Of Note

Jonathan S. Turner, Ph.D., the Henry Edwin Sever Professor of Engineering and professor of computer science, has received a three-year, $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation for research titled “The Open Network Laboratory: A Resource for High Performance Networking Research.” …

Dennis J. Dietzen, Ph.D., assistant professor of pediatrics, has received a one-year, $50,000 Atorvastatin Research Award. …

Yue Wu, graduate assistant in cardiology, has received a two-year, $42,000 predoctoral fellowship from the Heartland Affiliate Research Committee of the American Heart Association for research titled “Ventricular Diastolic Input Impedance: Frequency Based Characterization of Diastolic Function.” …

Laurie P. Shornick, M.D., the Selma and Herman Seldin Professor of Medicine, has received a three-year, $120,000 Parker B. Francis Fellowship from the Parker B. Francis Fellowship Program. …

Brian Carpenter, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychology in Arts & Sciences, has received a one-year, $30,000 grant from the University of Missouri Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Research Program for research titled “Patient-Valued Preferences: Examining Agreement within Families.” …

Linda M. Mundy, M.D., assistant professor of medicine, has received a one-year, $10,363 grant from the Barnes-Jewish Hospital Auxiliary for computer processors and ART adherence teaching guides. …

Russell Osguthorpe, M.D., clinical fellow in pediatrics and infectious diseases, has received a one-year, $70,000 2002 Pediatric Infectious Disease Society-St. Jude Fellowship Award. …

William Lyon, Ph.D., postdoctoral fellow in molecular microbiology, has received a one-year, $30,000 grant from the American Foundation for Urological Disease for research titled “Dissecting the Mechanisms of Enterococcal Pathogenicity.” …

Sarah C.R. Elgin, Ph.D., professor of biology in Arts & Sciences, has received a two-year, $50,000 grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute for an “Undergraduate Mini-Grant Initiative: Assessment of the Undergraduate Research Experience.” The project brings together 42 colleges and research universities in a common assessment of the impact of undergraduate research experiences. …

Wen Jiang, M.D., postdoctoral trainee in otolaryngology, has received a one-year, $10,000 Alando J. Ballantyne Resident Research Pilot Grant from the American Head and Neck Society for research titled “Identification of CSMD1 Binding Partners.” …

Rachel G. Humphrey, clinical fellow in obstetrics and gynecology, has received a two-year, $95,000 Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine Scholarship Award for research titled “Fibrin Modulation of Human Trophoblast Apoptosis.” …

Bradley Jolliff, research associate professor of earth and planetary sciences in Arts & Sciences, has received a three-year, $75,000 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for research titled “Connecting Remote Measurements of Mineralogy and Lithology of Mars to Surface Environments Through Analog Studies.” …

Dan W. Haupt, M.D., postdoctoral trainee in psychiatry, has received a two-year, $15,000 award from the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression. …

Bonnie N. Joe, M.D., Ph.D., clinical fellow in radiology, has received a one-year, $50,000 Siemens Medical Solutions Inc./Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Research Fellow Grant from the RSNA Research and Education Foundation for research titled “Evaluation of MR Contrast Enhancement and MRS in Breast Cancer: Effect of Contrast Injection Rate and Effect of Contrast on MRS Profile.”