August
Funds totaling $1,400,258.03 were received by the Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts, the Center for Community-Engaged Teaching and Research, the School of Nursing, the Mary Pappert School of Music, the John G. Rangos School of Health Sciences, the School of Science and Engineering, the Thomas R. Kline School of Law and the College of Osteopathic Medicine.
Dr. Jelena M. Janjic, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, $700,000, a grant from the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program’s Reconstructive Transplant Research Program, to support the project Resuscitation by Endothelial Stabilization and Targeted Oxygen Rescue (RESTOR) Platform for Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation.
Dr. Norman Conti, Department of Sociology, McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts, and Dr. Deanna Fracul, the Center for Community-Engaged Teaching and Research, $30,000, from The Hear Foundation, to support Performing History/Autobiography in Progress, an Initiative of The Hear Foundation’s ‘Bridging the Badge’ program.
Dr. Janie Harden Fritz, Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts, $3,296.03, from the Waterhouse Family Institute for the Study of Communication and Society at Villanova University, to support the project Dorothy Day and Dialogic Encounter: Communication Ethics in Community.
Dr. Melanie Turk, School of Nursing, $62,211, from the National Institutes of Health passed through the Denver Health and Hospital Authority, to support work on the project Enhanced Enrollment in the National Diabetes Prevention Program for the Underserved: A Randomized Control Trial.
Dr. Nicole Vilkner, Mary Pappert School of Music, $2,500, a John G. Rangos, Sr. Prize, to support The Soundwalk Project.
Dr. Cara Morrill-Stoklosa, School of Nursing; Dr. Urmi Ashar, Departments of Health Administration and Public Health, Rangos School of Health Sciences; Nursing student Maura O’Neill; and Madisyn Neundorfer, Department of Public Health, Rangos School of Health Sciences, $1,500, a John G. Rangos, Sr. Prize, to support the project Continuum of Care Across the Lifespan.
Dr. David S. Ford, Department of Speech-Language Pathology, Rangos School of Health Sciences, with Speech-Language Pathology students Megan Mathias, and Kathryn Leash, $1,000, a John G. Rangos, Sr. Prize, to support the project Community-Engaged Voice Screenings for Teachers.
Dr. Ozum Ucok-Sayrak, Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts, with students Noelle Compher and Lakyn Davis, Student, $1,000, a John G. Rangos, Sr. Prize, to support the project The Art of Care in Medical Communication.
Dr. Paul Miller, Mary Pappert School of Music, and Dr. Michael McMaster, Department of Physics, School of Science and Engineering, $2,500, a John G. Rangos, Sr. Prize, to support the Music Maker’s Lab.
Students Hannah Morelli and Madison Dickert, Rangos School of Health Sciences, $2,500, a John G. Rangos, Sr. Prize, to support the project Mental Health Prevention. Dr. Adrian Wright-Fitzgerald, Department of Athletic Training, School of Health Sciences, will administer the funds.
Dr. Torrie Snyder, School of Nursing, $554,326, a Nursing Workforce Diversity Grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration, to support the project, BSN-AID: Supporting Success for Second Degree Students.
Katherine Norton, Thomas R. Kline School of Law, $8,000, from the E. Louis Feldman Charitable Trust, to support the project Re-Entry Legal Services Clinic: Overcoming Barriers Initiative.
Dr. Rachel Ayieko, School of Education, $14,000, from the Richard King Mellon Foundation passed through Carnegie Mellon University, to support the project Summer Tutoring Program to Provide Academic Support through Highly Trained PLUS Tutors.
Dr. Phillip Bryant, College of Osteopathic Medicine, $10,000, from The Jack Buncher Foundation, to support the project Al-driven algorithm and associated technologies to identify relevant and practical ways in which patients with disabilities and special needs can demonstrate more efficient, effective, time-sensitive, and cost-effective ways in which to engage with healthcare facilities and qualified medical providers.
Dr. Philip Reeder, Center for Environmental Research & Education, the School of Science and Education, $5,425, from The Uniting Foundation to support the project Research at the Lighthouse at the Liepaja Port.
Dr. Erica Beidler, Department of Athletic Training, Rangos School of Health Sciences, $3,000, from the Pennsylvania Athletic Trainers' Society (PATS), to support the project Concussion Mental Health Screening Practices in Collegiate Athletics.
June
Funds totaling $306,135 were received by the McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts, the School of Nursing, and the Center for Integrative Health, School of Pharmacy and College of Osteopathic Medicine.
Dr. James Purdy, Department of English, McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts, $59,983, from the National Endowment for the Humanities, to support the project Taking Humanities to the Hill: University Community Writing Center Storytelling Initiatives.
Dr. James Purdy, Department of English, McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts, $6,000, a Paluse Faculty Research Grant from the Duquesne University Center for Catholic Faith and Culture, to support the project Assessing the Assessor: A Study of Gen AI’s Evaluative Responses to Writing.
