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Henry S. Webber has spent a great deal of his time evaluating and planning for the physical development of Washington University’s campuses. As he works to shape WUSTL’s future, he also looks for guidance from its past.

Raymond E. Arvidson, Ph.D., the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor in Arts & Sciences, has received a one-year, $30,652 subaward from the Colorado School of Mines for research titled “The Sedimentary Record of Arabia Terra: Remote Sensing and Hydrologic-Climatic Modeling.” … Marco Colonna, M.D., professor of pathology and immunology, has received a one-year, $60,000 […]

Professor Bob Deusinger’s love of mechanics, coupled with an affinity for science and curiosity into how the human body moves, led him to a doctorate in biomechanics and a successful career as a physical therapist for more than 30 years at the School of Medicine.

Of note D. Craig Allred, M.D., professor of pathology and immunology, has received a one-year $200,000 grant from the Breast Cancer Research Foundation for research titled “Epithelial-Stromal Interactions in the Progression of Non-Invasive to Invasive Breast Cancer.” … Pratim Biswas, Ph.D., the Stifel & Quinette Jens Professor of Environmental Engineering Science, has received a one-year, […]

Physics professor Stuart Solin, Ph.D., a “classic physics thinker” according to colleagues, lives by the scientific code of honesty and respect for evidence.

Photo by David KilperRobert Blankenship, Ph.D., the Lucille P. Markey Distinguished Professor of Arts & Sciences, seeks to better understand one of the basics of life on earth: photosynthesis, the transformation of light, carbon dioxide and water into chemical energy in plants and some bacteria.

Dwight Towler, M.D., Ph.D., professor of medicine, has received a one-year, $215,147 grant from the Barnes-Jewish Hospital Foundation for “Bone and Mineral Diseases Research Operations.” … M. Alan Permutt, M.D., professor of medicine, has received a one-year, $165,000 grant from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International for research titled “Notch Signaling in Beta Cell Development and Regeneration” and a one-year, $92,054 grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases for research titled “Metabolic Basis of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: a Genetic Analysis.” … Roberta Faccio, Ph.D., assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery, has received a two-year, $150,000 grant from the Arthritis Foundation for research titled “Role of PLC-Gamma2 in Inflammatory Arthritis.” … Audrey McAlinden, Ph.D., research assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery, has received a two-year, $150,000 grant from the Arthritis Foundation for research titled “Regulation of the COL2A1 Alternative Splicing Switch During Chondrogenesis.”

Kevin J. Black, M.D., associate professor of psychiatry, has received a five-year, $1,999,873 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health for research titled “Dopaminergic Effects on Cortical Function in Tourette’s.” … John W. Olney, M.D., the John P. Feighner Professor of Psychiatry, has received a five-year, $1,901,876 grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse for research titled “Developmental Brain Damage by Drugs of Abuse.”… Herbert W. Virgin, M.D., professor of pathology and immunology, has received a five-year, $1,693,102 grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for research titled “Norovirus Infection of Dendritic Cells and Macrophages.”… John P. Atkinson, M.D., the Samuel Grant Professor of Medicine, has received a five-year, $1,635,875 grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for research titled “CD46: Protecting the Host from Complement Attack.”

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