{"648443":{"#nid":"648443","#data":{"type":"news","title":"LaPlaca, Singh Invited to Join NIH Grant Review Panels","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETwo biomedical engineering professors are joining the standing groups of accomplished researchers who review applications for National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.bme.gatech.edu\/bme\/faculty\/Michelle-C.-LaPlaca\u0022\u003EMichelle LaPlaca\u003C\/a\u003E was invited to serve on the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/public.csr.nih.gov\/StudySections\/DNDA\/BDCN\/ANIE\u0022\u003EAcute Neural Injury and Epilepsy Study Section\u003C\/a\u003E, which primarily reviews patient-oriented research into central nervous system injuries caused by concussion, stroke, traumatic brain injury, epilepsy, and spinal cord injury. As a member of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/public.csr.nih.gov\/StudySections\/DBIB\/IMST\/CMT\u0022\u003ECellular and Molecular Technologies Study Section\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.bme.gatech.edu\/bme\/faculty\/Ankur-Singh\u0022\u003EAnkur Singh\u003C\/a\u003E will consider applications focused on developing and applying new methods, tools, and techniques for studying cellular processes. LaPlaca is a professor and Singh is an associate professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;It\u0026rsquo;s truly an honor to serve the NIH. Membership on a study section is a major commitment of professional time and energy as well as a unique opportunity to contribute to the national biomedical research effort,\u0026rdquo; said Singh, who also is a Woodruff Faculty Fellow and a member of the faculty in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe study sections review grant proposals and make recommendations to the agency\u0026rsquo;s national advisory council. Members are selected based on their research accomplishments and demonstrated expertise. Singh said the panels provide great value to biomedical research in the United States.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Service on a study section also requires mature judgment and objectivity as well as the ability to work effectively in a group, which was quite attractive to me,\u0026rdquo; Singh said. \u0026ldquo;I look forward to serving the NIH and the research community in best possible ways.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELaPlaca\u0026rsquo;s work focuses on traumatic brain injury \u0026mdash;\u0026nbsp;understanding injury mechanisms to develop better diagnostics and strategies for protection and repair from neurological trauma.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESingh\u0026rsquo;s research centers on creating biomaterials-based \u0026ldquo;living\u0026rdquo; immune organoids or on-chip tissues that mimic lymph node structure and function with application to infectious diseases, inflammatory diseases, and cancer.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThey\u0026rsquo;ll serve as members of the study sections for a four-year term.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe panels, called study sections, review grant applications and make recommendations to the agency\u0026rsquo;s national advisory council\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The panels, called study sections, review grant applications and make recommendations to the agency\u2019s national advisory council"}],"uid":"27446","created_gmt":"2021-06-29 18:06:41","changed_gmt":"2021-06-29 18:06:41","author":"Joshua Stewart","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2021-06-29T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-06-29T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"648442":{"id":"648442","type":"image","title":"Ankur Singh and Michelle LaPlaca composite","body":null,"created":"1624989675","gmt_created":"2021-06-29 18:01:15","changed":"1624989675","gmt_changed":"2021-06-29 18:01:15","alt":"Ankur Singh, left, and Michelle LaPlaca, faculty members in the Wallace H. 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Coulter Dept. of Biomedical Engineering"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"8664","name":"Michelle LaPlaca"},{"id":"15184","name":"Ankur Singh"},{"id":"2270","name":"National Institutes of Health"},{"id":"249","name":"Biomedical Engineering"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jstewart@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJoshua Stewart\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECommunications\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jstewart@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}