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July 9, 2009

ΜμΣι΄«Γ½ endowed professor of pharmacology receives $720,000 in grant funding

The National Cancer Institute recently awarded a $720,000 grant to support the research of a University of Louisiana at Monroe endowed professor of pharmacology.

The award gives Professor Girish Shah, Ph.D., an additional five-year funding period in which to perform his research of calcitonin in prostate growth and neoplasia, and is expected to exceed one million dollars by August 2014.

β€œThe research will help us understand why this cancer spreads to other organs and increase the treatment options for the disease,” said Shah.

β€œΜμΣι΄«Γ½ is fortunate to have the kind of high-caliber faculty and quality of research routinely performed in its College of Pharmacy,” said ΜμΣι΄«Γ½ President James E. Cofer.

Added Interim Dean of the College of Pharmacy Greg Leader, β€œThis NCI award is evidence of the high quality research being conducted in Dr. Shah's Laboratory and in the ΜμΣι΄«Γ½ College of Pharmacy. Dr. Shah and his work are examples of the significant contributions the College and its faculty make to health care and health care research.”

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