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Rutland Herald Reports Larner’s $10.1M Renewal Grant from NIH for REGARDS Study

October 12, 2024 by Lucy Gardner Carson

(OCTOBER 12, 2024) The Robert Larner, M.D., College of Medicine at the University of Vermont has secured $10.1 million in renewed funding from the National Institutes of Health, to continue its involvement in the REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study.

(OCTOBER 12, 2024) The Robert Larner, M.D., College of Medicine at the University of Vermont has secured $10.1 million in renewed funding from the National Institutes of Health, to continue its involvement in the REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study.

Launched in 2001, REGARDS is a national study that investigates the risk factors contributing to stroke and cognitive disorders, focusing on disparities based on race and geography. UVM’s Laboratory for Clinical Biochemistry Research will continue to process and analyze blood and urine samples from all 20,000 study participants and provide data to study stroke and dementia trends in Black Americans and other high-risk groups.

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