Notables

Of Note

Peter Raven, Ph.D., the Engelmann Professor of Botany and director of the Missouri Botanical Garden, will receive the Royal Horticultural Society’s Veitch Memorial Medal for 2004 in July. The award is given to those who have made an outstanding contribution to the advancement and improvement of horticulture, the garden said. Raven is the only American among the six award-winners this year. Raven was chosen for his contributions to botany and plant conservation and for his work at the garden. The Royal Horticultural Society is a horticultural organization and a gardening charity in the United Kingdom. …

Rohit Pappu, Ph.D., assistant professor of biomedical engineering, has received a two-year, $150,000 grant from the March of Dimes Foundation and a 10-month, $40,000 grant from the Washington University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center to study the molecular basis of polyglutamine disorders. …

Rudolf Husar, Ph.D., professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, has received a one-year, $100,000 grant from Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management for research titled “Fast Aerosol Sensing Tools for Natural Event Tracking.” …

Buck Rogers, Ph.D., assistant professor of radiation oncology, has received a two-year, $322,875 grant from the U.S. Army Medical Research and Material Command for research titled “Enhanced Peptide of Prostate Cancer Using Targeted Adenoviral Vectors.” …

James Galvin, M.D., assistant professor of neurology, has received a three-year, $240,000 grant from the Alzheimer’s Association for research titled “Exploring Psychosocial Determinants of Intention to Screen for Memory Loss” and a one-year, $45,850 grant from the Longer Life Foundation for research titled “The Key Features Inventory: Early Diagnosis of Dementia to Improve Quality of Life.” …

John Constantino, M.D., assistant professor of psychiatry, has received a two-year, $246,940 grant from the Department of Health and Human Services for research titled “Autism Spectrum Disorders and Other Developmental Disabilities.” …

Robert H. Mach, Ph.D., professor of radiology, has received a two-year, $459,000 grant from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering for research titled “PET Radiotracers for Imaging Apoptosis.” …

Douglas Berg, Ph.D., Alumni Professor of Molecular Microbiology, has received a two-year, $153,000 grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for research titled “Genetics of Polyphosphate Metabolism in H. Pylori.” …

Renee Cunningham-Williams, Ph.D., research assistant professor of social work in psychiatry, has received a two-year, $307,200 grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse for research titled “Validity and Measurement Issues in Pathological Gambling.” …

William F. Stenson, M.D., professor of medicine, has received a one-year, $137,500 grant from the Eli and Edythe L. Broad Foundation for research titled “Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase in Inflammatory Bowel Disease.” …

Michael Harris, M.D., research instructor in pediatrics, has received a one-year, $39,145 grant from the Nemours Children’s Clinic for research titled “A Developmental Approach to Improving Adaptation of Adolescents with Diabetes: A Randomized Controlled Study of Peer Involvement.” …

Theresa L. Deshield, Ph.D., assistant professor of medicine, has received a one-year, $15,000 grant from the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation for research titled “H.U.G.S. (Help Us Give Support).” …

Jeffrey I. Gordon, M.D., the Dr. Robert J. Glaser Distinguished University Professor and head of molecular biology and pharmacology, has received a one-year, $5,000 grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases for the “4th International Conference on Systems Biology.”

Speaking of

Eric Mumford, associate professor of architecture, recently lectured on “Urban Design Education and Urban Renewal in Philadelphia and Boston, 1951-1965” at the Princeton University School of Architecture conference “Architecture and Public Policy.” Mumford also recently spoke on “Sert, CIAM and the Harvard Urban Design Program” at the “Josep Lluis Sert: the Architect of Urban Design” conference at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. …

Paula Lupkin, assistant professor of architecture, recently presented a paper on “Spatial Negotiations: Bourgeois Morality at the Department Store and the YMCA” as part of the conference, “Distinction and Identity: Bourgeois Culture in 19th Century America,” sponsored by the Warren Center for Studies in American History at Harvard University. …

Ronald P. Loui, Ph.D., associate professor of computer science, was the invited speaker for the Spanish National Artificial Intelligence Conference Nov. 11-15 in San Sebastian, Spain, where he gave the talk “A New Architecture for Negotiating Agents Based on Pessimism and Punishment.”

In Print

Jane Wolff, assistant professor of architecture, published excerpts from the Delta Primer, her forthcoming book on the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta in northern California, in the fall 2003 issue of Zyzzyva, a literary magazine featuring west-coast writers and artists. …

Christopher D. Gill, Ph.D., assistant professor of computer science and engineering, received an award for the best paper in the software track at December’s Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. His winning paper was titled “A Generative Programming Framework for Adaptive Middleware.”


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