AWARDS
Abraham Dachman, Radiology, Fellow, American College of Radiology
Stephen Hanauer, Medicine, 2004 Janssen Award, American Gastroenterological Association for Outstanding Achievement in Clinical Gastroenterology
Samuel Refetoff, Medicine, Honorary Fellowship, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland
Janet Rowley, Medicine, Chicago’s 100 Most Influential Women, Crain’s Chicago Business
Hans Schreiber, Pathology,
Chung-I Wu, Ecology and Evolution, Member, Academia Sinica

NEW GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS: APRIL 1 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2004
NIH Research Grants (R01)
Mark Abney, Human Genetics, "Methods for Complex Trait Mapping in Large Pedigrees"
Harriet De Wit, Psychiatry, "Determinants of Drug Preference in Humans"
Eileen Dolan, Medicine, "Role of DNA Repair in Protecting Against Secondary Leukemias"
Edwin Ferguson, Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology, "Establishment of DPP Activity Gradient in Drosophila"
Yang-Xin Fu, Pathology, "The Role of IgE in Airway Inflammation"
David Grdina, Radiation & Cellular Oncology, "D609 A Novel Cytoprotectant and Selective Antitumor Agent"
Elizabeth Grove, Neurobiology, Pharmacology & Physiology, "The Role of the Cortical Hem in Patterning the Telencephalon"
Marsha Rosner, Ben May Institute for Cancer Research, "Signaling Pathways In Differentiating Neuronal Cells"
Amittha Wickrema, Medicine, "Transcriptional Regulation of Myeloma Cell Growth"
NIH Research Grants (R03, R21)
Michael McCloskey, Psychiatry, "Emotional Information Processing and Intermittent Explosive Disorder (IED): A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging ( fMRI) Study"
Xiaochuan Pan, Radiology, "Tomographic Imaging of Tumors for Radiation Therapy"
Raymond Roos, Neurology, "Inducible Site-Specific Expression of Mutant SOD1"
Gary Toback, Medicine, "A Novel Cyoproctive Peptide for GI Epithelial Cells"
NIH Training Grants
Michelle LeBeau, Medicine, "Graduate Training Program in Cancer Biology"
William McDade, Anesthesia & Critical Care, "Institutional Short Term Research Training Grant for Minority Students"
David Meltzer, Medicine, "MD/PhD Program in Medicine, Social Sciences, and Aging"
NIH Fellowship Programs
Graeme Bell, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, "Study of HNF-4gamma in Knockout and Transgenic Mice"
Neil Shubin, Organismal Biology & Anatomy, "Mechanisms of Digit Patterning and Evolution"
National Science Foundation
Gregory Dwyer, Ecology & Evolution, "The Impact of Specialist Insect Herbivores on Plant Community Composition"
Melina Hale, Organismal Biology & Anatomy, "Reticulospinal Control of Alternative Startle Behaviors"
Manyuan Long, Ecology & Evolution, "Genomic Analysis for Rates and Patterns of New Gene Originations in Drosophila"
"New Gene Formation: A Genome-Wide Investigation of the Fixation and Divergence of Duplicate Genes"
Paul Sereno, Organismal Biology & Anatomy, "Shinisauria (Squamata, Reptilia) and Anguimorph Evolution"
Abbot Laboratories
Mark Lingen, Medicine, "Prevention of Head and Neck Cancer Using Inhibitors of Angiogenesis"
American Health Assistance Foundation
Sangram Sisodia, Neurobiology, Pharmacology & Physiology, "Molecular Dissection of the Gamma Secretase Complex"
Gopal Thinakaran, Neurobiology, Pharmacology & Physiology, "Nicastrin Palmitoylation and Biology of Gamma Secretase"
Centocor, Inc.
Stephen Hanauer, Medicine, "Medical Education Grant: Digestive Disease Week (DDW)/American Gastroenteropogical Association (AGA) Fellow"
Department of Defense
Diane Lauderdale, Health Studies, "Ethnic and Cultural Dimensions of Risk Assessment and Preventive Decision-Making in a High Risk Breast Cancer Clinic"
Charles Metz, Radiology, "Investigation of Three-Group Classifiers to Fully Automate Detection and Classification of Breast Lesions in an Intelligent CAD Mammography Workstation"
Olufunmilayo Olopade, Medicine, "The Characterization and Treatment of Aggressive Breast Cancer"
Human Frontier Science Program
Bruce Lahn, Human Genetics, "Elucidating the Function of Adult Neurogenesis"
Harinder Singh, Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology, "Role of IRF-4 and 8 in pre-B cell differentitaion and Ig gene rearrangement"
Johns Hopkins University
James Madara, Pathology, "Beta-Catenin-Deficient Cells and Controls"
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
Robert Nishikawa, Radiology, "Development of a Computerized Mass and Microcalcification Detection Scheme for Digital Tomosynthesis Images of the Breast"
Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr. Foundation
Naoum Issa, Neurobiology, Pharmacology & Physiology, "The Effect of Amblyopia on the Cortical Representation of Visual Space"
March of Dimes
Benjamin Glick, Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology, "Golgi Dynsmics and Inheritance in a Model Organism"
Myasthenia Gravis Foundation
Barry Arnason, Neurology, "Fc Aggregates to Treat Myasthenia gravis"
Pfizer, Inc.
David Meltzer, Medicine, "Effects of Preference Heterogeneity and Patient Self-Selection on Medical Cost Effectiveness"
Phillip Morris
Aaron Fox, Neurobiology, Pharmacology & Physiology, "Studies of Modulation of Neurotransmitter Release by Nicotine"
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Jonathan Pritchard, Human Genetics, "Human Genomic DNA Prepared From Immortalized Lymphoblastoid Cell Lines"
Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation
Kamal Sharma, Neurobiology, Pharmacology & Physiology, "Identification of Spinal Interneurons Required for Locomotor Fundation"
TAP Pharmaceuticals Inc.
David Ehrmann, Medicine, "Sleep, Metabolic, and Cardiovascular Dysfunction in Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)"

