Local Media Publicize Federally Funded Research Projects
Newsday, in its weekly Winners column, reported on three federally funded research projects by NYITCOM faculty. The awards, which total approximately $1.4 million, include the medical school鈥檚 first grant from the United States Department of Defense (DoD) and two competitive grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). On聽, the column featured NIH-funded research by Associate Professor聽Maria Alicia Carrillo Sepulveda, Ph.D., which investigates obesity-related hypertension; on聽, the column highlighted DoD-funded research by Associate Professor聽Haotian Zhao, M.D., Ph.D., which investigates a rare form of brain cancer found mainly in children; on聽, the column publicized NIH-funded research by Professor聽Qiangrong Liang, M.D., Ph.D., which aims to聽prevent long-term heart damage in cancer survivors previously treated with a potent chemotherapy drug.
Coverage of these prestigious grants also appeared in .