Dr. Grace Campbell, School of Nursing, $23,486, from the National Institutes of Health passed through the University of Pittsburgh, to support the project Development and Evaluation of the PPAL Bedside Commode for Safe Independent Toileting Transfers.
Dr. Jennifer Elliott, the Center for Integrative Health, the School of Pharmacy and College of Osteopathic Medicine, $216,666, from the Heinz Endowments, to support the project Bridges to Health-Hazelwood: A multi-sector, community-driven collaborative to improve the health and wellbeing of Hazelwood residents.
May
Funds totaling $802,179 were received by the John G. Rangos School of Health Sciences,
the McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts, the Office of Title IX and
Sexual Misconduct Prevention and Response, the School of Science and Engineering,
the School of Nursing and the Carl G. Grefenstette Center for Ethics in Science, Technology
and Law.
Dr. Jeryl Benson, Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Health Sciences, $10,000,
a Faculty Development Fund grant to support the project Navigating the Educational System: A Qualitative Study of Parent Experiences with
the Transition from Early Intervention.
Dr. John Mitcham, Department of History, McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal
Arts, $10,000, a Faculty Development Fund grant to support the project The American Civil War, the British Empire and the Global Struggle for Freedom.
Alicia Simpson, Title IX, $40,000, from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department
of Education, to support the University’s Title IX Initiative It’s on Us to Combat Sexual Violence on Campus.
Dr. Karl Wimmer, Department of Math & Computer Science, School of Science and Engineering,
$132,179, an Intergovernmental Personnel Act assignment from the National Science
Foundation, to support a temporary assignment with the National Science Foundation.
Dr. Theresa Stujenske, School of Nursing, $10,000, a Faculty Development Fund grant
to support the project, Menstrual Cycle Patterns in Women with and without Polycystic Ovary Syndrome using
a Urine Hormone Fertility Monitor.
Dr. John P. Slattery, $600,000, from the Henry L. Hillman Foundation, to support the
Carl G. Grefenstette Center for Ethics in Sciences, Technology and Law.
April
Funds totaling $618,838 were received by the School of Science and Engineering.
Dr. Rana Zakerzadeh, School of Science and Engineering, $603,838, a Faculty Early Career Development grant from the National Science Foundation, to support the project CAREER: Characterization of Vocal Fold Vascular Lesions Biomechanics using Computational Modeling.
Dr. John Pollock, School of Science and Engineering, $15,000, from The Grable Foundation, to support the project Game, Set, Match! Student-Led STEM-Focused Game Development.
March
Funds totaling $1,247,850 were received by the School of Education, the Thomas R. Kline School of Law, the John G. Rangos School of Health Sciences, the Palumbo-Donahue School of Business and the Center for Integrative Health, the School of Pharmacy and the College of Osteopathic Medicine.
Dr. Tammy Hughes, School of Education, and Professor Kara Dempsey, Duquesne Kline Law School, $30,000, from The FISA Foundation, to support the project Operating Support for the Youth Advocacy Clinic.
Dr. Tammy Hughes, School of Education, and Professor Kara Dempsey, Duquesne Kline Law School, $50,000, from the Fred J. and Shirley H. Jordan Foundation to support the project Operating Support for the Youth Advocacy Clinic.
Dr. Melissa Boston, School of Education, $22,391, from the National Science Foundation passed through the University of Washington support the project Integration of Computer-Assisted Methods and Human Interactions to Understand Lesson Plan Quality and Teaching to Advance Middle-Grade Mathematics Instruction.
Dr. Seth Tichenor, Department of Speech-Language Pathology, Rangos School of Health Sciences, $390,959, from the National Institutes of Health to support the project Specifying Neurophysiology and Predicting Real-world Impact in Stuttering.
Associate Professor Valerie Williams, School of Business, $4,500, from the Internal Audit Foundation to support the work to advance Duquesne University’s IAEP Foundation level and for student scholarship.
Dr. Jennifer Elliott, the Center for Integrative Health, the School of Pharmacy and the College of Osteopathic Medicine, $750,000, from the McCune Foundation to support the Center for Integrative Health staff investments and capacity building.
February
Funds totaling $636,100 were received by the Learning Skills Center, the McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts, the School of Education, and the Center for Integrative Health, School of Pharmacy and College of Osteopathic Medicine.
Dr. Judith Griggs, the Learning Skills Center, $283,600, a grant through the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA) responsible for State Grants and Special Programs, to support the ACT 101 program, which is estimated to provide educational service to 200 students.
Dr. Kristine L. Blair, dean of the McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts, $50,000, from the Phillip H. and Betty L. Wimmer Family Foundation, to support of the Faculty Enrichment Program.
Dr. Gretchen Generett, School of Education, $2,500, from the Jack Buncher Foundation, to support public service and the University’s Project Hope, which advocates for equity and justice in education for homeless youth and young adults.
Dr. Clifford Bob, Department of Political Science, McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts, $50,000, from the Benter Foundation, to support the project New Perspectives on Public and Foreign Policy.
