WQOW TV: Eau Claire, WI NEWS18 News, Weather, and SportsUW-Stout gets grant for cutting-edge medical research
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UW-Stout, Menomonie (WQOW) - A professor at UW-Stout is one of few in the state to receive a large grant for cutting-edge medical research.
The university will receive more than $300,000 to fund research about immune systems. The main focus is to combat an airborne fungus that can be deadly to patients with complex health problems.
The fungus has become a leading cause of death in patients with blood cancer and those undergoing bone marrow transplants. The study hopes to reduce the number of infections by gaining a better understanding of how healthy people can fight off the fungus.
"It's an opportunity to move ahead and it's crucial when this money is available to be productive with it. We're excited, we're very hopeful. We have a lot to anticipate about how we'll move ahead and use this money," says Jim Burritt, a biology professor at UW-Stout.
The grant is one of 12,000 grants awarded across the country through the federal stimulus. The grants are expected to create thousands of jobs in the U.S. over the next 2 years.
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