Research Gazette - September 2015

Dr. Bryan Brooks, environmental science; $500,299 (additional funds); NSMDS: Improving Material Safety through the minimization of oxidative stress potential: A mechanistic understanding of ROS generation in in vitro and in vitro systems; Yale University and NSF

Dr. Eric Bruce, environmental science; $35,000; Investigation of a novel oxygenating therapeutic for military medical applications; Hemotek

Tommye Lou Davis, constituent engagement; $10,000 (additional funds); Policy Support and Advocacy Washington D.C.; Commonweal Foundation

Bridget Fuselier, law school; $108,000 (additional funds); Legal Aid to Veterans 2015-2017; Texas Access to Justice Foundation

Dr. Chris Kearney, biology; $17,963 (year 2 funding); Prediction and Classification of Allergenicity in a Protein Family; The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

Dr. Kathy Krey, Texas Hunger Initiative; $3,500,000; Texas Hunger Initiative Community Partner Program Year 4; Texas Health and Human Services Commission

Dr. Michael Poor, computer science; $157,853; Interaction Can Hurt: Creating a Gesture-Based Design Paradigm for Chronic Pain Sufferers; National Science Foundation

Dr. Keith Schubert, electrical engineering; $9,695; NAPTA: Optimizing Clinical Testing Design & Delivery of Particle Therapy for Cancer; National Institute of Health/Loma Linda University

Dr. Jon Singletary, social work; $7,179; Healthy Babies & Baylor SSW; McLennan County Public Health Department

Dr. Rebecca Sheesley, environmental science; $36,010; Prescribed Burning and Production and Transport of Carbon in the BCNWR; Department of the Interior/US Fish and Wildlife Service

Dr. Darryn Willoughby, health, human performance and recreation; $6,232; The Effectiveness of Fish Oil in Attenuating Eccentric Exercise-Induced Muscle Damage in Females During Mid-Follicular and Mid-Luteal Menstrual Phases; International Society of Sports Nutrition