VTPP Faculty November 2018

• Congratulations to Dr. Charles Long, PI on the recent resubmission of an NIH R21 entitled “Mitochondrial dysfunction alters epigenetic programming in early mammalian embryos through reactive oxygen species (ROS)”
• Congratulations to Dr. Mahsa Zarei, PI on the submission of a new Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Grant entitled “Targeting NR4A2-mediated tumor cell metabolism in pancreatic cancer”
• Congratulations and thank you to all grant submitting VTPP faculty. Please keep up these great efforts! Calendar year 2018, submissions 50. It is incumbent on all VTPP faulty to submit high quality, competitive applications. Not submitting applications guarantees no new funding. Please continue to submit your high quality applications and take advantage of the VTPP review/critique process.
• CVM has targeted 20 new federal NIH/NSF/DOD etc. R01-level awards for the next 3-5 years. VTPP plans to capture 6-8 of these!