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Accolades

AWARDS
Ben Glick, MGCB, 2003 Faculty Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching Samuel Hellman, Radiation & Cellular Oncology, Gold Medal from the American College of Radiology
Wen-Hsiung Li, Ecology & Evolution, Membership in the National Academy of Sciences
Willard Manning, Health Studies, the 10th Annual Kenneth J. Arrow Award in Health Economics
David Meltzer, Medicine, the Society of Hospital Medicine Young Investigator Award
Robert Nishikawa, Radiology, Fellow of the American Association of Physicists
Paul Rathouz, Health Studies, the James E. Grizzle Distinguished Alumnus Award for 2003, Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina
Bernard Roizman, MGCB & BMB, Quantrell Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
Janet Rowley, Medicine, 2003 Benjamin Franklin Medal for Distinguished Achievement from the American Philosophical Society, and the Charlotte Friend Memorial Award from the American Association for Cancer Research
Nancy Schwartz, Pediatrics & BMB, NIH/NICHD Mentor Award for Excellence in Research Training

NEW GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS: JANUARY 1 THORUGH JUNE 30, 2003
NIH MERIT
Bernard Roizman, MGCB & BMB, "Dissection of the Function of Herpes Simplex Virus ICPO"
NSF CAREER
Melina Hale, OBA, "CAREER: Reticulospinal Control of Alternative Startle Behaviors"
Manyuan Long, Ecology & Evolution, "CAREER: Genomic Analysis for Rate and Patterns of New Gene Origination in Drosophila"
NIH Cooperative Awards
Marshall Chin, Medicine, "Outcomes, Incentives, and Improvements in Collaboratives" (U01)
David Ehrmann, Medicine, "Post-Diabetes Prevention Program" (U01)
Gini Fleming, Medicine, "Cancer and Leukemia Group B" (U10)
Mark Ratain, Medicine, "Phase I Clinical Trials of Anti-Cancer Agents" (U01)
Richard Schilsky, Medicine, "Cancer and Leukemia Group B" (U10)
NIH Program Projects
Albert Bendelac, Pathology, "Glycolipid Presentation by CD1d"
Michelle Le Beau, Medicine, "Etiology of Treatment Induced Secondary Leukemia?"
Julian Solway, Medicine, "Molecular Mechanisms of Asthma"
Hans Schreiber, Pathology, "CD8+ T Cells and Immunological Tumor Regression"
Eve Van Cauter, Medicine, "Alterations of Circadian Timing in Sleep and Aging"
NIH Specialized Centers
Don Steiner, BMB & HHMI, "Diabetes Research and Training Center" (P60)
Sally Radovick, Pediatrics, "Chicago Center for Reproductive Research" (U54)
NIH Shared Instrument
Hans Schreiber, Pathology, "Three Laser BD Digital LSR" (S10)
NIH Training Grants
Herbert Abelson, Pediatrics, "Research Career Training in Pediatrics" (K12)
Peggy Mason, NPP, "Training in Neural Systems" (T32)
Nancy Schwartz, Pediatrics, "Graduate Training in Growth and Development" (T32)
NIH Development Awards
Deborah Burnet, Medicine & Pediatrics, "Reducing Type 2 Diabetes Risk in African American Youth" (K23)
Michael Hobert, Pathology, "Polarity and Epithelial Cell-Pathogen Interactions" (K01)
Kenan Qin, Pediatrics, "Regulation of Testosterone Synthesis in TheCA Cells" (K08)
NSF Research Grants
Victoria Prince, OBA, "Evolution, Function and Regulation of Teleost Hox Genes"
Martin Feder, OBA, "FIBR: Planning: Proteomic Analysis of Critical Targets of Environmental Stress"
Martin Feder, OBA, "Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology of the Stress Response and Stress Proteins"
Priyanga Amarasekare, Ecology & Evolution, "A Multi-Consumer Prespective of Consumer-Resource Dynamic"
Gayle Lamppa, MGCB, "Stromal Processing Peptidase Function in the Chloroplast Import Pathway"
NIH Research Grants (R01)
Mark Abe, Pediatrics, "Characterization of ERK8, a new MAPK in Lung"
Doug Bishop, Radiation & Cellular Oncology, "Meiotic Interactions of the RecA Homologue"
Doug Bishop, Radiation & Cellular Oncology, "Genetic Dissection of BRCA1's Recombination Function"
Eugene Chang, Medicine, "Cytoprotective Role of Heat Shock Proteins in IBD"
Eugene Chang, Medicine, "Role and Regulation of Intestinal Na/H Exchanger"
Marcus Clark, Medicine, "Kinase Activation by the B-Cell Antigen Receptor"
