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Oct. 30, 2002 Vol. 27, No. 1
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Zayas named Khinduka distinguished professor

Luis H. Zayas, Ph.D., has been appointed the inaugural Shanti K. Khinduka Distinguished Professor of Social Work, Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton announced in a recent letter to the George Warren Brown School of Social Work community. Full story

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R. Keith Sawyer, Ph.D., assistant professor of education, had two articles published recently: "Emergence in Sociology: Contemporary Philosophy of Mind and Some Implications for Sociological Theory," in the American Journal of Sociology; and "Durkheim's Dilemma: Toward a Sociology of Emergence," in Sociological Theory. ...

Chakravarthi Narasimhan, Ph.D., the Philip L. Siteman Professor of Marketing in the Olin School of Business, has received the John D.C. Little Best Paper Award presented by the editorial boards of Marketing Science and Management Science for his paper "Individual Marketing with Imperfect Targetability," published in Marketing Science in 2001. His paper, "Customer Profitability In A Supply Chain," co-authored with Mahendra Gupta, Ph.D., associate professor of accounting, published in the Journal of Marketing in 2001, has received the Marketing Science H. Paul Root Award from the American Marketing Association.

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T.J. Tarn, D.Sc., professor of systems science and mathematics, delivered two lectures in Australia in March: the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) Distinguished Lecture on Fusion of Human and Machine Intelligence in Brisbane, and a lecture on the same subject at the Defence Science and Technology Organization in Adelaide. Tarn's trip was sponsored by the IEEE and the Institution of Engineers, Australia.

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Richard K. Groger, M.D., Ph.D., instructor of internal medicine, has received a three-year, $328,849 grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for research titled "Tuberculosis Vaccine Strategy Using Salmonella Vectors." ...

Aguan Wei, M.D., research assistant professor of neurobiology, has received a three-year, $330,002 grant from the National Science Foundation for research titled "Control of Cellular Excitability by KCNQ-Like Potassium Channels in C. Elegans." ...

Stephen M. Highstein, M.D., instructor in medicine, has received a one-year, $30,000 grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke for research titled "Recent Progress in Cerebellar Research." ...

Jane Y. Wu, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of pediatrics, has received a one-year, $254,380 grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for research titled "Mechanisms of Regulating Cell Migration." ...

Colin G. Nichols, Ph.D., professor of cell biology and physiology, has received a five-year, $962,500 grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute for research titled "ATP: Sensitive Potassium Channels in the Heart." ...

Mitchell H. Grayson, M.D., instructor in medicine, has received a five-year, $521,145 grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for research titled "Lymphocyte Homing to the Spleen." ...

Anne Fagan-Niven, Ph.D., research assistant professor of neurology, has received a three-year, $239,995 grant from the Alzheimer's Association for research titled "Lipoprotein Interactions with Amyloid-Beta: Role of apoAI/HDL in Alzheimer's Disease." ...

Thomas M. Meuser, Ph.D., research assistant professor of neurology, has received a two-year, $55,969 grant from the Alzheimer's Association for research titled "Loss Recog-nition & Contextual Awareness in the Alzheimer's Caregiver-Spouse Relationship: Towards a Marital Intervention for Grief-Related Adjustment." ...

John W. Newcomer, M.D., associate professor of psychiatry, has received a two-year, $100,000 grant from the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression for the "2001 NARSAD Independent Investigator Award."


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