Diane L. Damiano, Ph.D., research associate professor of neurology, has received a transfer of $10,958 from the United Cerebral Palsy Research & Educational Foundation for the Ethel Hausman Award. …
Terence Myckatyn, M.D., instructor in surgery, has received a one-year, $3,300 grant from The American Association for Hand Surgery for research titled “Application of a Novel Auto-Fluorescing Mouse Model to Determine Where the Axons in the Terminal End of an End-to-Side Neurorrhaphy Come From.” …
Kevin J. Gibson, M.D., a resident in internal medicine, and Lawrence M. Lewis, M.D., associate professor of emergency medicine in medicine, have received a $2,500 grant from the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine for research titled “Verification of an Abdominal Pain Evaluation Tool: A Pilot Study.” …
Kevin J. Black, M.D., associate professor of psychiatry, has received a one-year, $500 stipend from the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society for help to support students working with him. …
Michael W. Peelle, M.D., a resident in orthopaedic surgery, has received a one-year, $15,000 grant from the Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation for research titled “Localization and Identification of the Gene(s) Involved in Autosomal Dominant Congenital Vertical Talus.” …
Amy L. Waterman, Ph.D., instructor of medicine, has received a one-year, $40,000 grant from Barnes-Jewish Hospital for research titled “Making the Donation Request: Increasing Kidney Donation Rates Through Recipient Education.” …
Cathy K. Naughton, M.D., assistant professor of surgery, has received a one-year, $10,000 grant from the Midwest Stone Institute for research titled “Optimization of Whole Tissue Testis Transplantation.” …
David A. Peters, Ph.D., the McDonnell Douglas Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and chair of that department, has received a $202,815 grant from the U.S. Army for research titled “Continuation of Development of Rotor Wake Model In State Space.” …
Michael R. Brent, Ph.D., professor of computer science and engineering, has received a two-year, $200,000 grant from Monsanto Co. for his research titled “Experimental Annotation of the Maize Genome.” …
Roman Stanchak and Michael Dixon, graduate students working with Robert Pless, Ph.D., assistant professor of computer science and engineering, in the Media and Machines laboratory, each received a Canesta 3-D imaging camera for their research paper as part of a national contest. Each camera is worth $7,500. …
Stefan R. Falke, Ph.D., research assistant professor in the Envi-ronmental Engineering Science Program, and Rudolf B. Husar, Ph.D., professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, have received a five-year, $1.5 million grant from NASA for research titled “Application of ESE Data and Tools to Particulate Air Quality Management.”