The 1998-99 recipients of awards from two internal grant programs sponsored by the University of Massachusetts Presidents Office - -the Public Service Grant Program and the Joseph P. Healey Grant Program - - have been announced.
Eight Public Service grants, ranging from $1300 to $3000 were awarded to: Wichian Rojanawon of the Gerontology Institute for "UMass Boston Institute for Learning in Retirement;" Andres Torres of the Gaston Institute for "The Careers Ladder Project;" Susan Haussler of the College of Nursing for "Promoting Healthy Lifestyles in Dorchester School Children;" Carol Cardozo of the Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy for "Latina Information Access Project;" Karla Klein and Amy Weisman of the Psychology Department for "Parent Education Program Development;" Lisa Gonsalves of CPCS for "Tracking the College Retention of Jeremiah Burke High School Granduates;" Martha Montero-Sieburth of the Graduate College of Education for "Engaging Latino Parents in the Education of their Children;" and Sabra Brown of Student Affairs for "Voices" Magazine.
Seven Healey Endowment Grants, ranging from $1600 to $3500 were awarded to: Richard Eckhouse of the Mathematics and Computer Sciences Department for "Modification of the Locomotion Trajectory After Chronic Stroke Through Error Feedback;" Pamela Jones of the Art Department for "Genre, Audience, and Display in Italian Religious Art;" Laura Milliken of the Human Performance and Fitness program for "Comparison of Skin Puncture and Venipuncture Techniques for Obtaining Human Serum Samples for the measurement of Bone Formation;" Kyle McInnis of the Human Performance and Fitness program for "Exercise and Heart Disease Prevention;" Padraig O'Malley of the McCormack Institute for "South Africa: A study in Transition;" John Warner of the Chemistry Department for "Application of Photolyase to Synthetic Derivatives of DNA;" and Amy Weisman of the Psychology Department for "Culture and Reactions to Schizophrenia."