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Site SearchChapel Hill, N.C. — Arjun Deb, a medical doctor and an assistant professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Medicine, is the recipient of a $400,000 award from the Ellison Medical Foundation.
The grant will be spread over four years.
The 2008 New Scholar Award in Aging will support Deb’s research into cardiac stem cells and the role they may play in cardiac system aging. His work focuses on signaling mechanisms that regulate stem cell renewal.
Deb has taught at UNC since 2007.
The Ellison Medical Foundation supports research into aging and age-related diseases and disabilities.
UNC Medicine professor receives $400,000 grant
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