Notables

Of note

Jonathan M. Chase, PhD, associate professor of biology in Arts & Sciences and director of the Tyson Research Center, and Tiffany M. Knight, PhD, associate professor of biology, have received a five-year, $705,546 grant from the National Science Foundation for research titled “Mechanisms of Species-Area Relationships in Ozark Glades.” …

Paul Goodfellow, PhD, professor of surgery, of genetics and of obstetrics and gynecology and co-director of the Hereditary Cancer Core at the Siteman Cancer Center, has been selected as the first recipient of the $50,000 Gynecologic Cancer Foundation/Claudia Cohen Prize for Outstanding Gynecologic Researcher. Goodfellow’s research focuses on the genetic and epigenetic events linked to endometrial cancer, and his longstanding efforts to elucidate the causes and consequences of defective DNA mismatch repair in endometrial cancer have significantly advanced knowledge about the most common gynecologic cancer. …

Program in Occupational Therapy students Mallory Hensley, Jaclyn Tarloff and Whitney Wynder were elected national leaders of the Association of Student Delegates of the American Occupational Therapy Association. Tarloff will serve as chair/representative to the board of directors; Hensley will serve as student representative to the Commission on Education; and Wynder will serve as student representative to the Representative Assembly. …

Stephen S. Lefrak, MD, professor of medicine and assistant dean for the humanities program in medicine, will receive the Special Recognition in Medical Ethics award from the SUNY Downstate Medical Center Alumni Association May 22 in recognition of his outstanding contributions and service to medicine. …

Matthew A. Wyczalkowski, PhD, postdoctoral research associate in biomedical engineering, has received a three-year, $143,670 grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences for research titled “Development and Testing of a Law for Morphomechanics at Multiple Scales.”