Einstein Researchers Receive $100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations Grant for Ground-Breaking Research in Global Health and Development
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 - 17:00
in Mathematics & Economics
Arturo Casadevall, M.D., Ph.D., and Ekaterina Dadachova, Ph.D., of Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have been named winners of Grand Challenges Explorations, a $100 million initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Their project, "Radioimmunotherapy in patients on anti-retroviral therapy for HIV cure," involves using radioimmunotherapy to treat HIV/AIDS. Grants have already been awarded to nearly 500 researchers from over 40 countries. Drs. Casadevall and Dadachova's project is one of more than 85 Grand Challenges Explorations Round 6 grants announced April 28 by the Foundation.