2023年7月12日

信贷:UT阿灵顿两个德克萨斯大学阿灵顿教员收到美国富布赖特学者项目奖从美国国务院和富布赖特外国奖学金委员会。凯文Schug,日本岛津公司特聘教授的分析化学的化学和生物化学,将前往深造大学奥,捷克共和国,延续了几十年的关系作为一个研究生,开始在他的天。凌,社会工作学院的副教授,将使用该奖项前往台湾,着手10个月项目提高痴呆照顾者和检查的重要性认识志愿者可能对家庭的影响正在处理的障碍。Schug和徐800多名获奖者将教或国外进行研究2023 - 24学年通过美国富布赖特学者计划。Fulbrighters从事尖端研究,扩大他们的专业网络,通常持续研究合作开始到国外,对锻造未来机构之间的合作关系奠定了基础。回到自己的国家、机构、实验室、教室,他们分享他们的故事,常常成为国际交流的积极支持者,邀请外国学者校园和鼓励同事和学生出国。塔玛拉·l·布朗,但阿灵顿教务长和学术事务的高级副总裁,说大学的富布赖特奖支付股息。“这是美国政府的旗舰国际教育交流项目,所以,这样的多元化和全球公共研究型大学UTA将代表,”布朗说。”博士。Schug和许博士说明我们大学的学术卓越,他们带回我们的教室和他的同事们将具有无可估量的价值。” A longstanding relationship Since joining UTA in 2005, Schug’s research has focused on the theory and application of separation science and mass spectrometry for solving a variety of analytical and physical chemistry problems in the fields of environmental, pharmaceutical, biological and energy research. He has a longstanding relationship with Palacky University, dating back to his postdoctoral days studying under Wolfgang Lindner at the University of Vienna in Austria. Lindner’s laboratory engaged in a student and faculty exchange program with Palacky University. Even before that, though, Schug had worked with visiting scientists from Russia, Italy, Brazil and Kuwait during his doctoral studies at Virginia Tech, under the mentorship of Professor Harold McNair. “Many of their students and faculty have visited my lab at UT Arlington, some multiple times,” he said. “It is an honor for me to return the favor and represent UT Arlington at their institution through the Fulbright program, as well as to gain a better appreciation of how they educate their students.” A focus on dementia caregivers Xu will travel to Taiwan, where she said the burden of caregiving for those with dementia isn’t widely examined or understood. “Many Asian countries face the challenges of an aging society and may not have the resources and investment for people with dementia,” she said. “How to provide care to older adults with cognitive impairment and/or dementia will soon become a national concern in Taiwan.” In collaboration with the Tzu Chi Foundation , an international humanitarian nonprofit based in Taiwan, Xu will examine the feasibility of using volunteers as lay providers. She plans to recruit 15 young volunteers, likely between 18 and 30 years old, and match them with a dementia caregiver to test the potential of a volunteer caregiving model. They will receive training on how to take care of older adults with dementia and how to cope with the stress and burden caregivers experience. “A lot of family caregivers are full-time workers who do not have a lot of time to care for their loved ones,” she said. These volunteers can potentially serve as caregivers in the future in case there is a need. That is potential manpower in the bank and may help offset the projected decrease in the number of family members who are willing and/or able to provide care to persons with dementia.”