Faculty and staff proposals funded, December 2025 and January 2026
Congratulations to the following Wake Forest faculty and staff members whose proposals were funded in December 2025 and January 2026.
| Name | Title | Department(s) | Funding | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashley-Ross, Miriam | Professor | Biology | NSF | Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) Assignment |
| Pierrakos, Olga | Professor | Engineering | NSF | IPA Assignee: Olga Pierrakos |
| Mihalko, Shannon | Professor | Health & Exercise Science | NIH / Virginia Commonwealth | Supportive Tailored Exercise Program for Survivors of Breast Cancer (STEPS-BC) |
| Hepler, Staci | Associate Professor | Statistical Sciences | NIH / WFUHS | Spatio Temporal Methods project NIH NIDA R01 |
| Garrison, Sarah | Assistant Professor | Psychology | NIH / Michigan State U | Quantifying the contributions of mitochondrial DNA to Alzheimer's Disease and related conditions of aging. |
| Fernandez, Luis | Research Associate Professor | Biology / Sabin Center | Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation | Protecting People and Forests: Science-Based Strategies against Mercury and Illicit Gold Mining |
| Silman, Miles | Professor | Biology / Sabin Center | Frederick S Upton Foundation | Protecting People and Forests: Science-Based Strategies against Mercury and Illicit Gold Mining |
| Muday, Gloria | Charles M. Allen Professor of Biology | Biology / Molecular Signaling | USDA | Understanding mechanisms for maintaining ROS homeostasis to protect plant reproduction from high temperature stress |
| Csillik, Ovidiu | Assistant Professor | Environmental Program | NASA | Biomass and structural changes in tropical forests from GEDI and airborne lidar observations |
Categories: Awards & Recognition, Research & Discovery