NIH Funds Govind Srimathveeravalli to Develop Pioneering Bladder Reconstruction Technique
INDIA New England News Govind Srimathveeravalli AMHERST, MA–Govind Srimathveeravalli, an assistant professor in the mechanical and industrial engineering (MIE) department and an adjunct professor in the biomedical engineering (BME) department at UMass Amherst, has received a $1,366,330 grant over four years from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. He will pursue a revolutionary technique for tissue-engineering grafts for bladder reconstruction. Such reconstructive surgery is essential to restore urinar...