The National Institutes of Health

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) supports LightBridge initiatives through its funding of LightBridge’s research. The NIH has approved several LightBridge grant applications for funding by the National Institute of Aging after subjecting them to competitive peer review.

Founded in 1887, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is one of the world's foremost medical research centers and the Federal focal point for medical and nursing research in the United States. The goal of NIH research is to acquire new knowledge to help prevent, detect, diagnose, and treat disease and disability, from the rarest genetic disorder to the common cold. The NIH mission is to uncover new knowledge that will lead to better health for everyone. NIH works toward that mission by: conducting research in its own laboratories; supporting the research of non-Federal scientists in universities, medical schools, hospitals, and research institutions throughout the country and abroad; helping in the training of research investigators; and fostering communication of medical and health sciences information.

This project was supported by grant #2R44AG019996-02A2 from the National Institute on Aging (NIA). The content is solely the responsibility of LightBridge and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NIA or NIH. 

University of Maryland School of Nursing

The University of Maryland School of Nursing (UMSON), which is consistently ranked among the top 10 schools in the nation by U.S. News & World Report, is affiliated and partnered with LightBridge through our joint participation in the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer Research (STTR) Grant Programs at the NIH.

The UMSON has pioneered a variety of innovative educational programs, including the world’s first nursing informatics program and the nation’s first nursing health policy program. More than 20 specialties are offered at the graduate level. The campus is a national leader in health sciences research, with $256 million in grants and contracts during fiscal year 2001. Consistent with the mission of the University of Maryland as a research institution, the School of Nursing is dedicated to creating a research intensive environment that will advance the science of nursing through research and scholarship of the highest quality.

• Named a National Center of Excellence in Women's Health by the US Secretary of Health & Human Services;
  
• Number one in the National Institutes of Health funding for aging research;
  
• The UTHSCSA Dental School is among the world's most productive and most cited research institutions in dentistry, according to a recent international ranking;
  
• UTHSCSA is the only tier one research institute in South Texas;
  
• UTHSCSA's own Dr. Julio Palmaz's "The Palmaz Stent," has been named "one of ten patents that changed the world";
  
• UTHSCSA is conducting the largest study of prostate cancer biomarkers in the nation;
  
• The UTHSCSA liver transplant program is ranked as the 9th largest and most successful in the nation.

Last Modified 07/07/2009