Himadri B. Pakrasi, Ph.D., the George William and Irene Koechig Freiberg Professor of Biology in Arts & Sciences, has received a three-year, $1.8 million grant from the Department of Energy for research titled “Development of Cyanathece as a New Model Organism for Biological Hydrogen Production.” The funding comes to the International Center for Advanced Renewable Energy and Sustainability (I-CARES), which Pakrasi directs. …
Michelle L.E. Powers, M.D., resident in pathology and immunology, was elected delegate of the American Medical Association Resident and Fellow Section (AMA-RFS) Governing Council at their 32nd Annual Meeting in Chicago. …
Carol Woods, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychology in Arts & Sciences and of applied statistics and associate director of the Center for Applied Statistics, has received a two-year, $67,012 grant from the National Science Foundation for research titled “Differential Item Functioning (DIF) Testing With Estimation of the Latent Densities.”
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Ken Ludmerer, M.D., professor of medicine, delivered the keynote address at a conference on “The Role of the Doctor: Past, Present, and Future” at the Royal Society in London Oct. 23. The conference was held in honor of the 150th anniversary of Britain’s Medical Act.