2014-Winter-DU-Magazine

NEW GRANTS
NEW GRANTS
Small Business Development Center (SBDC), $30,000 from
the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic
Development through the Neighborhood Assistance
Program Tax Credit offered through UPMC. Dr. Mary
McKinney, SBDC director, will administer the award.
Dr. Ellen Gawalt, chemistry and biochemistry, Bayer School,
$9,365 from a Hunkele Dreaded Disease award for
Nanoparticle Delivery of NO for Bacteria Dispersal in Cystic
Fibrosis. Dr. Wilson Meng, Mylan School of Pharmacy, will be
a co-investigator. The award extends through Nov. 30, 2015.
Dr. John Stolz, biological sciences, Bayer School, $3,000 from
a Hunkele Dreaded Disease award for Colonic Microbial
Community Restructuring from Environmental Exposure to
Arsenic.
Dr. Wilson Meng, School of Pharmacy, Year 2 of a subcontract
from the University of Pittsburgh from the Juvenile Diabetes
Research Foundation for Type 1 Diabetes-Suppressive
Microspheres. This brings the total funds to date to $99,134.
Dr. Scott Graves, School of Education, $1,300 from the
American Psychological Association for School Psychology
Leadership Institute: Monitoring and Assessment of Ethnic
Minority Representation and Participation in Psychology.
Dr. Carl Anderson, Mylan School of Pharmacy, $7,554 from
Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. for the Duquesne University
Center for Pharmaceutical Technology’s operator training
program.
Dr. Gibbs Kanyongo, School of Education, $14,989 from the
KEYS Service Corps AmeriCorps Programs for the Braddock
Youth Program.
Dr. Olga Welch, dean of the School of Education, $20,000
from the Heinz Endowments for the Heinz Fellow Master’s
Program.
DU Cares Office, $40,000 (to be funded in $20,000 increments
over two years) from the Pennsylvania Liquor Control
Board for programs to reduce and eliminate underage and
dangerous drinking. Dan Gittens, coordinator of the DU
Cares program, will be the project director.
The School of Pharmacy, $2,590 from the American
Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists to support the fifth
annual Student Research Symposium. Rahual Roopwani will
direct the symposium and Dr. James Drennen is the student
advisor.
Dr. Ellen Gawalt, Department of Chemistry, $5,000 from
Cabertech Inc. for lab supplies. This brings the total award
amount to date to $27,957.
Dr. Jennifer Aitken, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry,
$3,200 from the Pittsburgh Section of the American Chemical
Society for the Project Seed Program, which provides
opportunities for economically disadvantaged high school
students to work in the chemistry labs at Duquesne under
the direction of faculty members. This brings the total award
amount to date to $152,361.
Dr. Philip Reeder, Bayer School, $2,150 from the Nathan J. and
Helen Goldrich Foundation Inc. for the first screening of the
documentary Deadly Deception at Sobibor.
Dr. Diane Borello-France, $13,157 from a subcontract from
Magee Women’s Research Institute and Foundation on a grant
from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of
Child Health and Human Development for Pittsburgh Pelvic
Floor Research Program.
Dr. John Stolz, Department of Biological Sciences, $16,000
from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for
Continued Investigations of ‘Alternative’ Anaerobic Biogeochemical
Redox Cycles in Volcanic, Hypersaline Environments: Earth, Mars,
and Europa. This brings the total award amount received to date
to $127,999.
The Learning Skills Center, $5,700 from the Pennsylvania Higher
Education Assistance Agency, additional funds for the Program
for Academic Excellence. This brings the total award amount of
the grant to $95,700. Dr. Judith Griggs, director of the Learning
Skills Center, will be the award administrator.
Dr. Michael Irwin, associate professor, sociology department,
McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts, $9,923
from a Faculty Development Fund award for The Impact of the
Marcellus Shale Gas Extraction Industry on Individual Health and
Community Well-Being in Rural Pennsylvania. Dr. Lenore Resick,
School of Nursing, is a co-investigator on this grant.
The School of Nursing, $5,500 from the Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation for its Pre-Entry Immersion Program. Drs. Leah
Cunningham and Joan Lockhart will administer the award.
Dr. Aleem Gangjee, Mylan School of Pharmacy, $92,996 in
additional Year 3 funding from a subcontract from Wayne State
University on a grant from the National Institutes of Health,
National Cancer Institute, for Discovery of Novel PCFT Targeted
Agents. This brings the total funding to date to $567,615.
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