Ronan Carroll, Darlene Berryman, Erin Murphy, and Edward List pose for a photo with John Kopchick after recieving the John J. Kopchick Molecular and Cellular Biology Translational Biomedical Sciences Faculty Support Fund award in Nelson Commons on Saturday, November 14, 2015. Photo by Kaitlin Owens.
Dr. Ronan Carroll, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, is part of a team awarded one of the 2015 John J. Kopchick Awards for research at Ohio University.
The $10,000 award from the John J. Kopchick Molecular and Cellular Biology and Translational Biomedical Sciences Faculty Support Fund is for faculty for research activities and conference travel for a project on “Analysis of individual gut microbiota variation leading to a reproducible model of microbiome quantitation.”
In addition to Carroll, the co-recipients are Dr. Darlene Berryman, Professor of Food Nutrition, Dr. Erin Murphy, Associate Professor of Biomedical Sciences, and Dr. Ed List.
Fourteen Ohio University students and faculty and staff members received funding for their health and medical research from the John J. Kopchick Awards in 2015. The program provided a total of $87,795 in grants and fellowships to advance research on topics such as obesity, diabetes and neurodegenerative diseases. The recipients were recognized during a ceremony Nov. 14 in Nelson Commons.
“These awards reflect the diversity of translational biomedical research conducted by our faculty and students and reinforce the significance of applying new knowledge to clinically relevant and unmet needs,” said Dr. Joseph Shields, vice president for research and creative activity and dean of the Graduate College.
The John J. Kopchick Molecular and Cellular Biology (MCB)/Translational Biomedical Sciences (TBS) Faculty Support Fund, Research Fellowship Award and Undergraduate Student Support Fund were created as a result of a $2 million gift commitment from John Kopchick, Goll-Ohio Eminent Scholar and Distinguished Professor of Molecular Biology, and Char Kopchick, assistant dean of students at Ohio University.
In addition, the deans of the Russ College of Engineering and Technology, College of Arts and Sciences, Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine and College of Health Sciences and Professions, as well as the vice president for research and creative activity, are providing a total of $1.9 million in match support.
The John J. Kopchick Awards support undergraduate and graduate students and faculty affiliated with Ohio University’s Molecular and Cellular Biology program and Translational Biomedical Sciences program. Both programs take an interdisciplinary approach to solving complex research questions in the science and medical fields.
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