Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.
Ghanshyam Heda, professor of biology at Mississippi University for Women, was awarded a $75,000 grant from the Mississippi Research Alliance to support research on cystic fibrosis. The grant will fund two undergraduate student research opportunities for the upcoming spring and summer semesters, as well as support for a full-time faculty presence during the summer semester.
Fengyuan Huang, a biomedical researcher at Tuskegee University in Alabama, received a $1.2 million grant from the Breast Cancer Research Foundation of Alabama to investigate the link between obesity and breast cancer. Along with other researchers from Tuskegee’s Genomic Research Center, Dr. Huang will investigate the genetic mechanisms that result in breast cancer growth, aiming to reveal more effective and personalized treatment interventions.
The University of Miami Health System received a major gift from Tony and Sandra Tamer to establish the Tamer Institute for Women’s Health within UHealth and the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. The new program will combine clinical excellence, research innovation, and education to deliver seamless, comprehensive patient care across the lifespan, from prevention to complex specialty treatments.
Talladega College in Alabama has been awarded a $50,000 grant from the Women’s Foundation of Alabama to advance women’s economic opportunity through education, workforce preparation, and leadership development. The new funding will support initiatives relating to job skills training and credentialing, housing stability, savings and credit-building efforts, leadership development for women professionals, and business development for women entrepreneurs.