Notables

Ramesh K. Agarwal, PhD, the William Palm Professor of Engineering, has received a one-year, $86,000 subaward from Missouri University of Science & Technology for a project titled “NASA Missouri Space Grant Consortium.” … Ray Barber, project manager in Facilities Planning and Management, received the St. Louis Council of Construction Consumers’ Diversity Champions Award at an […]

Li-Wei Chang, PhD, research instructor in pathology and immunology, has received a two-year, $180,000 career transition award from the National Library of Science for research titled “Novel Bioinformatics Tools for Gene Regulatory Network Inference.” … Matthew Erlin, PhD, associate professor of German in Arts & Sciences, has received a one-year, $50,400 Fellowship for University Teachers […]

D. Craig Allred, MD, professor of pathology and immunology, has received a one-year, $24,000 grant from the Longer Life Foundation for research titled “Predicting Prognosis in Invasive Breast Cancer by Genetic Instability.” … Tamara Burlis, DPT, assistant professor of physical therapy and associate director for clinical education in physical therapy, has been appointed by Missouri […]

Doc M. Billingsley, graduate student in anthropology in Arts & Sciences, has received a one-year, $9,445 grant from the Wenner-Gren Foundation for research titled “Networks of K’iche Knowledge Production: An Ethnography of Memory in Practice.” … Peter Burgers, PhD, the Marvin A. Brennecke Professor of Biological Chemistry, received an honorary doctorate in medicine from Umeå […]

Of note D. Craig Allred, MD, professor of pathology and immunology, has received a one-year, $223,000 grant from the Breast Cancer Research Foundation for research titled “The Prognostic Significance of Invasion-Regulating Genes and Pathways in Human Ductal Carcinoma in situ (DCIS).” … Jill Carnaghi, PhD, associate vice chancellor for students and dean of Campus Life, […]

Robert L. Barrack, MD, the Charles F. and Joanne Knight Distinguished Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, was appointed a member-at-large of the board of The Hip Society. In addition, he also was appointed to the board of The Knee Society and will serve as treasurer. The Hip Society and The Knee Society are limited by their […]

Of note Philip Cryer, M.D., the Irene E. and Michael M. Karl Professor of Endocrinology and Metabolism in Medicine, will receive the American Diabetes Association’s Albert Renold Award at the association’s 70th Scientific Sessions June 25-29, 2010, in Orlando, Fla. … William Michael Dunne Jr., Ph.D., professor of pathology and immunology, of medicine and of […]

Of note Eugene M. Oltz, Ph.D., professor of pathology and immunology, has received a two-year, $418,000 grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for research titled “Long-Range Genetic and Epigenetic Control of Igh Gene Assembly.” … Yoram Rudy, Ph.D., the Fred Saigh Distinguished Professor and director of the Cardiac Bioelectricity and Arrhythmia […]

Of note Dengfeng Cao, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of pathology and immunology, has received a one-year, $22,800 contract from the American College of Radiology Imaging Network for research titled “ACRIN 6682 Medical Director of Pathology.” … Charles Eby, M.D., associate professor of pathology and immunology and of genomic medicine, has received a two-and-a-half-year, $464,611 subcontract […]

Thomas J. Hannan, DVM, research instructor in pathology and immunology, has received a three-year, $355,942 grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for research titled “Mucosal Immune Checkpoints in Chronic Bacterial Cystitis.” … Rakesh Nagarajan, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of pathology and immunology, has received a three-year, $106,221 subaward through the University […]