Awards 2007-2008

FACULTY SMALL GRANTS PROGRAM PROPOSALS SELECTED FOR FUNDING BY THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA FOUNDATION
2007 - 2008

E. Fiona Bailey - Physiology
Sleep, Breathing, and Menopause

Roger Barthelson - Plant Sciences
Regulation of the Expression of Plant Genes Related to Stress

Alfredo Berardo - Political Science
Policy Networks and Management of Water Quality in America

Michael Brescia - Arizona State Museum
Implications of Spanish Property Law for Hispanic and Indian Communities of the Southwest

Andrew Carnie - Linguistics
Ultrasonic Analysis of Tense Sonorant Consonants in Scottish Gaelic

Chih Chin Chou - Special Education, Rehabilitation, and School Psychology
Social Support and Acculturative Stress Among Chinese International Students

Alex Cronin - Physics
Nano-Scale Energy Sensor

Melissa Curran - Family and Consumer Sciences
The Transition to Parenthood for Unmarried, Cohabiting Couples

Paul Kapp - Geosciences
Sandblasting in Central Asia and Tectonic and Climatic Implications

Julie Lang - Surgical Oncology
Effect of Pregnancy History on the Presence of Breast Stem Cells

Linda Lumsden - Journalism
Comrades: Visions and Values of the Early American Radical Press, 1900-1920

Michelle McMahon - Plant Sciences
Barcoding the Plants of Arizona: Geographically-Based Biodiversity Informatics

Moe Momayez - Mining and Geological Engineering
Alternate Energy Source for Sustainable Development

Theodore Price - Pharmacology
Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors as Novel Analgesics for Neuropathic Pain

Iliana Reyes - Language, Reading, and Culture
Teacher's Perspectives on Literacy Practices by Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Children

Michael Riehle - Entomology
Insulin Signaling as a Drive Mechanism for Mosquito Population Replacement

Margaret Tome - Pathology
Manganese Prophyrins in Lymphoma Cell Growth and Drug Response

Koen Visscher - Physics
A Novel Dual-Reporter System for Translational Recoding

Daniela Zarnescu - Molecular and Cellular Biology
Fragile X Syndrome: A Gene Discovery Approach in Drosophila