Dr. Jennifer Elliott, the Center for Integrative Health, School of Pharmacy and the College of Osteopathic Medicine, $250,000, from the Shear Family Foundation, to support current initiatives of the Center for Integrative Health.
January
Funds totaling $676,240 were received by the School of Science and Engineering, the School of Education and the School of Nursing.
Dr. Michael Jensen-Seaman, Department of Biological Sciences, School of Sciences and Engineering, $25,656, from the Leakey Foundation, to support the project Evolutionary Functional Analysis of Male Reproductive Proteins in Primates.
Dr. Carla Meyer and Dr. Valerie Gresser, School of Education, $300,000, from the Richard King Mellon Foundation, to support a tutor-led intervention program to accelerate reading growth in elementary-aged children.
Dr. Alison Colbert, School of Nursing, $175,584, an Intergovernmental Personnel Act assignment from the National Institutes of Health—National Institutes of Nursing Research, to support a temporary assignment with the National Institute of Nursing Research.
Dr. Gretchen Generett, School of Education, $175,000, from the Heinz Endowments to support the project Development of a Framework to Re-imagine how Teachers, Educational Leaders, Counselors and School Psychologists are Prepared to Meet the Needs of Communities Where the Pandemic has Amplified Inequities for Early Childhood and K-12 Students.
Funds totaling $508,898.20 were received by the School of Science and Engineering,
the John G. Rangos, Sr. School of Health Sciences, the Thomas R. Kline School of Law,
the School of Pharmacy, the School of Education and the School of Nursing. Dr. Paul Lummis, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, School of Science and Engineering,
$110,000, from the American Chemical Society, to support the project Stabilization and Reactivity of Neutral and Cationic S-block Metal Hydride Complexes. Dr. Heather Rusiewicz, Department of Speech-Language Pathology, Rangos School of Health
Sciences, $35,721.93, from the Once Upon a Time Foundation, to support the project
eClinician Perspectives Regarding Implementation of DTTC. Grace Orsatti, Thomas R. Kline School of Law, $45,000, from the McElhattan Foundation,
to support the school’s Wills & Healthcare Decisions Clinic, for which she serves
as director. Dr. Aleem Gangjee, School of Pharmacy, $5,067.27, a Hunkele Dreaded Disease research
award, to support the project Multi-Targeted Single-Agent including CSF1R Inhibition for Neurodegenerative Diseases. Dr. David Heisler, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, School of Science and
Engineering, $10,000, a Hunkele Dreaded Disease research award, to support the project
Deciphering Molecular Mechanisms of Listeria Monocytogenes Internalin Proteins. Dr. John Stolz, Center for Environmental Research & Education, School of Science and
Engineering, $160,000, from The Heinz Endowments, to support the project Water Contamination from Hydraulic Fracturing Communicating with Abandoned Gas Wells. Dr. Tammy Hughes, School of Education, and Assistant Clinical Legal Education Professor
Kara Dempsey, the Thomas R. Kline School of Law, $50,000, from The Pittsburgh Foundation,
to provide general support for holistic legal representation to children facing delinquency,
school discipline and special education proceedings through the law school’s Youth
Advocacy Clinic. Dr. Angela Karakachian, School of Nursing, $5,000, from Sigma Foundation for Nursing,
to support the project Difficult Conversations: Educating Nursing Students on Responding to Child Maltreatment. Dr. Holly Lassila, School of Pharmacy, $1,500, from the AAPP Foundation, the philanthropic
art of the American Association of Psychiatric Pharmacists, to support the project
Analyzing the Mental Health of Pharmacy Students Before and After the Use of a Relaxation
Room. Hayley Jenkins, an undergraduate student, Department of Biological Sciences, School
of Sciences and Engineering, $885, a research grant from the Beta Beta Beta Biological
Honor Society, to support the project Functional Evolution of KLK2 and KLK3 Proteases in Hominoid Primates. Dr. Michael Jensen-Seaman, associate professor of biological sciences, will administer
the funds. Dr. Abigail Delehanty, Department of Speech-Language Pathology, Rangos School of Health
Sciences, $25,000, from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation, to support
the project Promoting Early Identification of Speech Motor Delays in Autistic Toddlers Using a
Novel Clinical Assessment. Paige Ladowitz, an undergraduate student, Department of Biological Sciences, School
of Sciences and Engineering, $900, a research grant from the Beta Beta Beta Biological
Honor Society, to support the project Do Mutations in a Nucleoid-Associated Protein Gene Suppress a Defect in Cell Division
in S. Coelicolor? Dr. Abigail Delehanty, the Department of Speech-Language Pathology, Rangos School
of Health Sciences, $59,324, from the National Institutes of Health passed through
Florida State University, to support the project Investigating Early Social Communication Trajectories of Late Talking Toddlers to
