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University Research Council small grants program: A selected list of award winners
Spring 2009
- Aitsebaomo, Julius
(Internal Medicine/Cardiology), Role of recombinant interleukin-11
on the mobilization of endothelial progenitor cells for treatment of
ischemic heart disease
- BenDor, Todd (City
& Regional Planning), Does Environmental Restoration increase
Land Values and Tax Base?: Wetlands…
- Berner, Maureen (Government),
"When Even the ’Dollar Value Meal’ Cost Too Much: Food Insecurity
and Long Term dependence on Food Pantry Assistance."…
- Bernuth, Ruth von (Germanic
Languages and Literatures), Wunder, Spott und Prophetie, Naturliche
Narrheit in den "Historien von Claus Narren"
- Bowles, John (Art),
“Sargent Johnson’s Afro-Asian Sculptures and the Racial Politics
of the New Negro”
- Cevidanes, Lucia
(Orthodontics), 3D quantification of osteoarthritis
- Cohen, Brigid (Music),
Modern on the Move: Wolpe, Music, and the Avant-Garde Diaspora
- Cranmer, Skyler
(Political Science), Racial, Gender, and Geographic Biases in Congressional
Cosponsorship Networks
- de Jong, Lidewijde
(Classics), Death in Roman Tyre: mapping the ancient cemetery
- Dichter, Gabriel (Psychiatry),
fMRI Evaluation of Subclinical Depression
- Ding, Feng (Biochemistry
and Biophysics), Computational design of de novo peptide binding to
specific target proteins
- Douglas, Eduardo de
J. (Art), In the Palace of Nezahualcoyotl: Painting Manuscripts,
Writing the Pre-Hispanic Past in Early- Colonial- Period Tetzcoco, Mexico
- Espitia, Juan Carlos
Gonzalez (Romance Languages and Literature), On the Dark Side of
the Archive: Nation and Literature in Late Nineteenth Century Hispanic
America
- Estrada, Oswaldo
(Romance Languages and Literature), Transgresiones en el tintero. Nuevos
Narradores Mexicanos
- Fan,
Yong (Radiology), Computer Aided Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease
using Neuroimages
- Gino, Francesca (Organizational
Behavior), Choosing Ethical or Unethical Environments: The Influence
of Others’ Behavior on Selection Decisions
- Kannappan, Shelia (Physics
& Astronomy), Image Slicer for the RESOLVE Survey
- Lauen, Douglas (Public
Policy), Narrowing the Curriculum? The Effect of High Stakes Accountability
Policy on High School Science Achievement
- Lin, Wei-Cheng (Art),
From Temple to Museum: Cultural Transactions and Transformations
in the Case of Two Chinese Artifacts
- Marciano, Richard (Information
& Library Science), Acquisition & Researching the Redlining
Files of the 1930’s of North Carolina Cities
- Martinez-Gallardo,
Cecilia (Political Science), The dynamics of executive approval under
alternative democratic regime types
- McReynolds, Louise
(History), A Statistical Analysis of Murder Trials in Late Imperial
Russia, 1876-1914
- Pertsova, Katya, (Linguistics),
Exploration of generalization strategies in learning morphological paradigms
- Ripley, Scott (Dramatic
Art), Conserving Theatrical Traditions of Renaissance Italy Through
Informed and Innovative Exploration
- Roberts, Jason (Political
Science), State Ballots Laws and the Incumbency Advantage in the U.S.
Congress
- Satia, Jessie (Nutrition),
Reporting of Diet-related Issues and Disparities in African Americans
by the Mainstream and Black-Oriented Media: Are there Differences in
Nuance and Context?
