Of note
Peter Benson, PhD, assistant professor of anthropology in Arts & Sciences, has received the 2010 Outstanding Transdisciplinary Scholar Award from the Institute of Public Health. …
Michael Gross, PhD, professor of chemistry in Arts & Sciences, has received a two-year, $250,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for research titled “High Energy Collisional Activation in a Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometer for the Study of Large Biomolecules.” …
Treva K. Rice, PhD, research associate professor of biostatistics and of psychiatry, has received a four-year, $1,244,059 grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to serve as the coordination core for the Program to Increase Diversity Among Individuals Engaged in Health Related Research (PRIDE) Summer Research Institutes. …
Linda Sandell, PhD, the Mildred B. Simon Professor and the director of research in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, was installed as the president of the Osteoarthritis Research Society International at the 2010 meeting in Brussels. The Osteoarthritis Research Society International is the premier international organization for scientists and health-care professionals focused on the prevention and treatment of osteoarthritis through the promotion and presentation of research, education and the worldwide dissemination of new knowledge. …
Brent Williams, PhD, assistant professor of energy, environmental and chemical engineering, has received a two-year, $80,000 subaward from Aerodyne Research Inc. for research titled “Volatility-Resolved Measurements of Total Gas-Phase Organic Compounds by High-Resolution Electron Impact Mass Spectrometry.” …
Weixiong Zhang, PhD, professor of computer science and engineering, has received a one-year, $20,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for research titled “Genome-Wide Characterization of Small RNA in Soybeans for Discovery of Genetic Components Regulating Soybean Quality Traits.”
Speaking of
Carolyn Baum, PhD, the Elias Michael Director and professor of the Program in Occupational Therapy and professor of neurology, gave the John Stanley Coulter Lectureship Oct. 23, 2010, during the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine/American Society of Neurorehabilitation Joint Annual Conference in Montreal. The Coulter Lecturer is recognized for professional achievements that have contributed significantly to the field of rehabilitation.
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