𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝
Congratulations to two faculty members in our UTMB John Sealy School of Medicine on their recently announced research funding! 𝐁𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐨𝐧𝐠, 𝐌𝐃, 𝐏𝐡𝐃, Associate Professor in the Department of Pathology; and 𝐘𝐮𝐞𝐣𝐢𝐧 𝐋𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐠, 𝐏𝐡𝐃, Assistant Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, are co-PIs on a new five-year research grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).
This award supports their work on "Pre-clinical studies to repurpose FDA-approved adenosine A2A receptor antagonists for lethal rickettsial infection." Congratulations, Dr. Gong and Dr. Liang!