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Funded Project Details - FY2023




Project Number:

IK6BX004214-01
Title: BLRD Research Career Scientist Award Application
Principal Investigator:

Paula C. Bickford

Location: Tampa, FL
Congressional District Code: 14
Research Service: Biomedical Laboratory R&D
Project Period: April 2018 - March 2025
FY 2023 Funding Amount: $241,779
Total Award Amount
(all years):
$1,610,593
Abstract: View full abstract and other project information on NIH RePORTER
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Excerpt:

Dr. Paula C. Bickford is currently a Senior Research Career Scientist at the James A. Haley VA Hospital in Tampa, FL. She continues to be a productive and collaborative VA scientist. Her research focus is in the area of aging and neurodegenerative disease, specifically with a focus on the innate immune system and how aging interacts with the innate immune system and how this then impacts normal cognitive aging and the progression of many neurogedenerative diseases. It is now well established tha...



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