Notables

Week of May 24, 2010

Of note

Deanna Barch, PhD, professor of psychology in Arts & Sciences, has received a one-year, $33,582 subcontract from the University of California, Davis, for research titled “Brain-based Measures for Treatment Development of Impaired Cognition in Schizophrenia.” …

William H. Danforth, MD, chancellor emeritus, received the Research Champion Award from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF). Rarely presented, JDRF chapters confer this prestigious award to the rare individual who has impacted research. …

Allison King, MD, assistant professor of occupational therapy and of pediatrics, has received a four-year, $390,000 Sickle Cell Disease Treatment Demonstration Program award for the Missouri Network for Education and Treatment of Sickle Cell Disease (MONET) from the Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration. …

Barry Sleckman, MD, PhD, the Conan Professor of Pathology and Immunology and chief of the laboratory and genomic medicine division, has been elected to the Association of American Physicians in recognition of his outstanding research on the molecular basis of DNA recombination, DNA repair and oncogenesis in lymphocytes. …

Lan Yang, PhD, assistant professor of electrical and systems engineering, has received a five-year, $400,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for research titled “Real-Time Detection, Monitoring and Characterization of Single Nanoparticle/Bioaerosol Using On-Chip Resonators.”


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