- Shen, Dinggang (Radiology),
Detection of Arterial Calcification in Mammograms
- Smith, Natasha (Carolina
Digital Library and Archives), The Dusenbery Journal, A Scholarly Digital
Edition
- Wang, Xiaodong (Pharmacy),
Development of Small Molecule Mer Inhibitors for Novel Treatment of
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
- Yeo, SeonAe (Nursing),
A Pilot Study for the "Effect of Prenatal Stretching and Autonomic
Responses Associated to Preeclampsia": …
- Yue, Wei (Pharmacy),
A Novel In Vitro Method to Predict Clinically Relevant Interactions
in Hepatic Uptake of Drugs
Fall 2008
- Anderson, Allen (Music), DVD Production of Iceblink, a multimedia work on Antarctica
- Barangwanath, Emily (Classics), Imagining Xenophon’s Women (Section III: Xenophon’s Muses: Persia
- Binotti, Lucia (Romance Languages), Imperial Currencies: Cultural Capital, Language and National identity in Early Modern Spain
- Boushall, Lee (Operative Dentistry), Characterization of matrixmetalloproteinases (MMPs) in human coronal dentin
- Bowles, John (Art), Adrian Piper: Race, Gender and the Artist’s Body
- Brownley, Kimberly (Psychiatry), Plasma Oxytocin as a Biomarker of Improved Functioning in Patients with Anorexia
- Cheatham, Carol (Nutrition Research Institute), Improvements in infant declarative memory abilities related to docosahexaenoic acid intake
- Duval, Kathleen (History), Interpreting a Continent: voices from Colonial America
- Feimster, Crystal (History), Southern Horrors: Women and the Politics of Rape and Lynching. 1835-1930
- Ferris, Marcie (American Studies), Cooking Up a Storm: Food and Identity in the American South
- Flavo, Michael (Physics & Astronomy), Development of microfluidics system for evaluating fibrin clot mechanics under flow
- Garcia, David (Music), “We Both Speak African”: Afro-Latin Music and Black Identity, 1930-1955
- Gino, Francesca (Organizational Behavior/Business School), Going the extra mile to help others: Social comparison, emotions and unethical behavior
- Green, Melanie (Psychology), Understanding Responses to Conflicting Health Narratives
- Greene, Jeffrey (School of Education – Admin), Predicting student success when learning with a hypermedia environment
- Hines, Ian (Medicine), Novel targeting of natural killer T cells using lentiviral vectors in vivo study
- Hsu, Carmen (Romance Languages), The Kingdoms, Peoples, and Manners of a Distant Land: Chronicles of Asia in Early Modern Spain
- Jenerette, Coretta (Nursing), Successful Aging with Sickle Cell Disease II
- Jones, Corbin (Biology), Origins of New Genes
- Ketch, James (Music), Mastering and Mixing of Compact Disc Recording Project
- King, Michelle (History), Between Birth and Death: The Moral Universe of female Infanticide in Late Nineteenth Century China
- Lastra, Anselmo (Computer Science), Automated Construction of 3D Models of Cultural Heritage Sites
- Lee, Chris (History), Bandung and Beyond: Rethinking Political Communities along the Afro-Asian Divide
- Lee, Wayne (History), Barbarians and Brothers: War, Restraint, and Atrocity in the Anglo-American Atlantic, 1500-1865
- Leibold, Lori (Allied Health Sciences), Frequency-Compression Hearing Aids: Children Outcomes in Noise
- Liljegegre, Sarah (Biology), Roles of membrane trafficking and receptor kinase signaling during plant development
- Losh, Molly (Allied Health Sciences), A multigenerational, longitudinal study of language in autism
- Lothspeich, Pamela (Asian Studies), The Ramlila of Bareilly
- Lu, Xiuling (Pharmacy), Dual Therapeutic-Imaging Nanovectors for Assessing Enhanced Anti-Tumor activity of...
