Honors and Grants

Eli Adashi, medical science, received an honorary degree from the Faculty of Medical Sciences, Universidad Nacional de Rosario in Argentina. The Rosario Medical Sciences Foundation also appointed him an International Honorary Member of the institution.  

Michele Cyr, senior associate dean for academic affairs, will receive one of two honorary degrees bestowed by Bowdoin College at its 220th Commencement exercises, to be held Saturday, May 24, 2025. Cyr is a 1976 graduate and the former chair of the Bowdoin College Board of Trustees.

William Grobman, obstetrics/gynecology, was elected to the Association of American Physicians (AAP). The AAP is an honorific, elected society of America’s leading physician-scientists who exemplify the pinnacle of pioneering and enduring, impactful contributions to improve health. 

Leslie A. Brick, Psychiatry and Human Behavior, received $14,991 for “Ableism as a Mechanism of Physical and Mental Health Inequities Among Children with Visual Impairment,” a subaward through Texas Tech University from the National Eye Institute. Brick and co-investigator Jessica Peters, Psychiatry and Human Behavior, received $47,794 for “Interplay of Affect and Physiology in the Real-Time Prediction of Return to Use During Community Reintegration of Substance Users,” a subaward through the University of Rhode Island from the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

Vivian G. Cheung, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, received $803,217 for “Determine the Bases and Sugars Of Human RNA: A Periodic Table of RNA” from The Warren Alpert Foundation.

Bess Frost, MCB, received $327,000 for "Identification and characterization of cell-specific transposable elements implicated in Alzheimer's disease and healthy aging,” a subaward through Washington University in Saint Louis from the National Institute on Aging.

Rich Jones, Hannah Frank, Psychiatry and Human Behavior, and Michael Silverstein, Health Services, Policy, and Practice, received $81,213 for “Testing Delivery Modalities of Team-Based Cognitive Behavioral Treatment (CBT) for Pediatric Anxiety in Community Health Settings: Developing Pathways to Health Equity,” a subaward from Bradley Hospital through the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute.

Stephanie R. Jones, Neuroscience, received $722,109 for “Collaborative Research: CRCNS Research Proposal: Uncovering the mechanisms and meaning of brain rhythm frequency shifts during decision making” from the National Science Foundation.

Daphne Koinis-Mitchell and Elizabeth McQuaid, Psychiatry and Human Behavior, and Phyllis Dennery, Pediatrics, multi-principal investigators, received $2,314,281 for “Postdoctoral Research Training in Child Health Equity, 2024-2029” from the National Heart, Lung, Blood Institute.

Zachary J. Kunicki, Psychiatry and Human Behavior, received $125,679 for “Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias: Cross-national longitudinal prognosis and risk factors,” a subaward through the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York- Medical Center through the National Institute on Aging.

Diane Lipscombe, Neuroscience, received $9,130 for “Novel neurosteroid anesthetics and perioperative analgesia,” a subaward through the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences.            

Julie Mayne, Pediatrics, received $25,000 for “Combined oral motor stimulation and language intervention on preterm infant feeding” from the Rhode Island Foundation. 

John E. McGeary, Psychiatry and Human Behavior, received $33,166 for “Longitudinal examination of DNA methylation in maltreated children,” a subaward through Bradley Hospital from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.

Alexander G. Raufi, Medicine, received $50,000  for “A Humanized Patient-Derived Xenograft Mouse Model to Evaluate Novel Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Combinations for Biliary Tract Cancers” from Rhode Island Hospital.