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March 1, 2002 Vol. 26, No. 23
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Wertsch named to Snow professorship

James V. Wertsch has been named the Marshall S. Snow Professor in Arts & Sciences, announced Edward S. Macias, Ph.D., executive vice chancellor and dean of Arts & Sciences. Full story

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Of Note

Aaron DiAntonio, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of molecular biology and pharmacology in the School of Medicine, has received a two-year, $40,000 grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation for research titled "Genetic Analysis of Synaptic Development." É

Gustav Akk, Ph.D., research instructor in anesthesiology in the School of Medicine, has received a two-year, $40,000 grant from the Alcoholic Beverage Medical Research Foundation for research titled "Alcohol Effects on Recombinant GABAA." É

Shirley Porterfield, Ph.D., assistant professor in the George Warren Brown School of Social Work, has received a one-year, $140,014 grant from the Department of Health and Human Services for research on "Children With Disabilities: Implications for the Transition From Welfare to Work." É

Roger Phillips, Ph.D., professor of earth and planetary sciences in Arts & Sciences and director of the McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, has received a two-year, $50,000 grant from NASA for research titled "Participation in the Data Analysis and Science Activities of the Mars Orbiting Laser Altimeter (MOLA) and the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mission." É

Richard Loomis, Ph.D., assistant professor of chemistry in Arts & Sciences, has received a five-year, $625,000 grant from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation for research titled "Investigating and Controlling Radical/Molecule Reactions Using Time-Resolved Laser." É

Sonia N. Alam, M.D., research associate in ophthalmology and visual sciences in the School of Medicine, has received a one-year, $14,000 grant from Prevent Blindness America for research titled "Identification of Proteins Interacting with Retinal Cryptochrome." É

Richard J. Battafarano, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of surgery in the School of Medicine, has received a two-year, $110,000 grant from the American Association for Thoracic Surgery for research titled "Cell Cycle Mutation in Esophageal Cancer." É

Daniel B. Brown, M.D., assistant professor of radiology in the School of Medicine, has received a one-year, $25,000 grant from the RSNA Research and Education Foundation for research titled "Endovascular Isolated Lung Perfusion Using High-Dose Cisplotin: Uptake and DNA Adduct Formation in an Animal Model." É

Christine O. Menias, M.D., instructor in radiology in the School of Medicine, has received a one-year, $25,000 grant from the RSNA Research and Education Foundation for research titled "Correlation of Magnetization Transfer Contrast and Gd-DTPA First Pass MRI in the Heart." É

Carrie B. Brachmann, M.D., postdoctoral fellow in molecular biology and pharmacology in the School of Medicine, has received a three-year, $500,000 grant from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund for the Career Award in the Biomedical Sciences. É

Joel S. Perlmutter, M.D., professor of neurology and neurological surgery in the School of Medicine, has received a one-year, $50,000 grant from the Huntington's Disease Society of America (HDSA) to establish an HDSA Center of Excellence. É

Anthony J. Muslin, M.D., professor of neurology and neurological surgery in the School of Medicine, has received a five-year, $75,000 grant from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund for the Clinical Scientist Award in Translational Research. É

Michaela L. Bajenaru, Ph.D., postdoctoral fellow in neurology in the School of Medicine, has received a two-year, $82,192 grant from the National Eye Institute for research titled "Conditional Knock Out Mouse Model for Neurofibromatosis."


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