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Yao receives grant for $1.2 million to develop HIV vaccine |
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Friedman honored with prestigious awards |
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Grant to assist patients' families |
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Baylor scientists team with teachers |
Yao receives grant for $1.2 million to develop HIV vaccine
Qizhi (Cathy) Yao, MD, PhD, has been awarded a four-year, $1.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health for development of a more effective HIV vaccine.
Yao is an associate professor in the Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery in the division of vascular surgery and the department of molecular virology and microbiology at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.
Yao’s research has focused on molecular mechanisms and applications of HIV vaccination, development of novel strategies for tumor vaccination and gene therapy for HIV infection, tumor, and vascular disease.
Friedman honored with prestigious awards
Ellen Friedman, MD, a professor of pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine and chief of pediatric otolaryngology at Texas Children’s Hospital, recently received two prestigious awards.
The American Bronchoesophagological Association presented her with the Chevalier Jackson Award for excellence in otolaryngology, and the American Laryngological Association presented her with the Gabriel F. Tucker Award for outstanding contributions in pediatric otolaryngology.
A graduate of Boston University and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, her clinical and research expertise focuses on airway problems and congenital malformations of the head and neck. She holds the Dr. Bobby Alford Chair and Professorship in Pediatric Otolaryngology. She also has served as national president of the American Bronchoesophagological Association and the American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology.
Friedman is the first woman to be honored with either award. She is also the first person to receive these two awards in the same year.
Grant to assist patients’ families
Family members visiting patients at Ben Taub General Hospital’s Medical Intensive Care Unit soon will receive additional support from a grant received by Kalapatha K. Guntapalli, MD, professor of medicine in the section of pulmonology at Baylor College of Medicine and director of Ben Taub’s MICU.
The $100,000 award from Eli Lilly and Company Foundation and the CHEST Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the American College of Chest Physicians, will fund interactive computer programs on illnesses, educational resources in three languages, a newly decorated waiting room and vouchers for lodging, food or transportation.
The Ben Taub site was chosen after a competitive selection process of medical facilities nationwide.
Baylor scientists team with teachers
Houston elementary school science teachers are joining forces with Baylor College of Medicine scientists to improve science teaching and learning in the community.
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute awarded Baylor a grant to support the next four years of the College’s Science Education leadership Fellows program. Baylor was one of 19 institutions nationwide to receive an HHMI grant supporting science education within the community. The total amount awarded for grants nationally was $10 million.
Developed by the Center for Educational Outreach and The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Baylor, the SELF program promotes interaction between Houston Independent School District elementary teachers, Baylor graduate students and postdoctoral fellows through science education improvement teams.
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