DOD's Defense University Research Instrumentation Program Awards VCURES Large Equipment Grant:

VCURES is pleased to announce that its interdisciplinary microcirculatory research team headed by Roland Pittman, PhD, Professor of Physiology and Emergency Medicine has been awarded a DURIP (Defense University Research Instrumentation Program) grant from the ONR (Office of Naval Research) for the amount of $292,294. The purpose of the DURIP is to provide equipment to strengthen or develop new research methodologies to support DOD (Department of Defense) related research. Other members of the team submitting the grant include: R. Wayne Barbee, PhD, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Physiology, Kevin Ward, MD, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Physiology, Rao R. Ivatury, M.D Chair of Trauma Surgery and Professor of Surgery and Emergency Medicine, and James Terner, PhD, Professor of Chemistry.

The VCURES DURIP award will be used to purchase a variety of sophisticated microcirculatory equipment for laboratory and clinical use. These will be used in the development of several unique tissue oxygenation monitors designed by VCURES as well as development of new methods to control tissue oxygen delivery and consumption. This equipment will enable clinicians, basic scientists, and engineers to study many areas of the human microcirculation not previously accessible. Last year VCURES was awarded a similar grant by the DURIP. VCURES has some of the most advanced microcirculatory research capabilities in the world for both clinical and laboratory study. For more information please contact Dr. Barbee at rwbarbee@hsc.vcu.edu.