Dr. Ted Price received $638,145 from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center for his research on the Validation of Fibroblast-derived PI16 as a Novel Target for Pain Treatment. The project focuses on testing behavioral validation in mice as well as tibial and sural nerves from patients of lower leg amputations due to diabetic …read more
Speakers:Emily Lacy, Associate Director, Office of Sponsored ProjectsCindy Sutton, Associate Director, Research Financial OperationsNatasha Hinton, Assistant Director, Research Financial Reporting. This is a deep-dive into the different elements of a budget. We will use the OSP budget template to discuss what constitutes each budget category, what is an appropriate amount and how to justify it …read more
Dr. Yun-Ju Chen was awarded $771,653 from NASA for his research on Hemispheric Asymmetries of the Electrodynamic Environment in the Middle and High-latitude Ionosphere. Dr. Chen’s research will focus on identifying systematic variations in the ionospheric potential distribution across the auroral zone in each hemisphere that are related to systematic variations in the average energy …read more
Dr. Yichen Ding received $730,204 from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for his research on Integrating Imaging and Computation to Characterize Neural Crest Cells in the Myocardial Development and Regeneration. The project focuses on integrating genetic models with advanced imaging and computation to provide new mechanical and developmental insights into the contribution of neural …read more
Speakers:Emily Lacy, Associate Director, Office of Sponsored ProjectsCindy Sutton, Associate Director, Research Financial OperationsNatasha Hinton, Assistant Director, Research Financial ReportingDeborah Reyna, Director, Development & Alumni Relations.Theresa Kaualoku, Assistant Director, Development & Alumni Relations Join the Offices of Sponsored Projects, Post Award Management and Development as we walk through the steps to receive and spend a …read more
Take a ride down the Information Highway with our IRB team to learn about human subjects research. This presentation will provide an overview of the expectations for investigators who plan to conduct human subject research and the responsibilities of a Faculty Sponsor who agrees to oversee student research project, from study design, initial IRB application, …read more
Dr. John Hansen was awarded $1,211,500 from the National Science Foundation for his research on Developing a Multi-Channel Naturalistic Audio Corpora for the Natural Language Processing Research Community. Dr. Hansen’s team is developing an audio resource of real-world speech communications of one of history’s greatest scientific and technical accomplishments – the NASA Apollo missions. The …read more
Dr. John Hart Jr. received $2,022,497 from the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program for his research on Treatment of Verbal Retrieval Deficits in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury with High Definition Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation. Dr. Hart plans to use the grant to test the efficacy of targeting pre-supplementary motor areas (preSMA) with HD transcranial Direct …read more
Dr. Carlos Busso received $1,075,386 from the National Science Foundation for his research on Creating The Largest Speech Emotional Database By Leveraging Existing Naturalistic Recordings. The project focuses on developing the MSP-Podcast corpus, which would be the largest, publicly available, naturalistic speech emotional database. The MSP-Podcast will provide infrastructure to address automatic speech recognition and …read more
Kim Knight is an Associate Professor of Critical Media Studies in the School of Arts, Technology and Emerging Communication. Her research explores how digital culture affects negotiations of power and the formation of identity, particularly for marginalized groups. Professor Knight took a break to reflect on the impact COVID-19 has had on her research: Describe …read more
