Apr 27 2012
A Rochester, New York, researcher will receive a $263,622 grant to continue his study of injury to brain cell connections (synapses) in multiple sclerosis (MS) through the American Brain Foundation (formerly the American Academy of Neurology Foundation) and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society Clinician-Scientist Development Award.
Matthew Bellizzi, MD, a Fellow in experimental therapeutics and neuroimmunology at the University of Rochester was awarded the fellowship for his work investigating progressive degeneration of the brain in MS patients and in MS models.
The three year award is designed to encourage MS clinical research with the goal of providing better treatment, prevention or cure of the disease.
Source: University of Rochester
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