March 1, 2016

The following faculty in BIOMED are 2016 Commonwealth Universal Research Enhancement (CURE) Program grant awardees:

• Dr. Lin Han, assistant professor in BIOMED, received $75K for the project titled, "Molecular Engineering of Cartilage with Biomimetic Proteoglycans: Mechanisms of Diffusion and Extra-Cellular Matrix Interactions" (Co-investigators: M. Marcolongo – MSE, K. Prudnikova – MSE, and M. Mulcahey – CoM).
• Dr. Uri Hershberg, assistant professor in BIOMED, received $75K for the project titled, "Development of an In Vitro Assay to Measure Vaccine Effectiveness" (Co-investigator: E. Haddad – CoM).
• Dr. Hualou Liang, professor in BIOMED, received $75K for the project titled, "Novel Signal Processing for Combinatoric Neural Electrodes to Increase Yield by Orders of Magnitude" (Co-investigator: S. Giszter – CoM).
• Dr. Adrian Shieh, assistant professor in BIOMED, received $43K for the project titled, "The Role of Fucosyltransferase 8 in Altering Hepatocyte Physiology" (Co-investigators: A. Mehta – CoM, M. Bouchard – CoM, and L. Steel – CoM).
• Dr. Wan Shih, associate professor in BIOMED, received $75K for the project titled, "Rapid Antimicrobial Susceptibility Test" (Co-investigators: W.H. Shih – MSE, C. Emery – CoM, and S. Joshi – CoM).
• Dr. Yinghui Zhong, assistant professor in BIOMED, received $43K for the project titled, "Control of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection & Biofilm: A Novel Antimicrobial and Anti-Adhesive Catheter Coating" (Co-investigators: S. Joshi – CoM and R. Huneke – CoM).