Ann M. Gronowski, Ph.D., associate professor of pathology and immunology and of obstetrics and gynecology, was elected president by the American Association for Clinical Chemistry for the year 2011. She will serve as president-elect in 2010 and as past-president in 2012. …
Young-Shin Jun, Ph.D., assistant professor of energy, environmental and chemical engineering, has received a five-year, $349,000 subaward from the University of California — Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory for research titled “Energy Frontier Research Center: Center for Nanoscale Control of Geologic CO2.” …
Daniel Moran, Ph.D., associate professor of biomedical engineering, has received a one-year, $50,000 subaward from the University of Missouri/Spinal Cord Injuries Research Committee for research titled “Custom Integrated Circuit for Brain Computer Interface.” …
Anne Newman, Ph.D., assistant professor of education in Arts & Sciences, has received a one-year, $55,000 grant from the National Academy of Education for research titled “Collaborating to Realize Rights: Lawyers, Community Groups, and Education Reform.” …
D.C. Rao, Ph.D., professor of biostatistics, has teamed with the University of Utah on a five-year, $514,173 subcontract through the National Institutes of Health’s National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to determine the “Initiating Factors for Hypertension.” Washington University will serve as the analysis center for the project.