Our Research
Top 5 New Awards, FY24
GER / North and Central Florida Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Partnership( NCF- GWEP)
Health Resources and Services Administration( HRSA) Grant / Lisa Granville, M. D./$ 5 million – Developing an age-friendly health system that addresses the 4Ms – medication, mobility, mentation and what matters most – among the geriatric population.
BMS / An Immunodominancebased Pan-Pneumovirus Vaccine for Protection Against RSV and hMPV
National Institutes of Health( NIH) Grant-R01 Transfer / Jarrod Mousa, Ph. D./$ 3.5 million – Development of a novel vaccine that will protect against two closely related viruses – respiratory syncytial virus( RSV) and human metapneumovirus( hMPV) – that cause thousands of deaths and hundreds of thousands of hospitalizations worldwide each year.
BMS / Epitope and Mechanistic Correlates of Broadly Protective Human Antibodies for Pneumococcal Infection
National Institutes of Health( NIH) Grant-R01 Transfer / Jarrod Mousa, Ph. D./$ 2.8 million – Uncovering the reason why Streptococcus pneumoniae, despite two approved vaccines, remains the leading cause of bacterial pneumonia and nearly 1 million deaths yearly worldwide. This research will examine the structural and mechanistic reasons for the vaccines’ lack of efficacy.
BSSM / A Mechanistic and Dyadic Approach to Identify How Interpersonal Conscientiousness Supports Cognitive Health and Lowers Risk of Dementia
National Institutes of Health( NIH) Grant RF-1 / Angelina Sutin, Ph. D./$ 2.3 million – How can the personality trait“ conscientiousness,” which is consistently associated with lower risk of cognitive impairment but is not well understood, help solve the public health crisis that is Alzheimer’ s disease and other dementias? Understanding the mechanisms that explain why conscientiousness is protective could be the key.
Lisa Granville
Jarrod Mousa
Florida State University College of Medicine
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