February 26, 2008:The ³È×ÓÓ°Ôº today announced that it has established the committee that will guide the search for a permanent Chancellor for the ³È×ÓӰԺ…, John F. Blais, , Founder and President of BlaisCo, LLC, Michael P. Czech, , PhD, Chair, Molecular Medicine, Jennifer S. Daly, , MD, Professor, Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Walter H. Ettinger, , Jr., MD, MBA, President, UMass Memorial Medical Center and Associate Vice Provost for Clinical and Population Health Research, Marianne E. Felice, , MD, Chair, Pediatrics, Robert W. Finberg, , MD, Chair, Medicine, Terence R. Flotte, , MD, Executive Deputy Chancellor, Dean and Provost for the School of Medicine, Charles J. Hoff, , Former Chairman and CEO of Universal/Univis, Inc., James R. Julian, , Jr., JD, Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, President's Office, Daniel H. Lasser, , MD, MPH, Chair, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Katherine F. Ruiz de Luzuriaga, , MD, Professor, Pediatrics, Trustee Bharath D. Nath, , Student Trustee, Trustee Kerri E. Osterhaus-Houle, , MD, Alumna and Partner, Women's Health of Central ³È×ÓÓ°Ôº, Linda A. Pape, , MD, Professor, Medicine, Trustee Janet D. Pearl, , MD, Co-Director of Pain Management Center at St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Paulette Seymour Route, , PhD, RN, MS, Alumna and Dean of Graduate School of Nursing, Marian Wilson, , PhD, Associate Vice Chancellor for Diversity and Equal Opportunity, Marcellette G. Williams, , PhD, Senior Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs and International Relations, President's Office Contact: Robert P. Connolly, 617-287-7073
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BOSTON - March 26, 2008:Pointing to a desire to "build on this program's track record of success," UMass President Jack M. Wilson today announced the awarding of $240,000 in grants to University…, Jie Song, Ph.D., Orthopedics Department, UMass Medical School, "Resorbable Shape Memory Biopolymer for Spine Fusion Applications" The grant will fund testing of a nanocomposite shape memory polymer (SMP) used as bone substitute. This polymer possesses properties…, Celia Schiffer, Ph.D., Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, UMass Medical School, "Testing Novel HIV-1 Protease Inhibitors for Viability Against Resistant Viruses from the Clinic" Funds will pay for testing for a series of novel HIV-1 protease inhibitors specifically designed to…, George W. Huber, Ph.D., Chemical Engineering Department, UMass Amherst, "Green Gasoline from Catalytic Fast Pyrolysis of Lignocellulosic Biomass" Funding will be used to develop a prototype reactor to demonstrate green gasoline production on a larger scale. This would…, Stephen McCarthy, Ph.D., Department of Plastics Engineering, UMass Lowell, "Novel Biodegradable Bone Plates and Adhesive Bonding" A novel heat-activated adhesive system will eliminate the need for drilling or the use of screws for fixation in craniomaxillofacial surgery.…, Melisenda McDonald, Ph.D., Department of Chemistry, UMass Lowell, "Novel Hydrogel-based System for Maintenance of Mammalian Cells in Culture" This technology improves greatly at a minimum cost the ease of maintaining cells used in research. Funding will extend…, Kevin Fu, Ph.D., Computer Science Department, UMass Amherst, "Zero-Power Telemetry for Implantable Medical Devices" Implantable medical devices increasingly use wireless communication for monitoring patients in hospitals and homes. Using zero-power telemetry…, Babs Soller, Ph.D., Department of Anesthesiology, UMass Medical School, "Noninvasive Sensor for Optimizing Athletic Performance: Proof of Concept for Novel, Portable Technology" Funding will enable a redesign of a sensor which assesses a person's metabolic rate and…, D.V.G.L.N. Rao, Ph.D., Physics Department, UMass Boston, "Fourier Phase Contrast Microscope" The project focuses on developing a lab model microscope that is based on a novel Fourier phase contrast microscopy (FPCM) technique. This represents a major…
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