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Developmental Disabilities
2004 Grants
In 2004, the Serena Merck Direct Service Memorial Award was given to Ruth Bodner, who served as a houseparent at Maplebrook School in Amenia, New York, from 1971 to 1985, and dedicated much of her life to teaching children and young adults facing significant life challenges, including students with developmental disabilities and mental health issues.
John Merck Scholars Program in the Biology
of Developmental Disabilities in Children
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$75,000 |
| To support research by John Merck Scholar Rafael Yuste, MD, PhD, for cortical development focusing on the understanding of dendritic filopodia using two-photon microscopy. Final installment of a four-year, $300,000 grant. |
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$10,000 |
| To support research by John Merck Scholar Peter Scheiffele, PhD, on the regulation of synaptic development by the neurexin-neuroligin complex. First installment of a four-year, $235,000 grant. |
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$75,000 |
| To support research by John Merck Scholar Bruce McCandliss, PhD, on the development of visual word recognition skills, a cognitive neuroscience approach to normal function, impairment and intervention. Third installment of a four-year, $300,000 grant. |
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$50,000 |
| To conduct a 2004 summer institute on the biology of developmental disabilities. |
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$75,000 |
| To support research by John Merck Scholar Elizabeth Brannon, PhD, on the evolution and ontogeny of mathematical abilities. Second installment of a four-year, $300,000 grant. |
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$75,000 |
| To support research by John Merck Scholar Zhigang He, PhD, on repulsive mechanisms in axon pathfinding and regeneration. Final installment of a four-year, $300,000 grant. |
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$75,000 |
| To support research by John Merck Scholar Dietmar Schmucker, PhD, on the functional and molecular analysis of the DSCAM family of neuronal immunoglobulin receptors. First installment of a four-year, $300,000 grant. |
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$75,000 |
| To support research by John Merck Scholar Pawan Sinha, PhD, on characterizing and improving face-processing skills in autistic and visually deprived children. Second installment of a four-year, $300,000 grant. |
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$10,000 |
| To support research by John Merck Scholar Finalist Tirin Moore. |
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$75,000 |
| To support research by John Merck Scholar Leslie Vosshall, PhD, on olfactory perception and the encoding of preference. Third installment of a four-year, $300,000 grant. |
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$75,000 |
| To support research by John Merck Scholar Kimberley McAllister, PhD, on cellular mechanisms of mental retardation. Second installment of a four-year, $300,000 grant. |
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$75,000 |
| To support research by John Merck Scholar Samuel Pleasure, MD, PhD, on developmental signaling systems in development of the hippocampus. Final installment of a four-year, $300,000 grant. |
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$75,000 |
| To support research by John Merck Scholar Loren Frank, PhD, on the neural correlates of learning in the hippocampal-cortical circuit. First installment of a four-year, $300,000 grant. |
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$75,000 |
| To support research by John Merck Scholar Ann Skoczenski, PhD, on visual processing in children with dyslexia and their siblings. This is a special, one-year award. |
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$75,000 |
| To support research by John Merck Scholar Bradley L. Schlaggar, MD, PhD, on the normal and abnormal development of cognitive control using functional magnetic resonance imaging. Third installment of a four-year, $300,000 grant. |
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$10,000 |
| To support research by John Merck Scholar Finalist Weimin Zhong. |
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