University Research Foundation Awards


Spring 2001

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Sherrill Adams, Biochemistry, Dental Medicine; Retinoids as Integrators of Positive and Negative Regulation of Endochondral Bone Formation

Richard Assoian, Pharmacology, Medicine; Quantitative PCR in Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology

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Rita Barnard, English, SAS; Postapartheid South Africa and Postcolonial Theory

David Boettiger, Microbiology, Medicine; Genetic and Biophysical Analysis of Fractalkine-CX3CR1 Mediated Cell Adhesion

Gershon Buchsbaum, Bioengineering, SEAS; Independent Component Analysis of Auditory-Visual Scenes and its Possible Neural Context

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John Crawford, Psychology, SAS; Neural Analysis of Communication Sounds

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Greg Enders, Medicine, Genetics, Medicine; Bridging the Gap: Cdk2 Links DNA Synthesis and Mitosis in Human Cells

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Steven Fakharzadeh, Dermatology, Medicine; Genetic Analysis of Disorders Predisposing to Basaloid Skin Tumors

Peter Flynn, Biochemistry and Biophysics, Medicine; Thermodynamics and Mutational Analysis of the NHPX-RNA Interaction

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Feng Gai, Chemistry, SAS; Conformational Dynamics of Single Protein Molecules

Gautam Ghosh, Anthropology, SAS; Nation, Migration, Diaspora: Population Displacement in South Asia

Andrea Grottoli, Earth & Environmental Science, SAS; Sclerosponges and Paleoclimate Reconstruction

Wei Guo, Biology, SAS; The Role of Cdc42 on Polarized Exocytosis

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Niels Haugaard, Surgery, Division of Urology, Medicine; Regulation of Acetyl Ch oline Synthesis by Lipoic Acid

Joan Hendricks, Clinical Studies-Philadelphia, School of Veterinary Medicine; Neural and Genetic Substrates of Drosophila Rest

Joan Henthorn, Clinical Studies-Philadelphia, School of Veterinary Medicine; Molecular Characterization of a Canine Model of Human Nonsyndromic Deafness

Jianhua Huang, Statistics, Wharton; Time-varying Coefficient Models for Longitudinal Data

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Karen Jehn; Katerina Bezrukova, Management Wharton; Exploring Ethnic Faultlines and Escalating Conflict Situations: The Role of Leadership, Identity and Coalitions

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Randall Kamien, Physics and Astronomy, SAS; Soap Froths and the Rational Design of Molecular Crystals

Grace Kao, Sociology, SAS; Gender and Ethnic Differences in Educational Achievement Among Latino and Asian American Youth

Anne Keane; Arlene Houldin; Julie Sochalski, Nursing; A Pilot Study to Develop a Research Model of Community-based Services for Fire Survivors

Ellen Kennedy, Political Science, SAS; Jean Bodin's 'Other' & the Legal Theory of the State

Daniel Kessler, Cell and Developmental Biology, Medicine; Transcriptional Repression by FoxD3 and the Formation of Embryonic Mesoderm

Paul Korshin, English, SAS; The Conversation of Samuel Johnson and the Johnsonian Apocrypha

Marisa Kozlowski, Chemistry, SAS; Efficient Methods of C-C Bond Formation: Oxidative Coupling of Stabilized Anions

Igor Kratskin, Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery, Medicine; A Paraffin Embedding System for Otorhinolaryngology Research

Jacqueline Kreutzer, Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology, Medicine; Assessment of Ventricular Function in Patients with Complex Congenital Heart Disease

Rahul Kumar, Philosophy,SAS; Contractualism and the Contours of Commonsense

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Paul Langacker, Physics and Astronomy, SAS; The Interface of Theory and Experiment in Elementary Particle Physics

Ebbing Lautenbach, Medicine, Medicine; Multiplex PCR Technology in the Detection of Antimicrobial-Resistant Staphlococcal Bloodstream Infections

Noam Lior, Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics, SEAS; Gas Analyzers for the Development of a Novel Radiatively/Conductively Stabilized Burner for Significant Reduction of NO(x) Emissions

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Michael Marks, Pathology & Lab. Medicine, Medicine; An Immunofluorecence Microscopy iImaging System for Studying Membrane Targeting and Sorting Events in Cellular Trafficking and Signaling

David Meaney, Bioengineering, SEAS; Construction of a High-throughput Screening System for Studying the 'Molecular Fingerprints' of Growth and Repair in Single Cells of the CNS

Carol Muller, Music, SAS; South African Music: Text & Performance

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Shakunthala Narasimhulu, Surgical Research, Medicine; Coupling Mechanism in Cytochrome P450

Sean Nicholson, Health Care Systems, Wharton; The Impact of Managed Care on the Delivery of Medical Care

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Trevor Penning, Pharmacology, Medicine; Matching Funds For a Stopped-Flow Spectrometer

Peter Perrin, Medicine, Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Division, Medicine; Role of ICOS in T Cell Interfereon-gamma Production and Activation

Pedro Ponte-Castaneda, Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics, SEAS; From Individual to Collective Behavior in Biological Systems

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Ann Rogers, Adult Health & Illness, Nursing; Does a Wrist Actigraph Accurately Record the Sleep/Wake Patterns in Patients with Narcolepsy?

