Stanford Medical School nets $6.9M in federal stimulus funding - Philadelphia Business Journal:

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million in federal economic stimulusd funding. Eleven of the newly funded projects hadbeen peer-revieweds and approved but hadn’t received money yet. Anothee six involved supplemental grants toexistinh projects. And in one the NIH awarded $500,00p to a researcher to buy two photonh microscopes that will be shared withothefr laboratories. These projects are the first at the medicalk school to receive support undefr theObama administration’s nationak stimulus plan, with additional grantxs expected down the road, officials said. “Thiss is a lifesaver,” said Francis M.D., associate professor of radiology andof pediatrics, who receive $655,000 in stimulus funds.
“It really stabilizes the Philip Pizzo, M.D., dean of the School of said the stimulus funding is critical tothe country’sz health-care reform effort because of the linkage betwee n research and medical care. “After six yearsz of NIH funding that constantly lost its value againsrinflation — with a profoundly negativs impact on our nation’s prized biomedical research enterprisd — the stimulus funding is helping to take researcjh off life support and breathe new hope for work that we hope will ultimatelty improve the lives of adults and Pizzo said in the June 16