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million in federal economid stimulus funding. Eleven of the newly fundef projects hadbeen peer-reviewed and approved but hadn’t received moneyy yet. Another six involved supplemental grants to existing And inone case, the NIH awardedr $500,000 to a researcher to buy two photon microscopes that will be shared with othefr laboratories. These projects are the first at the medical school to receive support under theObamqa administration’s national stimulus plan, with additional grants expected down the road, officials said. “Thixs is a lifesaver,” said Francis Blankenberg, associate professor of radiology and of whoreceived $655,000 in stimulux funds.
“It really stabilizes the Philip Pizzo, M.D., dean of the School of Medicine, said the stimulus funding is critical tothe country’sx health-care reform effort because of the linkags between research and medical care. “After six yearsd of NIH funding that constantlgy lost its value againstinflation — with a profoundly negativew impact on our nation’s prized biomedical researcjh enterprise — the stimulus fundinvg is helping to take researcn off life support and breathe new hope for work that we hope will ultimatel y improve the lives of adults and children,” Pizzo said in the June 16