LSU vet school receives $1.48 million in federal stimulus dollars

The LSU School of Veterinary Medicine received eight grants totaling more than $1.48 million from the National Institutes of Health as part of the American Recovery Act of 2009. Dr. Henrique Cheng, an assistant professor in the Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences received $150,000 for two years; Dr. Marxa L. Figueiredo, an assistant professor in CBS, received $100,000 for two years; Dr. Thomas R. Klei, associate dean for research and advanced studies, received $396,318; Dr. Shulin Li, professor in CBS, received $219,403; Dr. Kevin Macaluso, associate professor in the Department of Pathobiological Sciences, received $108,495; Dr. Arthur Penn, professor of toxicology in CBS, received a sub-award of $39,568; Dr. Jeyseelan Samithamby, assistant professor in PBS, received $293,496; and Dr. Gary E. Wise, professor and head of CBS, and Dr. Shaomian Yao, assistant professor in CBS, received $97,679 for 2009 and $76,145 for 2010. “The grants will help investigators obtain additional grants to grow their research programs,” Klei says. “They will also put outside dollars into the local economy, as a large portion of these funds will be used to pay the salaries of research associates and graduate students.”