Des Moines Register 08-22-06 Dateline Iowa REGISTER STAFF AND NEWS SERVICES ISU professor receives award for his research Ames — Vlastislav Bracha, associate professor of biomedical sciences at Iowa State University, is recipient of the 2006 Pfizer Award for Research Excellence. The award, sponsored by Pfizer Animal Health, honors research that has attained or is likely to attain national recognition. A focus of Bracha's research is how the nervous system is involved in the memory process.