Jin-Moo Lee, MD, PhD, the Andrew B. & Gretchen P. Jones Professor of Neurology and head of the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis Department of Neurology , and Jeffrey R. Millman, PhD, a professor of medicine at WashU Medicine and of biomedical engineering, have each been selected as recipients of the prestigious Dr. Ralph and Marian Falk Medical Research Trust Catalyst Award. The award supports high-risk, high-reward research that addresses critical therapeutic challenges and can be translated into clinical practice in the near term.
Millman will use Catalyst funding to explore the fundamental biology that drives human pancreatic cell development and function, with potential implications for treating diabetes.
Lee’s award will support continued work with Eric Leuthardt, MD, the Shi H. Huang Professor of Neurological Surgery, to study the use of vagus nerve stimulation to reduce brain inflammation and injury after stroke.
Read more on the Department of Medicine and Department of Neurology websites.
