Landmark Framingham Heart Study Receives Renewal
The six-year contract covers operation and research adding to the study’s 77 years of research to date, and its legacy as the longest, continuous cohort study in the U.S.
Category: Grant Awards
Wendy Kuohung, MD, Awarded March of Dimes Grant to Uncover Therapeutic Agents for Preeclampsia
Research will advance the field of women’s health and may help to mitigate the Black maternal health crisis in the U.S.
Hui Feng, MD, PhD, Awarded NIH Grant to Further the Understanding of Neuroblastoma
Understanding MYCN-driven immune escape in neuroblastoma has the potential to apply to other human cancers for improved responses to immunotherapy
Florian Douam, PhD, Jessica L. Fetterman, PhD, Receive Smith Family Foundation’s Odyssey Award
The award funds high-risk, high-reward pilot projects from the brightest junior faculty in the Boston area.
BU CCE Receives Grant to Help Clinicians Overcome Barriers in Treating Opioid Use Disorder in Primary Care Settings
The two-year, $400,000 grant is from the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine.
Dennis Jones, PhD, Named Cancer Moonshot Scholar
Jones, assistant professor of pathology & laboratory medicine, was awarded $2.3M in NCI funding for five years.
Diana Anderson, MD, M.Arch, Receives Bioethics Grant for Improving Long-Term Care Facility Design
Anderson is a board-certified healthcare architect and geriatrician.
Andreas Charidimou, MD, MSc, PhD, FESO, Awarded Alzheimer’s Association Grant to More Accurately Diagnose Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy
The assistant professor of neurology has been awarded a three-year, $200,000 grant.
Andrew Budson, MD, Receives Grant to Test Whether Neurofeedback Technique May Improve Memory in Patients with Early-Stage Alzheimer’s Disease
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.
Katherine Iverson, PhD, to Co-lead $6M Intimate Partner Violence Intervention Study
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.