2016 Funded Research Honorees
The Celebrate U Task Force congratulates the top faculty research award and grant recipients from each college in 2016!
[Bold indicates University of Utah faculty]
Elena Asparouhova (David Eccles School of Business). Experimental Validation of the Theory of Asset Pricing
Olga Baker (School of Dentistry). The Use of Fibrin Hydrogels to improve saliary gland regeneration and Resolution of Cytokine-Mediated Salivary Gland Inflammation
Sihem Boudina (College of Health). Regulation of fat expansion and energy expenditure in humans and animals
Brenda Bowen (College of Mines and Earth Sciences). Interdisciplinary Studies in Global Sustainability
Divya Chandrasekhar (College of Architecture + Planning). Impact Assessment of the Federal Natural and Cultural Resources (NCR) Recovery Support Function (RSF)
Sydney Cheek-O'Donnell (College of Fine Arts). Participation in two major external grants
Jorge Contreras (College of Law). Substantial work relating to the intersection of intellectual property, antitrust law, technology standardization and scientific discovery
Robin Kundis Craig (College of Law). Significant published contributions to environmental law, and particularly ocean and coastal resilience in the face of climate change
Nadja Durbach (College of Humanities). Many Mouths: State Feeding in Britain from the Workhouse to the Welfare State
Lee Ellington (College of Nursing). Top Researcher Honoree
Annette Fleckenstein (School of Dentistry). The Impact of Psychostimulants of Abuse such as Methamphetamine and the Synthetic Cathinones on Monoaminergic Neuronal Function
Julie Fritz (College of Health). Received a $1.1 million dollar grant from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Medicine at the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Optimization of Spinal Manipulative Therapy (SMT) Protocols"
Eric Garland (College of Social Work). Targeting Hedonic Dysregulation to Address Chronic Pain and Opioid Misuse in Primary Care - grant from NIDA and Targeting Chronic Pain and Co-Occurring Disorders in the Community with Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement - grant from DOD and Effects of Mindfulness-Oriented Intervention on Endogenous Opioid Mechanisms of Hedonic Regulation in Chronic Pain - grant from NCCIH
Eric Handman (College of Fine Arts). Campus Incentive Seed Grant
Paul Hu (David Eccles School of Business). Top Researcher Honoree
Kelly Hughes (College of Science). Genetic approaches to complex biological processes in bacteria
Christy Jarvis (Eccles Health Sciences Library). Evaluating the Use of Library Resources Through Faculty Author Citation Analysis
Robert "Mike" Kirby (College of Engineering). Uncertainty Quantification "In the Wild"
John Kirchner (College of Medicine). EyeDirect
John Lin (College of Mines and Earth Sciences). Top Researcher Honoree
Shelley Minteer (College of Engineering). Bioelectrosynthesis of ammonia from nitrogen and hydrogen
Jeremy Myntti (Marriott Library). Grant: Linking People
Anna Neatrour (Marriott Library). Grant: Linking People
Melissa Rethlefsen (Eccles Health Sciences Library). Systematic Review Methodology and Reporting
Erin Rothwell (College of Nursing). Improved Prenatal Genetic Screening Decision Making through Interactive Technology
Summer Rupper (College of Social and Behavioral Science). Grant Funding Awarded in 2016: High Mountain Asia glacier and Antarctic ice sheet mass balance changes over the modern era: impacts on water resources and sea level rise
Matthew Sigman (College of Science). Top Researcher Honoree
Ryan Smith (College of Architecture + Planning). Optimizing Prefabrication in the Construction Industry
David Strayer (College of Social and Behavioral Science). Grant Funding Awarded in 2016 (AAA Foundation for Traffic Fafety "The Establishment of a Comprehensive Program to Evaluate Cognitive, Visual, and Manual Workload in New Vehicles", $3,864,000)
Melanie Rae Thon (College of Humanities). Impossible Translations, a novel in three acts
Barbara Wirostko (School of Medicine). Jade Therapeutics, Inc
Joanne Yaffe (College of Social Work). Grant from the Laura & John Arnold Foundation; Conducting interdisciplinary (social work, law, psychology, statistics) research on understanding and improving effectiveness of eyewitness identification procedure