Venetia Zachariou, PhD Venetia Zachariou, PhD, Edward Avedisian Professor and chair of pharmacology, physiology & biophysics, has received a Distinguished Investigator award from the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF). The one-year, $100,000 grant will fund her research “Targeting G Protein Pathways In The Periaqueductal Gray To Optimize The Actions Of Opioids.” Morphine, oxycodone and […]
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) recently renewed the contract for the iconic Framingham Heart Study (FHS), the source of many of the landmark discoveries on heart disease and stroke that led to lifestyle changes and medications that extended our lifespan. The six-year contract covers operation and research adding to the study’s 77 […]
Wendy Kuohung, MD, associate professor of obstetrics & gynecology at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, has been awarded a two-year, Discovery Research Grant from March of Dimes. The $200,000 award will fund her research “APOL1 variant-overexpressing cell lines in compound screening for preeclampsia drug discovery.” Preeclampsia (PE) is a pregnancy complication characterized […]
Hui Feng, MD, PhD, associate professor of pharmacology, physiology & biophysics and medicine, has received an RO1 grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. The five-year, $3.1M award will support the project, “Mechanisms of Immunosuppression in MYCN-driven Neuroblastoma.” Feng will team with Derin Keskin, PhD, from the Dana-Farber […]
The award funds high-risk, high-reward pilot projects from the brightest junior faculty in the Boston area.
The two-year, $400,000 grant is from the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine.
Jones, assistant professor of pathology & laboratory medicine, was awarded $2.3M in NCI funding for five years.
Diana Anderson Diana Anderson, MD, M.Arch, assistant professor of neurology, has received a one-year, $48,902 Bridging Bioethics Research & Policymaking grant from the Greenwall Foundation for her project “Improving Long-Term Care Facility Design through Bioethical Peer Review.” Anderson’s past research has shown that the built space of healthcare environments can function as a healthcare intervention, […]
Budson has been awarded a two-year, $150,000 grant with collaborator Daniel Levy, PhD, at Reichman University, Herzliya, Israel, from the U.S. Israel Binational Science Foundation.
The five-year study will test whether Recovering from IPV through Strengths and Empowerment (RISE) is better for improving self-efficacy and mental health symptoms, among patients with past-year IPV at VA healthcare facilities.