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Six Biomedical Engineering Professors Receive ARRA Grants
Six professors in the Department of Biomedical Engineering have received grants funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA): Orly Alter, Stanislav Emelianov, Krishnendu Roy, George Georgiou, Laura Suggs and Konstantin Sokolov.
A National Science Foundation (NSF) award funded under the ARRA was received for support of Dr. Krishnendu Roy’s project, entitled “High Throughput Nanoimprint Manufacturing of Shape-Specific, Stimuli-Responsive Polymeric Nanocarriers for Drug and Imaging Agent Delivery,” in collaboration with Drs. Li Shi, Dwayne LaBrake, and S.V. Sreenivasan.
Another NSF award funded under the ARRA was received for support of Dr. Laura Suggs’ project “Dual Growth Factor Delivery to Achieve Therapeutic Neovascularization”.
A National Institutes of Health (NIH) award funded under the ARRA was received for support of Dr. Stanislav Emelianov’s project "Combined Intravascular Ultrasound and Photoacoustic Imaging of Atherosclerosis". The goal of this research program is to develop an in-vivo imaging technology capable of immediate and accurate assessment of the presence and vulnerability of atherosclerotic plaques at critical stages. The developed technology will be used to assist pre-intervention planning, the intervention itself, and to improve the post-intervention outcome.
A National Institutes of Health (NIH) award funded under the ARRA was received for support of Dr. Sokolov’s project, entitled “Aptamer-siRNA Chimera/Nanoparticle Conjugates for MRI Guided Cancer Therapy.” This study will supplement his ongoing efforts in optimization of therapeutic gene silencing in cancer cells through intracellular delivery of siRNA molecules.
A National Institutes of Health (NIH) award funded under the ARRA was received for support of Dr. Alter’s project, “A Visual Correlation Tool for Large-Scale Molecular Biological Data," in collaboration with Dr. Christopher R. Johnson of the University of Utah.
Finally, Dr. George Georgiou received an NIH ARRA grant for his medical research in collaboration with the University of Chicago
“I am delighted that six of my BME colleagues received these prestigious grants that amount to more than $2.75 M” said Professor Nicholas A Peppas, Chair of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. “Not only are their contributions and research going to help our state and the country in these difficult financial times, but they will also provide important innovative and advanced medical solutions to problems related to diagnosis and imaging of cancer and arteriosclerosis, therapeutic approaches to cancer, and growth on new replacement organs“
For more information on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and its intentions, see http://www.recovery.gov/About/Pages/The_Act.aspx.
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