Notables

Bruce A. Carlson, PhD, assistant professor of biology in Arts & Sciences, has received a three-year, $581,304 grant from the National Science Foundation for research titled “Synaptic Mechanisms for the Processing of Temporal Codes.” … Joseph Corbo, MD, PhD, assistant professor of pathology and immunology and of genetics, has received a two-year, $100,000 grant from […]

Pan Li, PhD, and Junjie Zhang, both trainees in the laboratory of Yoram Rudy, PhD, the Fred Saigh Distinguished Professor of Engineering, received awards for best poster presentations in the 2011 Gordon Research Conference on Cardiac Arrhythmia Mechanisms in Galveston, Texas, Feb. 13-18. Li received first prize for his project, “A Model of the Cardiac […]

Gautam Dantas, PhD, assistant professor of pathology and immunology, has received a one-year, $120,000 grant from the Washington University/Pfizer Biomedical Research Program for research titled “Discovery of Mechanistically Novel Antibiotic Combinations that Inhibit Multi-drug Resistant Gram-negative Pathogens.” … Stuart Greenbaum, PhD, former dean of Olin Business School and the Bank of America Professor Emeritus of […]

Keith Bridwell, MD, the Asa C. and Dorothy W. Jones Distinguished Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, and Lawrence Lenke, MD, the Jerome J. Gilden, MD, Endowed Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, are the 2011 recipients of the National Marfan Foundation’s Hero with a Heart Awards, which will be presented Feb. 26 at Heartworks St. Louis at the […]

Brian T. Edelson, MD, PhD, assistant professor of pathology and immunology, has received a two-year, $100,000 2011 Scholar Award from the American Society of Hematology. The program supports hematologists who have chosen a research career by providing partial salary or other support while completing training. … Michael J. Holtzman, MD, the Selma and Herman Seldin […]

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, […]