Of note
Thomas Bernatowicz, PhD, professor of physics in Arts & Sciences, has received a three-year, $1,125,000 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for research titled “The Formation and Evolution of Carbonaceous Stardust.” …
Tatiana Efimova, PhD, research assistant professor of medicine (dermatology), has received a five-year, $1,577,000 million grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Cancer Institute for research titled “p38 MAP Kinase Signaling in Skin.” …
Alan I. Glass, MD, director of the Habif Health and Wellness Center on the Danforth Campus, was named president of the American College Health Association at the organization’s annual meeting in early June. Glass served as president-elect last year. …
Matthew V. Smith, MD, assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery, received the Excellence in Research Award from the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine for his paper “The Effect of Acetabular Labral Tears on Hip Stability and Labral Strain in a Joint Compression Model.” …
Lihong Wang, PhD, the Gene K. Beare Distinguished Professor in Biomedical Engineering, has received a four-year, $684,000 subaward from the Illinois Institute of Technology for research titled “Development of Thermoacoustic Tomography Brain Imaging.”
Obituary
Fred Remmy, head football coach from 1983-86, died Aug. 14, 2010, at the Missouri Veterans Home after a long battle with Lewy Body Disease. He was 73.
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