Best Predict Language Outcomes for the NIH TALK Initiative. Funds totaling $3,333,300 were received by the McAnulty College and Graduate School
of Liberal Arts, the School of Education, the John G. Rangos Sr. School of Health
Sciences, the Palumbo-Donahue School of Business, the College of Osteopathic Medicine,
the School of Nursing and the School of Pharmacy. Dr. David Zimmerman, School of Pharmacy, $39,242, from the ADMA Biologics, to support
the project HEPatitis B in the emergency department-time to IMPROVE care- HEP-B-IMPROVE. Dr. Brady Porter, Biological sciences, $65,256, from West Virginia University Research
Corporation, to support the 3RQ project. Dr. Norman Conti, Sociology, $46,475, from Nina Baldwin Fisher Foundation, to support
the project Preforming History/Autobiography in Process. Dr. Xia Chao, Education, $25,000, from The Wenner-Gren Foundation, to support the
project Africatown in Guangzhou as Geosemiotic Assemblage: Grassroots Language and Materiality
on the Move in the Post-COVID-19 World. Dr. Rachael Neilan, Department of Mathematics & Computer Science, the McAnulty College
and Graduate School of Liberal Arts, $441,500, from the National Institutes of Health,
to support the project The integration of laboratory data with computational 3-D modeling to analyze the
role of the central amygdala in neuropathic pain. The School of Education, $26,000, from The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation,
to support the New Teacher Induction phase of the STEM Teaching Fellowship program
grant. Provost Dr. David Dausey serves as the PI of this project. Dr. Seth Tichenor, Department of Speech-Language Pathology, the John G. Rangos Sr.
School of Health Sciences, $32,024, from the National Institutes of Health passed
through Michigan State University, for the project Development Trajectories Related to Stuttering Persistence and Recovery. Dr. Michael Sherwin, Palumbo-Donahue School of Business, $38,908, from the Office
of Naval Research passed through the University of Tennessee, to support the project
Artificial Intelligence Models for Predicting Supply Chain Failures and Their Impacts. William Generett, senior vice president for civic engagement and external relations,
on behalf of the College of Osteopathic Medicine, $2,200,000, from the Health Resources
& Services Administration, to support the project Funding of movable equipment to be used to deliver exceptional and comprehensive training
for our future physicians enrolled in the College of Osteopathic Medicine. Dr. Kassim Traore, College of Osteopathic Medicine, $401,895, from the National Institutes
of Health, to support the project In Vitro Analysis of the Effects of Acute and Chronic Phthalate Exposures on Leydig
Cell Testosterone Production, and the Molecular Mechanisms Involved. Dr. Pinar Geylani, Palumbo-Donahue School of Business, $16,000, from the United States
Department of Agriculture – Research, Education and Economics, to support the project
Productivity and Efficiency Analysis in U.S. Food Manufacturing Industry. Funds totaling $1,173,207 were received by the School of Science and Engineering,
the School of Education and the Thomas R. Kline School of Law. Dr. Brady Porter, Department of Biological Sciences, School of Science and Engineering,
$2,500, from the Army Corps of Engineers—Pittsburgh District, to support the project
Electrofishing and Fish Species Identification at French Creek. Funds totaling $4,755,534.91 were received by the School of Nursing, the University,
the School of Science and Engineering, the School of Education, the John G. Rangos
Sr. School of Health Sciences, the Thomas R. Kline School of Law, Mission Animation
and the Center for Community Engaged Teaching and Research, and the Center for Integrative
Health, the School of Pharmacy and the College of Medicine. Dr. Grace Campbell, School of Nursing, $22,163.66, from the DHS-Administration for
Community Living passed through the University of Pittsburgh, to support the Center
for Research, Training and Dissemination of Family Support for People with Disabilities
Across the Life Course. Duquesne University, $95,000, from the Henry L. Hillman Foundation, to support the
Carl G. Grefenstette Center for Ethics, Sciences, Technology and Law. Dr. Kathy Sekula, School of Nursing, $536,683, from the Health Resources and Services
Administration, to support the Advanced Nurse Education‐Sexual Nurse Assault Examiner
Program. Dr. Melanie Turk, School of Nursing, $55,908, from the National Institutes of Health
passed through Denver Health and Hospital Authority, to support her work as a co-investigator
on the project Enhanced Enrollment in the National Diabetes Prevention Program for the Underserved:
A Randomized Control Trial. Dr. Brady Porter, Department of Biology, School of Science and Engineering, $5,600,
from the Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania, to support project Internships focused
on watershed education, riparian habitat improvement and biological surveys. Dr. David Kahler, Department of Environmental Sciences, Bayer School of Natural and
Environmental Sciences, $9,928.25, from the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority, to
