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Research Foundation Awards Made in the Fall Cycle
1997
Spring Cycle: Deadline March 15
Penn's internally-funded Research Foundation
Awards are reviewed and given in two cycles each year. The 1998 Spring
Cycle applications deadline is March 15. For application guidelines, click here.
Dr. Daniel Albert, Rheumatology, Medicine; Prediction
of Outcome of Total Joint Arthroplasty for Osteoarthritis of the Hip.
Dr. Haim Bau, Mechanical Engineering, SEAS; A NC Milling Machine for
the Processing of Pre-Fired Ceramic Tapes and Other Materials Relevant
to Minute (On-Chip) Chemical and Biological Laboratories.
Dr. Philip Bergey, Radiology, Medicine; Automated Radiologic Follow-up:
A System to Facilitate Capture of Radiologic-Pathologic Correlation Data.
Dr. Charles Bernheimer, Romance Languages, SAS; Publication of the Queen
of Decadence: Salome in Modern Culture.
Dr. Lizann Bolinger, Radiology, Medicine; Magnetic Resonance Studies
of Pilocarpine Induced Epileptic Seizures.
Dr. Toni Bowers, English, SAS; Force or Fraud: Resistance and Complicity
in British Seduction Narratives, 1660-1740.
Dr. Judith Buchanan, Dental Care Systems, Dental Medicine; Evaluation
of Virtual Reality Unit in Dental Education.
Dr. Chun-Hung Chen, Systems Engineering, SEAS; An Integer Programming
Approach Integrating Simulation and Ordinal Optimization.
Dr. Zhi-Long Chen, Systems Engineering, SEAS; System-Wide Planning:
Coordination of Production and Distribution.
Dr. Ram Cnaan, Social Work; The Role of Local Religious Congregations
in the Provision of Social Services.
Dr. Michael Edward DiSanto, Surgery, Medicine; Mechanisms for Erection:
Effects of Sex Hormones on Corporal Smooth Muscle.
Dr. Charles Emerson, Cell and Developmental Biology, Medicine; Novel
Approaches to Investigate Gene Regulatory Mechanisms in Mouse Embryos.
Dr. Fred Frankel, Microbiology, Medicine; Test of a New Safe Vaccine
Vector for HIV.
Dr. James Ferguson, Clinical Studies, Veterinary Medicine; Immunosuppression
in Dairy Cattle Caused by Rumen Acidosis.
Dr. Jorge Ferrer, Clinical Studies, Veterinary Medicine; International
Cooperative Research on the Epidemiology and Pathogenicity of Hantaviruses
and Human Leukemia Virus Type II in Endemically Infected South American
Indian Communities.
Dr. John Fischer, Materials Science, SEAS; Electron Transport Measurement
Facility.
Dr. Douglas Frye, Psychology in Education, Graduate Education; Cognitive
Change in Early Mathematics.
Dr. Michael Gamer, English, SAS; Fribblers, Macaronies, and Fops: Male
Effeminacy and Nation in Eighteenth-Century Britain, 1688-1832.
Dr. Robert Giegengack, Geology, SAS; Quaternary Paleoenvironments in
Dakhla and Kharga Oases, Western Desert, Egypt.
Dr. Eduardo Glandt, Chemical Engineering, SEAS; Access in Nanoporous
Materials.
Dr. Avery Goldstein, Political Science, SAS; The Security Dilemma and
Sino-Japanese Relations in the Post-Cold War World.
Dr. Farah Jasmine Griffin, English, SAS; Lady of the Day: The Myths
and Meanings of Billie Holiday.
Dr. Laura Grindstaff, Annenberg; Airing Dirty Laundry: The Production
of "Trash" and "Class" on Daytime Television Talkshows.
Dr. Lynda Hart, English, SAS; Critical Performances.
Dr. Fredrik Hiebert, Anthropology, SAS; University of Pennsylvania Central
Asia Archaeology Project.
Dr. William Holmes, Medicine, Medicine; The Social Effect of Protease
Inhibitors: An Exploratory Study of HIV Seropositive Individuals' Transition
Patterns to a Non-Terminal Illness Model.
Dr. Jianhua Huang, Statistics, Wharton; Functional ANOVA Modeling
for Proportional Hazards Regression.
Dr. Joseph Jarrett, Biochemistry & Biophysics, Medicine; Production
and Control of Biological Radicals in Pyruvate Formate-Lyase and Biotin
Synthase.
Dr. Jason Scott Johnston, Law; Studies in the Law and Economics
of Civil Litigation.
Dr. Thomas Jongens, Genetics, Medicine; Verification that csp is
Required for Cell Type=Specific Proliferation and Encodes a Homologue of
Chl 12.
Dr. Madeleine Joullie, Chemistry, SAS; A New Class of Reagents for Amino
Acid.
Dr. Randall Kamien, Physics, SAS; Mini-Workshop on the Tenth Anniversary
of the TGB Phase.
