Da-Ren Chen, Ph.D., associate professor of chemical engineering, and Marit Meyer, graduate student in chemical engineering, have received a one-year, $30,000 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for research titled “Modeling and Simulation of Aerosol Electro-Mobility in a Personal Nanoparticle Size.” …
Philip E. Cryer, M.D., the Irene E. and Michael M. Karl Professor of Endocrinology and Metabolism in Medicine, received one of two 2008 Novartis Prizes for Long-Standing Achievement in Diabetes Sept. 9 in Rome, Italy. Novartis, which noted Cryer as one of the most recognized clinical investigators in diabetes, recognized his pioneering research in hypoglycemia and his work as an outstanding trainer of large numbers of physicians who have gone on to distinguished careers in academic medicine. …
W. Michael Dunne, Ph.D., professor of pathology and immunology, of medicine, and of molecular microbiology, has received a one-year, $84,620 grant from Barnes-Jewish Hospital Foundation for research titled “Development of a Ribosomal Internal Transcribed Spacer Fingerprint Database for Identification of Invasive Fungi.” …
Sarah Finger, a third-year medical student, took second place in the National Essay Contest on the Relationship Between Medical Students and Pharmaceutical Marketing, sponsored by Harvard Medical School. Her entry was chosen from more than 130 entries, from which one first-place, three second-place and five third-place winners were named. She received a $750 cash prize, a certificate of accomplishment and a copy of the book “Powerful Medicines.” …
Donna B. Jeffe, Ph.D., research associate professor of medicine, and Dorothy A. Andriole, M.D., associate professor of surgery and assistant dean for medical education, have received a three-year, $570,000 grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences for research titled “Promoting Research Careers among Underrepresented Minority Physicians.” …
Jeffrey D. Milbrandt, M.D., Ph.D., professor of pathology and immunology, of medicine and of neurology, has received a three-year, $300,000 grant from the Muscular Dystrophy Association for research titled “Increased Nmnat Activity as Treatment for Hereditary Neuropathies.” …
Jacqueline E. Payton, Ph.D., instructor in pathology and immunology, has received a one-year, $40,000 grant from the St. Louis Brain Tumor Research Foundation for research titled “Genome-Wide Study of Epigenetic Regulation in Pilocytic Astrocytomas.” …
Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton was selected as the unanimous choice for the Catholic Campus Ministry Association’s (CCMA) first-ever Exemplary Administrator Award. The Higher Education Relations Committee of the CCMA created the award to recognize the good work of administrators at colleges and universities across the country that host campus ministry sites. Wrighton was nominated for the award by the Catholic Student Center for his “endless support of the network of interfaith campus ministries here at Washington University.”