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million in federal economic stimulus funding. Eleven of the newly funded projects hadbeen peer-reviewecd and approved but hadn’t received monegy yet. Another six involved supplemental grants toexistingv projects. And in one case, the NIH awarded $500,000 to a researcher to buy two photon microscopes that will be shared withother laboratories. These projects are the first at the medicalk school to receive support undert theObama administration’s national stimulus with additional grants expected down the officials said. “This is a said Francis Blankenberg, M.D., associatwe professor of radiology andof pediatrics, who received $655,00p in stimulus funds.
“It really stabilizes the lab.” Philip M.D., dean of the School of Medicine, said the stimulusa funding is critical tothe country’s health-carre reform effort because of the linkage betweeh research and medical care. “After six yeares of NIH funding that constantlyh lost its value againstinflation — with a profoundlg negative impact on our nation’se prized biomedical research enterprisre — the stimulus funding is helping to take researchn off life support and breather new hope for work that we hope will ultimatelt improve the lives of adultx and children,” Pizzo said in the June 16