- Mendes, Robert (Surgery/Vascular Surgery), Matrix metalloproteinase levels in healing and non-healing diabetic foot ulcers
- Narayan, Roger (Biomedical Engineering), Novel Materials for Alternative Fuel Vehicles
- Porcu, Patrizia (Psychiatry/Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies), Steroid and Genetic Biomarkers of Alcohol Preference in BXD Mice
- Qian, Ye (Dermatology), Autoimmune skin disease and allergic response to insect bites
- Ribeiro, Carla (Medicine), Relevance of IRE1beta Function to Mucin Production by CF Airway Epithelia
- Scott, John (Public Policy), All Politics is (Not) Local: The Structure of Lobbying in North Carolina
- Siddiqi, Arjumand (Health Behavior), The Contribution of Social Welfare Policies to Socioeconomic Inequities in Adolescent Academic...
- Stuebe, Alison (Obstetrics and Gynecology), Genetic polymorphisms and metabolic complications of pregnancy
- Sun, Wei (Biostatistics), Variable selection in high dimensional setting, with application on genetic studies
- Wang, Zhou (Pharmacy), Hepatobiliary Disposition of Pentamidine and Furamidine: Roles of Organic Cation Transporters (OCTs)
- Yaqub, Nadia (Asian Studies), Imaging Palestine
- Zhang, Qisheng (Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Products), Fluorous Enzymatic Synthesis of Inositol Phosphates
Spring 2008
- Bailey, Janice (Psychiatry)
- Bardsley, Jan (Asian Studies)
- Bledsoe, Sarah (Betsy) (Social Work)
- Chow, Sy-Miin (Psychology)
- Ciavatta, Dominic (Genetics)
- Currin, Patrick (Psychology)
- Driscoll, Mark (Asian Studies)
- Fan, Zheng (Jane) (Pediatrics)
- Ferris, William (History)
- Gingher, Marianne (English)
- Haley, Katarina (Allied Health Sciences)
- Hayashi, Paul (Gastroenterology & Hepatology)
- Henning, Reyco (Physics and Astronomy)
- Hussong, Andrea (Psychology)
- Kasson, John (History)
- Kubota, Ryuko (Education)
- Lienesch, Michael (Political Science)
- Luisetti, Federico (Romance Languages)
- MacDonald, Jacqueline (Environmental Sciences/ Engineering ()
- Magness, Scott (Medicine)
- Oskin, Michael (Geology)
- Paine, Mary (Pharmacy)
- Pfenning, Karin (Biology)
- Pomerantz, Jeffery (Information/Library Sciences)
- Ringel-Kulka, Tamar (Maternal and Child Health)
- Shaw, Donald (Journalism/Mass Communication)
- Slep, Kevin (Biology)
- Sweet, John (History)
- Taylor, Beverly (English/Comparative Literature)
- Tsong, Mayron (Music Dept)
- Wheeler, Anne (Center for Development/Learning)
- You, Wei (Chemistry)
- Youngstrom, Eric (Psychology)
Fall 2007
- Amer, Sahar (Asian Studies)
- Anderson, Allen (Music)
- Anderson, Stephen (Music)
- Ariel Yaakov (Religious Studies)
- Bae-Jump, Victoria (Obstetrics and Gynecology)
- Balthrop, William (Communication Studies)
- Billman, Brian (Anthropology)
- Binotti, Lucia (Romance Languages)
- Brodey, Inger (English and Comparative Literature)
- Bryant, Chad (History)
- Bullard, Melissa (History)
- Caren, Neal (Sociology)
- Cecil, Gerald (Physics and Astronomy)
- Crescenzi, Mark (Political Science)
- Crump, Carolyn (Health Behavior and Health Education)
- Davenport, Marsha (Pediatrics)
- Escalante, Emilio (Romance Languages)
- Estrada, Oswaldo (Romance Languages)
