2021 Ƶ Accolades | Grants

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Dr. Stephen P. Holly

Associate Professor of Biochemistry
College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences

Grant Reviewer

  • Grant reviewer for NHLBI – Institutional Research Training, (SRO Giuseppe Pintucci, PhD), online via Zoom, May 21, 2021

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Dr. Laura Lunsford

Professor and Chair, Psychology
School of Education

Grants

  • US Fulbright Scholar to Germany.

Funded Grant

  • Lunsford, L. G., Bryant, A., Rushing, N. & Nelson, J. (2020). Mobile Education and Health Clinic, Funded, $11,667.

Professional Development Grant

  • Fall 2020 Faculty Development Grant: Indexing the Mentor’s Handbook.

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Dr. Stephanie Mathews

Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
College of Arts & Sciences

Professional Development Grant

  • Stephanie Mathews. Graphic Design Certification for Improved Scientific Communication. Ƶ Faculty Development Grant Spring 2021

Funded Grant

  • Carter, Jenna and SL Mathews. Salivary cortisol response during the competitive season in collegiate lacrosse players. 2021 Student Research Fellows. Ƶ. Summer 2021.

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Michele Miller

Professor of Engineering
School of Engineering

Funded Grant

  • “Engineering Unleashed Fellowship,” Kern Family Foundation, 9/1/20 to 8/31/21, $10,000. This project developed new learning activities for a manufacturing engineering course.

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Dr. Justin J. Nelson

Assistant Professor of Sociology
School of Education

Funded Grants

  • Lunsford, L. G., Bryant, A., Rushing, N., and Nelson, J. J. “Mobile Education and Health Clinic.” Funded, $11,667.

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Dr. Paula Parker

Associate Professor, Exercise Science
College of Arts & Sciences

Funded Grants

  • ​​National Association of Kinesiology in Higher Education (NAKHE) Hellison Interdisciplinary Research Grant Amount Funded: $5000. Hardiness, Sleep, and Wellness in Female Collegiate Lacrosse Athletes

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Dr. Melanie W. Pound

Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice
College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences

Funded Grants

  • Van Tilburg M, Barnes C, May DB, Perkins S, Pound M, Thompson D, Thornhill T. An Interprofessional Faculty Development Program to Enhance Student Writing Opportunities. $5,000 IPE Grant. 2020-2021.

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Dr. Evan W. Reynolds

Assistant Professor of Chemistry
College of Arts & Sciences

Funded Grants

  • Research student, Katherine Darrigrand, was awarded a 2020 Yarbrough Grant from the North Carolina Academy of Science ($475.25 for research expenses) for her proposal, “Enzymatic dynamic kinetic resolution for the stereoselective synthesis of alpha-hydroxy ketones.”

Unfunded Grants

  • Cottrell Scholars Program ($100,000), “Exploiting thiamine-dependent enzymes for organic synthesis and as catalysts for change in undergraduate biochemistry education,” Proposal submitted July 1, 2020. Not funded.

Professional Development Grants

  • Ƶ Faculty Development Grant, Fall 2020. “The 2020 Virtual SACNAS Conference: An Opportunity for Development Across the Areas of Teaching, Scholarship, and Service,” $515 awarded for conference registration.
  • Ƶ Faculty Development Grant, Spring 2021. “Taking the MCAT to enhance biochemistry teaching and programs,” $495 awarded for MCAT registration and review materials.

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Dr. Lee K. Rynearson

Assistant Professor of Engineering
School of Engineering

Funded Grant

  • NC Space Grant Team Competition Award, $5000, for NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge Team at Ƶ.

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Dr. Pamela J. Strickland

Associate Professor of Accounting
Lundy-Fetterman School of Business

Funded Grants

  • Evaluating the Efficacy of Corporate Tax Abatements, Ƶ 2021 Summer Research Grant ($2,500)

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Dr. Dorothea K. Thompson

Associate Professor of Medical Microbiology & Immunology
College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences

Funded Grant

  • An Interprofessional Faculty Development Program to Enhance Student Writing Opportunities, Interprofessional Education Research Grant (Ƶ IPE). Co-PI w/ Drs. Miranda van Tilburg (PI), Connie Barnes, Byron May, Scott Perkins, Melanie Pound, and Tina Thornhill. Total Award: $5,000. Project Period: 01/2021 – 01/2022.

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Dr. Miranda A.L. van Tilburg

Associate Professor of Clinical Research
College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences

Funded Grant

  • Ƶ Interprofessional Education Research Grant. Title: An Interprofessional faculty development program to enhance student writing opportunities. Role: Principal Investigator
  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease (K23 DK120928). Title: A new paradigm for treating Functional Abdominal Pain disorders in children. Role: Mentor
  • National Institute of Nursing Research (R01 NR016786). Title: Do biomarkers predict response to a pediatric chronic pain symptom management program? Role: Co-investigator
  • Ƶ CPHS internal research grant. Title: Vaccine Hesitancy for COVID19-What is the role of statistical literacy? Role: Co-Principal Investigator

Grant Reviewer

  • Grant reviewer for North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition and Association of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition Nurses.
  • Appointed as scientist reviewer for the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) inaugural Phased Large Awards in Comparative Effectiveness Research (PLACER) review panel ($150 million funding)

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Dr. Hong Zhu

Professor of Physiology and Pathophysiology
College of Arts & Sciences

Funded Grants

  • Sub-award Co-Investigator for a grant funded by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (1R15HL150664-01A1). Project period: August 05, 2020-July 31, 2023. Title of grant: Novel carbon nanodots for modulation of OxLDL mediated inflammation and inhibition of atherosclerosis