David Roos, Biology, SAS; Leica Microscope Shutter for Rapid and Efficient Acquisition of Multi-Colored Fluorescence and Phase Contrast Images

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Frank Schorfheide, Economics, SAS; Econometric Evaluation of Monetary Policy Rules with DSGE Models of Open Economies

Maurice Schweitzer, Operations and Information Management, Wharton; The Influence of Affect on the Deception Decision Process

Ann Slaughter, Dental Care Systems, Dental Medicine; Determinants of Preventive Oral Health Behaviors Among Community Dwelling African American Elderly in an Urban City

Paul Sniegowski, Biology, SAS; The Unexplored Biology of a Major Model Organism: Natural Population Studies of Saccharamyces Cerevisiae and its Sibling Species S. Paradoxus

Marilyn Stringer, Nursing; Homecare for Women with Preterm, Premature Rupture of Membranes-Outcomes & Cost

Kathleen Sullivan, Pediatrics, Medicine; Immunologic Senescence in Chromosome 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome

Gabriel Szulanski, Management, Wharton; Global Growth Through Replication

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Kathleen Treseder; Ralph Cicerone; Kelly Redeker, Biology, SAS; Alterations in Emissions of Ozone-depleting Gases by a Widespread Group of Soil Fungi in Response to Anthropogenic Global Change

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Robert Vitalis, Political Science, SAS; Political Science as Mission: Rebirth of a Discipline in American-Occupied Germany

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Patrick Walsh, Chemistry, SAS; BINOL-Based Catalysts for Asymmetric Synthesis

Susan Weiss, Microbiology, Medicine; Murine Coronavirus-Induced Hepatitis: An Animal Model of Viral Hepatitis

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Yu-Sheng Zheng, Operations and Information Management, Wharton; Overreaction in Supply Chain Management: Effects and Correction Strategies


Research Foundation Committee 2001-2002 Fall Cycle 2001

Applicants are to submit all inquiries to the Office of the Vice Provost for Research or the panel chair.

For new Research Foundation Guidelines see www.upenn.edu/research/FoundationGuidelines.htm.

Biomedical Review Panel

  • Roland Kallen, (Chairperson) Professor, Biochemistry/Biophysics
  • Linda Brown, Professor, Nursing
  • Wafik El-Deiry, Associate Professor, Hematology-Oncology; Assistant Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
  • Lois K. Evans, Associate Professor, Nursing; Director, Academic Nursing Practice
  • Alan Gewirtz, Professor, Hematology-Oncology; Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
  • Howard Goldfine, Professor, Microbiology
  • Gregory Guild, Associate Professor, Biology; Assoc. Chair, Biology
  • Linda Otis, Associate Professor, Oral Medicine Division of Radiology
  • Mortimer Poncz, Professor, Pediatrics
  • Martin Pring, Associate Professor Physiology; Associate Professor, Biochemistry &Biophysics
  • Robert Ricciardi, Professor, Microbiology School of Dental Medicine
  • Lynn Schuchter, Associate Professor, Hematology-Oncology
  • J. Sanford Schwartz, Professor Medicine, Professor Health Management & Economics
  • Joseph Spear, Professor, Physio Animal Biology; Head, Physiology Labs, Vet.
  • John H. Wolfe, Professor of Pathology and Medical Genetics; Director, Center for Comparative Medical Genetics

Humanities Review Panel

  • Thomas Safley, (Chairperson), Associate Professor and, Graduate Group Chairman, History
  • Stephen Dunning, Professor and Chairman, Religious Studies
  • Julie Fairman, Assistant Professor, Nursing
  • Gary Hatfield, Professor, Philosophy
  • Michele Richman, Associate Professor, Romance Languages

Natural Science and Engineering Review Panel

  • Eric Weinberg, (Chairman), Professor, Biology
  • Mirjam Cvetic, Professor, Physics
  • Nader Engheta, Professor, Electrical Engineering
  • Robert Giegengack, Professor, Geology
  • Ponzy Lu, Professor, Chemistry
  • David Luzzi, Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
  • Virginia Richards, Professor, Psychology

Social Science and Management Review Panel

  • Vivian L. Gadsden, (Chairperson), Associate Professor, LED, GSE; Director, NCOFF
  • Alan Heston, Professor, Economics, and SARS
  • Francis Johnston, Professor, Anthropology
  • Mark Stern, Professor, School of Social Work
  • Jerry Wind, Lauder Professor and Professor, Marketing; Director, SEI Center


Almanac, Vol. 47, No. 35, May 29, 2001

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