William A. Frazier, Ph.D., professor of biochemistry and molecular biophysics, has received a five-year, $1,250,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute for research titled “Integrin Associated Protein/CD47 is a Thrombospondin Receptor.” …
C. Charles Gu, Ph.D., assistant professor of biostatistics, has received a four-year, $684,000 grant from the National Institute of Health for research titled “Variable Selection in Genetic Epidemiological Studies of Cardiovascular Diseases.” …
James E. McLeod, vice chancellor for students and dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, received the 2008 St. Louis American Foundation Lifetime Achiever award at the Salute to Excellence in Education Scholarship and Awards Banquet in St. Louis Sept. 5. …
Jason C. Mills, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of pathology & immunology and of developmental biology, received a five-year, $1,577,000 grant from the National Cancer Institute for research titled “Molecular Regulation of Gastric Chief (Zymogenic) Cell Differentiation.” …
Linda J. Pike, Ph.D., associate professor of biochemistry and molecular biophysics, has received a $1,124,800 grant from the National Institutes of Health for research titled “EGF Receptor Activation and Interaction with ERBB Family Receptors.” …
Robert Pless, Ph.D., associate professor of computer science and engineering, has received a three-year, $205,000 grant from the Naval Research Laboratory for research titled “Visual Algorithms for Interactive Tracking in Surveillance Networks.” …
Thaddeus Stappenbeck, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of pathology & immunology and of developmental biology, received a five-year, $1,520,000 grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases for research titled “Responses of Intestinal Stem Cells to Epithelial Injury.” …
Skip Virgin, M.D., Ph.D., professor of pathology & immunology and of molecular microbiology, received a five-year, $1,393,384 grant from the National Cancer Institute for research titled “Immunologic Control of g-herpesvirus Latency.”