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Dr.
Robert G. LaForge,
Professor
Psychology, College of Arts & Sciences
Dr. LaForge is Professor of Behavioral Epidemiology in the Department of
Psychology, and since 1991, has been director of the Survey Research Center at
the CPRC. His research
contributions at URI include supervision of the conduct of more than one-half
million health surveys for more than a dozen NIH funded randomized controlled
trials of health behavioral interventions for cancer prevention, alcohol harm
reduction and behavioral management of other diseases.
He is currently PI, or co-investigator, on four multi-year NIAAA funded
studies testing individual, population-based and community interventions for
alcohol harm reduction among college students and adults. top
Dr.
Mary C. Sullivan,
Associate
Professor
Nursing
Dr. Sullivan's research focuses on the developmental follow-up of prematurely
born children in her research program at Women & Infants Hospital, Infant
Development Center. She is presently following and comparing preschool-age
outcomes of two large cohorts born 10 years apart.
In another smaller study, funded through BRIN, she is using MRI/fMRI
neuroimaging to examine brain structure and functioning between preterm and
full term children. Cohort comparison results will contribute to understanding
the full range of preterm motor, health and functional sequelae within a
timeframe of advanced neonatal technology. top
Dr.
George E. Tsiatas,
Professor
Civil Engineering, Engineering
Professor Tsiatas’ recent research relates to the study of new materials for
infrastructure applications. In
particular, he is evaluating the use of high strength steel and carbon fiber
reinforcement for highway bridge applications.
He just received a grant from Rhode Island Department of Transportation
to develop techniques in order to convert existing simple span bridges into
continuous. Results will be used
during the rehabilitation of bridges in the I-95 corridor. top
Dr.
Susan A. Brady, Professor
Psychology, College of Arts & Sciences
The focus of Susan Brady's outreach work has been to provide professional
development in research-based methods of reading instruction to kindergarten-,
first- and second-grade teachers in Title I schools in Rhode Island and
Connecticut. The professional development encompasses all components of
reading instruction and aims to help teachers make informed decisions about
how to help all students succeed at learning to read. top
Dr.
Nancy L. Fey-Yensan, Associate
Professor
Nutrition & Food Sciences, College of the Environment & Life Sciences
Dr. Fey-Yensan, is the Principal Investigator and Director, The USDA/URI
Senior Nutrition Awareness Project. The URI Senior Nutrition Awareness Project
(SNAP, funded by USDA Food Stamps) serves as a free nutrition education and
information resource to low-income seniors living in Rhode Island and
Connecticut. Using a variety of
outreach and educational techniques such as video/curriculum, mass media,
newsletters, a toll-free nutrition information line and community based
nutrition education programming, Dr. Fey-Yensan and her team of nutritionists
and graduate students reach over 4,000 low-income seniors and 140,000
households in the region each year. top
Mr.
Robert A. Hathaway, Criminalist II
Crime Lab/BMS, College of Pharmacy
Robert Hathaway lectures to various law enforcement and community groups about
the function of the RI state Crime Laboratory at the University of Rhode
Island. Whenever he speaks to a group or testifies in court, he emphasizes the
role of the University in the day-to-day activity of the State Crime
Laboratory. He provides the lab analysts with an unbiased appearance in public
and in a court of law. His specialty is Firearms and Tool Mark examinations
and he has worked on several high profile cases of national interest including
the re-examination of the firearms evidence in the assassination of Dr. Martin
Luther King. top
Ms.
Jennifer McCann, Marine Research Associate IV
Graduate School of Oceanography
Ms. McCann has led both CRC and Rhode Island Sea Grant efforts to work with
local, state, and federal partners to build local capacity on Aquidneck Island
to resolve environmental and quality-of-life issues and encourage responsible
economic revitalization. Because
of this work, local and state government are making many decisions based on
the island ecosystem, rather than on political boundaries and have ultimately
forged a trust that have enabled them to work together to convince the U.S.
Congress to invest in the West Side Master Plan. top
Ms.
Ruth Waldman, R.N., Associate Dean
College of Nursing
Every January Associate Dean Waldman leads nursing health clinics in poor
rural areas of the western Dominican Republic near the Haitian border. The
main objectives of the organization (Intercultural Nursing, Inc.) are to
provide: health assessment, primary care, medications, and referrals for the
people of these areas, and a short-term opportunity for registered nurses to
experience life in a developing country.
They have expanded this mission to add senior undergraduate nursing
students from URI and UMass/Dartmouth as members of the team.
These trips are life-changing for all and the students develop an
understanding of just how privileged we are in the United States, what it is
like to be a minority person in a community, and a recognition of the
importance of hope, family and faith in making life worthwhile in the campo
areas on the frontera. top
OUTSTANDING
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 2004
(Due
to the confidential nature of inventions,
full
summaries are not available)
Mr.
Robert Vincent,
Technician
II
Physics, College of Arts & Sciences
“Distributed Loading Short Monopole Vertical Antenna”
There is a patent pending on this invention, a high performing, novel antenna,
which was disclosed to the IPC in the Fall of 2002.
