The Research Committee of the Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Wayne State University, has awarded four grants from the Faculty Research Awards Program (FRAP) to seven faculty members. The grants began in mid-February and awarded for one year with the possibility of a one-year, no-cost extension.

Receiving a Technology Commercialization Research Award was Sujay Galen, assistant professor, Physical Therapy, Department of Health Care Sciences, for "Development of an Interactive Balance Performance Assessment (IBPA) using the Microsoft Kinect® Sensor."

Collaborative Research Awards were granted to
Hossam Ashour, assistant professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Anjan Kowluru, associate dean for external scientific affairs, for "Novel immunotherapeutic approaches for Type I diabetes."

Rosanne Dizazzo-Miller, assistant professor in Occupatinal Therapy, Department of Health Care Sciences, and Linda Jaber, professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice, for "Barriers and facilitators to diabetes self-management in Arab Americans."

Randy Commissaris, associate professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Doreen Head, program director, Occupational Therapy, Department of Health Care Sciences, for "Effects of texting and DUI simulation on driving performance in the human driving simulator."

Research results will be presented at the Annual College Research Forum following completion of the award period.