support the Clean Water Academy Project. Dr. Melikhan Tanyeri, Department of Engineering, School of Science and Engineering,
$479,419, from the National Science Foundation, to support the project CMMI-EPSRC: A Novel Multifunctional Platform to Study Cell and Nuclear Mechanosensing. Dr. Fatiha Benmokhtar, Department of Physics, School of Science and Engineering, $230,000,
from the National Science Foundation, to support the project Studies of the Proton Structure with Electron Beams. Dr. John Stolz, Department of Biology, School of Science and Engineering, $50,000,
from the Roy A. Hunt Foundation, to support the project Clean Water for Communities Impacted by Fracking. Dr. Ara Schmitt, Dr. Jessica Dirsmith, Dr. Elizabeth McCallum and Dr. Jered Kolbert,
School of Education, $985,301, from the Allegheny County Health Department and the
Pennsylvania Department of Health passed through the Allegheny Intermediate Unit,
to support the project Supporting Expansion and Enhancement of K-12 School-Based Social, Emotional Supports
Project (SEEKS). Dr. Theresa Crytzer, Department of Physical Therapy, John G. Rangos Sr. School of
Health Sciences, $10,000, a Faculty Development Fund grant, to support the project
WHEEL-LEARN: Development and Usability Testing of a Multimedia-Enhanced Healthy Lifestyle
Behavior Intervention for People with Spinal Cord Injury. Dr. Melanie Turk, School of Nursing, $426,032, from the National Institutes of Health,
to support the project Multi-Stakeholder Determinants of Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program Implementation
and Participation. Joseph Sabino Mistick, Thomas R. Kline School of Law, $8,000, from the E. Lois Feldman
Charitable Trust, to support the project Urban Development Law Clinic Tangled Titles Initiative. Dr. Luci-Jo DiMaggio, Director of Mission Animation, the Center for Community Engaged
Teaching and Research, and Sister Margaret Carney, $6,500, from the Portiuncula Foundation,
to support the project Work with Macedonia Family and Community Enrichment Center. Dr. Jennifer Elliott, Center for Integrative Health, School of Pharmacy, College of
Medicine, $650,000, from the Heinz Endowments, to support the project Bridges to Health-Hazelwood: A Multi-Sector, Community-Driven Collaborative to Improve
the Health and Wellbeing of Hazelwood Residents. Dr. Jennifer Elliott, Center for Integrative Health, School of Pharmacy, College of
Medicine, $1,000,000, from the Henry L. Hillman Foundation, to support the project
Bridges to Health: A Multi-Sector, Community-Based Health Equity Model. The Thomas R. Kline School of Law, $177,800, from the PA IOLTA Board, to support the
continuing development and enhancement of clinical legal education programs for law
students. Hannah Valenty, undergraduate student, under the mentorship of Dr. Fatiha Benmokhtar,
Department of Physics, School of Science and Engineering, $7,200, and an JSA Minority/Female
Undergraduate Research Assistantship, from Jefferson Science Associates, LLC (JSA),
to support Valenty’s contribution to the Duquesne Particle Physics group’s project
Proton Structure. Funds totaling $1,431,041.68 were recently received by the John G. Rangos School of
Health Sciences, McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts, School of Pharmacy,
School of Nursing, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Mary Pappert School of Music,
Thomas R. Kline School of Law, School of Science and Engineering, the Learning Skills
Center, and the Center for Environmental Research & Education. Megan Mathias, Kathryn Leash, both preprofessional phase students, and Dr. David S.
Ford, Department of Speech-Language Pathology, John G. Rangos School of Health Sciences,
$1000, from a John G. Rangos Sr. Prize, to support the project Community-engaged Voice
Screenings for Teachers. Dr. Rebecca Maatta, Department of English, Dr. Anne Burrows, and Dr. Dr. Ben Kivlan,
Department of Physical Therapy, John G. Rangos School of Health Sciences, $1000, from
a John G. Rangos Sr. Prize, to support the project Anatomy Lab. Dr. Rehana Leak, School of Pharmacy, and Dr. James Schreiber, School of Nursing, $1000,
from a John G. Rangos Sr. Prize, to support the project Sleeping, Not Slacking Dr. Christine O’Neil, David Zimmerman, School of Pharmacy, Dr. Susan Kelly, Dr. Mary
Kay Loughran, Dr. Ralph Klotzbaugh, School of Nursing, $1000, from a John G. Rangos
Sr. Prize, to support the project Developing Cultural Sensitivity to LGBTQIA Health
Care Needs. Dr. Michael Perry, Dr. Rebecca Schoen, Dr. Pamela Koerner, School of Pharmacy, and
Dr. Amber Fedin, College of Osteopathic Medicine, $1000, from a John G. Rangos Sr.
Prize, to support the project Duquesne Digital Health Initiative. Dr. Nicole Vilkner, Mary Pappert School of Music, $1000, from a John G. Rangos Sr.
Prize, to support the project The Soundwalk Project. Dr. James Purdy, Department of English, McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal
Arts, $1000, from a John G. Rangos Sr. Prize, to support the project Voices from the
Hill. Dr. Richard Heppner, Thomas R. Kline School of Law, $1000, from a John G. Rangos Sr.
