Research & Creative Grant Recipients
Carla Lynn Van Den Berg
College/School: College of Pharmacy Department: College of Pharmacy Project Title: In vivo evaluation of a JNK inhibitor to sensitize basal-like breast cancer to lapatinib
Hsin-Chih (Tim) Yeh
College/School: Cockrell School of Engineering Department: Biomedical Engineering Project Title: Probe molecular interactions along the 3D molecular trajectories in live cells
Nancy Schiesari
College/School: Moody College of Communication Department: Radio-TV-Film Project Title: Canine Soldiers
Guihua Yu
College/School: Cockrell School of Engineering Department: Mechanical Engineering Project Title: Rational Synthesis and Characterization of Facet-Controlled Two-Dimensional Crystals with Non-Layered Structures
David Heymann
College/School: School of Architecture Department: School of Architecture Project Title: Digital Photographic Representation of the Arctic Landscape of Svalbard, Norway
Hugh Daigle
College/School: Cockrell School of Engineering Department: Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering Project Title: Improving formation evaluation of mudrocks with NMR and X-ray mapping
Xiaobo Lu
College/School: College of Liberal Arts Department: Government Project Title: Fiscal Capacity and Political Development: China and Beyond
Sandro Sessarego
College/School: College of Liberal Arts Department: Spanish and Portuguese Project Title: Chocó Spanish: Casting Light on its Grammar and History
Rachel Wellhausen
College/School: College of Liberal Arts Department: Government Project Title: Sovereign Development: Native American Tribes and Economic Globalization
Junfeng Jiao
College/School: School of Architecture Department: School of Architecture Project Title: Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to Identify Food Deserts in Large Texas Cities, a Case Study of Austin, TX
Robert Brothers
College/School: College of Education Department: Kinesiology and Health Education Project Title: Microvascular Dysfunction in Young African Americans
Esther Calzada
College/School: Steve Hicks School of Social Work Department: School of Social Work Project Title: Test of Multi-Generational Model of Mexican American Parenting and Early Childhood Development
North Cooc
College/School: College of Education Department: Special Education Project Title: Changes in the Early Academic Trajectories of Students in Special Education
Jaimie Davis
College/School: College of Natural Sciences Department: Nutritional Sciences Project Title: Type 1 Diabetes Pilot Study: Understanding Barriers to Blood Glucose Control
Chadi El Mohtar
College/School: Cockrell School of Engineering Department: Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering Project Title: Feasibility Study on Implementing Measured Earthquake Ground Motions in Laboratory Testing for Post-Liquefaction Damage Evaluation
Kentya C. Ford
College/School: College of Pharmacy Department: College of Pharmacy Project Title: Science and Religion: What we can do together to reduce the burden of chronic disease risk factors in our society?
Andreana Haley
College/School: College of Liberal Arts Department: Psychology Project Title: Exploring the neural mechanisms of cognitive enhancement related to acute bouts of exercise
Amber Hardison
College/School: College of Natural Sciences Department: Marine Science Project Title: Nitrogen Cycling in Arctic Coastal Sediments
Christine V. Hawkes
College/School: College of Natural Sciences Department: Integrative Biology Project Title: Exploring the benefits of symbiotic fungal endophytes for plant drought tolerance
Chang Liu
College/School: Moody College of Communication Department: Communication Sciences and Disorders Project Title: Speech enhancement: better speech perception in noise
Angela Nonaka
College/School: Steve Hicks School of Social Work Department: School of Social Work Project Title: Investigating Politeness in Asian Sign Languages: A Collaborative Pilot Study with the Japanese National Museum of Ethnology
Erin Rodriguez
College/School: College of Education Department: Educational Psychology Project Title: Coping and Marital Adjustment in Pediatric Cancer
Rebecca Torres
College/School: College of Liberal Arts Department: Geography and the Environment Project Title: Immigration Policy, National Security and Children's Rights: Impacts of Repatriation of Unaccompanied Migrant Children from Mexico and Central America
Casey Wright
College/School: College of Pharmacy Department: Pharmacy Project Title: Physiological Significance of the novel inhibitor of apoptosis (IAP) binding motif (IBM) within the NF-κB-inducing Kinase (NIK)
Nicholas A. Peppas
College/School: Cockrell School of Engineering Department: Chemical Engineering Project Title: Overcoming Multidrug Resistance in Cancer With Multifunctional Nanoparticles