Rong Fang, MD, PhD, MS, Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, JSSOM: new two-year National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases exploratory research grant award: "Identification of diagnostic biomarkers for flea-borne typhus"
Ajay Israni, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, JSSOM: new National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases transfer research grant award for "Gut Microbiota and Effect on Immune Suppressants in Transplantation"
Shinji Makino, DVM, PhD, Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, JSSOM: new five-year National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases research grant award: "Investigation of RNA packaging in Rift Valley fever virus"
Juan Rojo, PhD, MLS(ASCP)cmMBcm, Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, SHP: new two-year National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases research grant award: "Development of a latex-agglutination assay for the rapid detection of Naegleria fowleri"