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Congratulations to the following Wake Forest faculty and staff members whose proposals were funded in September 2025.

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NameTitleDepartment(s)FundingProject Title
Kristen BeaversResearch, Scholarly Inquiry, and Creative AcHealth & Exercise ScienceNIHExercise and Bisphosphonate Use to Minimize Weight Loss Associated Bone Loss among Older Adults
Jason FanningAssociate ProfessorHealth & Exercise ScienceNIH / WFU Health SciencesWake Forest Claude D. Pepper OAIC
Daniel Kim-ShapiroHarbert Family Distinguished ChairPhysics / Translational Science CenterNIH / University of MarylandAntidote for inhaled CO poisoning based on mutationally engineered neuroglobin
Saami YazdaniProfessorEngineeringNIH / The Ohio State University - OSUA Retrievable, Chambered Stentgraft to Achieve Localized, High IntensityDrug Delivery for Treatment of Vascular Restenosis
Fan YangAssistant ProfessorComputer ScienceNIH / WFU Health SciencesTowards Interpretable Imaging-based Gastric Cancer Prognosis via Prototypical and Attentional Deep Learning
Isabel FarrellAssistant ProfessorCounselingNational Board for Certified Counselors, Inc. (NBCC)PARCC research project
Kathleen StimelySenior Director, Program Administration, ProProgram for Leadership & CharacterUniversity of BirminghamLeadership and Character Certificate for University Faculty and Staff
Shannon BradyAssociate ProfessorPsychologyPsi ChiPSI CHI 2024-25 Faculty Research Grants
Allison WalkerDirector of Community Partnerships and ExperCivic & Community Engagement / NC Campus Engagement9/11 Day of Service Campus Grant 0 2025
Timo ThonhauserWright Family Professor of PhysicsPhysics / Functional MaterialsNSF / University of North Texas DallasInvestigation of the Adsorption and Competition of Mixed Oxoanion Pollutants in Aqueous Environments
Sarah LotspeichAssistant ProfessorStatistical SciencesNIH / WFU Health SciencesHybrid Trial of Peer-Delivered Affect Regulation and Contingency Management to Optimize HIV Prevention for Women Who Inject Drugs in the South
Ellen KirkmanProfessorMathematicsNSF / Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences, Inc.A Study of Undergraduate Programs in the Mathematical and Statistical Sciences in the United States and the Dissemination of the Results.

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