Health & Fitness
$428,052 in Federal Funding for New York Medical College
The funds will go towards research into sleep and sleep disorders.
From NY Med College: Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY17/Rockland-Westchester), Ranking Member on the House Appropriations Committee, today announced that the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke has awarded a $428,052 federal grant to New York Medical College for research into sleep and sleep disorders.
“New York Medical College is a leading biomedical research institution, and these federal funds will help advance its groundbreaking research,” said Congresswoman Lowey. “I will continue my work as Ranking Member on the House Appropriations Committee to secure greater funding for medical research institutions, so that they can help Americans live longer, healthier lives.”
“My research is focused on understanding brain mechanisms of sleep and sleep disorders,” said Dr. Christopher Leonard, Interim Chair and Professor of Physiology at NYMC. “This work will help reveal how the loss of critical neuropeptides produces the sleep disorder narcolepsy and how they regulate appetite, stress, motivation and mood. Understanding these mechanisms is an important step toward developing new therapies to improve these vital brain functions. I thank Congresswoman Lowey for her unwavering leadership in support of biomedical research and its quest to improve our health by developing new knowledge and therapies.”
As the highest-ranking Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, Congresswoman Lowey was instrumental in securing a $3 billion increase in federal funding for NIH as part of the Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2018. The $3 billion, or 8.8%, increase from the FY2017 enacted level is the largest increase in NIH funding in 15 years.
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