Notables

Week of Oct. 11, 2010

Of note

Frederick Eberhardt, PhD, assistant professor of philosophy-neuroscience-psychology in Arts & Sciences, has received a one-year, $6,500 subaward from the University of California, Berkeley, for research titled “Causal Learning: Interventions and Decisions.” …

Michael D. Frachetti, PhD, assistant professor of anthropology in Arts & Sciences, has received a one-year, $35,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for research titled “High Risk Archaeology Along the Inner Asian Mountain Corridor: Investigating the Earliest Development of Mobile Pastoralism in the Zaamin Mountains of Uzbekistan.” …

Liviu Mirica, PhD, assistant professor of chemistry in Arts & Sciences, has received a one-year, $113,802 Concept Award grant from the U.S. Department of Defense for research titled “Specific Inhibitors of Histone Demethylases: Novel Chemical Agents for Breast Cancer Therapy.” …

Catherine Woodstock Striley, PhD, research assistant professor of psychiatry, and Kevin J. Black, MD, professor of psychiatry, of neurology, of radiology, and of anatomy and neurobiology, have received a one-year, $73,100 research grant from the Tourette Syndrome Association for research titled “Uncovering Disparities in TS Prevalence and Identification Between Caucasians and African Americans.” …

Venkat Subramanian, PhD, associate professor of energy, environmental and chemical engineering, has received a one-year, $90,000 subaward from Global Aerospace Corp. for research titled “Development of a Li-Ion Battery Tool for Predicting Life & Performance for Satellite Orbit Operation Scenarios-Base Effort.”

Speaking of

Kristi L. Holmes, PhD, bioinformatist at the Bernard Becker Medical Library; Sunita B. Koul, senior programmer analyst at the Center for Biomedical Informatics; Leslie D. McIntosh, PhD, research instructor in pathology and immunology; Caerie Houchins, LAN administrator in Laboratory and Genomic Medicine; George Joseph, senior programmer analyst in Laboratory and Genomic Medicine; and Rakesh Nagarajan, MD, PhD, associated professor of pathology and immunology, presented a poster titled “Implementation and Adoption of VIVO at Washington University School of Medicine” at the First Annual Vivo National Conference in New York City Aug. 12-13. Holmes and Cathy C. Sarli, librarian at the Bernard Becker Medical Library, also presented a poster titled “Assessment of Research Impact: A Role for VIVO.”


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