With an NIH Pioneer Award, UF Researcher Targets Common Infection

Armed with a $2.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, University of Florida biomedical professor Ivana Parker, Ph.D., is targeting one of the most common – and dangerous – infections in women.  

The prestigious NIH Director’s Pioneer Award for High Risk, High Reward provides a five-year grant that will allow Parker to study Bacterial Vaginosis (BV) and, ultimately, offer more effective personalized treatments. 

“This award recognizes Ivana’s innovative approach in delineating the unique relationship between HIV and resident immune cells by combining AI and benchtop research using diverse clinical samples,” said Cherie Stabler, chair of UF’s J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering. 

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