Funding in aging and age-related disease has increased from 9 million to more
than 15 million dollars since 2001, when Dr. Granholm became the director for
the Center on Aging.
This increase is due in part to recruitment of new faculty, and in part to more focus on aging by existing faculty. In 2002 the Center on Aging recruited two highly qualified and productive faculty to the field, Dr. Mark Kindy (with a focus on stroke and Alzheimer's disease), and Dr. Kumar Sambamurti (with a focus on Alzheimer's disease and amyloid processing) from the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging and the Mayo Clinic, respectively.
As seen in the charts below, the proportion of NIH funding versus other agencies/foundations and clinical trials has increased significantly. This suggests that the quality and focus of age-related research has increased during the last few years at MUSC. If pending grants are funded, age-related research will be funded at more than 18.5 million dollars in 2004, making us one of the most well funded areas at MUSC.
This grant period (June 1), we submitted one program project grant (PO1) and one center grant (Alzheimer Disease Research Center, ADRC, grant) proposal to the National Institutes on Aging. This was a major collaborative effort between several colleges and many departments, and it was organized by the Center on Aging. With these research proposals, the ultimate purpose of the Center on Aging as a research enterprise and resource for age-related research has been implemented.
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