Dr. Rebecca Adams  and Dr. Emily Thrush, both professors in English, were awarded $2.6 million from the U.S. Department of Education for their project, "“Ensuring Success for English Language Learners”. *correction from Oct. newsletter; was incorrectly recorded as $503,580 grant and did not acknowledge both PIs.

 

Dr. Matthew Smeltzer, associate professor in the Division of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Environmental Health in the School of Public Health, was awarded $477,129 from the Centers For Disease Control (CDC) for his project “Tennessee Public Health Surveillance Program for Sickle Cell Disease”.

Dr. Deepak Venugopal, associate professor and graduate coordinator in the Department of Computer Science, was awarded $194,942 from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for his project “ASTRA- AI-based Strategy Discovery”.

Dr. Aaron Robinson, associate professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering, was awarded $175,806 from the United States Army Research Laboratory (ARL) for his project “Pilotage Program”.

Cynthia Muzzi, assistant director in the Center for Research in Educational Policy (CREP), was awarded $100,552 from the U.S. Department of Education (US DoEd) for her project “Virginia 21st CCLC 2024”.

Dr. Satish Kedia, associate dean in Administration & Faculty Affairs and Interim director and professor in the Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences in the school of Public Health, was awarded $75,000 from Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) for his project “Expanding substance abuse/co-occurring treatment and recovery support services for fentanyl overdose clients in rural middle Tennessee”.

Dr. Deranda Lester, research associate professor (Behavioral Neuroscience) in the department of Psychology, was awarded $69,378 from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for her project “Oxytocin Mediates Phasic and Tonic Dopamine Release”.

Dr. Carolyn Kaldon, research associate the Center for the Research in Educational Policy (CREP),  was awarded $64,287 from Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) for her project “Reimagining Education for Advanced Careers in Healthcare (REACH)”.

Dr. Phillip Pavlik, associate professor in Experimental Cognitive Psychology, was awarded $55,181 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) or his project “Improving STEM K-12 learning using optimal spaced retrieval in Podsie, an existing adaptive educational technology platform”.

Dr. Stephanie Ivey, Professor in the college of Civil Engineering, was awarded $45,000 from National Academy of Sciences (NAS) for her project “TFPE 06 Evaluation”.

Dr. Yu Jiang, associate professor in the Division of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Environmental Health in the School of Public Health, was awarded $25,772 from University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) for her project “Data management and data analyses”.

Dr. A. Katherine Lambert-Pennington, associate professor in the Department of Anthropology, was awarded $25,000 from the Community Foundation of Greater Memphis (CFGM) for her project “Research for Action Institute”.

Dr. Kristoffer Berlin, professor of Clinical Psychology (Child, Adolescent, and Family Studies), was awarded $24,556 from National Institutes of Health (NIH) for his project “Translating basic habituation research to childhood obesity treatment”.

Dr. Rui Qi, assistant professor in the Kemmons Wilson School of Hospitality & Resort Management, was awarded $9,997 from Timothy S. Y. Lam Foundation for her project “Attracting and Retaining Today's Hospitality Workforce: Is Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance a Strategic Incentive?”.

Adriana Dunn, assistant director in the Art Museum of the University of Memphis, was awarded $9,990 from Tennessee Arts Commission for her project “African Art Gallery Expansion Project”.

Dr. Davia Downey, associate professor and director of the PhD in Urban Affairs Program in the Department of Public and Nonprofit Administration, was awarded $5,000 from the Institute for Humane Studies at George Mason University for her project “Research Support: Local Governments at Court: An Analysis of Local Government Litigation before the U.S. Supreme Court”.

Dr. Fedoria Rugless, research assistant professor for the School of Health Studies and serves as the director of Research for Church Health, was awarded $4,999.99 from the Shelby County Health Department for her project “SCHD HIV Conference note takers estimate”.

Dr. Keith Bowers, associate professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, was awarded $3500 Tennessee Ornithological Society for his project “Preventing bird-window collisions at McWherter Library”, $1540 from Tennessee Ornithological Society for his project “Parental investment and defense against a generalist brood parasite” , and $500 from the Association of Southeastern Biologists (ASB) for his project “Consequences of experimental size asymmetry between brood parasitic Brown-headed Cowbirds and their hosts, the Prothonotary Warbler”.