Boston University Receives Major Multimillion Dollar NIH Grant for Women’s Health Research
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded Boston University a prestigious $4.5 million grant to further women’s health research and spur career growth for young investigators. It will be led by Emelia Benjamin, the Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine’s Jay and Louise Coffman Professor in Vascular Medicine and associate dean of faculty development ad interim, Elisha Wachman (CAMED’06), a professor of pediatrics at the medical school, and Joyce Wong, a College of Engineering Distinguished Professor of Engineering. Wachman and Benjamin also hold positions at Boston Medical Center, BU’s primary teaching hospital; Wachman is a neonatologist and vice chair of pediatric academic research, and Benjamin is a cardiologist.
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