Research Funding Program Awardees

Congratulations to the 2023-24 OVPR Research Funding Program Awardees. Ten proposals were selected for funding by the University Research Council.

Dr. Patrick Bradshaw (Dept of Biomedical Sciences)
NADPH in the regulation of mitochondrial respiration and aging.
Dr. Kristie Calvin (Dept of Educational Foundations and Special Education)
Using a graphic organizer to improve main idea identification and inferential and text comprehension.
Dr. Siva Digavalli (Dept of Pharmaceutical Sciences)
Developing patient-centered tools to accelerate personalized medical care for those with mental illness.
Dr. Cerrone Foster (Dept of Biological Sciences)
The role of caveolin-1 in the estrogen deficient heart following myocardial infarction.
Dr. Mohammad Khan (Dept of Computing)
AI-enabled dynamic ad hoc clustering in IoV.
Dr. Renee Moran (Dept of Curriculum & Instruction)
Whose "community" and what "standards"? Trajectory and impact of educational censorship policies in Tennessee schools.
Dr. Steven Nash (Dept of History)
Reconstruction in North Carolina: A new history.
Dr. Matt Palmatier (Dept of Psychology)
Intracranial self-administration of THC.
Dr. Brooke Schmeichel (Dept of Biomedical Sciences)
Brain-immune interactions in a model of polysubstance drug dependence.
Dr. Stacey Williams (Dept of Psychology)
Uncovering racial/ethnic and gender diversity in experiences of social stress and mental health in polycystic ovary syndrome.