December 1, 2008
The Vice President for Research
and Graduate Studies is pleased to announce the recipients of the first Research
Opportunity Award Competition. Forty-seven
proposals reflecting many outstanding and creative endeavors were received and
the numerous worthy applications far exceeded our funding availability.
The recipient investigators/ study teams and project titles are listed
below.
Career
Development Awards
Sean L. Field, Ph.D.,
Department of History
The
Beguin, the Angel, and the Inquisitor: The Trial of Marguerite Porete and Guiard
of Cressonessart
Barry Finette, M.D., Ph.D.,
Department of Pediatrics
Formal
studies to acquire Diplomas in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (DTM&H) and
Travel Medicine
Kelley Helmstutler Di Dio,
Ph.D., Department of Art and Art History
Sculpture
and Status in Early Modern
Jonathon Huener, Ph.D.,
Department of History
Polish
Catholicism under German Occupation
Adrian Ivahkiv, Ph.D.,
Ecologies
of the Moving Image: Cinema, Affect and Nature
Lutz Kaelber, Ph.D., Department
of Sociology
Exhibits
on National-Socialist “Euthanasia” Crimes in Comparative Perspectives
Kathy Marmor, MFA, Department
of Art and Art History
Two interactive art
installations: The
Messenger and Weather Maker
William McDowell, MFA,
Department of Art and Art History
Ashes
in the Night Sky
Jane Okech, Ph.D., Department
of Integrated Professional Studies
A
multidimensional assessment of children’s perceptions and adjustment reactions
to violent conflict: The case of Kenya
John Seyller, Ph.D.,
Department of Art and Art History
A
Catalogue of
the Pahari Paintings in the Jagdish and Kamala Mittal
Innovation
Research Awards
Nicholas Gotelli, Ph.D.,
Department of Biology
Bryan Ballif, Ph.D., Department
of Biology
Ecosystem
services in aquatic food webs: a proteomics survey of molecular production by
the Sarracenia food web
Daniel Lusk, Ph.D., Department
of English
Interdisciplinary
Research Awards
Richard Foote, Ph.D.,
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Gagan Mirchandani, Ph.D.,
Department of Computer Science
Robert Snapp, Ph.D., Department
of Computer Science
Towards
a Multiscale Wavelet Transform – Using Wavelet Solutions for Multiscale
Modeling
Naomi Fukagawa, MD, Ph.D.,
Department of Medicine
Britt A. Holmen, Ph.D.,
Brooke T. Mossman, Ph.D.,
Department of Pathology
Biological
Effects of Diesel and Biodiesel Emission Particles
Victory May, Ph.D., Department
of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Matthias Brewer, Ph.D.,
Department of Chemistry
Sayamwong Hammack, Department
of Psychology
Development
of PACAP receptor antagonists for stress-related behavioral, endocrine and
metabolic disorders
V. Ernesto Mendez, Ph.D.,
Department of Plant and Soil Science
Jon Erickson, Ph.D.,
Sarah Taylor Lovell, Ph.D.,
Department of Plant and Soil Science
Long-term
Agroecological Changes in Shade Coffee Landscapes of
Giuseppe Petrucci, Ph.D.,
Department of Chemistry
Brooke T. Mossman, Ph.D.,
Department of Pathology
Yvonne Janssen-Heininger,
Ph.D., Department of Pathology
Teresa Ruiz, Ph.D., Dept. of
Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
In
vivo toxicity of particulate matter to lung epithelial cells, studied with a
novel direct particle dosage method
George Pinder, Ph.D., School
of
Gregory Druschel, Department of
Geology
Multiscale
Study of Bioremediation Using a Complex System Cellular Automata Approach
Proposal
Development Awards
Eugene Delay, Ph.D., Department
of Biology
Anxiolytic
effects of exercise and dietary amino acid supplement
Thomas Jetton, Ph.D.,
Department of Medicine
Ralph Budd, M.D., Department of
Medicine
Mina Peshavaria, Ph.D.,
Department of Medicine
Karen Fortner, Ph.D.,
Department of Medicine
The
role of caspase-8 in ß-cell mass regulation
David Kaminsky, M.D.,
Department of Medicine
Jason Bates, Ph.D., D.Sc.,
Department of Medicine
Charles Irvin, Ph.D.,
Department of Medicine
Novel
Application of the Forced Oscillation Technique in Subjects with Asthma
Lori Stevens, Ph.D., Department
of Biology
Leslie Morrissey, Ph.D.,
Donna Rizzo, Ph.D.,
Geospatial
analysis of disease risk
Equipment
Awards
Robert Althoff, M.D., Ph.D.,
Department of Psychiatry
James Hudziak, M.D., Department
of Psychiatry
David Rettew, M.D., Department
of Psychiatry
Psychophysiological
Measures of Child Psychiatric Disorders
Jane Hill, Ph.D., School
of
Alan Howe, Ph.D., Department of
Pharmacology
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