News from NHLBI Recovery Act-funded Institutions

April 14, 2010
From the University of Vermont, Burlington, Vt.: Stimulus and Response

April 12, 2010
From the Columbia University Medical Center, New York, N.Y.: Federally Funded Clinical Trial Offers Evidence that Treating Depression May Prevent Heart Disease

April 9, 2010
From the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Houston, Texas: UTHealth Stem Cell Scientists Explore Treatments for Blood Disorders and Lung Diseases

March 17, 2010
From the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif.: Running Total: Impact of the Stimulus Bill at USC

From the Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Ore.: OHSU School of Dentistry Team Discovers Powerful Molecule Regulator in Blood-Pressure Control System.

February 22, 2010
From the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), District of Columbia, “New AAMC Report Highlights How ARRA Funds Are Fueling New Research and Driving Economic Growth over the Last Year.”

February 18, 2010
From the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. “Penn Marks First Anniversary of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act With $171 Million in Research Funding.” .

January 5, 2010
From Georgetown University, District of Columbia: Stimulus Funding Totals More Than $25 Million.

December 30, 2009
From the John’s Hopkins Children’s Hospital, Baltimore, Md.: Hopkins Children’s Cardiologist Hunts Biomarkers of Pulmonary Hypertension. 

December 21, 2009
From Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Mass.: Tufts Medical Center Receives Grant to Explore Pepducin Treatments for Acute Cardiovascular Indications.

December 14, 2009
From the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (LA BioMed), Torrance, Calif.: LA BioMed to Receive Recovery Act Grants To Advance Scientific Research and Create Jobs.

December 10, 2009
From the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.: U.Va. Researchers Lead the State With $58.3 Million in Stimulus Funding.

December 2, 2009
From Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Mass.: NIH Challenge Grants funded by ARRA BWH Researchers.

From Christiana Care Health System, Wilmington, Del.: Christiana Care Shares $4 million Cardiac Comparative Effectiveness Research Grant.

From PTC Therapeutics, South Plainfield, N.J.: PTC Therapeutics Receives $1 Million Challenge Grant Award from The National Institutes of Health.

November 30, 2009
From San Diego State University, San Diego, Calif.: Researchers Receive Competitive Grants, Top Rankings.

November 10, 2009
From the University at Albany State University of New York, Albany, N.Y.: NIH Awards UAlbany Researcher Edward L. Hannan $925,000 to Study Long-term Survival Following Coronary Revascularizations.

November 9, 2009
From Washington University, St. Louis, Mo.: Washington University Awarded $80 Million in Stimulus Grants.

November 6, 2009
From Maharishi University of Management Research Institute and Columbia University Medical Center, Fairfield, Iowa and New York, N.Y.: Can Stress-reducing Transcendental Meditation Help CHD Patients Prevent Future Heart Attacks?

November 5, 2009
From the University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Mich.: NIH Stimulus Awards to U-M Medical School Top $47 Million.

From the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn.: U of M Researchers Awarded Prestigious Grants from ARRA Funds

November 4, 2009
From Duke University, Durham, N.C.: Duke Researchers Bring Stimulus Funds And Jobs To NC.

November 3, 2009
From the University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Ill.: UIC Receives $1 Million Grant to Study 'Fat Taxes,' Diet, Obesity.

November 2, 2009
From The Brown Daily Herald, Providence, R.I.: Researchers Awarded Over $12 Million to Study Obesity.

November 1, 2009
From the Gladstone Institute, San Francisco, Calif.:Gladstone and Stanford In Collaboration to Develop Induced Pluripotent Stem (IPS) Cells for Cardiac Therapies. 

October 31, 2009
From the University of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky.: University of Kentucky successfully secures stimulus funds.

October 22, 2009
From Emory University, Atlanta, Ga.: NIH Awards 18 Challenge and GO Grants to Emory Scientists Through Stimulus Funds.

October 19, 2009
From Emory University, Atlanta, Ga.: NIH Awards Grants to Emory Scientists Through Stimulus Funds.

October 14, 2009
From Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Mass.: Boston University School of Medicine Awarded Grant to Create a Molecular Roadmap for Chronic Lung Disease. 

From Miriam Hospital, Providence, R.I.: Miriam Hospital Researcher Receives More Than $12 Million to Study Weight Control. 

October 13, 2009
From Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn.: Recovery Act Gives Boost to University Research.  

October 12, 2009
From Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, Portland, Ore.: National Institutes of Health Awards More Than $54 Million to Kaiser Permanente to Conduct Health Research.

October 7, 2009
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Wash.: Two Hutchinson Center Scientists Receive a Total of $16.7 Million for Collaborative Stem Cell Research.

From National Jewish Health, Denver, Colo.: NHLBI Awards $11 Million to Create a Molecular Roadmap for Chronic Lung Diseases.

From Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.: Four Scientists Receive Millions from New Federal Consortium to Study Progenitor Cells.

From Triple Ring Technologies, Inc., Newark, Calif.: Triple Ring Technologies Awarded NIH Challenge Grant.

October 6, 2009
From the University of Pennsylvania Almanac, Philadelphia, Pa.: Students Perform Leading Edge Medical Research at Penn Through American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

October 5, 2009
From the Boston University Medical Campus, Boston, Mass.: BUSM’s Framingham Heart Study Receives $1M Challenge Grant.

October 2, 2009
From the American College of Cardiology, Washington, District of Columbia: American College of Cardiology and Society of Thoracic Surgeons Awarded NIH Comparative Effectiveness Grant to Study Angioplasty and Surgery.

From the University of Washington, Seattle, Wash.: UW to Explore Genetic Origins of Common Heart, Lung, and Blood Diseases in Federal Project.

From the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX: UT's Eric Boerwinkle Gets $26 Million Federal Stimulus Grant for Biomedical Research.

September 30, 2009
From the Aphios Corporation, Woburn, Mass.: Aphios Awarded NIH ARRA Challenge Grant for Pathogen Inactivation Technology for Blood Products.

September 8, 2009
From the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.: Students Perform Leading Edge Medical Research at Penn Through American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

September 2, 2009
From the University of Central Florida, Orlando, Fla.: UCF Gets $1.3 Million From NIH to Study Three Orlando Community Fitness Programs.

August 6, 2009
From West Virginia University, Morgantown, W.Va.: Recovery Act Helps Underwrite Cancer Research.

July 27, 2009
From the Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy’s (NEOUCOM) Department of Integrative Medical Sciences, Rootstown, Ohio: NEOUCOM Researcher Receives NIH Grant for Cardiovascular Studies.

From the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.: Examples of Penn's Awarded Studies

From the University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill.: NIH Award from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.

From the University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill.: Combating Pulmonary Hypertension.

From the University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill.: Sensing in the Human and Rabbit Ductus Arteriosus.

From the University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill.: Preventing Type 2 Diabetes with Better Sleep

Last Updated: December 2011