Research Enhancement Program Award Recipients
The Office of the Provost and the Office of the Vice President for Research are very pleased to announce the award recipients for funding through the Research Enhancement Program. The Research Enhancement Program was designed to strengthen the university’s performance as a nationally recognized research university. The following nine projects have been chosen to receive funding based on their potential to support Wayne State University's goal of developing research themes for the university that are consistent with an emphasis on the urban mission, global presence, and technology.
Multilingual Development: A Cross-Disciplinary Study of Sound & Structure
Principal Investigator:
Jean Andruski, Audiology/Speech-Language Pathology
ag0611@wayne.edu
Co Investigators:
Eugenia Casielles, Romance Languages
Geoffrey Nathan, English
www.kids.wayne.edu: An Information Resource of Children, Family, and Community Status for Metropolitan Detroit
Principal Investigator:
Paul Giblin, Pediatrics
pgiblin@med.wayne.edu
Co Investigators:
Lee Kallenbach, Community Medicine
Kurt Metzger, Center for Urban Studies
Neural Substrates of Information Processing in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders in the United States and South Africa
Principal Investigator:
Joseph Jacobson, Psychology
jljacobson@yahoo.com
Co Investigators:
Sandra Jacobson, Psychiatry
Gregory Moore, Psychiatry
Development and Application of Novel Dendritic Nanodevice Platforms for Targeted Drug Therapy in Children
Principal Investigator:
Rangara-manujam Kannan, Chemical Engineering & Materials Science
rkannan@chem1.eng.wayne.edu
Co Investigators:
Mary Lieh-Lai, Pediatrics
Sujatha Kannan, Pediatrics
Anthony Shields, Karmanos Cancer Institute
Larry Matherly, Karmanos Cancer Institute
David Bassett, Occupational and Environmental Health
The Differential Effects of Cumulative Violence and Trauma Exposures on Two Adolescent Populations
Principal Investigator:
Linda Lewandowski, Nursing
ao9553@wayne.edu
Co Investigators:
Antonia Abbey, Community Medicine
Elizabeth Barton, Center for Peace and Conflict Studies
Beverly Black, Social Work
Poco Kernsmith, Social Work
Arlene Weisz, Social Work
Lisa Chiodo, Pediatrics
Virginia Delaney-Black, Pediatrics
Joseph Dake, Health, Kinesology and Sport Studies
Cheryl Somers, Educational Psychology
Jina Yoon, Educational Psychology
Effect of Early Computer Access on School Readiness and Psychological Development among Urban Preschoolers
Principal Investigator:
Xiaoming Li, Pediatrics
xiaoli@med.wayne.edu
Co Investigators:
Navaz Bhavnagri, Early Childhood Education
Gail Brummitt, Merrill-Palmer Institute
Qiang Cheng, Electric and Computer Engineering
Teresa Holtrop, Pediatrics
Bonita Stanton, Pediatrics
Ty Partridge, Psychology
Technological Advances to Aid Children With Brain Injury
Principal Investigator:
Patrick McAllister, Neurosurgery
pmcallister@neurosurgery
Co Investigators:
Gregory Auner, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Ronald Baird, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Simon Ng, Chemical Engineering
Golam Newaz, Mechanical Engineering
Paul Finlayson, Otolaryngology
Yuchuan Ding, Neurosurgery
Steven Ham, Neurosurgery
Sandeep Sood, Neurosurgery
Differences in Etiology of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Between Caucasian & African American Children
Principal Investigator:
Jeffrey Taub, Pediatrics
jtaub@med.wayne.edu
Co Investigators:
Ahmad Heydari, Nutrional & Food Science
Larry H. Matherly, Karmanos & Pharmacology
Richard Severson, Family Medicine and Karmanos
The Impact of Total Workload on Maternal and Infant Health: How Employment Before and After Childbirth Influences Maternal and Infant Health
Principal Investigator:
Eileen Trzcinski, Social Work
aa2705@wayne.edu
Co Investigators:
Judith Fry-McComish, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Sean Blackwell, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Jerrold Brandell, Social Work
Gail Brummitt, Merrill Palmer Institute
Heather Dilaway, Sociology
Emiko Usui, Economics
Congratulations to all of the REP award recipients!!