{"id":61293,"date":"2013-08-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-researchers-awarded-11-4-million-grant-to-continue-study-of-mosquito-borne-illness\/"},"modified":"2013-08-05T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-08-05T00:00:00","slug":"uri-researchers-awarded-11-4-million-grant-to-continue-study-of-mosquito-borne-illness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2013\/08\/uri-researchers-awarded-11-4-million-grant-to-continue-study-of-mosquito-borne-illness\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 researchers awarded $11.4 million grant to continue study of mosquito-borne illness"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tPROVIDENCE, R.I. \u2013 August 5, 2013 \u2013 溏心vlog免费B站 Research Professor Alan Rothman and colleagues in the Institute for Immunology and Informatics have been awarded $11.4 million from the National Institutes of Health for ongoing research on dengue virus, a potentially deadly mosquito-borne disease. <\/p>\n


\nAccording to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than a third of the world\u2019s population lives in areas where transmission of the dengue virus is common. It is a member of the flavivirus family that includes mosquito-borne viruses like West Nile virus, and it\u2019s a major cause of illness and death in the tropics and subtropics, with as many as 100 million people infected yearly and 20,000 deaths.<\/p>\n


\nThe new funding will be dedicated to a combination of field studies and laboratory research. The NIH-funded program began in 1994 with Rothman taking over as program director in 2008. This latest award will provide funding for an additional five years of research. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cThis is tremendously important research that may well have a global impact on the health and well-being of millions of people,\u201d said 溏心vlog免费B站 President David M. Dooley. \u201cIt also demonstrates the vital contributions being made by our life sciences researchers in Providence and their partners in the Knowledge District and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nRothman joined the 溏心vlog免费B站 faculty in 2011 and has been involved in research on immunity and pathogenesis of viral diseases in humans for more than 20 years. He heads the Laboratory of Viral Immunity and Pathogenesis at 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Institute for Immunology and Informatics on the Providence campus. Rothman\u2019s research involves clinical and basic research studies on pathogenesis and immunity of emerging and re-emerging viral infections. <\/p>\n


\nDengue is a significant global public health burden, particularly in resource-poor regions of the world, Rothman said. While the death rate from dengue is less than one percent globally, additional research is necessary to address the high number of new infections that occur each year. <\/p>\n


\nField studies for the project will be conducted by collaborators in Thailand and the Philippines who will look at natural dengue virus transmission in humans. This research will also include collaboration with a phase-three vaccine trial. Laboratory research will take place in the United States, Europe and Asia. <\/p>\n


\nCollaborators are from several American universities including 溏心vlog免费B站, Brown, University of Massachusetts Medical School, University of Buffalo and Upstate Medical University. The United States Army\u2019s Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, the Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences in Bangkok, Thailand, and a Massachusetts-based biotechnology company will also participate in the project. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cThis is a disease that has a significant global impact, so there\u2019s a need — both for people living in endemic countries as well as for travelers to the region — to improve approaches to identify, treat and prevent it,\u201d Rothman said. <\/p>\n


\nWorking alongside Rothman on the project in Rhode Island will be 溏心vlog免费B站 Assistant Research Professor Carey Medin and Jennifer Friedman of Rhode Island Hospital.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cI am pleased 溏心vlog免费B站 has been awarded this federal grant to continue critical research into the origins of the dengue virus and help develop a vaccine. Insect-borne viruses like dengue can be just a plane ride away. This federal funding will hopefully help researchers prevent the spread of the virus in countries where it is endemic and protect Americans,\u201d said Senator Jack Reed, a member of the Appropriations subcommittee that oversees federal funding for NIH programs.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cThis grant is a testament to Rhode Island\u2019s ongoing leadership in cutting-edge medical research,\u201d added Senator Sheldon Whitehouse. \u201cI congratulate Dr. Rothman and his team at 溏心vlog免费B站 for this award, and I look forward to the results of their work to better understand this deadly disease.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\u201cI congratulate 溏心vlog免费B站 Professor Alan Rothman and his colleagues on being awarded more than $11 million in federal grant funding through the National Institutes of Health for the study of dengue virus,\u201d said U.S. Representative David Cicilline. \u201cI look forward to continuing to support cutting-edge research like the kind demonstrated through this study by Professor Rothman.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\u201cCongratulations to Professor Rothman and his colleagues on receiving this grant to enhance and further their key research at the 溏心vlog免费B站,\u201d Governor Lincoln D. Chafee said. \u201cThe strong minds at 溏心vlog免费B站 are one of Rhode Island\u2019s valuable assets, and I am pleased that the National Institutes of Health is making an investment in one of our institutions of higher education and the future of our state.\u201d<\/p>\n

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