by Stanford Medicine on June 13, 2020 1:30 pm<\/p>\n
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) has awarded $1.49 million to research projects involving Stanford Medicine scientists who will investigate emerging ideas about the role of inflammationin disease. The grants will be awarded over a two-year period.<\/p>\n
Ami Bhatt is one of the researchers on the Analyzing how inflammation affects the aging brain project that will be receiving funds from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. (Courtesy Stanford Medicine)<\/p>\n
CZI is a philanthropic organization established byFacebookfounder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, in 2015.<\/p>\n
Following are short descriptions of the projects, their funding amounts and the names of their investigators (lead investigators are listed first):<\/p>\n
Analyzing how inflammation affects the aging brain ($525,000): ANNE BRUNET, professor of genetics; AMI BHATT, assistant professor of genetics and of hematology; CHRIS GARCIA, professor of structural biology and of molecular and cellular physiology.<\/p>\n
Imaging gut immune cells and microbes to understand health and disease($300,000): LUCY ERIN OBRIEN, assistant professor of molecular and cellular and biology; KC HUANG, professor of bioengineering and of microbiology and immunology.<\/p>\n
Studying vascular disease in black and Hispanic patients ($525,000): JOSEPH WU, professor of cardiovascular medicine and director of the Stanford Cardiovascular Institute; ELSIE GYANG ROSS, assistant professor of vascular surgery and of biomedical informatics research; and PHILIP TSAO, professor of cardiovascular medicine.<\/p>\n
Understanding how stress and social disparity affect preterm birth ($140,000): Jingjing Li, assistant professor of neurology (UCSF); GARY SHAW, professor of pediatrics; and DAVID K. STEVENSON, professor of pediatrics.<\/p>\n
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