Medical research advocates to “Rally for Research"
September 19, 2024
Medical research advocates are coming together to raise awareness of the critical need for robust, sustained, and predictable funding increases for the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Participants of today’s Rally for Medical Research Hill Day are urging Congress to continue making NIH funding a national top priority. The day also serves as an opportunity to thank members of Congress for their extraordinary support for the NIH over the last seven years.
As the largest source of public funding for medical research in the world, the NIH supports groundbreaking biomedical and public health research happening at MSU College of Human Medicine.
Jean Kerver, PhD, associate professor of epidemiology and biostatistics received $26 million to continue a long-term study of how exposure to environmental factors during pregnancy and early childhood can impact health for a lifetime.
André Bachmann, PhD, a professor of pediatrics, and Caleb Bupp, MD, a medical geneticist at Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital, received $4M to study a rare genetic disease and related disorders that until recently were unknown.
A $19M grant will fund the new statewide center led by researchers at MSU College of Human Medicine, Henry Ford Health and Corewell Health that studies ways to reduce an alarming number of pregnancy-associated deaths and complications, particularly among Black, Hispanic and rural residents.
The College of Human Medicine Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology ranked number one in funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 2023, according to the new Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research report. The designation reflects the college’s commitment to improving women’s health.
Read about many more projects funded by the NIH here.
Please join us in supporting rally for medical research and keep medical research funding a top priority.