Congratulations to Li Qian, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, for the receipt of EIA R35 grant from NIH’s NHLBI. The grant is to support the Qian Lab’s continued effort in further developing and refining reprogramming approaches to repair injured hearts. It is a 7-year grant for $6.5 million.  Read More…

Congratulations to Matthew Stevenson (B.S.), a GBM student in Dr. O’Brien’s Lab, for recently receiving an F31 research fellowship award from NCI. Matthew’s fellowship provides ongoing stipend support for his research on oncogenic mechanisms underlying Wilms tumor using kidney organoids.

Congratulations to Edward Moreira Bahnson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Cell Biology and Physiology, Center for Nanotechnology in Drug Delivery, for publishing paper, titled “Allyship in Surgical Residents: Evidence for LGBTQ Competency Training in Surgical Education” in the Journal of Surgical Research. Dr. Bahnson’s paper highlights the importance of LGBTQ cultural competence training and intentionally inclusive care … Read more