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| Wilson Congratulates Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute on Health Funding |
February 02, 2006 |
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Welcomes Nearly $1.2 Million in Federal Support for Lung Research
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Heather Wilson today welcomed nearly $1.2 million in competitive federal grants to Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute for two health research projects in Albuquerque.
The Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute (www.Lrri.gov) is in the process of expanding by about 150 employees. Lovelace Institute employs 70 PhD-level scientists and 330 technicians and support employees in their 450,000-square-foot facility in Albuquerque. The private, non-profit institute depends on grants, contracts and philanthropy to research a broad range of respiratory health problems.
A grant of $659,957 through the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences is focused on biological response to environmental health hazards, specifically entitled Tumor Suppressor Gene Methylation in Lung, and is part of an ongoing 12-year project that will be completed in 2010.
The second grant through the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute also focuses on lung disease research and is for $512,500, funding the first year of a new research effort slated to be completed in 2010.
The federal funding totaling $1,172,457 was authorized by Congress and is through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
“Health care research is one of the keys to better, more affordable care. We want to keep America on the leading edge of health care innovation,” Wilson said.
The University of New Mexico was also awarded a health grant this week of $313,898 through DHHS’s National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke for clinical research on neurological disorders. The federal funding is for the first year of a project scheduled for completion in January of 2011.
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