Five on Faculty Recognized for Funded Research

Fordham Newsroom

On April 5, five distinguished faculty members were honored for their achievements in securing externally funded research grants at the inaugural Sponsored Research Day on the Rose Hill campus.
The University Research Council presented the Outstanding Externally Funded Research Awards (OEFRA) to recognize the high quality and impact of sponsored research within the last three years and its enhancement of Fordham’s reputation—both nationally and globally.
Honorees in five separate categories included:
Sciences: Silvia C. Finnemann, Ph.D., professor of biology
Since joining Fordham University in 2008, Finnemann has secured over $3.65 million in grants from the National Institute of Health, the Beckman Initiative for Macular Research and the Retinal Stem Cell Consortium of New York State for her research on healthy eye function and age-related changes to eye cell function. These grants enable her to support a thriving laboratory where she has a team of graduate and undergraduate students and post-doctoral researchers.
Social Sciences: Celia B. Fisher, Ph.D., The Marie Ward Doty University Chair in Ethics and professor of psychology
Fisher has earned 12 major research awards and over $11 million from federal agencies over the past 20 years for her work in HIV and substance abuse prevention and research ethics. Recent awards have come from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, and the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities.
Humanities: Stephen R. Grimm, Ph.D., professor of philosophy
Grimm was awarded $4.5 million by the John Templeton Foundation and the Henry Luce Foundation to lead a three-year interdisciplinary initiative called “Varieties of Understanding: New Perspectives from Psychology, Philosophy, and Theology.” His grant is the largest externally funded research award in the humanities in Fordham’s history.
Interdisciplinary Research: Jennifer L. Gordon, professor of law
With grants from the Ford Foundation and the Open Society Foundation, Gordon pursued a three-year initiative to combat ...

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