Division of Research and Economic Development News
Jonathan Banks, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in NSU’s College of Psychology. Dr. Banks and collaborator Jaime Tartar, Ph.D. (College of Psychology) were recently funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) with a $350,000 grant for their project titled “Identifying the Role of Mind Wandering in Stress Related Changes in Executive Attention and Inflammation.” Tell me about your recent […]
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Scott Poland, Ed.D. is a Professor in NSU’s College of Psychology and the Director of the Suicide and Violence Prevention Office (SVP). His $335,000 Florida Blue Foundation-funded grant is titled “STEPS (School Toolkit for K-12 Educators to Prevent Suicide).” Tell me about your recent grant-funded project. This Florida Blue grant will provide funding to train 500 school administrators […]
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Xiaozhe Han, D.M.D., Ph.D., principal investigator (PI) from College of Dental Medicine’s Department of Oral Science and Translational Research (OSTR) were recently awarded a four-year $2,338K NIH grant titled “Regulatory B Cell in the Amelioration of Immune-Mediated Periodontal Disease.” Together with the co-investigator on the grant, Dr. Toshi Kawai, D.D.S., Ph.D., at the same Department, the research team will strive […]
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Dmitriy Minond, PhD., principal investigator (PI) from College of Pharmacy and Rumbaugh Goodwin Institute for Cancer Research was recently awarded a three-year $573K Florida Department of Health Bankhead-Coley Cancer Research Program Discovery Science grant titled “Spliceosomal modulation for regulation of melanoma immunogenicity.” This grant will support three-year study to determine the effect of spliceosomal modulation on immune pathway signaling […]
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Lauren Tabor Gray, Ph.D., CCC-SLP is an assistant professor and the co-director of the ALS clinic at the NSU Health Neuroscience Institute. She co-directs the clinic with Eduardo Locatelli, M.D., MPH and she also teaches a dysphasia course, which is a class on swallowing disorders, in the communication sciences and disorders master’s program. Dr. Lauren Tabor Gray was recently awarded […]
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Jose Ramos, Ph.D. is a Professor in NSU’s College of Computing and Engineering. He received a President’s Faculty Research and Development Grant (PFRDG) for his project titled “E-senses for Monitoring the Health of Palms with Lethal Bronzing Disease.” Tell me about your recent grant-funded project. This project is about detecting the lethal bronzing disease (LBD) in Sabal palmetto […]
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Arkene Levy, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Pharmacology in the Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine (MD College). She received a Quality of Life (QOL) grant for her project titled “Improving Healthcare Outcomes for LGBTQ Seniors: A Community Linked Cultural Competency Initiative Disorder: A Pilot Study.” Tell me about your recent grant-funded project. This QOL grant […]
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Aurelien Tartar, Ph.D. is a Professor in the Department of Biological Science in NSU’s Halmos College of Arts & Sciences. He was recently funded by USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) for his project titled “A Proteomics Approach to Identify Novel Biopesticides in Oomycete Secretomes.” Tell me about your recent grant-funded project. I am currently on […]
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Sandrine Gaillard-Kenney, Ed.D. is Associate Dean and Associate Professor in the Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences (HCS). She was recently awarded a Quality of Life (QOL) grant titled “Human Trafficking Survivors’ Experiences of Dental Services through Photovoice.” Tell me about your recent grant-funded project. This QOL research grant is intended to give trafficking survivors a voice […]
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Arthur Sikora, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of chemistry in the Halmos College of Arts & Sciences. He was recently funded by a collaborative grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) titled “Role of Flexible Design and Instructor Supports in Implementing Sustainable Course-based Research Experiences Across Diverse Institution Types.” Tell me about your recent grant-funded project. This grant […]
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