Biomedical engineer receives NIH Trailblazer grant to advance research on paralysis, brain damage
Imagine harnessing the proliferating power of cancer cells to treat spinal cord injuries and restore function following brain damage. It s an idea that University of Massachusetts Amherst biomedical engineer Chase Cornelison has been exploring in recent years.
Cornelison s research has been deemed so promising that he has earned a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Trailblazer Award. The three-year, $400,000 grant for new and early-stage investigators supports research of high interest to the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Engineering and for which no or minimal preliminary data exists.
UMass Amherst biomedical engineer awarded NIH Trailblazer grant to advance promising research
May 4, 2021
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AMHERST, Mass. – Imagine harnessing the proliferating power of cancer cells to treat spinal cord injuries and restore function following brain damage. It’s an idea that University of Massachusetts Amherst biomedical engineer Chase Cornelison has been exploring in recent years.
Cornelison’s research has been deemed so promising that he has earned a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Trailblazer Award. The three-year, $400,000 grant for new and early-stage investigators supports research of high interest to the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Engineering and for which no or minimal preliminary data exists.
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New community COVID testing site opens at UMass Amherst
Updated Dec 14, 2020;
Posted Dec 14, 2020
The UMass Amherst COVID-19 asymptomatic testing center, shown above as it geared up for the fall semester on campus, is now open to all Massachusetts residents. Testing is free but must be made by appointment online. (Hoang Leon Nguyen / The Republican)
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AMHERST Buoyed by the success of its fall COVID-19 testing program and bolstered by a $5 million state grant, the University of Massachusetts Amherst began expanded asymptomatic testing Monday.
On the first morning of testing, a light wintry mix fell as a steady stream of people arrived at the Mullins Center. But there were no lines and no waiting, and plenty of space between visitors. A single staff member posted outside the entrance guided people to the proper doors in contrast to the opening in August for UMass students and staff only, when several workers were on hand to make sure the process went in an o