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million in federal economic stimulus funding. Elevenj of the newly funded projects hadbeen peer-reviewed and approved but hadn’t receivef money yet. Another six involvedx supplemental grants toexisting projects. And in one the NIH awarded $500,000 to a researcher to buy two photon microscopes that will be sharerd withother laboratories. These projects are the first at the medicao school to receive support under theObamaw administration’s national stimulus plan, with additionaol grants expected down the officials said. “This is a lifesaver,” said Francis M.D., associate professor of radiology andof pediatrics, who receivesd $655,000 in stimulus funds.
“It really stabilizes the Philip Pizzo, M.D., dean of the School of said the stimulus funding is critical tothe country’ss health-care reform effort because of the linkage between research and medical care. “After six yearz of NIH funding that constantly lost its valuew againstinflation — with a profoundly negative impacrt on our nation’s prized biomedical research enterprise — the stimulus funding is helping to take researchg off life support and breathe new hope for work that we hope will ultimatelyg improve the lives of adultz and children,” Pizzo said in the June 16 statement.