Competing against scientists across the state, 12 UM scientists won 41 percent - an all-time high -- of the $9.74 million available for new investigator research and bridge grants through the James and Esther King Biomedical Research Program and the Bankhead-Coley Cancer Research Program.
“These grant programs are particularly crucial for new investigators,” said Pascal J. Goldschmidt, senior vice president for medical affairs and dean of the Miller School. “Their success in this competition proves that our rising generation of researchers has what it takes to compete for even larger grants and conduct research of great significance for patients. Considering the challenges with NIH funding, particularly for our young investigators, these state programs are a blessing.”
This year the James and Esther King program, which supports research for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and/or cure of tobacco-related diseases, received 55 applications, 11 of which were funded, including nine from the Miller School. The recipients were Brian E. Lally, assistant professor of radiation oncology, $400,000; Lina Shehadeh, assistant professor of medicine in the Cardiovascular Division and Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute, $400,000; Jose Silva, research assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and member of the Center for Therapeutic Innovation at the John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, $392,327; Hoshang Unwalla, research assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, $400,000; Gaofeng Wang, assistant professor of human genetics, $400,000; Sion Williams, assistant scientist in the Department of Neurology, $389,964; Dmitry Ivanov, research assistant professor of ophthalmology, $200,000; and H. Peter Larsson, associate professor of physiology and biophysics, $179,493.
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