Mary Jane Acuna, graduate student in anthropology in Arts & Sciences, and David A. Freidel, PhD, professor of anthropology, have received a one-year, $19,639 grant from the National Science Foundation for research titled “Monitoring the Development of Early Kingship at El Achiotal, a Preclassic (800 BCE-200 CE) Maya Frontier Royal Center in Northwestern Peten, Guatemala.” …
D. Craig Allred, MD, professor of pathology and immunology, received a one-year, $67,910 CRAFT grant from the St. Louis Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure for research titled “Breast Cancer Resource to Study Prevention in African-American Women.” …
Alejandro Bribriesco, MD, a resident in the Department of Surgery, Cardiothoracic Division, has received a one-year, $35,000 research fellowship grant from the Thoracic Surgery Foundation for research titled “Role of Non-Alloimmune Stimuli in Airway Epithelial Cell Differentiation after Lung Transplantation.” …
Jonathan M. Chase, PhD, associate professor of biology in Arts & Sciences and director of the Tyson Research Center, has received a one-year, $7,500 grant from the Missouri Department of Conservation for a project titled “Glade Restoration at West Tyson County Park in Collaboration with Tyson Research Center, Shaw Nature Reserve, and Community Volunteers.” …
Larry A. Taber, PhD, the Dennis and Barbara Kessler Professor of Biomedical Engineering, has received a five-year, $1,628,375 grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke for research titled “Mechanics of Early Brain and Eye Development.”
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