Seven selected to receive Crosby research awards

The National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded ADVANCE program, in cooperation with the offices of the president and provost, has made seven Elizabeth Caroline Crosby Research Awards to advance the careers of women in science and engineering at U-M.

The awards totaling $128,392—which include some matching funds from the schools of Dentistry and Medicine, as well as the College of Engineering—were announced in December by Abigail Stewart, principal investigator of the NSF ADVANCE grant.

Because the NSF ADVANCE grant ends in 2006, this is the final round of Crosby awards to be supported by NSF funds, Stewart says. Any future Crosby awards will need to come from other sources of funding, she adds.

Crosby research funds are targeted to tenure-track and tenured faculty in science and engineering departments to help meet career-relevant needs of individual faculty that, if met, will increase the participation and advancement of women faculty in science and engineering at the University.

Award recipients use Crosby funds for the development and support of research teams, domestic and international travel, the purchase of necessary laboratory equipment, and specialized child care needs.

Proposals were judged on two criteria: the quality and significance of the scholarly activity itself and its value in enhancing women's participation and advancement in science and engineering at the University. A panel of senior scientists and engineers chose the winners.

"The selection committee had very difficult decisions to make. There were many outstanding proposals and we were only able to support a small proportion of those who applied," Stewart says.

The winners and their projects are:

• Duyen Dang, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Medical School, The Role of GSTP1 in Oncogenic K-RAS Signaling;

• Nisha D'Silva, Department of Oral Medicine, Pathology and Oncology, School of Dentistry, Rap1GAP, A Tumor Suppressor Gene that Promotes Invasion in Oral Cancer;

• Susan Dorr Goold, Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Health Management and Policy, Medical School, Public Deliberations about Health Care Priorities;

• Deborah Goldberg, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, LSA, Mechanisms of Plant Community Dynamics;

• Jionghua (Judy) Jin, Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering, College of Engineering, Dynamic Data Driven of Real Time Control of Factory Operations;

• Janine Maddock, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, LSA, Characterization of Ribosome Assembly Factors;

• Donna Shewach, Department of Pharmacology, Medical School, Identification of the Lesion that Produces Radiosensitization with Gemcitabine.

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