The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded a $368,800 grant to the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia. The funding will support research focused on Cryptococcal Meningitis (CM), a neurological disorder that mainly affects people with weakened immune systems.
U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) commented on the grant, stating: “Fungal infections that lead to CM primarily impact individuals with compromised immune systems.
“This HHS grant for more than $368,800 helps Virginia Tech conduct clinical research on a neurological disorder.”
The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, an office within HHS, is responsible for this grant. Congressman Griffith currently serves as Chairman of the Health Subcommittee on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Griffith has represented Virginia’s 9th district in Congress since 2011 after replacing Rick Boucher. Before his time in Congress, he served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 2000 to 2010. Born in Philadelphia in 1958, Griffith is now 65 years old and resides in Salem. He graduated from Emory and Henry College with a BA in 1980 and earned his JD from Washington and Lee University in 1983.
