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Lifeline Online Late Fall Early Winter 2009 Issue 103  FEATURED Exercise, healthy hearts and healthy brains: LSI researchers document a vital connectionIn addition to Kathleen Gustafson, several Life Span researchers are focusing on the connection between exercise and improved cognitive functioning and overall physical health in children, adults, the elderly and people with disabilities. Read Full Story LSI scientist studies impact of mom’s wellness on baby’s long-term healthIt’s long been known that exposure to toxic elements or disease during critical periods of fetal development can compromise a child’s physical and cognitive development. Now an LSI-affiliated neurologist is honing in on the opposite -- how the wellness choices a pregnant woman makes can benefit the life-long health of her offspring. Read Full Story IN THE NEWS Promises kept: Autism center holds first statewide conference for families and practitionersWhen it was founded in July 2008, the Kansas Center for Autism Research and Training (K-CART) vowed to widely disseminate practical knowledge backed by research to those Kansans whose lives are touched by Autism Spectrum Disorders as individuals with ASD, family members, practitioners and policy makers. Read Full Story ADMINISTRATIVE ANNOUNCEMENTS Groovin’ to move at Juniper GardensThe Juniper Gardens Children’s Project has launched a fundraising effort called “Move’n On Up” to support the purchase of furniture and equipment for its new quarters in the Children’s Campus in downtown Kansas City, Kan. Juniper Gardens will be on the third floor of the new $15.5 million facility currently under construction on the corner of 5th Street and Minnesota Avenue. Read Full Story HONORS Grad students receive Friends of the Life Span Institute research awardsEmily Zimmerman and Xiaoyi (Kimberly) Hu are the winners of the fifth annual Friends of the Life Span Institute Graduate Research Assistant Awards. Read Full Story MILESTONES Zamarripa retires after 40 years of service; receives first Jay Turnbull FellowshipEdward Zamarripa, LSI director of finance and administration, was honored for his 40 years of service by all four LSI directors, Richard Schiefelbusch, Stephen Schroeder, Steve Warren and John Colombo, at a November 30 reception at the Adams Alumni Center. He also was awarded the first Jay Turnbull Fellowship by Rud Turnbull, co-director of the Beach Center on Disability. Read Full Story PROJECT DEVELOPMENT NEWS During this quarter, LSI investigators generated 45 new proposals and received four new grants. Two of the awards and 12, or 27 percent, of the new proposals were generated by junior investigators. Seven of the proposals, or 16 percent, came from investigators submitting for the first time through LSI. See the Complete List |
ADMINISTRATIVE ANNOUNCEMENTS Groovin’ to move at Juniper Gardens Children's Campus This is the first time that Juniper Gardens will be located in a new facility, having occupied a former liquor store, a church, a doctor’s office and its current quarters, the second floor of a former jewelry store. Gifts, which are tax deductible, will be used to purchase items that are difficult to acquire with grant funds, such as conference room furniture, break room equipment and computers for student use. Checks should be made payable to The Kansas University Endowment Association and mailed to Barbara Terry, Juniper Gardens Children’s Project, 650 Minnesota Ave., Kansas City, KS 66101-2800. For more information call Terry at 913-321-3143. Gifts also may be made online. |