2024 Weil Institute Grand Challenges award more than $1 million to propel high-risk, high-reward research

The Kahn Pediatric Critical Care and Massey TBI Grand Challenge programs funded 10 multidisciplinary teams in 2024.

Events, General Announcement, Neurological CareKate MurphyJune 25, 2024Massey TBI Grand Challenge, Kahn Pediatric Critical Care Grand Challenge, Grant, Featured Research Project

Weil Institute team receives $1.2M DURIP equipment grant to propel translational research in brain injury

Investigators at Michigan Medicine will soon have access to cutting-edge microscopy and monitoring devices not available in many labs.

General Announcement, Neurological CareKate MurphyFebruary 26, 2024Joseph Wider, Thomas Sanderson, Hakam Tiba, Department of Defense, Office of Naval Research, Grant, DURIP, Featured Research Project

Department of Defense awards Weil Institute investigators $750,000 to rewrite the rules for traumatic brain injury

Research will provide answers to long-awaited questions about therapeutic potential and deliver proof-of-principle data to test other therapies for TBI.

Neurological Care, Trauma, General AnnouncementKate MurphyJune 30, 2023Grant, Award Announcement, Department of Defense, Massey, Massey TBI Grand Challenge, Featured Research Project

Weil Institute member lands major Innovation Challenge victory

Dr. Daniel Ehrmann credits Weil Institute Grand Challenge for helping to fuel his project’s success.

General Announcement, Cardiovascular CareKate MurphyJune 28, 2023Grant, Kahn Pediatric Critical Care Grand Challenge, Featured Research Project

Four Midwest centers unite to advance novel therapeutics

Weil Institute members form regional consortium to study critical illness syndromes and empower future research efforts.

General Announcement, SepsisKate MurphyJune 20, 2023Robert Dickson, ARDS, Sepsis and Multi-Organ Failure, Pneumonia, Grant, Featured Research Project

Weil Institute to offer aims page reviews for members

The new service will give Institute members insight into how grant reviewers may interpret their proposal’s aims page, enabling them to respond to feedback proactively before the official submission.

Proposal Development Unit, General AnnouncementKate MurphyJanuary 27, 2023Proposal Development Unit, Grant

Weil Institute and Michigan Medicine awarded $1.15M grant to develop preclinical model of brain injury following cardiac arrest

The team will develop and validate a large animal model of cardiac arrest with resultant severe brain injury to translate new neuroprotective therapies.

Cardiovascular Care, Animal Lab, Critical Care Lab, Neurological Care, Proposal Development UnitKate MurphyMay 24, 2022Cardiac Emergencies, Proposal Development Unit, Pre-Clinical Operative and Intensive Care Unit, Grant

Weil Institute associate director & team awarded grant to develop treatment strategy for central-line associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs)

Treating CLABSIs frequently involves removing and replacing the central line, but a new strategy could mitigate the need for this risky process.

Sepsis, Critical Care Life Sup...Kate MurphyMay 24, 2022Sepsis and Multi-Organ Failure, Grant, Associate Director, Scott VanEpps

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