{"id":3727,"date":"2021-01-19T12:41:55","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T17:41:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/bloodresearchcenter\/?p=3727"},"modified":"2021-01-19T12:46:19","modified_gmt":"2021-01-19T17:46:19","slug":"erica-sparkenbaugh-phd-awarded-2m-grant-from-nih-nhlbi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/bloodresearchcenter\/2021\/01\/erica-sparkenbaugh-phd-awarded-2m-grant-from-nih-nhlbi\/","title":{"rendered":"Erica Sparkenbaugh, PhD awarded $2M R01 grant from NIH-NHLBI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to Erica Sparkenbaugh, Assistant Professor in the UNC Department of Medicine Hematology, and member of the Blood Research Center.\u00a0 She has been awarded a five year, $2 million R01 grant from NIH-NHLBI beginning January 2021. 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