The July 2020 issue of Kudos, the newsletter for the Division of Biology and Medicine at Brown, recognized Department faculty who received research awards.

Jeffrey A. Bailey, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, received $40,250  for “Age-associated development of antibody-mediated cytotoxic immunity to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 Disease.” The grant is a subaward through the University of Massachusetts Medical School from the Massachusetts Consortium on Pathogen Readiness. 

Kim Boekelheide, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, received $500,000 for “Implementation of a Human Liver Two-Compartment Metabolizing System” from Unilever.

Alexander Brodsky, Pathology, RIH, received $573,040 for “Collagen Variants Sensitize Stomach Tumors to Therapeutics” from the Department of Defense. 

Jonathan D. Kurtis, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, received $134,493 for “One Health Vaccine Development for Bovine and Human Schistosomiasis, a Research Supplement to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research” for Amanda Ruiz from National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD).

Shaolei Lu, Pathology, TMH, received $79,650 for “COVID-19 Antibody Surveillance Research Support” from the Rhode Island Department of Health.