Amy D. Waterman, Ph.D., instructor in medicine, received a $100,000 faculty grant from the American Society of Transplantation to determine if potential kidney donors who are unable to donate for a specific recipient would participate in a donor-exchange program, and how donor-exchange programs might impact the national organ shortage. …
NASA recently selected an experimental program led by Kenneth F. Kelton, Ph.D., professor of physics in Arts & Sciences, for future flight on the Internat-ional Space Station (ISS). The experiment, QUASI, is designed to settle a half-century old question regarding nucleation in metallic liquids, i.e. the first step in the formation of the solid phase. It will determine the role of the local structure and chemical composition of the liquids in the nucleation process, requiring a quiescent liquid that is possible only in the microgravity environment of the ISS. …
Eric Hochman, M.D., and Liron Kaplan, M.D., both clinical fellows in rheumatology, each received a split fellowship from the Centocor Health Outcomes in Rheumatic Disease Fellowship Program to further the study and application of health outcomes research in the area of rheumatic diseases. …
Zhirong Bao, graduate student in genetics, was selected as one of 16 graduate students in North America and Europe to receive the 2003 Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award, which is sponsored by the Basic Sciences Division of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. The winners were selected on the basis of the quality, originality and significance of their work. …
Tej K. Pandita, Ph.D., assistant professor of radiation oncology, has received a one-year, $459,000 grant from the U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity for research titled “Chromatin Struc-ture and Breast Cancer Radiosen-sitivity.” …
Sophia E. Hayes, Ph.D., assistant professor of chemistry in Arts & Sciences, has received a five-year, $526,715 grant from the National Science Foundation for research titled “CAREER: Spectroscopic Studies of Interface Structure and Strain in Lowdimensional Semi-conductor Heterostructures by Laser-enhanced Nuclear Magnetic Resonance.” …
Tetsu Akimoto, M.D., research associate in the renal division of internal medicine, has received a one-year, $20,000 research award from the National Kidney Foundation for research titled “Vascularization of the Developing Kidney.” …
Virginia M. Herrmann, M.D., professor of surgery, has received a one-year, $54,528 grant from the St. Louis Affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation for a project titled “The Young Women’s Breast Cancer Program.” …
Rajnish Kaushik, Ph.D., research associate in medical oncology, has received a two-year, $98,500 grant from the American Foundation for AIDS Research for research titled “Role of Matrix Phosphorylation in HIV-1 Assembly and Infectivity.” …
Jeffrey J. Sich, Ph.D., senior associate director of corporate and foundation relations, has received a one-year, $30,000 grant from the Greater St. Louis Health Foundation for a Sickle Cell Disease Medical Treatment and Education Center. …
Rick Martin, M.D., associate professor of pediatrics, has received a one-year, $68,408 grant from Transkaryotic Therapies Inc. for extramural clinical research and education. …
Michael Tomasson, M.D., assistant professor of medicine, has received a three-year, $390,000 grant from the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Translational Research Program. …
Carol North, M.D., professor of psychiatry, has received a one-year, $197,075 grant from the September 11th Fund for a mental health training program. …
Xiaofeng S. Zheng, Ph.D., assistant professor of pathology and immunology, has received a three-year, $462,000 grant from the U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity for research titled “The Role of FRAP in DNA Damage Control and Breast Cancer Therapy.”
Speaking of…
Steve Grimes and Steve Westlund, assistant directors in computing and communications, presented “Processing on the Backend With Stored Procedures and Triggers” at the International DB2 User’s Group 2003 North American conference May 19-23 in Las Vegas. The presentation described the principles and approach used to replace the 30-year-old legacy software underlying the University’s Financial Information System.