Emil Coccaro, Psychiatry, "Fluoxetine and Divalproex: Treatment Correlates in IED"
John Crispino, Ben May Institute, "Mechanisms of Leukemogenesis in Down Syndrome"
Robert Daum, Pediatrics, Mechanisms of Glycopeptide Resistance in Staphylococci"
Guido Franzoso, Ben May Institute & Gwen Knapp Center, "Roles of Gadd45beta in JNK Signaling, Apoptosis and CA"
Tom Gajewski, Pathology, "Multi-Peptide/IL-12 Melanoma Vaccine"
Ben Glick, MGCB, "Optimizing DsRed"
Bill Green, NPP, "The Neuronal Alpha-Bungarotonix Binding Site"
David Grdina, Radiation & Cellular Oncology, "Genetic Analysis of the Delayed Radioprotection by Thiols"
Melina Hale, OBA, "Central Control of Rhythmic Movement in a Vertebrate"
Howard Halpern, Radiation & Cellular Oncology, "Radiation Biology of EPR Oxygen Images"
Steven Hanauer, Medicine, "Multi-site Trial of Azathioprine Dosing in Crohn Disease"
Un-Jun Kang, Neurology, "The Neuroprotective Effect of Tetrahydrobiopterin"
Andrea King, Psychiatry, "Alcohol Stimulation and Sedation in Binge Drinkers"
Shohei Koide, BMB, "Nuclear Receptor Probed with Designer Binding Proteins"
Anning Lin, Ben May Institute, "Integration of TNF Signaling in Apoptosis"
Rebecca Lipton, Pediatrics, "Chicago Childhood Diabetes Registry"
Manyuan Long, Ecology & Evolution, "Variation of D. melangogaster Chromosome 4"
Averil Ma, Medicine, "Immune Regulation by A20"
Peggy Mason, NPP, "Pain Modulation and Visceral Stimulation"
James Mastrianni, Neurology, "Defining the Prion Domain of PrP"
Robert McCrea, NPP, Physiology of Oculomotor Premotor Pathways"
Daniel McGehee, Anesthesia, "Nicotinic Modulation of the Mesoaccumbens DA System"
Elizabeth McNally, Medicine, "Myoferlin in Muscle Membrane Fusion and Repair"
Stephen Meredith, Pathology, "N-Methyl and Other Peptide Inhibitors of Fibrillogenesis"
Robert Nishikawa, Radiology, "Improving the Softcopy Reading of Mammograms using CAD?"
Carole Ober, Human Genetics, "Positional Cloning of a 6p-linked Asthma Gene"
Lou Philipson, Medicine, "K+ Channel Expression in Pancreatic Beta-Cells"
Jonathan Pritchard, Human Genetics, "Linkage Disequilibrium Methods for Complex Trait Mapping"
Jan-Marino Ramirez, OBA, "Hypoxic Effects on Mammalian Respiratory Neural Network"
Jan-Marino Ramirez, OBA, "Substance P in the Central Respiratory Neural Network"
Lainie Ross, Pediatrics, "Newborn Genetic Screening: For Whose Benefit"
Hans Schreiber, Pathology, "Manipulation of Tumor Specific Immunity"
Donald Steiner, BMB & HHMI, "Studies on Pancreatic Hormones"
Ya-Ping Tang, Psychiatry, "PS1-regulated Neurogenesis and Its Functional Consequences"
Lauren Wakschlag, Psychiatry, "Prenatal Smoking and Patterns of Youth Problem Behavior"
Chung-I Wu, Evolution & Ecology, "Evolution of a New Gene and Speciation"

NIH Research Grants (R03, R21)
Patrick Corrigan, Psychiatry, "The Paradox of Self Stigma in Serious Mental Illness"
Miriam Domowicz, Pediatrics, "Fate of Aggrecan-Expressing Progenitors in Gliogenesis"
Richard Kraig, Neurology, "Multiplexed & Cell-specific Analyses of Brain Function"
Dominique Missiakas, BMB, "Genetic analysis of the S. aureus Secretory Pathway"
Michael Roe, Medicine, "Role of ER Stress in Beta Cell Apoptosis"
Charles Rudin, Medicine, "A Pharmacogenetic and Pharmacodynamic Study of Erlotinib"
Olaf Schneewind, MGCB, "The Type III Pathway of Yersinia Pestis"
Koen Van Besien, Medicine, "TCR-Gene Modified T-Cells for Adaptive Immunotherapy"
Department of Defense
Maryellen Giger, Radiology, "Undergraduate Summer Training in Breast Cancer Imaging"
Robert Nishikawa, Radiology, "Computerized Identification of Normal Mammograms"
Marcus Peter, Ben May Institute, "The Role of Caspase-8 in Breast Carcinoma Cells"
Ralph Weichselbaum, Radiation & Cellular Oncology and Center for Molecular Oncology, "Enhancement of Sensitivity of Breast Cancer Cells to Cytotoxic Chemo"
Diana Yamada, Ob-Gyn, "The Role of MKK4 in the Metastatic Colonization of Ovarian Cancer"
American Academy of Pediatrics
Kyran Quinlan, Pediatrics, "Asthma Education Planning Grant"
American Association of Cancer Research
