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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Sent on behalf of Parker Antin:
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Dean’s Research Advisory Council (DRAC) is pleased to announce the winners of the 2015 Research Innovation Challenge Pilot Grant competition. The Research Innovation Challenge was held May14-15, 2015 as a mechanism to increase interdisciplinary
communication among the faculty and to encourage cross disciplinary research endeavors. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Eight pilot project proposals were received. Each included faculty who had not previously collaborated on scholarly research. Projects were reviewed by an external committee and the top three ranked proposals are being funded for one year
at $15,000.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Congratulations to the following awardees:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Dust Emission “Hotspots” in Drylands: Resolving the Low Point Paradox through the lens of soil salinity and sodicity </b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u>Participating Faculty:</u> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-tab-span"> </span>David Breshears<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-tab-span"> </span>Mohamad Pessarakli<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-tab-span"> </span>James Walworth<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Assessment of fortified soybean feed with either beta-carotene or epidermal growth factor as a protective agent against bacterial Campylobacter infections in chickens</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u>Participating Faculty</u>:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-tab-span">
</span>Monica Schmidt<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>Alexandra Armstrong<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>Hamdi Ahmad<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Effect of Resveratrol on the Metabolome of Overweight Women; New Strategies for Cancer Prevention</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u>Participating Faculty</u>:<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>Jessica Martinez<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>Bonnie Hurwitz<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>Dean Billheimer<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#130677">Parker B. Antin, Ph.D.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#130677">Associate Dean for Research</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#130677"> College of Agriculture and Life Sciences</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#130677">Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine<br>
College of Medicine</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#130677">University of Arizona</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#130677">MRB 318 1656 E. Mabel Street / Tucson, AZ 85724 USA<br>
Tel: (520) 626-6382 FAX: (520) 626-7600</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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