How Gene Hunting Changed the Culture of Science
Ioannis Pavlidis, Eckhard Pfeiffer Professor of Computational Physiology at the University of Houston and UH doctoral student Dinesh Majeti
Years after the end of the Human Genome Project (HGP), which mapped the human genetic blueprint, its contributions to science and scientific culture are still unfolding. Ioannis Pavlidis, Eckhard Pfeiffer Professor of Computational Physiology at the University of Houston, UH doctoral student Dinesh Majeti and Alexander Petersen, professor of management at the University of California Merced, report in Science Advances that HGP scientists not only laid the groundwork for scientific breakthroughs for decades to come, but – because they worked together – brought to the mainstream a collaboration model that changed science’s cultural norms. Read more…
College Students vs. Mathematics: Why the Difficulties?
With a four-year $2.5 million grant, associate professor of psychology Paul Cirino is probing the minds of 1,000 Houston Community College students to find out where and why math stumbling blocks occur.
Anytime along a student’s travels through school, difficulties in math can arise for a variety of reasons that might include math-specific and other cognitive problems, lack of motivation, socioeconomic barriers and educational factors. Now with a four-year $2.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation, University of Houston associate professor of psychology Paul Cirino is probing the minds of 1,000 Houston Community College students taking developmental or remedial math coursework to find out where the stumbling blocks occur. Read more…
Community Health Workers Initiative Receives Shelby Hodge Vision Award
Dan Price has received a 2018 Shelby Hodge Vision Award from the AIDS Foundation Houston (AFH).
The Honors College’s Community Health Worker (CHW) initiative, directed by Dan Price, has received a 2018 Shelby Hodge Vision Award from the AIDS Foundation Houston (AFH). The annual recognition honors groundbreaking outreach work in communities with high HIV transmission rates. The award was presented on Nov. 30 at the foundation’s World AIDS Day Luncheon, which featured keynote speaker Tituss Burgess, best known for his work on “The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” Price accepted the award on behalf of the program. Read more…