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Stempel College receives $6.6M to study Parkinson’s disease
The NIEHS has awarded professor Kim Tieu a $6.6 million grant to study how brain cells die in Parkinson’s disease and to develop effective drug therapies for this brain condition.
Jun 25, 2019
$1.5 million grant readies doctoral students for research
FIU is launching a transdisciplinary biomolecular and biomedical sciences training program for doctoral students thanks to a $1.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.
Jun 4, 2019

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Researchers intent on ending health disparities, elevating minorities and vulnerable communities
Faculty and students at the Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work are conducting transformative research and working firsthand with communities in need to reduce health inequities.
May 18, 2021
Team awarded $15M by DARPA to develop skin microbiome-based mosquito repellent
Ginkgo Bioworks, Azitra, Inc. , FIU and Latham BioPharm Group (LBG) have been awarded a contract by the Defense Advanced ...
December 17, 2020
Scientists discover how mosquitoes zero in on our sweat
A team of researchers from FIU’s Laboratory of Tropical Genetics has identified a unique olfactory receptor.
March 28, 2019