New Funding Secured To Support Clinical GMP Manufacturing Expansion at Rise Therapeutics
UF Startup Rise Therapeutics announced that it has received funding from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) at the National Institute of Health (NIH).
UF Health Researchers Awarded $11.8 Million Grant To Fight Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
UF researchers exploring how combinations of antibiotics can fight resistant bacteria have been awarded an $11.8 million grant for work that could help save the tens of thousands of lives lost yearly to infections that are increasingly plaguing humanity.
UF Awarded $3.5 Million Grant To Train New Clinical Pain Researchers
University of Florida team has been awarded a $3.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to train postdoctoral fellows seeking to become independent clinical pain researchers.
“Cuddle hormone” oxytocin may provide pain relief and help curb harmful opioid use
University of Florida researchers are investigating whether synthetic oxytocin can be used in conjunction with prescription drugs to help curb opioid addictions, especially in susceptible older adults.
Building Digital Twin Tools To Investigate Environmental Threats to Health
A UF research team is developing Florida’s Digital Twin, a digital replica of Florida that can model the effects of natural disasters and future health threats, to understand the complexity of how environmental factors affect human health, with a grant from the NIH’s National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
UF Innovate Researchers Secure $3.8M NIH Grant To Combat Psoriasis
UF Innovate Inventors, Dr. Benjamin Keselowsky (PI), Dr. Gregory Hudalla (Co-I), and their collaborators have received a $3.8M grant from the NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. The grant aims to address the problem of psoriasis, a chronic auto-inflammatory disease that causes irreversible damage to the skin.
UF Health Neurosurgeon Awarded $38 Million Grant To Lead National Stroke Prevention Trial
The National Institutes of Health awarded a $38 million, five-year grant to Brian Hoh, M.D., M.B.A., the University of Florida’s chair of neurosurgery, to test two new prospective treatments for symptomatic intracranial arterial stenosis, a leading cause of ischemic stroke worldwide.