Research institute awards $80K in grants to projects in Charlottesville
Research institute awards $80K in grants to projects in Charlottesville By Patrick Huddleston | March 3, 2021 at 4:14 PM EST - Updated March 3 at 6:48 PM
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - The integrated Translational Health Research Institute of Virginia (iTHRIV) awarded grants this year totaling $80,000 to two community-focused research projects in Charlottesville.
One is a study by Jenny Roe, director of the UVA School of Architecture’s Center of Design and Health. She is partnering with Jefferson Area Board for Aging to study the impact nature experiences could have on seniors’ well-being.
The other program aims at improving access to Medicaid for noncitizen children. This will be studied by Dianne Pappas a pediatrician at UVA Health with help from the Legal Aid Justice Center in Charlottesville.
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The Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) hub partnership between Virginia Tech, the University of Virginia, Carilion Clinic, and Inova Health System has awarded $200,000 in funding to five research projects through the Pilot Translational and Clinical Studies Program.
Multi-institutional teams of scientists, physicians, and engineers will study Parkinson s disease, celiac disease, pediatric heart transplant, pediatric telemedicine, and epilepsy.
Locally, the CTSA partners administer the grants through the integrated Translational Health Research Institute of Virginia (iTHRIV). iTHRIV is funded by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, part of the National Institutes of Health, through award number UL1TR003015.