Shedding "Light" on Cancer Immunotherapy
Imagine an army preparing to battle a deadly foe, soldiers training to recognize, seek out, and destroy the enemy. Now imagine this scenario taking place inside the human body, where soldiers are killer T-cells and the enemy is a cancerous tumor...

Family Medicine
The Department of Family Medicine is a relatively new member of the Divisional community, created in 2000 and beginning full operation in 2002 with the appointment of Bernard Ewigman, M.D., as Professor and Chairman...

Creation of the Department of Microbiology
On June 29, 2004, the Division of the Biological Sciences celebrated the reemergence of the Department of Microbiology and the appointment of Dr. Olaf Schneewind as Chairman with a reception held in the Duchossois Center...

Aims Implementation Updates
The New Research Building (NRB)
Major milestones have been reached during the last quarter. The preferred site for the NRB -immediately west of and adjacent to the Biological Sciences Leanring Center- has been acquired. Five of the 6 private properties on the site have been acquired outright...

EDUCATION
The Llewellyn John & Harriet Manchester Quantrell Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
Although from 1938 to 1952 his name was a mystery to the University community, today the name Quantrell is synonymous with excellence in undergraduate teaching....

DEVELOPMENT
$400 Million Raised for Science and Medicine
With the close of the fiscal year on June 30, the Spark Discovery, Illuminate Life campaign has reached the $400 million mark and is on pace to meet a goal of $550 million by December 2006...

DISCOVERIES
The Division of the Biological Sciences is proud to announce the appointment of S. Murray Sherman, Ph.D., as Professor and Chairman of the Department of Neurobiology, Pharmacology and Physiology, effective July 1, 2004...

FOREFRONT: of Sleep Research
The Division of the Biological Sciences is pleased to announce the appointment of Arthur Haney, M.D., as Chair of the University of Chicago Practice Plan Executive Committee...

In Memoriam
H.G. WILLIAMS ASHMAN, PH.D.
An internationally recognized authority on the biochemistry, biosynthesis, regulation and molecular mode of action of sex hormones and their roles in reproduction and in cancer, Howard Guy Williams-Ashman, PhD...

ACCOLADES
Recent Awards and Grants Information for Biological Sciences Division Faculty

ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
Recent Recruitemnts and Appointments of Biological Sciences Division Faculty

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