Research Wire

Richard W. Gross, PhD, MD, professor at the School of Medicine and in Arts & Sciences, received a four-year $2.3 million grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to research bioenergetics.

Mohamed Mahjoub, associate professor of at the School of Medicine, received a three-year $1.8 million grant from the U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity for kidney disease research.

Steven J. Mennerick at the School of Medicine received a five-year $2.3 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Paul J. Shaw at the School of Medicine received a one-year $2.3 million grant from the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to research interactions between sleep and Alzheimer’s disease.

Gregory R. Bowman at the School of Medicine received a one-year $1.8 million grant from the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for Alzheimer’s disease research.

Xuntian Jiang at the School of Medicine received a five-year $2 million grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Stacey Lynn Rentschler at the School of Medicine received a four-year $2 million grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Michael Nowak, research professor of physics in Arts & Sciences, was awarded grants totaling $75,000 from NASA for various projects. He also received funding from the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.

Two graduate students working with David Strait, professor of biological anthropology in Arts & Sciences, won doctoral dissertation research grants from the National Science Foundation.

Henric Krawczynski in Arts & Sciences received a $41,255 award from the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory for quasar research.