1. Gloria Balague- Psychology- "Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility Conference and Website" 2. Ernesto Bongarzone- Anatomy and Cell Biology- "First Pan-American Conference on Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Neurodegeneration" 3. Aoshuang Chen- Biomedical Sciences- "Joint Research Program with a Chinese Laboratory for Developing Vaccines for Autoimmune Disease" 4. Yasen Peyankov- Performing Arts- "Theatre Workshop in Sofia, Bulgaria"
IDF- Fall 2007- Awardees:
1. Brent Braveman- Occupational Therapy- "Development of Exchange Program with the Cuban National Center for Prevention of STDs/ HIV/ AIDS" 2. Susan Cahill- Occupational Therapy- "OTD International Fieldwork Program" 3. Geraldine Gorman- Public Health- "Collaborative Partnership with Emergency's Nicaraguan Project" 4. An Li- Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences- "Strengthening of Collaboration in International Research on Environmental Health" 5. Soejarto- Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy- "Deveopment of a new ICBG Consortium 2008-2013" 6. Watson- Neurosurgery- "Clinical Research Collaborative Exchange"
IDF- Spring 2006 Recipients:
1. Sudipta Misra- Clinical Pediatrics- "Double Blind Clinical Trial of Lactobacillus GG in infants with acute diarrhea" 2. Stephen Guggenheim- Earth & Environmental Sciences- "Crystallization of membrane proteins by using modified clay minerals as nucleation sites" 3. Gnanasekar Munirathinam- Biomedical Sciences- "Initiation of an international collaboration for preclinical studies for testing a vaccine against lymphatic filariasis" 4. Leslie Nickels- Public Health Division of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences- "Public Health Training and Research Collaboration in South Africa" 5. Andrei Gartel- Medicine/ Hepatology- "Trip to Moscow, Russia to collaborate on evaluation of a novel anticancer drug ARC"
IDF- Spring 2005 Recipients
1. Joel Palka- Anthropology and Latin American & Latino Studies- "Initiating International Collaborative Research and Education in Chiapas, Mexico" 2. Laura Junker- Anthropology- "Agriculture and Craft Production in a 12th- 16th Century Philippine Chiefdom: Archaeological Excavations in the Tanjay Region, Negros Oriental, Philippines" 3. Yolanda Miranda- Mechanical & Industrial Engineering- "Recruiting Spaniards to UIC" 4. John Betancur- Urban Planning and Policy- "Formal launch of exchange program between CUPPA/UIC and Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogota, Columbia" 5. Claudia Morrissey- Center for Research on Women and Gender, OVCR- "Reproductive and Sexual Health Research at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine" 6. Max Brito- Medicine/ Infectious Diseases- "Dominican Republic Scientific Exchange Program" 7. Hannah Higgins- Art History- "Venice Biennale Travel Course" 8. Irma Olmedo- Education- Curriculum & Instruction- "Bilingualism and English Language Teaching in Cross Cultural Contexts" 9. Wolfgang Boerner- Electrical & Computer Engineering- "UIC-ECE/CSN Collaboration with R&D- Centers of Pacific East-Asia and Europe"