Prize, to support the project Game-based Legal Education. Jordan Kelly, graduate student, under the mentorship of Dr. Paul Lummis, Department
of Chemistry, School of Science and Engineering, $1000, from a John G. Rangos Sr.
Prize, to support the project Developing New Senior Inorganic Chemistry Laboratories. Maura O’Neill, Nursing student, Dr. Cara Morrill-Stoklosa, Christine D’Antonio, School
of Nursing, Madisyn Neundorfer, Public Health student, and Dr. Urmi Ashar, Department
of Health Administration and Public Health, John G. Rangos School of Health Sciences,
$1000, from a John G. Rangos Sr. Prize, to support the project Continuum of Care Across
the Lifespan. Dr. Robroy Martin, Department of Physical Therapy, John G. Rangos School of Health
Sciences, $7,105, a Faculty Development Fund grant, to support the project The validity
and reliability of the Star Performer®. Dr. Rana Zakerzadeh, Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Science and Engineering,
and Dr. Wilson Meng, School of Pharmacy, $10,000, a Faculty Development Grant, to
support the project Development of a Computational Fluid Dynamics Model to Characterize
a System of Lymph Node Mimetic: Towards a New Paradigm in Cell Therapy Products Quality
Control. Dr. Devika S Manickam, School of Pharmacy, $600,568, from the Department of Defense
– U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity, to support the project Delivery
of Mitochondria Using Extracellular Vesicles as a Novel Therapy for ALS. Dr. Carl Anderson and Dr. James K. Drennen, School of Pharmacy, $245,630, from the
National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals and the University
of Delaware passed through the National Institute for Pharmaceutical Technology &
Education, to support the project Time-Gated Raman Spectroscopy to Improve Chemical
Sensitivity for In-Situ Bioreactor Monitoring. Dr. Bin Yang and Dr. Kimberly Williams, Department of Biomedical Engineering, School
of Science and Engineering, $90,000, from the National Science Foundation passed through
the University of Pittsburgh, to support the project FMSG:BIO: Integrating Artificial
Intelligence with Bioprinting for Future Manufacturing of Organoids. Dr. Anne Burrows, Department of Physical Therapy, John G. Rangos School of Health
Sciences, $15,359, from the National Science Foundation passed through Slippery Rock
University, to support the project Collaborative Research: Dentofacial Development
in Primates. Dr. Caron Daley, Mary Pappert School of Music, $6,000, a Paluse Faculty Research Grant
from the Duquesne University Center for Catholic Faith and Culture, to support the
project Wake up my spirit. Dr. Brady Porter, Department of Biology, School of Science and Engineering, $10,000,
a Faculty Development Fund grant, in support of the project Characterization of Blue
and Green Biliverdin-Binding Protein Pigments in Darters. John Dall’Aglio, PhD student, Department of Psychology, McAnulty College and Graduate
School of Liberal Arts, $1,000, a John G. Rangos, Sr. Prize, in support of the project
How to Mind Your Brain. Dr. Rehana Leak, School of Pharmacy, $35,183, from the National Institutes of Health
passed through the University of Pittsburgh, to support the project White Matter Injury
and Repair in Vascular Cognitive Impairment and Dementia. Dr. Aleina Smith, Learning Skills Center, $10,000, a CETR Seed Grant, to support the
project Pathway Scholars: Building Bridges for Success. Dr. Philip Reeder, Center for Environmental Research & Education, $4,196.68, funding
from The Uniting Foundation, to support the project Research at the Lighthouse at
the Liepaja Port. Dr. Khlood Salman, School of Nursing, and Dr. Elizabeth Cochran, Department of Theology,
McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts, $4,000, funding from Interfaith
America, to support the project Religious Identity and Diversity Curriculum for Health
Field Courses. Dr. Norman Conti, Department of Sociology, McAnulty College and Graduate School of
Liberal Arts, $10,000, from The Hear Foundation, to support a project that plans to
implement an ongoing program of evaluation and development to further understand the
importance of breaking down the “us vs. them” mentality of law enforcement and the
communities they serve while implementing necessary change. Dr. Carl Anderson, School of Pharmacy, $25,000, grant from Genentech, Inc., to support
the project Hunt for the best optimization solver for lean process monitoring on small
molecule drug product manufacturing process. Dr. Tammy Hughes, School of Education, and Prof. Kara Dempsey, Thomas R. Kline School
of Law, $200,000, from The Heinz Endowments, to support the project To provide holistic
legal representation for youth in Allegheny County. Rosemary Westcott, graduate student, Department of Biological Sciences, School of
Science and Engineering, $147,000, a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National
Science Foundation, to support her graduate studies. Funds totaling $670,510 were recently received by the School of Nursing, the College
of Osteopathic Medicine, the School of Education, the School of Science and Engineering
and the School of Pharmacy. Dr. Kate Sekula and Dr. Alison Colbert, School of Nursing, $6,500, a Loogman Faculty
Research grant from the Duquesne University Center for African Studies, for the project
The Healthcare Response to Violence Against Women in Kenya: Barriers and Facilitators
