medical students Brundha Balaraman, Dadrie Baptiste and Iheoma Nwaogu and third-year medical student Amy Metzger traveled to Jefferson City, Mo., March 3 with the Missouri Dermatological Society to advocate for House Bill 1822 regarding regulations for indoor tanning facilities. Balaraman and Metzger testified at the committee hearing in favor of H.B. 1822. Following the hearing, the group met with Lt. Governor Peter Kinder in promotion of Skin Cancer Screening Day scheduled for March 24 in Jefferson City. …
Robert Blankenship, PhD, the Markey Distinguished Professor in Arts & Sciences, has received a two-year, $88,951 subcontract from Arizona State University for research titled “Evolutionary Diversification of Photosynthesis and the Anoxygenic to Oxygenic Transition.” …
Dipanjan Pan, PhD, research instructor in medicine, has received a one-year, $43,750 grant from the St. Louis Institute of Nanomedicine for research titled “Development and Characterization of K-Edge Metal Nanocolloids (NanoK) for Detection of Thrombus with Spectral Computed Tomography (Spectral CT).” …
Tzyh-Jong Tarn, DSc, professor of electrical and systems engineering and director of the Center for Robotics and Automation, received the Einstein Professorship Award from the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Einstein Professorships, established in 2005, are awarded annually to 10-12 distinguished international scientists actively working at the frontiers of science and technology to conduct lecture-tours in China. Recipients of the award for 2009 are six Nobel Prize laureates in fields ranging from economics to physics. Tarn is the first engineer to receive the award.