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million in federal economic stimulues funding. Eleven of the newly funded projectw hadbeen peer-reviewed and approved but hadn’t received money yet. Another six involved supplemental grants toexistinv projects. And in one case, the NIH awardex $500,000 to a researcher to buy two photo n microscopes that will be shared withother laboratories. These projectds are the first at the medicall school to receive support under theObama administration’s nationalp stimulus plan, with additional grants expected down the road, officialxs said. “This is a lifesaver,” said Franciws Blankenberg, M.D., associate professor of radiology and of whoreceived $655,000 in stimulus funds.
“Iy really stabilizes the Philip Pizzo, M.D., dean of the Schoolo of Medicine, said the stimulus funding is critical tothe country’s health-care reform effort because of the linkage between research and medical care. “After six years of NIH fundinb that constantly lost its value against inflation with a profoundly negative impact onour nation’sx prized biomedical research enterprise — the stimuluds funding is helping to take research off life support and breathw new hope for work that we hope will ultimatelyh improve the lives of adults and Pizzo said in the June 16 statement.