to Forensic Nursing Care. Dr. Kassim Traore, College of Osteopathic Medicine, $156,115, funding that was previously
awarded to and transferred from Campbell University, to support the project Analysis
and Effects of Acute and Chronic Phthalate Exposures on Leydig Cell Testosterone Production,
and the Molecular Mechanisms Involved.” Dr. Franny Serenka, School of Education, $100,000, from the Pennsylvania Department
of Education, to support the project Innovative Principal Prep to Practice Planning. Dr. Jingyun Ye, Department of Chemistry, School of Science and Engineering, $6,895,
a Faculty Development Fund grant, to support the project Computational Discovery of
Metal-Free Catalysts for Terminal Alkyne Semi-hydrogenation via DFT Calculations and
High-throughput Screening. Dr. David Lapinsky, School of Pharmacy, $6,000 a Faculty Development Fund grant, to
support the project A Chemical Approach to Discover New Drug Targets and Mechanisms
to Treat Cancer. Dr. Jeffery Evanseck, Department of Chemistry, School of Science and Engineering,
$390,000, from the National Science Foundation, to support the project REU Site: Integration
of Chemical Theory, Computation and Experiment at Duquesne University. Cassandra Ziegler, a graduate student, under the mentorship of Dr. Brady Porter, Department
of Biological Sciences, School of Science and Engineering, $5,000, a 2023 Botany in
Action Fellowship from Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, for the project
Evaluating the Impact of Ecological Forestry Gaps on Avian Diet Composition in Western
Pennsylvania Forests. Funds totaling $920,382 were recently received by the School of Education, School
of Nursing, Small Business Development Center, the McAnulty College and Graduate School
of Liberal Arts, School of Pharmacy, the Office of Title IX and Sexual Misconduct
Prevention and Response, and the School of Science and Engineering. Dr. Melissa Boston and Dr. Karen Levitt, School of Education, $100,000 from the Pennsylvania
Department of Education to support the project Innovative Teacher Prep to Practice. Dr. Mary Ellen Glasgow, School of Nursing, $500,000 (year two) from the Bedford Falls
Foundation to support the Joanne and William Conway Scholarship Program, which supports
students enrolled in Second-Degree BSN programs. The Small Business Center Development Center, $34,912 as part of a cooperative agreement
from the U.S. Small Business Administration passed through the Kutztown University
of Pennsylvania to be used for public service. Dr. Mark Haas, Department of Political Science, the McAnulty College and Graduate
School of Liberal Arts, $77,627 from the Charles Koch Foundation to support the project
The Geriatric Peace: Population Aging and the Decline of War. Dr. Wilson Meng, School of Pharmacy, $71,593 from the National Institutes of Health
passed through the University of Pittsburgh to support the project Optimization of a Self-Adjuvanting Particle System for Delivering Respiratory Syncytial
Virus Prefusion Protein. Alicia Simpson, the Office of Title IX and Sexual Misconduct Prevention and Response,
$40,000 from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Education to support the
Title IX Initiative It’s on Us to Combat Sexual Violence on Campus. Dr. Skip Kingston, Department of Chemistry, BSNES, $96,250 from Applied Isotope Technologies,
in collaboration with the Eden Project, to support The Eden Project. Funds totaling $350,000 were recently received by the Mary Pappert School of Music,
McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts, School of Pharmacy, School of
Education, School of Nursing, the Center for Integrative Health, and the proposed
College of Medicine. Thomas Carsecka, City Music Center, Mary Pappert School of Music, $10,000 from The
McSwigan Family Foundation, to support the project City Music Center: Young Emerging Artists Program. Dr. Norman Conti, McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts, $25,000 from
The Pittsburgh Foundation, to support the project To expand the role of Allegheny County’s returning citizens in reducing youth violence
in the region. Dr. Gretchen Generett, School of Education, $175,000 from Heinz Endowments, to support
the project Development of a framework to re-imagine how teachers, educational leaders, counselors,
and school psychologists are prepared to meet the needs of communities where the pandemic
has amplified inequities for early childhood and K-12 students. Dr. Rebecca Kronk, School of Nursing, $30,000 from Edith L. Trees Charitable Trust,
to support the project STAGES II- A Theater Program for Youth with Disabilities. Dr. Jennifer Elliott, Center for Integrative Health, School of Pharmacy, and College
of Medicine, $60,000 from Jefferson Regional Foundation, to support the project Bridges to Health for the Mon Valley. The Duquesne University McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts, $50,000
from Phillip H. and Betty L. Wimmer Family Foundation, to support The Faculty Enrichment Program. Funds totaling $866,810 were recently received by the McAnulty College and Graduate
School of Liberal Arts, School of Pharmacy, School of Science and Engineering and
the proposed College of Medicine. Funds totaling $1,696,986.12 were recently received by the Thomas R. Kline School
of Law, the Michael P. Weber Learning Skills Center, the School of Science and Engineering,
the School of Education, the School of Nursing, the Rangos School of Health Sciences
