The Washington University School of Medicine received a $7.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on Aug. 23, 2023 to fund a new program called the MicroEnvironment and Tumor Effects of Radiotherapy Center (METEOR) spearheaded by Julie Schwarz, MD, PhD, and Clifford Robinson, MD. 

Graduate student Elizabeth Tilden was awarded a prestigious fellowship at the National Institute on Aging, a part of the National Institute of Health (NIH), for her research investigating how aging and sleep affect cognitive ability. 

Researchers at Washington University received an 11.7 million dollar grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study and treat pain, along with reducing opioid use. 

A quick roundup of some of this week’s on-campus news, including a the addition of a veteran ally training program in the Brown School, a new NIH grant for leukemia research, a nonprofit appointing an assistant professor to its annual council and Holocaust Studies panel hosted by WU professors.

Science researchers at the University say they are enjoying a spike in federal funding, thanks in large part to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.