- Foshee, Vangie (Health Behavior and Health Education)
- Fried, Howard (Biochemistry and Biophysics)
- Haas, Stephanie (School of Information and Library Science)
- Hagemann, Karen (History)
- Holland, Dorothy (Anthropology)
- Johnson, Norris (Anthropology)
- Kindem, Gorham (Communication Studies)
- Ko, Ching-Chang (Orthodontics )
- Kovarova, Martina (Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine)
- Langston, Richard (Germanic Languages)
- Lee, Christopher (History)
- Lu, ShuStatistics and Operations Research)
- Luisetti, Federico (Romance Languages)
- May, Steve (Communication Studies)
- McNeil, Laurie (Physics and Astronomy)
- McReynolds, Louise (History)
- Miller, Ryan (Pathology and Laboratory Medicine)
- Nakagawa-Goto, Kyoko (Pharmacy)
- Niculescu, Mihai (Nutrition)
- Olcott, Chris (Orthopedics)
- Palsha, Sharon (Education)
- Perdue, Theda (History)
- Price, Charles (Anthropology)
- Ram, Neta (Philosophy)
- Rao, Ennio (Romance Languages)
- Riess, Werner (Classics)
- Sims, Amy (Epidemiology)
- Slavick, elin o’Hara (Art)
- Song, Samuel (Human Development and Psychological Studies)
- Tsong, Mayron (Music)
- Visser, Robin (Asian Studies)
- Wang, Xiang (Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Products)
- West, J. Jason (Environmental Sciences and Engineering)
- Wiener, Margaret (Anthropology)
- Yi, Xianwen (Pathology and Laboratory Medicine)
Spring 2007
- Allen, Nicholas (English)
- Barksdale, Debra (School of Nursing)
- Biese, Kevin (Emergency Medicine)
- Billman, Brian (Anthropology)
- Cante, Richard (Communication Studies)
- Carlston, Erin (English and Comparative Literature)
- Carter, Joseph (Geological Sciences)
- Champagne, Arthur (Physics and Astronomy)
- Coleman, William (Pathology and Laboratory Medicine)
- Doyle, Martin (Geography)
- Friel, Susan (School of Education)
- Grabowski, Elizabeth (Art)
- Groff, Diane and Battaglini, Claudio (Exercise and Sport Science)
- Hershfield, Joanne (Women’s Studies)
- Hogan, Susan (UNC Kidney Center)
- Iliadis, Christian (Physics and Astronomy)
- Jeyaraj, Durairaj (Cell and Developmental Biology)
- Jones, Deborah (Psychology)
- Katz, Mark (Music)
- Knotek, Steven (Psychology)
- Lauen, Douglas (Public Policy)
- Lee, Craig (School of Pharmacy)
- Lewek, Michael (Allied Health Sciences)
- Lu, FloraAnthropology)
- Leve, Lauren (Religious Studies)
- Marks, Bonita (Exercise and Sport Science)
- Narayan, Roger (Biomedical Engineering)
- Neal, Jocelyn (Music)
- Nelson, Christopher (Anthropology)
- O’Connell, Thomas (General Clinical Research Center)
- Ostrowski, Lawrence (Medicine)
- Parker, Patricia (Communication Studies)
- Peppercorn, Amanda (Medicine)
- Robinson, Donita (Center for Alcohol Studies)
- Rodgers, Jo (School of Pharmacy)
- Rudinsky, Joyce (Communication Studies)
- Shields, Sarah (History)
- Sweet, John Wood (History)
- Travers, Debbie (School of Nursing)
- Thiele, Montserrat (Psychology)
- Tsong, Mayron (Music)
- Tweed, Thomas (Religious Studies)
- Hsiao, Li-ling (Asian Studies)
- Semonche, John (History)
- Slavick, Elin (Art)
- Talenti, Francesca (Communication Studies)
- Wooten, Cecil (Classics)
- Yeh, Jen Jen (Surgery)
Fall 2006
- Alperin, Marc (Marine Sciences)
- Ambros, Barbara (Religious Studies)
