Olivia DrakeManju Hingorani, associate professor of molecular biology and biochemistry, received a $165,038 grant from the Connecticut Department of Health to support her project titled “DNA Mismatch Repair in Tobacco Smoke Medicated Cancer.” The project will be funded for 18 months.
Matthew Kurtz, associate professor of psychology, associate professor of neuroscience and behavior, received a $104,338 grant from the National Institute for Health on Feb. 8. The grant, titled "Cognitive Remediation for Nicotine Dependence" involves adapting cognitive training procedures developed for use in schizophrenia, for addressing the temporary deficits in memory that often accompany smoking cessation in long-term users and that also predict relapse. The project, part of a collaboration between Wesleyan and the University of Pennsylvania, is lead by Dr. Caryn Lerman, director of the Tobacco Use Research Center at Penn's School of Medicine. It will help support Kurtz's work…
The Fund for Greater Hartford awarded the Green Street After School Arts and Science Program with $5,000 on Feb. 24. The grant will support the program through June 30, 2011.
Sean Martin is serving as acting director of Financial Aid. Martin joined the Wesleyan staff in the financial aid office in December 2004 and has been associate director since July. He is managing the day-to-day operations and supervising the office while working closely with the staff in Student Accounts.
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Dr. Philippa Coughlan, 75, director of Wesleyan’s Office of Behavioral Health for Students (OBHS), died March 17 after a brief illness. Dr. Coughlan founded OBHS in the early 1970s, and she coordinated and directed psychotherapeutic and counseling services at Wesleyan for nearly 40 years. Many generations of Wesleyan students benefited from her professional skills, diligent work, and caring support. Under her guidance, the office expanded to meet the substantial increases in both the number of students seeking assistance and the complexity of the issues those students present. Dr. Coughlan received her Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she worked…