Researchers snag grants

Four U.Va. researchers are among the recipients of $825,000 in grants awarded by the Commonwealth Health Research Board to 13 medical and health researchers at public and private colleges across Virginia. U.Va. will receive $275,614.

The U.Va. researchers are Talissa Altes, $81,797, assessing lung microstructure; Klaus Hagspiel, $67,905, developing imaging techniques to assess radiation induced pulmonary injury; Christopher Kramer, $51, 912, imaging atherosclerotic plaque; George Kulik, $40,000, cancer therapy.

The other schools receiving grants are: Eastern Virginia Medical School, James Madison University, Sweet Briar College, Virginia Commonwealth University and Virginia Tech.