AWARDS
Morton Arnsdorf, Medicine, Distinguished Fellow Award, American College of Cardiology
Judy Cho, Medicine, Member, American Society for Clinical Investigation
Joe Garcia, Medicine, Member, Association of American Physicians
Eugene Goldwasser, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Amgen International Prize for Therapeutic Advancement in Nephrology, International Society of Nephrology
Stephen Hanauer, Medicine, Editor-in-Chief, Nature Clinical Practice Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Holly Humphrey, Medicine, 2005 Dema C. Daley Founders Award, Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine and 2006 Chair-Elect, Association of Program Directors of the American Board of Internal Medicine
William Mieler, Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Board of Directors, American Board of Medical Specialists
2005 Crystal Apple Award, American Society of Retina Specialists Young Physician’s Section
Olufunmilayo Olopade, Medicine, Member, Association of American Physicians
Trevor Price, Ecology & Evolution, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship
Janet Rowley, Medicine, American College of Physicians Award, American College of Physicians
Landon-AACR Prize for Basic and Translational Cancer Research, Kirk A. and Dorothy P. Landon Foundation and the American Association for Cancer Research
Michael Simon, Surgery, 2005 Smith and Nephew Endoscopy Distinguished Clinician Educator Award, American Orthopaedic Association
Julian Solway, Medicine, Member, Association of American Physicians
Jerrold Turner, Pathology, Member, American Society for Clinical Investigation
Ralph Weichselbaum, Medicine, Member, Association of American Physicians
Ting-Wa Wong, Pathology, Outstanding Basic Science Teaching Award, Class of 2005, Pritzker School of Medicine

NEW GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS: JANUARY 1 THROUGH MARCH 31, 2005
NIH Research Grants (R01)
Kimm Jon Hamann, Medicine, “Oxidants and Caspases: Initiation of Reperfusion Injury”
Anthony Kossiakoff, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, “Chaperone Assisted Crystallography”
Mark Stein, Psychiatry, “Measuring and Predicting Responses to ATX and MPH”
Steve A.N. Goldstein, “Cardiac K2P and Kv4 potassium channels”
Ralph Weichselbaum, Radiation & Cellular Oncology, “DNA Damage Targeted Gene Therapy in Head and Neck Cancer"
Yimin Zou, Neurobiology, Pharmacology & Physiology, “Signaling Pathways Controlling Axon Pathfinding”
NIH Research Grants (R13)
Glyn Dawson, Pediatrics,” Tenth International Congress on Ceroid Lipofuscinoses”
NIH Research and Development-Related Contracts (N01)
Everett Vokes, Medicine, “Early Therapeutics Development with Phase II Emphasis”
NIH Fellowship Grants
Albert Bendelac, Pathology, “Molecular Comparison of Spontaneous and Induced Nkt Development” (F32)
Department of Defense Grants
Kunio Doi, Radiology, “Psychophysical Measures for Selection of Similar Images for Diagnosis of Masses and Clustered Microcalcifications on Mammograms”
Geoffrey Greene, Ben May Institute for Cancer Research, “Extranuclear Signaling Effects Mediated by the Estrogen Receptor
National Science Foundation Grants
Martin Feder, Organismal Biology & Anatomy, “Ecological and
Evolutionary Physiology of Stress Response & Stress Proteins”
Jean Greenberg, Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology, “ALD1-Dependent Signaling in the Plant Defense Response”
Jocelyn Malamy, Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology, “The Adaptation of Plant Development to Environmental Stress”
American Academy of Pediatrics
Icy Cade-Bell, Pediatrics, “Adolescent Health Access Program”
Abbott Laboratories
Kenan Onel, Pediatrics, “Chicago Genomics Symposium”
Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Association
Gopal Thinakaran, Neurobiology, Pharmacology & Physiology, “Mechanisms of Raft Association and A-beta Production by PS1/Gamma-Secretase”
American Cancer Society of Illinois
Tiejun Lui, Medicine, “Molecular Pathways in ML-Associated Leukemia”
Bakhtiar Yamini, Surgery, “Enhancing Apoptosis in Glioma by Using TNF-alpha, Temozolomide, and Radiotherapy”
American Heart Association
Nickolai Dulin, Medicine, “Mitogenic Signaling of Purinergic Receptors in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells”
Nickolai Dulin, Medicine, “Targeting G Proteins to Prevent Smooth Muscle Growth”
Anthony Kossiakoff, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, “Mapping the Binding Pathway Between Human Growth Hormone and its Cognate Receptors”
Wei-Jen Tang, Ben May Institute for Cancer Research, “Molecular Mechanism of Calcium-Calmodulin Regulating Bacterial Adenyl Cyclases and SK2 channel”
American Heart Association/Chicago
Ronald Rock, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, “Finding the Key Mechanical Components of the Myosin Molecular Motor”
Foundation for Anesthsia Education & Research
Zheng Xie, Anesthesia & Critical Care, “Molecular Mechanisms for Catecholamine Secretion by Anesthetics”
The Brinson Foundation
Tong-Chuan He, Surgery, “Role of Connective-Tissue Growth Factor (CTGF) in Human Osteosarcoma”
Cancer Research Institute
Ursula Storb, Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology, “Somatic Hypermutation of Immunoglobulin Genes”
Albert Bendelac, Pathology, “CD1d Restricted NKT Cell Responses to Microbial Glycolipid Antigens”
Cancer Research Foundation
Kenan Onel, Pediatrics, “The Identification of Novel Biomarkers and Therapeutic Targets in Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)”
Amy Peterson, Medicine, “Overcoming Tumor Resistance to a Prime Anti-Tumor Immune Response”
Ernst Lengyel, Obstetrics & Gynecology, “Role and Regulation of Matrix-Metalloproteinase (MMP-2) and MMP-9 in Ovarian Cancer”
Cardio-Optics, Inc.
Bradley Knight, Medicine, “Intracardiac Imaging and Cardiac Tissue Ablation During Catheter-Based Electrophysiologic Procedures”
Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, International
Maria-Luisa Alegre, Medicine, “T Cell-intrinsic NF-kB and Tolerance to Islet Allografts”
Victoria Prince, Organismal Biology & Anatomy, “Specification of Pancreas in Simple Vertebrate Model”
Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation, Inc.
Ravi Salgia, Medicine, “Studies of c-Met in Mesothelioma”
Peter F. Mcmanus Charitable Trust
Paul Vezina, Psychiatry, “Calcium-Mediated Second Messengers and the Enhanced Self-Administration of Amphetamines”

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