Dr. Grace Kao, Sociology, SAS; Family Influences on the Educational
Outcome of Immigrant Youth.
Dr. William Kerr, Molecular and Cellular Engineering, Medicine; Role
of SHIP in B Cell Development and Function.
Dr. Paul Korshin, English, SAS; Studies on Samuel Johnson (1709-84)
and Johnsoniana.
Dr. Marisa Kozlowski, Chemistry, SAS; Computer-Aided Design of Asymmetric
Reaction Processes.
Dr. Kenneth Lande, Physics, SAS; Development of a Very Sensitive Neutron
Spectrometer to Determine Neutron Backgrounds for Deep Underground Solar
Neutrino Detectors.
Dr. Edward Lankford, Medicine, Medicine; Mechanism of Cardiomyopathy
and Skeletal Myopathy in Cardiomyopathic Hamsters.
Dr. Hsueh-Kung Lin, Pathology, Medicine; Distribution of 3alpha-HSD
in Human Prostatic Tissues and Role of Type 3 3alpha-HSD Mediated Growth
Arrest in Human Prostatic Cells.
Dr. Noam Lior, Mechanical Engineering, SEAS; Laser for a Holographic
Interferometry and Speckle Velocimetry Facility for an Interdisciplinary
Research Initiative on the Fundamentals of Microelectronic Sensor and Circuit
Integrated System Analysis and Design.
Dr. David Luzzi, Materials Science, SEAS; Construction of an Environmental
Transfer Chamber and In-Situ Experimental Device for the JEOL2010F Field
Emission TEM.
Dr. Joseph Maldjian, Radiology, Medicine; Functional MRI in Neurosurgical
Patients.
Dr. Dewey McCafferty, Biochemistry & Biophysics, Medicine; Mechanistic
Evaluation of Cell Wall Biosynthesis and Inhibition.
Dr. Eugene Mele, Physics, SAS; Tenth Annual Workshop on Developments
in Electronic Structure Algorithms.
Dr. Naomi Miller, Archaeology, SAS; Environment and Land Use at
Tell es-Sweyhat and Hajji Ibrahim, Syria.
Dr. Vladimir Muzykantov, Pharmacology, Medicine; Conjugation of Plasminogen
Activators to the Carrier Red Blood Cells.
Dr. Irving Nachamkin, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Medicine;
Ganglioside-Like Epitopes on Campylobacter Jejuni.
Dr. Elisa New, English, SAS; Monolith Shibboleth: Modern Jewish Image
in Folklife, Film and Theory.
Dr. Freida Outlaw, Psychiatric Mental Health, Nursing; The Influence
of Church Based Religious Teachings on What and How Single Mothers Teach
Their Sons About Sex.
Dr. John Pehrson, Animal Biology, Veterinary Medicine; The Role of Histone
MacroH2A in X Chromosome Inactivation.
Dr. Ravinder Reddy, Radiology, Medicine; Magnetic Resonance Imaging
of Hyperpolarized 3He.
Dr. Jay Reise, Music, SAS; The Selfish Giant: A Recording by the Philharmonia
Orchestra.
Dr. Lauren Rich, Social Work; Later Life Education Among Teenage Mothers
and Its Effects on Their Children.
Dr. Virginia Richards, Psychology, SAS; Evaluation of Power Spectrum
Model of Masking.
Dr. Jose-Victor Rios-Rull, Economics, SAS; On the Distributional Impact
of Tax Change.
Dr. Keith Robinson, Rehabilitation Medicine, Medicine; Cognitive Deficits
in Persian Gulf War Veterans.
Dr. Peggy Sanday, Anthropology, SAS; The Original of Matrifiliation
Among the Minangkabau of West Sumatra, Indonesia.
Dr. Richard Schultz, Biology, SAS; Request for Hydraulic Micromanipulator
and Mechanical Injector to Conduct Mouse Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection
(ICSI).
Dr. Bruce Shenker, Pathology, Dental Medicine; SDM Flow Cytometry Facility
Upgrade.
Dr. Gregory Smutzer, Otorhinolaryngology, Medicine; A Preparative Centrifuge
for Otorhinolaryngology Research.
Dr. Joseph Spear, Animal Biology, Veterinary Medicine; A New Method
for Probing Mechanisms of Antiarrhythmic Drug Action.
Dr. Norton Taichman, Pathology, Dental Medicine; The Biology of Vascular
Endothelial Growth Factor in Human Saliva.
Dr. Charles Thayer, Geology, SAS; El Niño History and Ocean Paleotemperatures
Recorded in Pacific Coralline Sponges.
Dr. Janet Theophano, Folklore, SAS; Household Words: Women Write for
and From the Kitchen.
Dr. John Vohs, Chemical Engineering, SEAS; Acquisition of X-ray Photoelectron
Spectrometer.
Dr. Eric Weinberg, Biology, SAS; Maternal Control of Anterior-Posterior
Identity in the Zebrafish.
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