Robert Henke, associate professor of drama and of comparative literature, both in Arts & Sciences, and chair of comparative literature; Michael Sherberg, Ph.D., associate professor of Italian; and Lori Watt, Ph.D., assistant professor of history and of International and Area Studies, both in Arts & Sciences, each received a $40,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Henke’s is for research titled “Fictions of the Poor in Early Modern Theater”; Sherberg’s for “A Reevaluation of Boccaccio’s Decameron in the Context of Medieval and Modern Legal Theory”; and Watts’ for “When Empire Comes Home: Repatriation in Postwar Japan.” …
Erik Clayton and Diego Giraldo, graduate students in civil engineering, were awarded 2005 D.J. DeMichele Scholarships to attend the Society of Experimental Mechanics’ International Modal Analysis Conference, held Jan. 30-Feb. 2 at the St. Louis Adam’s Mark Hotel. The students gave the following papers at the conference: “Off-the-Shelf Modal Analysis: Structural Health Monitoring with Motes” (Clayton) and “Modal Identification through Ambient Testing: A Comparative Study” (Giraldo). …
Kevin Butterfield, a doctoral candidate in history in Arts & Sciences, has been awarded a research fellowship by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. Butterfield will conduct research at the Gilder Lehrman Collection on deposit at the New-York Historical Society. His project title is “Unbound by Law: Association and Autonomy in the Early Republic.” To support outstanding scholarship, the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History awards short-term fellowships in several categories. In 2005, the Gilder Lehrman Institute awarded a total of $143,072 for 69 fellowships. Since 1994, it has funded a total of 390 fellowships. …
Clifford M. Will, Ph.D., the James S. McDonnell Professor of Physics in Arts & Sciences, has received a three-year, $492,081 grant from the NASA for research titled “General Relativity, Inspiralling Compact Binaries and LISA.” …
Robert H. Deusinger, Ph.D., division director of clinical practice in the Program in Physical Therapy, and Debbie Fleming-McDonnell, instructor of physical therapy, Program in Physical Therapy, have received a one-year, $84,242 Demonstration Project Grant from Barnes-Jewish Hospital (BJH) to assess effectiveness of physical therapy services in the Emergency Department of BJH on quality and efficiency of patient care while reducing costs and waiting time. …
Jason Wingert, movement science doctoral student, has received a two-year, $49,472 grant from the National Institute of Health for research titled “Sensory Function and Cortical Activity in Cerebral Palsy.” …
Usha P. Andley, Ph.D., associate professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences, has received a five-year, $2,400,845 grant from the National Eye Institute for research titled “Alpha-Crystallin Function in Lens Biology.” …
Barry P. Sleckman, M.D., associate professor of pathology and immunology, has received a five-year, $1,721,250 grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for research titled “Regulation of TCRBeta Chain Gene Rearrangement.” …
Alec N. Salt, Ph.D., professor of otolaryngology, has received a five-year, $1,683,000 grant from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders for research titled “Inner Ear Fluid Interactions.” …
Feng Chen, Ph.D., assistant professor of medicine, has received a five-year, $1,617,975 grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases for research titled “Calcineurin in Congenital Urinary Tract Obstruction.” …
Jie Zheng, Ph.D., assistant professor of radiology, has received a four-year, $1,508,887 grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute for research titled “Quantification of Regional Myocardial Oxygenation by MRI.” …
Jonathan D. Gitlin, M.D., the Helene B. Roberson Professor of Pediatrics, has received a five-year, $1,501,775 grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases for research titled “The Role of Copper in Pediatric Liver Disease.” …
Sheng-Kwei Song, Ph.D., assistant professor of radiology, has received a four-year, $1,402,563 grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke for research titled “Evaluation of Spinal Cord White Matter Injury Using DTI.” …
Anthony J. Muslin, M.D., professor of medicine, has received a four-year, $1,377,000 grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute for research titled “RGS Protein Function in Cardiac Physiology.” …
Aaron DiAntonio, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of molecular biology and pharmacology, has received a four-year, $1,231,408 grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke for research titled “Synaptic Glutamate Release in Drosophila.” …
Buck E. Rogers, Ph.D., assistant professor of radiation oncology, has received a four-year, $1,210,387 grant from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering for research titled “Somatostatin Receptor Based PET Imaging of Gene Transfer.” ..
Michael M. Mueckler, Ph.D., professor of cell biology and physiology, has received a four-year, $1,129,140 grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases for research titled “Insulin Signaling in a Cell-Free System.” He also received a three-year, $803,250 grant from the institute for research titled “HIV Protease Inhibitors & Glucose Transport.” …
Irving Boime, Ph.D., professor of molecular biology and pharmacology, has received a five-year, $1,127,970 grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development for research titled “Training in Reproductive Sciences.” …
Dabeeru C. Rao, Ph.D., professor of biostatistics, has received a four-year, $1,101,600 grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences for research titled “A Research Project in Genetic Epidemiology.” …
Jay W. Ponder, Ph.D., associate professor of biochemistry and molecular biophysics, has received a four-year, $1,059,406 grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences for research titled “The TINKER Modeling Software for Biomolecular Simulation.”