NIH Awards $13.7 Million Grant to BU Researchers Investigating Genetics of Alzheimer’s Disease
They hope to identify new targets for developing drugs to treat or slow processes leading to Alzheimer’s disease.
Category: Grant Awards
Justin Lui, MD, MS, Receives Awards from the National Scleroderma Foundation, American Heart Association
The assistant professor of medicine received a three-year, $200,000 Walter and Marie Coyle Award from the National Scleroderma Foundation and an AHA Career Development Award for $231,000.
Bob Woodruff Foundation Renews its Commitment to Women Veterans
This is the foundation’s third grant, bringing their total support since 2020 to more than $400,000.
HIV Researchers Receive 9.2M NIH Grant to Continue Prov/Bos CFAR
BU and Brown Researchers collaborate at the Providence/Boston Center for AIDS Research (Prov/Bos CFAR), aim to reduce the burden of HIV in the United States and around the world.
Noyan Gokce, MD, Awarded NIH Grant to Study Impact of Environmental Toxins on the Heart
Project may lead to the identification of new interventions and public health approaches to mitigate toxicant-induced cardiovascular diseases.
Researcher to Study Alzheimer’s Disease in Asian Americans, Asian Canadians
Gyungah Jun, PhD, associate professor of medicine, is one of four principal investigators and will receive $2.56M over five years.
Michael Wallace, PhD, Receives NIH Grant to Study Stress, Depression
The assistant professor of anatomy & neurobiology was awarded a $2.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Mental Health.
Matthew Nayor, MD, MPH, Receives $5.7 Million NIH Award for Cardiovascular Research
The assistant professor of medicine has received a four-year, R01 grant from the NIH’s NHLBI and will focus on heart failure and exercise.
Esther Bullitt, PhD, Awarded $1.5 Million NIH Grant
Funds will help purchase a new, state-of-the-art cryogenic electron microscope.
Julia TCW, PhD, Receives $3.9 Million NIH Award for Alzheimer’s Research
Research focuses on human genetics and Alzheimer’s disease risk.