John  Brown  Portfolio  

2010  

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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE

Chamber WinnersYEAR 2050. . .

. . .Ok, we’re getting a little ahead of ourselves. But thanks to the 2010 honorees’ decades of support and service to the University of Arizona, students such as these Arizona Assurance Scholars have bright futures with limitless opportunities to serve the community. On behalf of the UA and UA Foundation, thank you, Bruce Dusenberry, Cindy Parseghian and John Schaefer, for investing in a better tomorrow and our next generation of leaders.

If Dr. Ricardo Sanfelice gets his way, robotic and autonomous vehicles will be a huge part of the future of defense and security.

Sanfelice, an assistant professor in the UA department of aerospace and mechanical engineering, is using his small research grant to focus on developing a systematic platform to produce reliable control of groups of autonomous vehicles. He hopes for his research to be applied to future defense systems.

“This grant has enabled me to purchase additional equipment and support two students to build a testbed for indoor automatic control of autonomous vehicles and robotics,” Sanfelice said. “The grants program promotes quality and cutting-edge research within the University.”

If you could turn a $10,000 investment

into $150,000, would you do it? The program funds faculty and student projects ranging from pilot research and community

workshops to valuable equipment and staff time.Over a two-year period, $300,000 in UAF grant funding resulted in more than $5 million

in external support for UA researchers. That’s a 15:1 return on investment.Research funding accounts for about 25 percent of the UA’s annual $1.5 billion budget. Since 1986, the UA Foundation has used the grants program to advance the innovations and

discoveries of UA faculty, staff and students.

Sharon MegdalDirector, Water Resources Research CenterOrganizing an international symposium and workshop on water policy in semi-arid regions

Marilyn RobinsonAssociate Director, Drachman InstituteCreating a regional plan for sustainable affordable housing, which includes energy efficiency, sustainability and transportation

Erik BergProgram Coordinator, College of MedicineCreating a cultural competency program for the care of HIV patients along the Arizona-Mexico border and Native American reservations

Corey KnoxResearcher, SW Institute for Research on WomenConducting workshops on women and poverty in Tucson

Ana Maria LopezAssociate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Medical Director of Telemedicine ProgramWorking to create alternative medicine programs that enhance the quality of life at the end of life for cancer hospice patients

Greg DussorAssistant Professor, PharmacologyStudying brain imaging in rats to model migraine medication and treatment

Eric SnyderAssistant Professor, Pharmacy Practice and ScienceStudying the amount of exhaled condensate in Cystic fibrosis patients

Ray UmashankarAssistant Dean, Industrial Relations, and Director, Multicultural Engineering ProgramOperates a summer engineering academy for high school and middle school students to getkids interested in math and physics

James WatsonAssistant Curator of Bioarchaeology,Arizona State MuseumDating anthropogenic landscapes with terrestrial gastropods and human skeletons

Gayle DeDeAssistant Professor, Speech, Language and Hearing SciencesTesting the effects of aging on sentence comprehension

Shari MeyersonAssistant Professor, SurgeryStudying the effect of thoracoscopic lobectomies on the delivery of adjuvant chemotherapy treatments

Ann-Eve CunninghamDirector of Development, Arizona Public MediaPlanning and implementing outreach for children’s programs

Matt GoodeResearch Scientist, School of Natural ResourcesAnalyzing isotopes in rattlesnake rattles to reveal environmental changes in the rattlesnakes’ habitat

Mary AltAssistant Professor, Speech, Language and Hearing SciencesStudying the factors that influence word learning in bilingual children using computer games and analysis

Lisanne Skyler Assistant Professor, School of Media ArtsDirected an independent film this summer in New York City based on an adaptation of “Capture the Flag,” a novel by Rebecca Chace

Ricardo SanfeliceAssistant Professor, Aerospace and Mechanical EngineeringDeveloping a systematic platform to produce reliable control of groups of autonomous vehicles

Russell WitteAssistant Professor, Radiology, Optical Sciences and Biomedical EngineeringWorking in a collaborative effort with Raytheon to test unique devices that will be the first step in overcoming the limitations in X-ray mammography

Michelle PerfectAssistant Professor, Special Education, Rehab and School PsychologyStudying glucose regulation and sleep architecture in pediatric Type I diabetes patients

Robert SchonAssistant Professor, ClassicsStudying the archaeology of cultural contact in Northwest Sicily

Brian LeRoy Assistant Professor, PhysicsStudying the imaging of the local electronic properties of graphene

Patrisia GonzalesAssistant Professor, Mexican-American StudiesStudying the preservation and adaptation of indigenous and Mexican traditional medicine

Craig AspinwallAssociate Professor, ChemistryStudying the effectiveness of a new radiochemical detector for biomedical applications

Virinchipuram ViswanathanAssistant Professor, Veterinary Sciences and MicrobiologyStudying the role of host cell survival in enteropathogenic Escherichia coli pathogenesis

TOTAL AWARDS: $150,000

Migraines affect millions of Americans each year. The cause of these debilitating headaches is still a mystery to researchers and physicians, and treatment is hit-or-miss at best.

That’s why Dr. Greg Dussor, an assistant professor in the pharmacology department at the UA, plans to use his small grant funding to study a migraine’s effect on specific areas of the brain.

“With this funding, we hope to be able to make significant progress in finding causes of and treatment for migraine headaches,” Dussor said.

IMAGE MAPPING MIGRAINES

Cystic fibrosis, a chronic disease that affects the lungs and digestive systems of thousands of Americans each year, could be better diagnosed and treated as a result of research by Dr. Eric Snyder.

Snyder is an assistant professor of pharmacy practice and science in the UA College of Pharmacy. He received small grant funding to study the amount of exhaled condensate in Cystic fibrosis patients and has plans for non-invasive assessment and treatment methods.

FIGHTING CYSTIC FIBROSIS

“THE UAF’S SMALL RESEARCH GRANT PROGRAM IS AN EXCELLENT SOURCE OF FUNDING THATRESEARCHERS CAN USE TO OBTAIN PRELIMINARY DATA FOR LARGER, EXTERNAL GRANTS FROM AGENCIES SUCH AS THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH.”

DR. GREG DUSSORASSISTANT PROFESSORUA PHARMACOLOGY DEPARTMENT

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08/09 GRANT AWARD RECIPIENTS “OUR FACULTY ARE FUNDAMENTAL TO THE UNIVERSITY’S SUCCESS. THIS YEAR, STUDENTS ARE COMING TO THE UA IN RECORD NUMBERS. WE ATTRIBUTE OUR ENROLLMENT SUCCESS TO THE SIGNATURE EDUCATION, RESEARCH, AND OUTREACH OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE TO OUR STUDENTS, AS THEY WORK SIDE-BY-SIDE WITH PREMIER FACULTY. SMALL RESEARCH GRANT AWARDS FOR EARLY CAREER FACULTY CAN BE CATALYSTS FOR FUNDING THAT BENEFIT FACULTY AND STUDENTS ALIKE.”

DR. ROBERT N. SHELTONPRESIDENTTHE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA

That’s exactly what The University of Arizona Foundation is doing with its Small Grants Program.

LEARN MORE AT UAFOUNDATION.ORG

Dr. Eric Snyder (right) and his team of student researchers work in the Cystic fibrosis lab

Dr. Ricardo Sanfelice and Ryan Jones, a senior in Mechanical Engineering

Dr. Greg Dussor and Xiaomei Wei

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