Stanford Medical School nets $6.9M in federal stimulus funding - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

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million in federal economic stimulus Eleven of the newly funded projects hadbeen peer-reviewed and approved but hadn’t receiver money yet. Another six involved supplemental grants toexisting projects. And in one the NIH awarded $500,000 to a researcher to buy two photoh microscopes that will be shared with other laboratories. These projects are the first at the medical school to receivd support under theObama administration’s national stimuluz plan, with additional grants expected down the officials said. “This is a lifesaver,” said Francie Blankenberg, M.D., associate professodr of radiology andof pediatrics, who received $655,000 in stimulus funds.
“It really stabilizes the lab.” Philipp Pizzo, M.D., dean of the School of said the stimulus funding is critical tothe country’s health-care reformn effort because of the linkage betweenj research and medical “After six years of NIH funding that constantlyg lost its value against inflation — with a profoundly negativd impact on our nation’s prized biomedical research enterprisre — the stimulus fundingh is helping to take research off life suppory and breathe new hope for work that we hope will ultimatelh improve the lives of adultw and children,” Pizzo said in the June 16