Proposals funded: Iltis, Rejeski, Waugh, Young
This is part five of seven highlighting proposals funded during the fall of 2020.
Congratulations to Ana Iltis, professor of philosophy, whose proposal entitled “Wake Forest Collaborative Application for an APOLLO Clinical Center” has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and by (subaward/subcontract from) WFU Health Sciences.
Congratulations to Jack Rejeski, research professor of health and exercise science, whose proposal entitled “Mobile intervention to reduce pain and improve health (MORPH) in obese older adults” has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and by (subaward/subcontract from) WFU Health Sciences.
Congratulations to Christian Waugh, associate professor of psychology, whose proposal entitled “Investigating the neural systems that support the beneficial effects of positive emotion on stress regulation” has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and by (subaward/subcontract from) University of Denver.
Congratulations to Kyana Young, assistant professor of engineering, whose proposal entitled “Community Engagement Boost Award” has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and by (subaward/subcontract from) WFU Health Sciences.
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Proposals funded: Salsbury, Katula, Waugh
Congratulations to Fred Salsbury, professor of physics, whose proposal entitled “Computational Biosciences Support” has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and by (subaward/subcontract from) WFU Health Sciences.
Congratulations to Jeffrey Katula, associate professor of health and exercise science, whose proposal entitled “Strategic Grant – U.S. POINTER Study” has been funded by the Alzheimer’s Association and by (subaward/subcontract from) Rush University Medical Center.
Congratulations to Christian Waugh, associate professor of psychology, whose proposal entitled “Aging, Emotion Regulation, and Stress” has been funded by the National Institutes of Health – NIH and by (subaward/subcontract from) DePaul University.
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Coping with coronavirus: Waugh creates video series to help
Christian Waugh, associate professor of psychology and expert in stress and coping, has created a video series discussing the science behind coping with the coronavirus pandemic.
The series, hosted on YouTube, features Waugh talking about topics like resilience, problem-focused coping, distraction and avoidances, positive emotions, the power of amusement and the brain.
More information, including the videos, is available here.
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Proposals funded: Curtis, Waugh, Ballard, Shugoll
Congratulations to Mark Curtis, assistant professor of economics, whose proposal entitled “How Does Capital Investment Affect Workers” has been funded by the Russell Sage Foundation and by (subaward/subcontract from) Duke University.
Congratulations to Christian Waugh, associate professor of psychology, whose proposal entitled “Aging, Emotion Regulation and Stress” has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and by (subaward/subcontract from) DePaul University.
Congratulations to Grey Ballard, assistant professor of computer science, whose proposal entitled “Parallel Tensor Decomposition for Massive Data” has been funded by Sandia National Laboratories.
Congratulations to Brad Shugoll, assistant director of the Pro Humanitate Institute, whose proposal entitled “Campus Kitchen Summer Feeding Site” has been funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and by (subaward/subcontract from) the N.C. Department of Public Instruction.
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Update: Faculty promotions
This is an update to a previous announcement regarding faculty promotions:
Congratulations to Wake Forest University faculty who have received promotions, recently.
Promoted to full professor:
Miriam Ashley-Ross (Biology)
Michaelle Browers (Politics and International Affairs)
Judy Kem (Romance Languages)
Stephen Murphy (Romance Languages)
Promoted to associate professor:
Michael Anderson (Biology)
R. Jarrod Atchison (Communication)
Tina Boyer (German and Russian)
Hana Brown (Sociology)
Samuel Cho (Physics and Computer Science)
John Dalton (Economics)
Susan Harlan (English)
Sarah Mason (Mathematics and Statistics)
Gregory Parks (Law)
John Ruddiman (History)
Michael Sloan (Classical Languages)
Joel Tauber (Art)
Andrew Verstein (Law)
Christian Waugh (Psychology)
Heiko Wiggers (German and Russian)
Promoted to associate librarian:
Kyle Denlinger
Jeffrey M. Eller
Promoted to teaching professor:
Lynn Book (Theatre/Dance)
Angela King (Chemistry)
Kathryn Levy (Music)
Pat Lord (Biology)
Darlene May (Romance Languages)
Al Rives (Chemistry)
Promoted to associate teaching professor:
Jack Dostal (Physics)
David Hagy (Music)
Adam Kadlac (Philosophy)
Promoted to professor of the practice:
Justin Catanoso (English)
Yasuko Rallings (East Asian Languages)
Promoted to associate professor of the practice:
Brantly Shapiro (Theatre/Dance)
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