Notables

Week of Oct. 4, 2010

William E. Buhro, PhD, the George E. Pake Professor in Arts & Sciences, has been selected as a fellow of the American Chemical Society (ACS). The ACS Fellows Program recognizes members for their contributions to the chemical sciences and outstanding service to the society. …

Yixin Chen, PhD, and Chenyang Lu, PhD, both associate professors of computer science and engineering, have received a three-year, $443,190 grant from the National Science Foundation for research titled “Generalized Submodular Optimization for Integrated Networked Sensing Systems.” …

Sarah Gehlert, PhD, the E. Desmond Lee Professor of Racial and Ethnic Diversity, has been named to the nine-member Board of Scientific Counselors for the National Human Genome Research Institute, beginning July 1, 2010, through June 30, 2015. The National Human Genome Research Institute’s board evaluates the performance of intramural scientists and the quality of their research programs. It serves as the only formally constituted group of outside scientists to review the institute’s entire intramural program in a systematic fashion and provide advice directly to the scientific director. Timothy J. Ley, MD, the Lewis T. and Rosalind B. Apple Professor of Medicine, also is among the board members. …

James Kemp, MD, of the Department of Pediatrics; Matthew Kreuter, PhD, of the Institute for Public Health and Brown School of Social Work; Mary Politi, PhD, of the Department of Surgery; and Susan Racette, PhD, of the Program in Physical Therapy; along with community partners, have received three of the seven grants given in the first round of funding from the $1.5 million St. Louis Community/University Health Research Partnership. Each grant is allotted up to $100,000 per project for a one-year period to address critical health issues in the St. Louis community. …

Bradley L. Schlaggar, MD, PhD, the A. Ernest and Jane G. Stein Associate Professor of Developmental Neurology and associate professor of radiology, of anatomy and neurobiology and of pediatrics, and Kevin J. Black, MD, professor of psychiatry, of neurology, of radiology, and of anatomy and neurobiology, have received a two-year, $500,000, research grant from the Tourette Syndrome Association to establish a multi-site Tourette syndrome neuroimaging consortium. …

Robert Spengler, graduate student in anthropology in Arts & Sciences, and Michael D. Frachetti, PhD, assistant professor of anthropology, have received a two-year, $20,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for research titled “Plant Use and Domestic Economy among Eurasian Mobile Pastoralists: Semirech’ye, Kazakhstan during the Bronze and Iron Age Interface.”


Leave a Comment

Comments and respectful dialogue are encouraged, but content will be moderated. Please, no personal attacks, obscenity or profanity, selling of commercial products, or endorsements of political candidates or positions. We reserve the right to remove any inappropriate comments. We also cannot address individual medical concerns or provide medical advice in this forum.