Proposals funded: Ballard, Comstock-Ferguson, Hayden, Rejeski
Congratulations to Grey Ballard, assistant professor of computer science, whose proposal entitled “Robust, Scalable, and Practical Low-Rank Approximation” has been funded by the National Science Foundation.
Congratulations to Lindsay Comstock-Ferguson, associate professor of chemistry, whose proposal entitled “RNA Modification and Antibiotic Resistance” has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and by (subaward/subcontract from) Emory University.
Congratulations to Seth Hayden, associate professor of counseling and clinical mental health program coordinator, whose proposal entitled “Bi-Erasure and the Impact on Health and Well-Being” has been funded by the American Institute of Bisexuality.
Congratulations to Jack Rejeski, research professor of health and exercise science, whose proposal entitled “Long-term function and health effects of intentional weight loss in obese elders” has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and by (subaward/subcontract from) WFU Health Sciences.
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Proposals funded: Iltis, Rejeski, Silman
Congratulations to Ana Iltis, professor of philosophy and director of the Center for Bioethics, Health and Society, whose proposal entitled “Policy Innovation Leaders of Tomorrow (Pilot 21)” has been funded by the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation and by (subaward/contract from) North Carolina State University.
Congratulations to Jack Rejeski, research professor of health and exercise science, whose proposal entitled “Wake Forest Translational Research Alcohol Center (WFTRAC)” has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and by (subaward/subcontract from) WFU Health Sciences.
Congratulations to Miles Silman, professor of biology and director of the Center for Energy, Environment, and Sustainability, whose proposal entitled “Collaborative Research: BEE: Impacts of abiotic environment, pathogen resistance and Pre-Columbian human management on Neotropical canopy palm abundances” has been funded by the National Science Foundation.
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Proposals funded: Kim-Shapiro, Rejeski
Congratulations to Daniel Kim-Shapiro, department chair and professor of physics, whose proposal entitled “Lung Organ Tissue Equivalent Platform for Modeling Chlorine Gas Toxicology and Medical Countermeasure Efficacy” has been funded by the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority and by (subaward/subcontract from) WFU Health Sciences.
Congratulations to Jack Rejeski, research professor of health and exercise science, whose proposal entitled “Molecular transducers of physical activity consortium coordinating center (CCC)” has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and by (subaward/subcontract from) the University of Florida.
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Proposals funded: Anderson, Donati, Yazdani, Rejeski
Congratulations to T. Michael Anderson, associate professor of biology, whose proposal entitled “US-UK Collab: Transport and trophic effects of transient hosts on infectious disease” has been funded by the United States Department of Agriculture and by (subaward/subcontract from) the University of Georgia.
Congratulations to George Donati, associate research professor of chemistry, whose proposal entitled “Copper is a Host Effector in Protection Against Urinary Tract Infection” has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and by (subaward/subcontract from) Texas A&M University.
Congratulations to Saami Yazdani, associate professor of engineering, whose proposal entitled “Acute Benchtop Assessments of Varying Drug Coated Balloon Technology” has been funded by the Biosensors International/ Research USA.
Congratulations to Jack Rejeski, research professor of health and exercise science, whose proposal entitled “Promote weight loss in obese PAD patients to prevent mobility loss: The PROVE trial” has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and by (subaward/subcontract from) Northwestern University.
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Proposals funded: Carroll, Henslee, Lowman, Rejeski
This is part six of seven highlighting proposals funded during the fall of 2020.
Congratulations to David Carroll, professor of physics, whose proposals entitled “Assembly of Topological Qubits into a Register”and “Assembly of Topological Qubits into a Register – Phase II” have both been funded by the United States Department of Defense and by (subaward/subcontract from) Streamline Automation.
Congratulations to Erin Henslee, assistant professor of engineering, whose proposal entitled “KEEN Fellowship for Curriculum Development” has been funded by the Kern Family Foundation.
Congratulations to Lauren Lowman, assistant professor of engineering, whose proposal entitled “KEEN Fellowship for Curriculum Development” has been funded by the Kern Family Foundation.
Congratulations to Jack Rejeski, research professor of health and exercise science, whose proposal entitled “Cooperative Lifestyle Intervention Program in Knee Osteoarthritis Patients (CLIP-OA)” has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and by (subaward/subcontract from) the Ohio State University.
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