by Playfuls Staff |
24th April 2007
A U.S. scientist developing methods for regenerating blood vessels damaged by secondhand tobacco smoke has [more] received an award valued at up to $450,000.
Feng Zhao, a postdoctoral researcher in the Florida A&M University-Florida State University College of Engineering said the award from the Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute will help her pursue new scientific approaches.
The award, which supports young scientists as they move into independent research careers, will provide Zhao with two years of fellowship support at the rate of $75,000 per year. If she obtains a university faculty appointment during that time, she'll be eligible to receive up to three years of additional funding at $100,000 annually.
Zhao's main area of research is tissue engineering -- the creation of synthetic or natural materials that can be used to replace part of a living system or to function alongside living tissue within the human body. For the project being funded by FAMRI, she is focused on addressing cardiovascular diseases caused by secondhand smoke.
Zhao will officially receive the award in Miami next month during FAMRI's Sixth Scientific Symposium.
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