Division of Research and Economic Development News
Gesulla Cavanaugh, Ph.D. is the Director of Nursing Research in the NSU Ron and Kathy Assaf College of Nursing. Dr. Cavanaugh was recently funded through the President’s Faculty Research & Development Grant (PFRDG) program for her project titled “Cognitive and Functional Impairments & Premature Aging in the Homeless Population.” Tell me about your recent grant-funded project. This […]
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Lisa Robison, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Neuroscience in the Department of Psychology & Neuroscience in NSU’s College of Psychology. She is a recent recipient of an American Heart Association (AHA) award in the amount of $154,000 for her project titled “Targeting the renin-angiotensin system to ameliorate cerebral amyloid angiopathy.” Tell me about your recent grant-funded […]
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Randall Gregg, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology and Director of Student Research in the Department of Foundational Sciences in NSU’s Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine (KPCOM). He was recently funded by NSU’s seed funding program, the President’s Faculty Research & Development Grant (PFRDG), in the amount of $15,000 for his project titled […]
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Robert Smith, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in the Halmos College of Arts & Sciences (HCAS) at NSU, where he leads the Microbial Cooperation Lab. He was recently funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) with a $462K grant to investigate a mechanism by which bacteria resist antibiotics. Specifically, he will investigate the question “Does growth efficiency determine the […]
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Melanie Bauer is the Grant Writing Manager in Nova Southeastern University’s (NSU) Grant Lab, where she serves a research development role supporting faculty and staff in their grant seeking endeavors. Ms. Bauer (Principal Investigator/PD) and her team were recently awarded a $300K National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to create and study a professional development program for researchers engaged in team […]
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Dr. Alexander Soloviev is a Professor in the Department of Marine and Environmental Sciences in NSU’s Halmos College of Arts and Sciences (HCAS). He leads the Physical Oceanography Lab, which he has led for the past 25 years, and his work was recently recognized at NSU when he won the 2021 Provost’s Research and Scholarship Award. His newest award is […]
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Dr. Farzanna Haffizulla, MD FACP FAMWA is an Associate Professor and the Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine in NSU’s Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine (KPCOM). Dr. Haffizulla (Principal Investigator) and her team at NSU were recently awarded $799K as part of a $3.5M grant to the City of Lauderhill from the Office of Minority Health […]
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Brian Walker, Ph.D. is a Research Scientist in the Halmos College of Arts & Sciences (HCAS) at the Oceanographic Center (OC) and leads the GIS & Spatial Ecology Lab at NSU. His currently-funded work by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) focuses on addressing stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) affecting South Florida’s reefs. This disease has led to […]
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Lubov Nathanson, Ph.D. Associate Professor in the Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine (KPCOM) at NSU, was recently awarded a $932K Department of Defense (DoD) grant to study immune dysregulation in Gulf War Illness (GWI). This award was made through the DoD’s CDMRP Gulf War Illness Research Program. Tell me briefly about your recent grant-funded projects. During the […]
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Dr. Lauren Nadler (PI) and Dr. Tyler Cyronak (Co-PI) from Halmos College of Arts & Science’s Department of Marine & Environmental Sciences were recently awarded a three-year $369K NSF IRES grant titled “Systems-based transdisciplinary approaches to coral reef science and conservation.” This grant will support three graduate-level courses focused on collaboration and interdisciplinarity, features necessary to address the existing and […]
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