Pulmonologist and critical care intensivist, Robert Blount, MD, MAS, has been awarded $50,000 through the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital’s Catalyst Pediatric Research Opportunities Fund (formerly known as the Children’s Miracle Network Fund, or CMN Fund), the highest amount that could be awarded, to study the effects of per- and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) on […]
Greta Becker, a second-year medical student, received a Grants for Emerging Researcher/Clinical Mentorship (G.E.R.M.) from the Infectious Diseases Society of America Foundation (IDSA) and the HIV Medicine Association. Under the supervision of Robert Blount, MD, assistant professor in Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Occupational Medicine, Becker will use the funds from this grant to examine the […]
Robert Blount, MD, MAS, Assistant Professor in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Occupational Medicine, received a one-year $40,000 pilot grant from the Environmental Health Sciences Research Center (EHSRC). EHSRC funds and assists health professionals who have dedicated research targeted toward advancing knowledge of environmental health. Dr. Blount plans to use these funds to […]