{"693470":{"#nid":"693470","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Susan Napier Thomas Earns Georgia Life Sciences Deal of the Year Award","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/thomas\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESusan Napier Thomas\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, Woodruff Professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/me.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E and the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bioresearch.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EParker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB)\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, received a Golden Helix Deal of the Year Award from Georgia Life Sciences for the Healthy Ameliorated Lymphatics (HEAL) project. 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