In Massachusetts, nine NIH-funded research projects in this year’s $10 million club

 

So far for 2012, the NIH has approved 3,810 grants in Massachusetts – some for new projects, others for familiar, ongoing research centers. The big money is going to genetics, HIV/AIDS and biodefense. Few topped $10 million –according to NIH, the av

erage award amount nationwide was $44,642 for 2011. Among the group – genomics superstar Eric Lander, whose name cam

Here’s a look at the projects that, so far this year, have broken the $10 million mark – and a few that come close.e up during the recent presidential search at MIT and Daniel Kuritzkes at the Brigham, who got a standing ovation at the recent AIDS conference when he annouced findings on two more AIDS patinets who became virus-free after bone marrow transplants.  Also note that Harvard Med School dean Jeffrey Flier is listed as the PI on the grant to the troubled primate research center. Continue reading

World AIDS day in Boston

The Massachusetts Aids Action Committee has a full listing ot World AIDS Day events.

We’ll be reporting from this one:

AIDS @ 30 International Symposium

9am-3pm

Location: Harvard Medical School, Joseph B. Martin Conference Center, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA 02115

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To commemorate the 30th anniversary of AIDS, Harvard University is convening a major international symposium.

Several hundred global health leaders, elected officials, scientists, artists and activists will gather to reflect on what we have learned from AIDS and how to apply those lessons towards ending the epidemic.

The two-day event, hosted by the Harvard School of Public Health, begins on December 1, World AIDS Day 2011.

Registration is required for this event. The General Registration fee is $250, Student Registration is $50.

For more information, please contact Tamera Kingston, Events Coordinator at tkingston@hsph.harvard.edu.