Robert H. Brophy, MD, assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery; Matthew J. Matava, MD, associate professor of orthopaedic surgery; Jeffrey J. Nepple, MD, a resident in orthopaedic surgery; and Rick W. Wright, MD, professor of orthopaedic surgery, were presented with the NCAA Research Award from the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine for the best paper submitted that pertains to the health, safety and well-being of collegiate student-athletes at the society’s annual meeting July 7-10 in San Diego. …
David A. Fike, PhD, assistant professor of earth and planetary sciences in Arts & Sciences, has received a two-year, $100,000 grant from the American Chemical Society for research titled “Basin-Scale Chronostratigraphic Subsurface Correlation Using Isotopic Analysis of Well Cuttings and Cores.” …
Daniel Giammar, PhD, associate professor of energy, environmental and chemical engineering, has received a two-year, $87,560 subaward from O’Brien & Gere Engineers Inc. for research titled “Impact of Galvanic Corrosion on Lead Release Following Partial Lead Service Line Replacement.” …
Debra Haire-Joshu, PhD, professor of public health at the Brown School, has received a two-year, $76,652 subaward from the Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City for research titled “Surveillance of NPA-Related Policies in Multiple Environments: The Kansas Nutrition and Activity Policy Database.” …
Katherine Anne Henzler-Wildman, PhD, assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biophysics, has received a five-year, $1.44 million grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences for research titled “Transport Mechanism of the Multidrug Resistance Efflux Protein, EmrE.” …
Jonathan McConathy, MD, PhD, assistant professor of radiology, has received a two-year, $150,000 Research Scholar Grant from the Radiological Society of North America Research and Education Foundation for research titled “Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Imaging of Brian Tumor Response to Radiation Therapy Using Fluorine-18 Labeled Amino Acids.”