Notables

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Tammie Benziger, MD, PhD, assistant professor of radiology, received the 2011 Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award at the 7th Annual Postdoctoral Scientific Symposium March 29 at the School of Medicine. Najla Kfoury, PhD, a postdoctoral research associate in neurology, was awarded Best Poster at the poster session. Five postdoctoral researchers presented research: Ignacio Gonzalez Suarez, PhD; […]

Ron Cytron, PhD, professor and associate chair of computer science and engineering, was named an Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) fellow. The ACM fellowship recognizes the contributions of leaders in the computing field. … Anthony Fehr, a doctoral student in the Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis Program, received the $250 David M. Kipnis Award in […]

Daniel E. Goldberg, MD, PhD, professor of molecular microbiology and of medicine and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator in Medicine, was named to a four-year term as a member of the Pathogenic Eukaryotes Study Section, Center for Scientific Review of the National Institutes of Health. … Clifford Holekamp, senior lecturer in entrepreneurship at Olin […]

Corey Deeken, PhD, instructor in surgery, has received a one-year, $99,995 2011 Research Grant from the Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation for research titled “Enzymatic Degradation of Biological Tissue-Based Scaffold Materials and the Effect on Tensile Strength Over Time.” … David Fike, PhD, assistant professor of earth and planetary sciences in Arts & Sciences, has received a […]

John A. Cooper, MD, PhD, professor of cell biology and physiology, has received a four-year, $2.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health for research titled “Actin and Microtubule-Based Mechanisms for Functions of NK Lymphoid Cells.” … Regina F. Frey, PhD, director of The Teaching Center and professor of the practice in chemistry in […]

Of note Jeffrey G. Catalano, PhD, assistant professor of earth and planetary sciences in Arts & Sciences, has received a five-year, $460,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for research titled “Nanoscale Mineral Transformations During Biochemical Cycling and the Fate of Trace Elements and Nutrients.” … Jeff Gill, PhD, professor of political science in Arts […]

Daniel Ferraro, MD, PhD, a postdoctoral research associate and resident physician in the Department of Radiation Oncology, received a $2,500 grant from the American Medical Association Foundation’s Seed Grant Research Program for research titled “Targeting Radiation Inducible Antigens on Tumors with Peptides.” … Jeffrey Gordon, MD, the Robert L. Glaser Professor of Pathology and Immunology, […]

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 […]