Brian T. Edelson, MD, PhD, assistant professor of pathology and immunology, has received a two-year, $100,000 2011 Scholar Award from the American Society of Hematology. The program supports hematologists who have chosen a research career by providing partial salary or other support while completing training. …
Michael J. Holtzman, MD, the Selma and Herman Seldin Professor of Medicine, has received a two-year, $900,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health in support of the Center for Advanced Diagnostics and Experimental Therapeutics. …
An article co-authored by Paul C. Paris, PhD, professor emeritus of mechanics in the School of Engineering & Applied Science, has been named by Wiley-Blackwell, publisher of nine structural and mechanical engineering journals, as one of the 10 most frequently downloaded papers of 2010. The title of the article is “Fatigue crack initiation detection by an infrared thermography method.” …
Michael Scullin, graduate student in psychology in Arts & Sciences, has received a one-year, $2,000 Clarence I. Rosencrans Scholarship from the American Psychological Foundation/Council of Graduate Departments of Psychology and a one-year, $1,500 Psi Chi Graduate Research Grant from the Psi Chi International Honor Society in Psychology for research titled “Understanding Cognitive Declines in Older Adults: Do the Answers Lie in Sleep?” …
Esteban Varela, MD, associate professor of surgery, has received the 2011 Golden Laparoscope Young Researcher Award from the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES).
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