Spring 2016 University Research Foundation Awards

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In the most recent cycle, Spring 2016, of Penn’s internally-funded University Research Foundation, and URF Conference Support (noted with *), the Office of the Vice Provost for Research has announced awards to the following members of the faculty for the projects listed below.

Research and Conference Support Awards Spring 2016:

Ritesh Agarwal, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Materials Science and Engineering; Silicon Nanophotonics: Teaching Silicon New Tricks at the Nanoscale

Erfei Bi, Perelman School of Medicine, Cell and Developmental Biology; Using Innovative Technologies in Live Imaging to Uncover Mechanisms of Cell Behaviors

*David Brownlee, School of Arts and Sciences, History of Art; Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture at 50

*Hsiao-wen Cheng, School of Arts and Sciences, East Asian Languages and Civilizations; Rethinking Yijian zhi: Cross-Disciplinary Approaches to Narrative and Anecdotal Writings

Bart De Jonghe, School of Nursing, Biobehavioral Health Sciences; Neural Mechanisms of Chemotherapy-Induced Energy Dysregulation and Nausea

*Grant Frame, School of Arts and Sciences, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations; Divination in the Ancient World

Erick Guerra, School of Design, City and Regional Planning; The Built Environment, Traffic Enforcement and Pedestrian Safety in the Philadelphia Region

Alexandra Hanlon, School of Nursing, Office of Nursing Research; Quantifying the Effects of Sleep on Cardiovascular Health Risk Factors: A Population Analysis Using Biobank Data

Jerry Jacobs, School of Arts and Sciences, Sociology; Technology and the Future of Work: A Case Study of Home Health Services

*Justin Khoury, School of Arts and Sciences, Physics; New Frontiers in Cosmology and String Theory

Matthew Levine, Perelman School of Medicine, Surgery; Peri-Operative Estrogen in Renal Transplantation (PERT) Trial

Timothy Linksvayer, School of Arts and Sciences, Biology; Manipulation of Ant Social Traits by a Bacterial Endosymbiont

Christopher Marcinkoski, School of Design, Landscape Architecture; Africa 2050: An Atlas of Speculative Urbanization

Mechthild Pohlschröder, School of Arts and Sciences, Biology; Significance of Glycosylation for the Regulation of Biofilm Formation

Prashant Purohit, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics; A Model for Stretch Growth of Integrated Axon Tracts

Michael Shashaty, Perelman School of Medicine, Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care; Molecular Markers of Acute Kidney Injury in Lung Transplant Recipients

*Emily Steiner, School of Arts and Sciences, English; The Futures of Medieval Historiography

Howard Stevenson, Graduate School of Education, Applied Psychology and Human Development; Black Family Racial Stress Reduction: Improving Racial Socialization Competence

Dawn Teele, School of Arts and Sciences, Political Science; Did Giving Women the Vote Matter for Electoral Politics?

*Jolyon Thomas, School of Arts and Sciences, East Asian Languages and Civilizations; What Isn’t Shinto?

*John Trueswell, School of Arts and Sciences, Psychology; 38th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society

Andrew Tsourkas, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Bioengineering; Engineering Brain Penetrating Antibodies

Julia Verkholantsev, School of Arts and Sciences, Slavic Languages; Language as Fossilized History: Myth and Etymology in Medieval Historiography

Richard Zettler, School of Arts and Sciences, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations; Sidekan Archaeological Survey

Impact Seminar Grant Recipients

Claire Finkelstein, Law School, Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law; Producing Leaders of Character and Integrity: Instilling Values in Public Life

Karen Glanz, Perelman School of Medicine, Epidemiology and Nursing; Accelerating Policies and Research on Food Access, Diet and Obesity Prevention

Susan Sorenson, School of Social Policy and Practice, Technology and Violence Against Women

Shu  Yang, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Materials Science and Engineering; The First Penn-KIST Joint Symposium

Kenneth Zaret, Perelman School of Medicine, Cell and Developmental Biology; Controlling Cell and Human Identity

Research Opportunity Grant, Phase 2 Recipient

Steve Tinney, School of Arts and Sciences, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations; Mesopotamia and the Persian Gulf: Cities and Maritime Networks 2500-2000 BCE

 

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