URC Announces Second Round of Interdisciplinary Grant Winners

The University Research Council (UCR) has awarded five grants — each totaling approximately $25,000 — through its spring Interdisciplinary Grant competition. The intent of this program is to bring faculty together from across the university to work on an interdisciplinary research project that will result in applications to federal granting agencies.

Forty-three proposals were submitted from a total of 150 faculty representing nine of UC’s 16 colleges, including Allied Health Sciences, Arts and Sciences, Business, CECH, DAAP, Engineering, Medicine, Nursing and Pharmacy. Pediatric faculty working through Cincinnati Children’s Research Foundation were also represented.

"Overall, the proposals were outstanding and the URC had a difficult time identifying the top five," says Sandra Degen, PhD, vice president for research.

The following faculty and projects were approved for funding:

"Satellite-Based Predictive Modeling of Archaeological Phenomena"

• Alan Sullivan, PhD, anthropology, McMicken College of Arts and Sciences
• Robert Frohn, PhD, geography, McMicken College of Arts and Sciences

"Aerodynamic and Acoustic Correlates of Wet Vocal Quality: A Novel Diagnostic Aid for Swallowing Disorders"

• Shanmugam Murugappan, PhD, otolaryngology, College of Medicine
• Siddarth Khosla, MD, otolaryngology, College of Medicine
• Suzanne Boyce, PhD, communication sciences and disorders, College of Allied Health Sciences
• Lisa Kelchner, PhD, communication sciences and disorders, College of Allied Health Sciences
• Ephraim Gutmark, PhD, DSc, aerospace engineering, College of Engineering

"The Neural Substrates of Social, Language, and Executive Function Deficits in Internationally Adopted Children"

• Shari Wade, PhD, pediatric rehabilitation, College of Medicine, Cincinnati Children’s Research Foundation
• Scott Holland, PhD, radiology, pediatrics, physics, neuroscience and biomedical engineering, College of Medicine, Cincinnati Children’s Research Foundation
• Nicolay Walz, PhD, pediatrics, behavioral medicine and clinical psychology, College of Medicine, Cincinnati Children’s Research Foundation
• Mary Staat, MD, MPH, pediatrics, infectious diseases, College of Medicine, Cincinnati Children’s Research Foundation
• Peter Chiu, PhD, psychology, McMicken College of Arts and Sciences

"Defining a System-Level Method to Integrate Research Evidence Synthesis and Grading in Medicine with Research Evidence Synthesis and Grading in Education and Human Services"

• Robert Yinger, PhD, educational studies, College of Education, Criminal Justice and Human Services (CECH)
• Edward Donovan, MD, pediatrics, College of Medicine

"Predicting ACL Injury in Female Athletics"

• Kevin Shockley, PhD, psychology, McMicken College of Arts and Sciences
• Timothy Hewett, PhD, pediatrics, College of Medicine, Cincinnati Children’s Research Foundation
• Michael Riley, PhD, psychology, McMicken College of Arts and Sciences