Awards
October 12th, 2017
NIH awards Mayo Clinic researchers $3.4 million glioblastoma grant
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded Mayo Clinic researchers in Arizona a $3.4 million grant to study how mathematical modeling can be used to help treat patients with glioblastoma – the most common type of malignant brain cancer. Glioblastomas are made up of many different cell types and tumor cell subtypes. These cells can invade […]
Tags: Arizona, brain cancer, cancer, glioblastoma, Kristin Swanson, mathematical modeling, research
October 4th, 2017
Swimming with sharks nets funding for research projects during the inaugural Kern Scholar Shark Tank
The Mayo Clinic Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery Kern Health Care Delivery Scholars Program held an inaugural Shark Tank–like event, October 2, 2017. The event launched the bi-annual scholar retreat, incorporated into the opening social gathering. These social gatherings provide an opportunity for Kern Scholars Program […]
Tags: Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, health care delivery, Kern Center, Kern Health Care Delivery Scholars, Kern Scholars, Mayo Clinic Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, shark tank
October 3rd, 2017
Alzheimer’s Researcher Receives MERIT Award
Neuroscientist Guojun Bu, Ph.D., Mary Lowell Leary Professor of Medicine, on Mayo Clinic’s campus in Florida, has been selected to receive the prestigious Method to Extend Research in Time (MERIT) Award. Granted by the National Advisory Council on Aging, the award provides long-term research funding to outstanding principal investigators who have demonstrated success on projects […]
Tags: Alzheimer's disease, amyloid, APOE, dr. guojun bu, Dr. Tushar Patel, Florida, Florida research, National Advisory Council on Aging, National Institute on Aging, NIA, NIH, research
May 1st, 2017
The American College of Cardiology awarded Xiaoxi Yao, Ph.D., the 2017 Young Investigator Award in Outcomes Research for her research on, “A Comparison of Kidney Function Decline in Atrial Fibrillation Patients Treated With Non-Vitamin K Antagonist Oral Anticoagulants or Warfarin.” The award was presented during the convocation ceremony on March 19 during the College’s 66th Annual Scientific Session […]
April 26th, 2017
Five Mayo Clinic investigators were selected to receive 2017 Education and Biobusiness/Biotechnology Awards from Regenerative Medicine Minnesota. Regenerative Medicine Minnesota is a joint venture between the University of Minnesota and Mayo Clinic, and funded by the Minnesota Legislature, with the goal of distributing millions of dollars to advance regenerative medicine in the state through research, education, healthcare, […]
Tags: awards, grants, Mayo Clinic research, regenerative medicine, Regenerative Medicine Minnesota, stem cells, University of Minnesota
March 20th, 2017
Nathan LeBrasseur, Ph.D., receives Director’s Award
The Mayo Clinic Robert and Arlene Kogod Center on Aging is pleased to announce that Nathan LeBrasseur, Ph.D., has received the 2016 Director’s Award for his work as a researcher and program director of the Healthy Aging and Independent Living (HAIL) program. The Director’s Award is presented to investigators who show achievement in the following […]
Tags: aging, awards, Director's Award, Dr. Nathan LeBrasseur, Kogod Center on Aging
February 16th, 2017
Yale and Mayo Clinic collaborate to further regulatory science
Author Kevin Lin, Yale Daily News staff Funded by a United States Food and Drug Administration grant of up to $6.7 million over two years, Yale and Mayo Clinic are establishing a Center of Excellence in Regulatory Science and Innovation to advance regulatory science by developing tools to measure the safety and efficacy of FDA-regulated […]
Tags: cersi, health care delivery, regulatory science, yale
February 10th, 2017
Mayo Clinic physician-researchers honored by national society
By Bob Nellis 
Two Mayo Clinic researchers have been named to the American Society for Clinical Investigation, bringing the total Mayo membership in the honorary society of physician-scientists to 39. Liewei Wang, M.D., Ph.D., a pharmacologist, and Martin Fernandez-Zapico, M.D., a pancreatic cancer biologist, were named to the society from several hundred nominees nationally. The society has 3,000 […]
November 9th, 2015
Mayo Rheumatologist Dr. Timothy Niewold Recognized for Achievements in Lupus Research
By Bob Nellis
Mayo Clinic rheumatologist Dr. Timothy Niewold has received the Lupus Foundation of America’s Mary Betty Stevens Young Investigator Prize for his research on the autoimmune disease lupus. Dr. Niewold accepted his award Nov. 8 at a reception held by the foundation to coincide with the American College of Rheumatology’s annual scientific meeting in San Francisco. […]
Tags: American College of Rheumatology, Lupus, Lupus Foundation of America, rheumatology, Timothy Niewold
August 18th, 2015
Translating Ideas into Practice – Transformational funding awards
Mayo Clinic joined a unique group recently, with the announcement of the Patient-Center Outcomes Research Institute’s expansion of PCORnet. Read news release. A large collaborative initiative, PCORnet is designed to link researchers, patient communities, clinicians, and health systems in productive research partnerships that leverage the power of large volumes of health data maintained by the […]
Tags: CCaTS, health care delivery, Kern Center, LHSNet, patient-centered, PCORI, research funding