Olufunmilayo Olopade, Medicine, "c-Met Mutational and Functional Analysis in Small Cell Lung Cancer: Potential for Therapeutic Inhibition"
American Association of Psychiatry/Glaxo Smith Kline Junior Faculty Development Award
Alan Sanders, Psychiatry
American Cancer Society
Stephen Kent, BMB, "Visualizing Photoactivation of the Photoactive Yellow Protein (PYP) Using Chemical Synthesis and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR)"
Carl Maki, Radiation & Cellular Oncology, "Ubiquitination and Nuclear Export of p53"
Gillian Newstead, Radiology, "Use of Dynamic Contrast Enhanced MRI with High Temporal Resolution for Diagnosis of DCIS"
American Diabetes Society
Clive Palfrey, NPP, Role of EF-2 Phosphorylation and Protein Phosphatase-2A in Glucose Effects on Protein Synthesis in Beta Cells"
American Geriatrics Society: Dennis Jahnigen Career Development Award
Stacy Lindau, Obstetrics & Gynecology
American Heart Association
Paul Barach, Anesthesia, "Human Factors and Patient Safety During Infant Cardiac Surgery"
American Society of Clinical Oncology Young Investigator Award
Ezra Cohen, Medicine
Lucy Godley, Medicine
John Villano, Medicine
Cancer Research Foundation
Xiaobing Fan, Radiology, "Use of Dynamic Contrast-enhanced MRI to Differentiate between Rodent Metastatic and Non-Metastatic Prostate Tumors"
Barbara Kee, Pathology, "Regulation of E2A Proteins by the Phosphatidyl Inositol 3-Kinase Pathway"
Mark McKee, Surgery, "Transfer of Murine T-Cell Receptor Genes to Human Lymphocytes for Recognition of Human Tumors"
Hong Ming Shen, MGCB, "Investigation of Mutating T Cells and Activation-Induced Cytidine Deaminase Function"
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Arthur Herbst, Ob-Gyn, "CDC-Approved DES Update Information"
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Deborah Nelson, NPP, "The Role of CFTR in the Regulation of Macrophage Function"
Fight for Sight
Naoum Issa, NPP, "The Organization of Spatial Frequency Preference in Cat Area 18"
Albert & Ellen Grass Faculty Grant in Neuroscience, MBL, Woods Hole, MA
Bill Green, NPP
Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International
Maria-Luisa Alegre, Medicine, "T Cell-intrinsic NF-kB and Tolerance to Islet Allografts"
Victoria Prince, OBA, "Specification of Pancreas in Simple Vertebrate Model"
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
Wei Du, Ben May Institute for Cancer Research & Center for Molecular Oncology, "Genetic Dissection of the Rb Pathway"
Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr. Foundation
Naoum Issa, NPP, "Effect of Amblyopia on the Cortical Representation of Visual Space"
Barbara Kee, Pathology, "E2A-Dependent Lymphocyte Survival: Is Control of the Retinoblastoma Protein the Key?"
Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation
Amittha Wickrema, Medicine, "Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 as a Potential Target for Therapy in Multiple Myeloma"
National Dairy Council
Jeanette Newton Keith, Medicine, "Misperceptions of Lactose Tolerance in African Americans"
National Geographic Society (Multiple Awards)
Paul Sereno, OBA, 2003 Special Projects
North American Spine Society
Tong-Chuan He, Surgery, "BMP-Transduced Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Spine Fusion"
Frank Phillips, Neurology, "Sox9-Mediated Gene Therapy in a Degenerative Disc Model"
Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation
Rex Haydon, Surgery, "BMP6 Mediated Osteogenesis"
Parents Against Childhood Epilepsy
Charles Marcuccilli, Pediatrics, "Electrophysiological Characterization of Pediatric Neurocortical Neurons"
Pfizer/SWHR Scholar Grant: Faculty Development in Women's Health 2003
Helen Kim, Obstetrics & Gynecology
Sloan Fellowships
Yimin Zou, NPP
Naoum Issa, NPP
The Veterans Administration
Edward Naureckas, Medicine, "IPA Assignment Agreement: Analysis of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Outcomes"
The VNA Foundation
John Lantos, Pediatrics, "VNA Doula Project"
Whitehall Foundation
Nicholas Hatsopoulos, OBA, "Cortical Representations of Motor Primitives and Actions"