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U.S. Sen. Harkin: Announces nearly $4.5 million for biomedical research in Iowa

8/27/2009

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 27, 2009

Contact: Kate Cyrul / Bergen Kenny

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) today announced a total of

$4,488,539 in National Institute of Health (NIH) funding for the University of

Iowa and Iowa State University to conduct biomedical research. The funding was

secured through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), the economic

recovery package. Harkin chairs the Appropriations subcommittee that funds

National Institutes of Health (NIH) research and was able to secure $10.4

billion for medical research across the United States in the ARRA.

" The cutting-edge research that will continue as a result of the funding

announced today will lead to the cures of tomorrow, " said Harkin. " Americans

suffer from myriad diseases and countless everyday ailments, but in Iowa, we are

leading the way with research that will make our country happier and healthier.

This funding advances those causes and keeps people in good jobs. "

These grants were awarded through the NIH, which funds biomedical research and

research training at more than 3,000 institutions in the 50 states and

territories.

Details of the grants are below.

· University of Iowa - $21,600 to provide administrative support to the

International Collaborative Trauma and Injury Research Training (ICTIRT)

program.

· University of Iowa - $41,872 for international training and research in

environmental and occupational health.

· University of Iowa - $295,886 for web-based training at the Clinical and

Translational Science Program.

· University of Iowa - $997,575 for the study of sarcoidosis patients through

the Clinical and Translational Science Program.

· University of Iowa - $599,757 to enrich educational activities at the Clinical

and Translational Science Program.

· University of Iowa - $400,000 for a pilot grant support to obtain data that

will enable further scientific advancements at the Clinical and Translational

Science Program.

· University of Iowa - $667,195 to provide administration support for an

interdisciplinary approach to retinal disease gene identification.

· University of Iowa - $100,001 to support gallstone pancreatitis treatment.

· University of Iowa - $328,156 to support research that helps prevent and treat

eye diseases and other disorders of vision.

· University of Iowa - $54,082 to support research that helps prevent and treat

eye diseases and other disorders of vision.

· University of Iowa - $531,982 to support research into the causes of common

allergies.

· Iowa State University - $450,433 to support basic biomedical research that is

not targeted to specific diseases.

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