UArizona Health Sciences colleges climb in Blue Ridge rankings of NIH funding
UArizona Health Sciences colleges climb in Blue Ridge rankings of NIH funding
The R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy, College of Nursing and Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health posted significant gains in research funding, according to rankings compiled by the nonprofit Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research.
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Jun Wang, an assistant professor in the R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy, received several large NIH grants to fund research into identifying antiviral drug targets for viruses such as SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, and enterovirus D68, which causes moderate to severe respiratory illness in children.HealthBIO5College of Medicine - PhoenixCollege of Medicine - TucsonCollege of NursingCollege of PharmacyCollege of Public HealthRankings
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University of Arizona Health Sciencesmbauza@arizona.edu520-626-7301The University of Arizona Health Sciences received more than $133 million in National Institutes of Health funding in 2020-2021, with several colleges showing improvements in the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research national rankings, released in mid-February.The Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research is a nonprofit organization that ranks U.S. medical schools by NIH grant awards each year. The NIH is the largest public funder of biomedical research in the world. NIH-funded research has led to breakthroughs and new treatments helping p...
Source: The University of Arizona: Health - Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: mittank Source Type: research
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