and the McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts Funds totaling $1,242,129 were recently received by the McAnulty College and Graduate
School of Liberal Arts, the School of Science and Engineering, the School of Nursing,
the School of Pharmacy, the Rangos School of Health Sciences and the Palumbo-Donahue
School of Business. Funds totaling $5,549,074 were recently received by the School of Science and Engineering,
Small Business Development Center, Center for Integrative Health, School of Pharmacy,
proposed College of Medicine, Biomedical Engineering Program, McAnulty College and
Graduate School of Liberal Arts, School of Nursing, School of Education and School
of Law. Funds totaling $1,639,940 were recently received by the Michael P. Weber Learning
Skills Center, the School of Law, the School of Science and Engineering, the Palumbo-Donahue
School of Business, the proposed College of Osteopathic Medicine, the School of Nursing,
the McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts, and the School of Pharmacy Funds totaling $38,862 were recently received by the School of Nursing, the McAnulty
College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts, the School of Science and Engineering
and the School of Pharmacy. Funds totaling $1,108,475 were recently received by the proposed College of Osteopathic
Medicine, the McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts, the School of
Education, the School of Law, the School of Nursing and the School of Science and
Engineering. Funds totaling $3,073,700 were recently received by the School of Nursing, the proposed
College of Osteopathic Medicine, the Mary Pappert School of Music, the Center for
Community Engaged Teaching and Research and the Rangos School of Health Sciences. Funds totaling $385,180.68 were recently received by the School of Education, the
School of Nursing, the John G. Rangos School of Health Sciences, the School of Pharmacy
and the School of Science and Engineering. Funds totaling $916,676 were recently received by the School of Education, the Center
for Integrative Health, the School of Science and Engineering, the proposed College
of Osteopathic Medicine, the School of Nursing, the McAnulty College and Graduate
School of Liberal Arts and the School of Law.2023
Dr. Thomas Carsecka, School of Music, $10,000, from the McSwigan Family Foundation,
to support the project Exploring the Role of Music in the Autism Community.
Dr. Grace Campbell, School of Nursing, $150,000, from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation,
to support the project Implementing Early Rehabilitation as the Standard of Gynecologic Cancer Care.
Dr. Bin Yang, Biomedical Engineering, $29,900, from the Meta Platforms Technologies,
LLC, to support the project MEMS scanning and event camera based ultrafast imaging setup for AR/VR applications.
Dr. Donald Very and Dr. Neil Campbell, Biotechnology, $300,000, from the Richard King
Mellon Foundation, to support the project STEMup: Educate, Graduate, Innovate Pittsburgh.
Dr. Renee Prater, College of Osteopathic Medicine, $200,000, from the Richard King
Mellon Foundation, to support the project Paving a Path to Medicine.
Dr. John Pollock, Department of Biological Sciences, School of Science and Engineering,
$270,000, from the National Institutes of Health, to support the project Partnerships
for Prevention: A plan for managing student stress, anxiet, and pain through interactive
media.
Dr. Brady Porter, Department of Biological Sciences, School of Science and Engineering,
$2,500, from the Army Corps of Engineers—Pittsburgh District, to support the project
Electrofishing up to three locations within the Crooked Creek watershed.
Dr. Jingyun Ye, Department of Chemistry, School of Science and Engineering, $424,350,
from the National Science Foundation, to support the project CAS: Computational Data-Driven
Metal-Free Catalysts Discovery for Small Molecule Activation and Conversion.
Dr. Jill Dembowski, Department of Biological Sciences, School of Science and Engineering,
$43,474, a PA CURE grant from the PA Department of Health, to support the project
Antiviral Activities of LSD1 Inhibitors.
Dr. Mihaela-Rita Mihaelescu, Department of Chemistry, School of Science and Engineering,
$100,000, from the National Institutes of Health, a supplement to the current project
Biochemical characterization of a novel Fragile X Mental Retardation Protein nuclease
function.
Dr. John Pollock, Department of Biological Sciences, School of Science and Engineering,
$215,227, a supplement from the National Institutes of Health, to support the project
Partnerships for Prevention: A plan for managing student stress, anxiety, and pain
through interactive media.
Dr. Bridget Green, Dr. Reva Mathieu-Sher and Dr. Jaleah Robinson, School of Education,
$75,000, from The Robert S. & Louise Kahn Foundation, to support the project Support
for potential Special Education Teachers, a Registered Behavior Technician and a Board-Certified
Behavior Analyst to gain skills to support the emotional and behavioral needs of students
with disabilities in the post-COVID-19 environment.
Grace Orsatti, Thomas R. Kline School of Law, $20,156, from ACTEC Foundation, to support
the project Support of an Elder Justice Information Center.
Dr. Phillip Palmer, School of Science and Engineering, $20,000, from the Howmet Aerospace
Foundation, to support the project STEM Summer Camp 2024. 2022