U.S. Department of Defense Awards ThreeScleroderma Research Awards

I mid-January, 2011, the Department of Defense announced the awardees for the Peer-Reviewed Medical Research Program. Three scleroderma researchers have been awarded funds.

The investigators are Michael Whitfield, Dartmouth College; Elizabeth Blankenhorn, Drexel University; and Stanley Hoffman, Medical College of South Carolina.

The final funding amounts have not yet been announced. However, in general, investigators receive approximately $750,000 over a three-year period.

More details will be available in the coming weeks.