WHITE PLAINS – More than $3.1 million n federal funding over a five-year period has been announced for Burke Medical Research Institute in White Plains. The funding, through the US National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Strikes will be used for a pioneering study of spinal cord injury.
“This grant is a collaboration with a leading imaging group at Cornell University in Ithaca that will allow Dr. Jian Zhong, director of the Molecular Regeneration Laboratory at Burke Medical research Institute, and his colleges here at BMRI to visualize information of spinal circuits as they are happening,” said Dr. Rajiv Ratan, executive director of the Burke Medical Research Institute. “This exciting new potential may be relevant for the repair of the brain and spinal cord not only after spinal injury but also may pave a successful path for treatment of an array of conditions including stroke, Alzheimer’s disease, and traumatic brain injury.”
The grant was announced by Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D, NY-17).
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