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Thirty-two research projects have received a 2022 award, aimed at supporting high-quality research, scholarship and creative endeavors.

“From projects spanning interdisciplinary bone research, internationalizing our Manufacturing Assistance Center model, the future of public service or the modern history of Taiwan, I continue to be proud of the ambition and importance of the work our faculty are engaged in,” said Senior Vice Chancellor for Research Rob Rutenbar, who along with Provost and Senior Chancellor Ann E. Cudd, created the awards.

This research development fund supports faculty research through three tiers of grants: Seeding grants, which support individuals and small groups, teaming grants, which support the early-stage work of larger groups of faculty, and scaling grants, which fund teams pursing large, complex funding outside of the University.

This year’s funding cycle, with additional support from the office of Senior Vice Chancellor for the Health Sciences Anantha Shekhar, called specifically for projects investigating the social determinants of health.

“Not only do 10 of the projects investigate the social determinants of health or align with the Year of Data and Society theme, I am thrilled to see the incredible variety and vitality of the projects 51��Ʒ��Ƶ faculty have successfully proposed,” said Rutenbar.

All awardees will be celebrated at a funding showcase titled “,” which will be held in early September. Below is a list of this year’s winners, in alphabetical order in each category by lead researcher.

Teaming grant awardees

Bopaya Bidanda, Department of Industrial Engineering, Swanson School of Engineering, with colleagues John Stoner, University Center for International Studies; John Wallace, School of Social Work; Ravi Madhavan, Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business; and M. Najeeb Shafiq, School of Education

Giuseppe Intini, School of Dental Medicine, with colleagues Dobrawa Napierala, School of Dental Medicine; Deborah Galson, School of Medicine; Peter Alexander, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery; Partha Roy, Department of Bioengineering, Swanson School of Engineering; Juan Taboas, School of Dental Medicine; and Shilpa Sant, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy

Yu-Ru Lin, School of Computing and Information, with colleagues Morgan Frank, School of Computing and Information; Edouard Machery, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences; Ben Rottman, Department of Psychology, Dietrich School; and Heath Cabot, Department of Anthropology, Dietrich School

Michele Reid-Vazquez, Department of Africana Studies, Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, with colleagues Alaina Roberts, Department of History, Dietrich School; Abimbola Fapohunda, Department of Africana Studies, Dietrich School; Arif Jamal and Martha Mantilla, University Library System; Gina Garcia, School of Education; and Patricia Documet, School of Public Health

Scaling grant awardees

Kevin Ashley, School of Law, with colleagues Daqing He and Diane Litman and Rebecca Hwa, School of Computing and Information; and James Anderson, RAND

Aaron Barchowsky, School of Public Health with colleagues Melissa Bilec, Sarah Haig and Carla Ng, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Swanson School of Engineering; Dara Mendez, Department of Epidemiology, School of Medicine; Emily Elliot and Daniel Bain, Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences, Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences; James Fabisiak, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health; LuAnn Brink, Allegheny County Health Department; Harry Hochheiser, Department of Biomedical Informatics, School of Medicine; and Janine Buchanich, Department of Biostatics, School of Public Health

Seeding grant awardees

Yomna Badawi, Department of Neuroscience, Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

Jason Bohland, Department of Communication Science and Disorders, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences

Deborah Chapman, Department of Biological Sciences, Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

Diego Cortes, Broadcast Communications, 51��Ʒ��Ƶ-Bradford

Na Du, Department of Informatics and Networked Systems, School of Computing and Information

Claire Ebert, Department of Anthropology, Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

Lei Fang, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Swanson School of Engineering

Gina Garcia, Department of Educational Foundations, Organizations and Policy, School of Education

Paul Gartside, Department of Mathematics, Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

Oliver Hinder, Department of Industrial Engineering, Swanson School of Engineering

Gary Hollibaugh, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs��

Alicia Johnson, Aliya Durham, Yodit Betru and Toya Jones; School of Social Work

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Traci Kazmerski, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, with colleagues Andrew McCormick, Department of Pediatrics; Ming-Te Wang, School of Education; Tomar Pierson-Brown, School of Law; Marlo A. Perry, School of Social Work; and Loreta Matheo, Department of Pediatrics

Adriana Kovashka, Department of Computer Science, School of Computing and Information, with colleagues Diane Litman, Malihe Alikhani, and Rebecca Hwa, School of Computing and Information

Olga Kuchinskaya, Department of Communication, Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

Michael Meyer, Department of English, Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

Olanrewaju Morenikeji, Biology, 51��Ʒ��Ƶ-Bradford

Carla Ng, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Swanson School of Engineering

Diana Khoi Nguyen, Department of English, Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

Xu Qin, Department of Health and Human Development, School of Education

Amin Rahimian, Department of Industrial Engineering, Swanson School of Engineering

Khirsten Scott, Department of English, Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

Xulong Tang, Department of Computer Science, School of Computing and Information

Meng Wang, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Swanson School of Engineering

Yanshan Wang, Department of Health Information Management, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences

Nathan Youngblood, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Swanson School of Engineering

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— Patrick Monahan