USF Health celebrates NIH stimulus awardees, applicants
By USF
October 19, 2009
Since this spring, USF Health faculty submitted 116 proposals for economic stimulus funding available through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The ARRA applicants gathered Oct. 6 in the USF Health Rotunda to celebrate the fruits of their collaborative efforts – 21 federal research awards totaling more than $4.2 million.
The stimulus grants help support a wide variety of projects, from College of Medicine professor Gary Litman’s studies of the evolutionary origins of genes of immunity to College of Public Health researcher Rita DeBate’s work to create and evaluate a prototype web-based training program that will help dentists and dental assistants identify patients with eating disorders. Maureen Groer, director of the College of Nursing’s Center for Women’s Health Research, will use the award to supplement research examining the influence of breast feeding on postpartum stress and immunity.
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