Dr. Serdar Bozdag, assistant professor of computer science in the Klingler College of Arts and Sciences, has received a $1.8 million Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award from the National Institutes of Health for his research on precision medicine through the development of an integrative computational model. Bozdag’s research is aimed at developing methods for analyzing existing […]
Chemistry professor earns early career research grant from Department of Energy
Dr. Jier Huang, assistant professor of chemistry in the Way Klingler College of Arts and Sciences at Marquette University, has received a grant through the United States Department of Energy Early Career Research Program for her research into solar energy sources. Huang’s research aims to address the challenge of capturing carbon dioxide and converting it […]
Professor awarded $2.3 million grant for stroke research
Dr. Allison Hyngstrom, associate professor and chair of the Physical Therapy Department in the College of Health Sciences at Marquette University, has received a $2.3 million R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health for stroke research. Hyngstrom is the contact principal investigator on the grant, collaborating with Dr. Matthew Durand, assistant professor of physical […]
Professor awarded $1.4 million grant to study metal reduction technique in CT imaging
Dr. Taly Gilat-Schmidt, associate professor of biomedical engineering at Marquette University and the Medical College of Wisconsin, has received a $1.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study metal artifact reduction techniques to improve the accuracy of computed tomography scans and radiation treatment. Gilat-Schmidt and collaborator Dr. Emil Sidky of the University […]
Professor awarded $1.9 million grant for spinal cord regeneration project
Dr. Murray Blackmore, associate professor of biomedical sciences in the College of Health Sciences at Marquette University, received a $1.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health for a five-year project that targets regenerating injured nerve cells in spinal cord injuries. The grant is his third NIH grant of more than $1 million in […]
Biological sciences professor receives $1.2M NIH grant
Dr. Edwin Antony, assistant professor of biological sciences at Marquette University, has received a $1,246,735 grant from the National Institutes of Health to further explore how damaged DNA in the cell is repaired. The results of this research could potentially influence the future of cancer treatments. Defects in DNA repair mechanisms– the tools cells use […]
College of Health Sciences receives $500,000 gift to fund spinal cord injury research
Marquette’s College of Health Sciences announced that it received a $500,000 gift from the Bryon Riesch Paralysis Foundation to establish the BRPF Excellence Fund in Spinal Cord Injury Research. The Bryon Riesch Paralysis Foundation, located in Waukesha, was formed by alumnus and friend of the college, Bryon Riesch, who was paralyzed in an accident nearly […]
College of Nursing pilots senior fitness program with St. Camillus
Marquette’s College of Nursing is partnering with St. Camillus Life Plan Community on a functional fitness project called Physical Activity for Life for Seniors (PALS). The project is being implemented by College of Nursing students along with St. Camillus staff, and incorporates specific physical activities for the residents of St. Camillus. The PALS program, developed […]
Marquette professors receive $525,000 grant to research a new ‘green’ catalyst
Dr. Richard Holz, Dean of the Way Klingler College of Arts and Sciences and professor of chemistry, and Dr. Brian Bennett, professor and chair of physics, have received a $525,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to continue research into enzymes that are a new type of “green” catalyst. Holz and Bennett will use Marquette’s […]
Dr. Origanti awarded two research grants
Dr. Sofia Origanti, assistant professor of biological sciences, recently obtained the $20,000 Markos Family Breast Cancer Research Faculty Scholar Award from the Wisconsin Women’s Health Foundation (WWHF). WWHF priorities are to focus on diseases affecting the health and mortality of Wisconsin women, and to encourage Wisconsin women researchers to develop as leaders in breast cancer research. […]