- Ariel, Yaakov (Religious Studies)
- Bardsley, Jan (Asian Studies)
- Betts, Laurie and Vanhooke, Janeen (Pharmacology)
- Blalock, Susan (Pharmaceutical Outcomes/Policy)
- Brewer, Noel (Health Behavior and Health Education)
- Church, Frank (Pathology and Laboratory Medicine)
- Cuevas, Bruce (Pharmacology)
- Dauber, Cori (Communication Studies)
- Ferris, Maria (UNC Kidney Center)
- Ferris, William (History)
- Flaxman, Gregory (English and Comparative Literature)
- Fried, Bruce (Health Policy and Administration)
- Gingher, Marianne (English and Comparative Literature)
- Hatada, Segio (Pathology and Laboratory Medicine)
- Hendrick, Randall (Linguistics)
- Holmes, Brooke (Classics)
- Homeister, Jonathon (Pathology and Laboratory Medicine)
- Kelley, Thomas (Law)
- Kindem, Gorham (Communication Studies)
- Kubota, Ryuko (Education)
- Lagarde, William (Pediatrics)
- Lambert, Valerie (Anthropology)
- Lee, Christopher (History)
- Lee, Wayne (History)
- Losh, Molly (Psychiatry)
- Magness, Scott (Medicine)
- Mayer, Michelle (Health Policy and Administration)
- Mochida, Yoshiyuki (Pediatric Dentistry)
- Moreton, Elliott (Linguistics)
- Pearce, Lisa (Sociology)
- Philpot, Ben (Cell and Molecular Physiology)
- Reader, John (Medicine)
- Ribeiro, Carla (Cystic Fibrosis Center)
- Saunders, Barry (Social Medicine)
- Steiner, Anne (Obstetrics/Gynecology)
- Thrailkill, Jane (English and Comparative Literature)
- Tremper-Ritter, Monika (Classics)
- Tsong, Mayron (Music)
- Villaveces, Andres (UNC-Injury Prevention Center)
- Walsh, Stephen (Geography)
Spring 2006
- Allen, Nicholas (English)
- Anderson, Stephen (Music)
- Booth, Karen (Women’s Studies)
- Bowen, Natasha (Social Work)
- Bryant, Chad (History)
- Bullard, Melissa (History)
- Calleson, Diane (Public Health Leadership Program)
- Campanella, Thomas (City and Regional Planning)
- deWetter-Smith, Brooks (Music)
- Driscoll, Mark (Asian Studies)
- Ghosh, Pika (Art)
- Gremyachinskiy, Demitriy (Pharmacology)
- Grinstein-Weiss, Michal (Social Work)
- Hall, Jacquelyn (History)
- Helton, Margaret (Family Medicine)
- Hillis, Ken (Communication Studies)
- Holmes, Brooke (Classics)
- Hsu, Carmen Yu-Chih (Romance Languages)
- Ivester, Thomas (Obstetrics and Gynecology)
- Kindem, Gorham (Communication Studies)
- Lauder, JeanCell and Developmental Biology)
- Leonard, Diane (Comparative Literature)
- Lindsay, Lisa (History)
- Marshall, Stephen (Epidemiology)
- McIntosh, Terence (History)
- Mochida, Yoshiyuki (Pediatric Dentistry)
- Nakamura, Kazuhiro (Pharmacology)
- Nyang oro, Julius (African and Afro-American Studies)
- Paine, Mary (Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics)
- Patterson, Kristine (Medicine and Infectious Diseases)
- Rong, Xue Lan (Education)
- Riess, Werner (Classics)
- Rock, Peter (Anesthesiology)
- Rodriguez, Antonio (Institute of Marine Sciences)
- Rosefielde, Steven (Economics)
- Searing, Donald (Political Science)
- Slocum, Karla (Anthropology)
- Truemper-Ritter, Monika (Classics)
- Tzima, Eleni (Cell and Molecular Physiology)
- Volmar, Keith (Pathology and Lab Medicine)
- Whetstone, Jeff (Art)
- Willis, Monte (Pathology and Lab Medicine)
- Yaqub, Nadia (Asian Studies)