Venetia Zachariou, PhD, Receives Distinguished Investigator Award to Study Novel Therapeutics Targets for Chronic Pain Conditions

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 […]

Wendy Kuohung, MD, Awarded March of Dimes Grant to Uncover Therapeutic Agents for Preeclampsia

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, Awarded NIH Grant to Further the Understanding of Neuroblastoma

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 […]

Diana Anderson, MD, M.Arch, Receives Bioethics Grant for Improving Long-Term Care Facility Design

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, […]