The France-Stanford Center announces its 2018-19 grant recipients

Each year, the France-Stanford Center for Interdisciplinary Studies fosters collaborative research between French and U.S. scholars through grants for interdisciplinary conferences, group research projects, and individual fellowships.

Below are the grant recipients for the 2018-19 academic year:

Conferences

Emerging Electromagnetic and Radio Frequency Systems for Health Monitoring and Therapy (Winter 2019)

Legal Diffusion in the Late Medieval Church: Local Ecclesiastical Legislation in France and its Neighbors, 1215-1500 (Spring/Summer 2019)

Collaborative Research Projects

Efficient Modeling and Inference in Population Genetics
Julia Palacios, Department of Statistics, Stanford University
Amandine Véber, Ecole Polytechnique, Centre de Mathématiques Appliquées, Palaiseau

Simulating Turbulent Mixing in the Abyssal Waters of the Equatorial Pacific Ocean
Leif Thomas, Department of Earth System Science, Stanford University
Jonathan Gula, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Laboratoire d'Océanographie Physique et Spatiale, Brest

Addressing Barriers to Dietary Variety by Boosting Conceptual Knowledge about Food in Preschoolers
Ellen Markman, Department of Psychology, Stanford University
Jérémie Lafraire, Institut Paul Bocuse, Paris

Rosetta: Resources for Endangered Languages through Translated Texts
Shelley Fisher Fishkin, Department of English, Stanford University
Ronald Jenn, Université de Lille, Lille

Synergies Between Tau, Fus & TDP-43 in Neurodegenerative Diseases
Julien Couthouis, Department of Genetics, Stanford University
Luc Dupuis, INSERM, Strasbourg

A Nutritional Account of Global Trade: Determinants & Health Implications
Jay Bhattacharay, Center for Health Policy & the Center for Primary Care & Outcomes Research, Stanford University
Lorenzo Rotunno, Université d'Aix-Marseille, Les Milles

Undergraduate Fellowships

• Sonia Gonzalez, Department of French, Stanford University. Visiting Institution: Banijay Studios, Paris
• Mirae Parker, Department of Physics, Stanford University. Visiting Institution: Ecole Centrale, Non-equilibrium plasma group, Gif-sur-Yvette
• Victoria Toli, Department of Symbolic Systems, Stanford University. Visiting Institution: Ecole Centrale, Process Engineering Lab, Gif-sur-Yvette
• Luke Sturm, Department of Mathematical & Computational Science, Stanford University. Visiting Institution: Université Pierre & Marie Curie, Paris
• Tara Shannon, Department of Bioengineering. Visiting Institution: INSERM, Chromosome & Materials Laboratory, Paris

Visiting Student Researcher Fellowships

• The Deep Equatorial Circulation in the Ocean, Bertrand Delorme, Department of Earth System Science, Stanford University. Visiting Institution: Laboratoire d'Etudes en Géophysique & Océanographie Spatiales, Toulouse
• The Oxygen Overshoot: A Better Understanding of the Evolution of Oxygen, Malcom Hodgskiss, Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University. Visiting Institution: Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Plouzané
• When and Why Certain Forms of Reinforcement Learning Perform Better than Others, Chuan-Zheng Lee, Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University. Visiting Institution: INRIA Lille, Nord Europe Research Center, Villeneuve d'Ascq
• How Work is Allocated Among Members of Parliament in France, Sophie Cetre, Sciences Po Paris. Visiting Institution: Department of Economics, Stanford University
• The Perceptual Experience in Brain-Machine Interface Technology, Cordelia Erickson-Davis, Department of Anthropology/School of Medicine, Stanford University. Visiting Institution: Pixium Vision, Paris, and Helma Korzybska, Université Paris Nanterre, Nanterre. Visiting Institution: Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University.
• The Impact of Immigration & the Refugee Crisis on Voting Behavior, Public Spending, and Economic Well-Being in Europe, Max Viskanic, Sciences Po Paris & LIEPP, Paris. Visiting Institution: Immigration Policy Lab, Stanford University

Visiting Junior Scholar Fellowships

• A New Therapeutic Approach for Long QT Syndrome Using Mimicking Peptides and Genome Editing on Patient-Specific iPSC-CMs, Olfat Malak, INSERM, Université de Nantes, Nantes. Visiting Institution: Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University
• Development of Mucoadhesive Systems for Drug Delivery in Oral Mucositis, Solange Massa, Department of Otolaryngology, Stanford University. Visiting Institution: Université de Pau & Pays de l'Adour, Pau
• Assessing a Neonatal Pain Monitor & Alternative Analgesia/Sedation Strategies for Newborns, Jean-Michel Roué, University Hospital of Brest, Brest. Visiting Institution: Neurobiology Laboratory, Stanford University
• Identifying New Molecular Players Involved in Malaria Pathogenesis, Marilou Tétard, INSERM Paris. Visiting Institution: Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University
• Understanding the Spread of a Dominant Model in International Agricultural Research at the Beginning of the Green Revolution, Marianna Fenzi, INRA, Castanet Tolosan. Visiting Institution: Department of History, Stanford University
• Narrative writing and knowledge production within the gang Los Ñetas, Martin Lamotte, CNRS-CITERES, Tours. Visiting Institution: Department of Anthropology, Stanford University
• The Subjective Experience of Psychosis in New Caledonia, Nathanaëlle Soler, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris. Visiting Institution: Department of Anthropology, Stanford University