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Two researchers representing the University were among the top 10 principal
investigators in their respective federal funding areas in 2000, according to
the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Richard Boucher, Kenan professor of medicine and division head of pulmonary and
critical care medicine at Carolina, was seventh in the list of top-funded basic
research principal investigators. Nobel laureate Stanley Prusiner at the
University of California at San Francisco headed the list. Boucher received
$5.1 million in NIH grant funding for cystic fibrosis research in 2000.
J. Richard Udry, Kenan professor of sociology and professor of maternal and
child health at the School of Public Health, was second in the list of
top-funded clinical, social science principal investigators
(investigator-initiated grants and centers only). Donald Morton of the John
Wayne Cancer Institute headed the list. Udry received $8.4 million in NIH grant
funding for an adolescent health survey in 2000.
The June 15 issue of the journal Science recently published a complete list of
scientists in the upper echelons of federal funding.
Boucher, who also directs the University's Cystic Fibrosis/Pulmonary Research
and Treatment Center, has published more than 300 articles on cystic fibrosis
and gene therapy. He helped develop a gene "knock-out" mouse model for studying
cystic fibrosis experimentally, conducted both animal and human trials of gene
therapy for cystic fibrosis lung disease, and developed novel drugs that are
being tested for the treatment of cystic fibrosis lung disease.
Cystic fibrosis, or CF, is the most common lethal genetic disease in the white
population, affecting one in 3,300 births.
Udry's grant is part of the Carolina-based National Longitudinal Study of
Adolescent Health (Add Health), which made national news with the 1997 research
findings that strong and supportive ties between parents and children help
protect adolescents against a variety of risky behaviors, including substance
abuse, early sexual activity, pregnancy, emotional distress, suicide and
violence.
National Institutes of Health funding for research at the University jumped
more than 20 percent in fiscal 2000, according to new figures released in March
by the federal agency. Carolina faculty received $207 million in NIH funding -
up from $171.3 million in 1999 - ranking 13th overall among private and public
universities nationwide, and up from 14th last year.
Fiscal 2000 overall research funding at Carolina topped the $375 million mark
for contracts and grants awarded for research, teaching and public service - an
increase of 9 percent over the previous fiscal year.
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