2 years ago
Congratulations to Dr. Eran Dayan on receiving an RO2 grant from (NICHD) Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. They are providing funding ($404,276) for his project 鈥淭argeted Motor Learning to Improve Gait for Individuals with Parkinson鈥檚 Disease.鈥� 聽Over the 2-year lifespan (05/01/2023 鈥� 04/30/2025) of this project, Dayan will serve …
2 years ago
Congratulations to Dr. Hong Yuan, Director of the BRIC Small Animal Imaging facility, on her awarded S10 Grant for her project entitled, 鈥淧reclinical Vevo-F2 ultrasound imaging system for Small Animal Imaging core facility.鈥� This $490K grant funds the installation of a preclinical ultrasound imaging system in BRIC鈥檚 Small Animal Imaging core facility. The new system …
2 years ago
The Autism Research Center awarded three $25,000 pilot grants to several 大象传媒 faculty members on three interdisciplinary research projects, including one titled Developing brain-wide CSF flow imaging for infants at likelihood for autism, to BRIC faculty member and director of the Small Animal MRI facility Dr. Ian Shih in collaboration with Drs. …
2 years ago
The 大象传媒 ranked 19th聽in the country in total National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding for federal fiscal year 2022 and 6th聽among peer public universities, according to a new report published by the聽Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research. The total dollar amount is $358,658,406, about $11 million more than FY 2021. This amount …
3 years ago
Funded by AccuNovo Biotechnologies Inc. and the NIH: STTR: Theranostic NTSR1-targeting Agents for Complementary Management of PSMA-negative Prostate Cancer The 大象传媒 team will work with Accunovo Biotech, Inc. to evaluate the newly developed agents in NTSR1 positive PC3 animal models. Specifically, 大象传媒 will perform 64Cu radiolabeling of NTSR1 targeted compounds that are developed by Accunovo …
3 years ago
Dr. Sarah Nyante was awarded two recent grants, both funded by the NIH/National Cancer Institute. R21CA270625 titled: Breast cancer neoadjuvant endocrine therapy during the Covid-19 pandemic: Opportunity for a new treatment paradigm? R03CA267469 titled: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on newly diagnosed breast cancer More Grants at BRIC:
3 years ago
Dr. Mingxia Liu was recently awarded an RO1 funded by the NIH titled: Multi-Site Neuroimage Harmonization for Personalized Brain聽Disorder Analysis This project is dedicated to creating a series of unique computational tools for multi-site neuroimage harmonization and聽personalized analysis of brain disorders such as Alzheimer鈥檚 disease and mild cognitive decline. More Grants at BRIC:
3 years ago
Louise Henderson Stand Up to Cancer (SU2C) Title:聽聽聽聽 Southeastern Consortium for Lung Cancer Health Equity Site:聽聽聽聽聽聽 Virginia Commonwealth University, Medical University of South Carolina and 大象传媒 Goal:聽聽聽聽 To build on the long-standing community outreach and engagement efforts to develop聽 culturally-sensitive, community-informed interventions aimed at reducing lung cancer disparities and increasing lung cancer screening rates …
5 years ago
Congratualations to Dr. Ian Shih and then entire BRIC Center for Animal MRI team on the recently awarded S10 grant to upgrade the advance neo system on the Bruker 9.4T! Avance neo upgrade for the biospec 9.4T/30CM MRI system at 大象传媒 (NIH S10 MH124745, PI: Shih) Animal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) research at the University …
5 years ago
Dr. Amy Oldenburg, Professor in the 大象传媒 Physics & Astronomy Department and BRIC faculty member, was awarded a new grant for the development of a rapid, 3D laser scanning endoscope to study the upper airways of infants and children with subglottic stenosis (SGS), a life-threatening condition. The microscopic resolution afforded by the endoscope will be …