The idea has great potential for commercialization. top
Ms.
Ellaine Abueg
Electrical
& Computer Engineering, College of Engineering
Mr. John Coughlin
Electrical & Computer Engineering, College of Engineering
Mr. Nevan Hanumara
Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering
Mr. Oliver Koenig
Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering
Mr. Terence Malaghan
College of Business Administration
Mr. Adam
Tillinghast
Mechanical
Engineering,
College of Engineering
Dr. Robert A. Comerford, Professor
College of Business Administration
Dr. Musa K. Jouaneh, Professor
Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering
Dr. Ying Sun,
Professor
Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering
“Single Switch Automated
Page Turner”
This
invention disclosure was made in a presentation to the IPC on 2/27/04.
In the presentation, the inventors demonstrated their idea using a
prototype, which they had built. The
disclosure has been sent to the URI patent attorney to file a provisional
patent application. top
Dr.
Keykavous Parang,
Assistant
Professor
Bio-Medical Sciences, College of Pharmacy
Dr. Sungsoo Lee
Cell & Molecular Biology, College of the Environment & Life Sciences
Dr. N.H. Nam
Bio-Medical Sciences, College of Pharmacy
Dr. S. Sardari
Bio-Medical Sciences, College of Pharmacy
Dr. Gongqin Sun,
Assistant
Professor
Cell & Molecular Biology, College of the Environment & Life
Sciences
“Discovery of the Substrate-Docking Site of Protein Tyrosine Quinces and
Docking Based Inhibitors”
“Novel Bisubstrate Antifungal Derivatives”
“Bisubstrate Inhibitors of Protein Tyrosine Kinases as Anticancer Agents”
Provisional, US standard, and foreign patents are pending on these inventions.
These methods and the material could be highly valuable to pharmaceutical
companies. top
Dr.
R. Choudary Hanumara,
Professor
Computer Science, College of Arts & Sciences
Professor R. Choudary Hanumara was one of the founders of the M.S. Statistics
program and the Ph.D. Applied Mathematical Sciences program and has been
serving as Director of both the programs for a number of years. He supervised
30 M.S. theses and 4 Ph.D. dissertations resulting in some joint publications
with his students. He feels particularly good about helping a number of
graduates in getting their first positions.
Graduate students in his courses have repeatedly indicated how valuable
his courses were to their professional careers. He provides statistical
consultation to faculty and students and served on more than 90 theses
committees. His contributions to American Statistical Association include
founding of the Rhode Island Chapter and serving in various capacities
promoting the profession. top
Dr.
Cheryl McCarthy,
Associate Professor
Graduate School of Libraries & Information Studies, College of Arts &
Sciences
The focus of Dr. McCarthy's teaching, research, grant writing and service has
been on information literacy instruction (K-16). As Associate
Professor and Coordinator of the School Library Media Program in the Graduate
School of Library and Information Studies (GSLIS), she has mentored and
supervised over 300 students, placing them in practicum field sites throughout
New England. As Past-President of the Rhode Island Educational Media
Association and the New England Library Association, she has provided
leadership and research on teaching Information Literacy Standards in academic
and school libraries. Currently, she is collaborating on a grant with Karen
Stein and Mary MacDonald to prepare GSLIS students to become information
literacy tutors to undergraduate students. top
Dr.
Margaret T. Ordoñez,
Professor
Textile Fashion, Merchandising & Design,
College of Human Sciences & Services
Dr. Ordoñez works with students who will be museum curators or textile
conservators in museums, regional conservation centers, or private practice.
Besides teaching four conservation classes, she oversees students'
performing contract textile conservation treatments and
planning/installing/dismantling exhibitions in the Quinn Hall Textile
Gallery--experiences that provide hands-on experience for the students.
She also directs thesis research that
addresses
problems faced by textile conservators and historic textile/costume collection
managers. top
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OUTSTANDING
RESEARCH 2004
Dr. Robert G.
LaForge
Dr. Mary C. Sullivan
Dr. George E. Tsiatas
OUTSTANDING
OUTREACH 2004
Dr. Susan A. Brady
Dr. Nancy L. Fey-Yensan
Mr. Robert A. Hathaway
Ms. Jennifer McCann
Ms. Ruth Waldman, R.N.
OUTSTANDING
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 2004
Mr.
Robert Vincent
Dr.
Keykavous Parang
Dr. Sungsoo Lee
Dr. N.H. Nam
Dr. S. Sardari
Dr. Gongqin Sun
Ms.
Ellaine Abueg
Mr. John Coughlin
Mr. Nevan Hanumara
Mr. Oliver Koenig
Mr. Terence Malaghan
Mr. Adam Tillinghast
Dr. Robert A. Comerford
Dr. Musa K. Jouaneh
Dr. Ying Sun
OUTSTANDING
GRADUATE STUDIES 2004
Dr.
R. Choudary Hanumara
Dr. Cheryl McCarthy
Dr. Margaret T. Ordoñez
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