Shirley Dyke, Ph.D., professor of civil engineering, has received a four-year, $1,200,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for research titled “NEESR-SG: Performance-Based Design and Real-Time Large-Scale Testing to Enable Implementation of Advanced Damping Systems.” …
Tom Ellenberger, Ph.D., the Raymond H. Wittcoff Professor and head of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, received a four-year, $1,449,836 grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences for research titled “Structural Studies of DNA Repair Proteins.” …
Thomas Ferkol, M.D., associate professor of pediatrics and of cell biology and physiology; Susan K. Dutcher, Ph.D., professor of genetics; Philip Bayly, Ph.D., the Lilyan and E. Lisle Hughes Professor of Mechanical Engineering and chair of the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace & Structural Engineering; and Steven Brody, M.D., associate professor of medicine, have received a three-year, $600,000 grant from the Children’s Discovery Institute for their research on the functional, structural and genetic characterization of pediatric ciliopathies. …
Tamara Hershey, Ph.D., associate professor of psychiatry, of neurology and of radiology, has received a five-year, $1,289,065 grant from the National Institute of Neurologic Disorders and Stroke for research titled “Mapping Mood in the Subthalamic Nucleus in PD.” …
John E. Kelly, Ph.D., senior lecturer in anthropology in Arts & Sciences, has received a one-year, $20,130 grant from the National Geographic Society for research titled “The Place of Copper in the Ritual Landscape of Mound 34 at Cahokia.” …
William A. Peck, M.D., the Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff Distinguished Professor of Medicine, director of the Center for Health Policy and former executive vice chancellor and dean of the School of Medicine, was among 20 honorees named Ageless-Remarkable St. Louisans by the St. Andrew’s Resources for Seniors System. Peck and the other honorees were chosen for their commitment, vivacity, generosity and contributions to the St. Louis community. …
Gruia-Catalin Roman, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Computer Science & Engineering, and Christopher Gill, Ph.D., associate professor of computer science and engineering, have received a three-year, $360,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for research titled “CSR-DMSS: A Substrate for Personalized Computing in the Real World.” …
Tzyh-Jong Tarn, Ph.D., professor of electrical and systems engineering, has received a one-year, $54,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for research titled “SGER: Robust Intelligent Automation for Life Science Systems.”