In the most recent cycle of Penn's internally-funded Research Foundation, the Office of the Vice Provost for Research has announced awards to the following members of the faculty for the projects listed here.
Research Foundation Fall Cycle 1999 Awards
- Roger D. Abrahams, English, SAS; Second Nature: Vernacular Systems of Understanding.
- Amer Abu Hanna, Restorative Dentistry, Dental Medicine; Scanning Electron Microscopy Evaluation of Amalgam Bonding Using Single Bottle Primer/Adhesive Systems.
- Andrea J. Apter, Department of Medicine, Medicine; Antecedents of Adherence to Inhaled Steroids in Inner City African American Adults with Asthma.
- Narayan G. Avadhani, Animal Biology, Veterinary Medicine; Purchase of a DNA Synthesizer for the Vet DNA Core Facility.
- Kent Bream, et al, Family Practice and Community Medicine (KB), Medicine & School of Nursing; A Program for Basic Newborn Resuscitation in the Developing World: A Pilot Study.
- Donald G. Buerk, Physiology, Medicine; Computer Controlled High Speed Oxygen Phosphorescence Quenching Instrumentation.
- Brian R. Calvi, Genetics, Medicine; Analysis of CDC45 and UFD1 in Drosophila: Candidate Genes for Human DiGeorge Syndrome.
- Roberto Caricchio, et al, Rheumatology, Medicine; Apoptosis and Autoantigens in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.
- Anjan Chatterjee, Department of Neurology, Medicine; Concepts and Language.
- Chun-Hung Chen, Systems Engineering, SEAS; A Simulation Approach for Stochastic Variational Inequalities Problems.
- Mortimer M. Civan, et al, Physiology, Medicine; Intraocular Pressure Measurement in the Mouse.
- M. Fevzi Daldal, Biology, SAS; Membrane-attached Electron Carriers in Photosynthesis and Respiration.
- Mark Devlin, Physics and Astronomy, SAS; A Design and Feasibility Study for an 8 Meter Telescope at Millimeter and Sub-millimeter Wavelengths.
- Feng Gai, Chemistry, SAS; Probing the Fast Events in Protein Folding.
- Gregory M. Guild, Biology, SAS; Engineering Filament Bundles in the Actin Cytoskeleton.
- Mauro Federico Guillen, Management, Wharton; Corporate Governance and Globalization: Is There Convergence Across Countries?
- Witold Henisz, Management, Wharton; Dynamic Entry Strategies in the Global Independent Power Industry.
- Charles Kahn, Philosophy, SAS; Research Support and Publication Preparation for Book Manuscript, Pythagoras and the Pythagoreans.
- Andrew Kao, et al, Cardiology, Medicine; In-home Cardiac Rehabilitation for Patients with Congestive Heart Failure.
- Amy Kapatkin, et al, Clinical Studies-Philadelphia, Veterinary Medicine; Elbow Dysplasia in Basset Hound: A Pilot Study to Follow Radiographic, Computed Tomography and Arthroscopic Findings.
- Marcelo G. Kazanietz, Pharmacology, Medicine; Protein Kinase C Isozymes and Prostate Cancer.
- Nicholas A. Kefalides, Medicine, Medicine; Collagen IV and Signaling Pathways in Tumor Cells.
- Mary B. Leonard, Radiology, Medicine; Development of MRI-based Virtual Bone Biopsy for the Assessment of Renal Osteodystrophy.
- Brian Litt, Neurology, Medicine & SEAS; Determining the Mechanism Underlying Seizure Precursors in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy.
- Grant T. Liu, Neurology, Medicine; Visual Processing Investigated with Functional MRI.
- Francis C. Luca, Animal Biology, Veterinary Medicine; Genetic Analysis of MOB1, an Essential and Conserved Yeast Cell Cycle Gene.
- T. Luning Prak, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Medicine; Development of an L1 mouse model.
- Ian Lustick, Political Science, SAS; Testing Constructivist Theories of Collective Identity with an Agent-Based Identity Repertoire Model.
- Anuradha Mathur, Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning, GSFA; Mississippi Floods Designing a Shifting Landscape.
- Edward K. Morlok, Systems Engineering, SEAS; Matching Funds for New Industry--Government-Academic Research Program in Logistics & Transportation.
- Adrian R. Morrison, Animal Biology, Veterinary Medicine; Telemetric Study of Behavior during Rapid Eye Movement Sleep without Atonia.
- Hilary C.M. Nelson, Biochemistry/Biophysics, Medicine; A Novel Affinity Chromatography Based Screen for Proteins Interacting with the Activation Domains of S.cerevisiae Heat Shock Transcription Factor.
- Bob Perelman, English, SAS; MSA Conference: The Styles of Modernism.
- Stephen P. Phipps, Earth and Environmental Science, SAS; Investigations of Oceanic-forearc Terranes on Land and in the Modern Oceans.
- Mechthild Pohlschroder, Biology, SAS; Genetic Analyses of an Archaeal Protein Translocation System.
- Gerald Prince, Romance Languages, SAS; Celebrating the Century? Seventeenth International Colloquium in French Studies.
- David Shakow and Reed Shuldiner, Law ; A Comprehensive Wealth Tax.
- Marc F. Schmidt, Biology, SAS; Organization of the Avian Song Motor System.
- Vivian C. Seltzer, Social Work; Perceptions of Adolescent Futures: A Cross-National Collaboration.
- James A. Serpell, Clinical Studies/Philadelphia, Veterinary Medicine; Development of a Standardized Method for Evaluating Temperament and Behavior in Domestic Dogs.
- Wen K. Shieh, Systems Engineering, SEAS; Sustainable Aquaculture Systems: Construction of a Demonstration Facility.
- Talid R. Sinno, Chemical Engineering, SEAS; Atomistic Simulation of Defect-Interface Interaction.
- Robert Blair St. George, History, SAS; A Good Scheme to Mob Him: Property, Propriety, and Possession in the Attack on Richard King's House in Scarborough, Maine, 1766.
- Emily Steiner, English, SAS; A Charter for Poetry: Piers Plowman and Medieval Documentary Poetics.
- Patrick Walsh, Chemistry, SAS; Design of Late Transition Metal Bis (Sulfonamido) Complexes for Use in Catalysis.
- Eric S. Weinberg, Biology, SAS; Identification of Zebrafish Mutants with Brain, Inner Ear and Vascular Defects.
- Beth S. Wenger, History, SAS; History Lessons: The Invention of American Jewish Heritage.
- Richard Wernick, Music, SAS; CD Re- issue of Four Musical Compositions.
- Yin-Ling Irene Wong, et al, Social Work; A Typology of Individuals with Serious Mental Illness in Need of Residential Services.
- Joseph J. Zorc, Pediatrics, Medicine; Scheduled Follow-up after an ED visit for Asthma.
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