Honors and Grants

Eli Y. Adashi, dean emeritus of medicine and biological sciences at Brown University, received the Walsh McDermott Medal from the National Academy of Medicine at its annual meeting in Washington, DC. The Walsh McDermott Medal recognizes a member for distinguished service to the NAM and the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine over an extended period. Throughout his career, Adashi has been a thought leader in his primary discipline of women’s health and a scientific and policy pioneer in the area of reproductive medicine in the United States and around the world.

Jeffrey A. Bailey, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, received $230,246 for “Understanding Emerging artemisinin partner drug resistance in eastern Africa,” a subaward through the University of Notre Dame from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

Darcy G. Chang, graduate student in Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, received $6,500 for “Investigating the Relationship Between Client Fish Color Change and Client State in Marine Cleaning Interactions” from the Ruth D. Turner Foundation.

Shayla Durfey, PI, and Sarbattama Sen, Pediatrics, received $5,000 from the Marshall Klaus Perinatal Research Award from the American Academy of Pediatrics.            

Alethea Desrosiers, Psychiatry and Human Behavior, received $223,325 for “Harnessing culturally-appropriate, technology-assisted methods to advance suicide prevention among youth in Colombian school settings” from the National Institute of Mental Health.                         

Rich N. Jones, Psychiatry and Human Behavior, received $1,870,478 for “Best Practices for the Measurement and Analysis of Cognitive Data in the International Health and Retirement Study (HRS) Family and its Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocol (HCAP)” from the National Institute on Aging.

Karla R. Kaun, Neuroscience, and Kate O'Connor-Giles, Brain Science, co-PIs, received $2,150,570 for “Circuit and molecular mechanisms through which alcohol influences natural reward” from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.                                 

Judy Kimberly, Evaluation Director, received $27,771 for “Rhode Island IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence 2025-2026,” a subaward through the University of Rhode Island from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences.            

Ruben G. Martinez, Psychiatry and Human Behavior, received $33,676 for the Rhode Island Hospital Injury Control Center for Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE)/Rhode Island Hospital.

Eric M. Morrow, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, received $350,000 for “Development of First In-Class Gene Therapy for Christianson Syndrome” from the Dr. Ralph and Marian Falk Medical Research Trust Awards Programs.            

Gunjan Singh, postdoctoral research associate in MCB, received $73,000 for “Determining the role of Dosage Compensation Complex in regulation of sex-specific aging of brain – continuation” from the Glenn Foundation for Medical Research. Mentor is Erica Larschan.

Diana A. Wall, graduate student in biology, received $148,614 for “Investigating Molecular Mechanisms of Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood Using C. elegans Models” from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Sponsor is Anne Hart.