The Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute said today it has received a five-year grant renewal, worth more than $21 million through 2015, from the National Cancer Institute. The renewal represents a 21 percent budget increase over the prior grant, the institute said. “The significant budget increase we received is a tremendous honor and a reflection of the hard work and dedication by faculty and staff,” said Kristiina Vuory, the president of the San Diego-based institute, in a statement.
Author: Luke Timmerman
Luke is an award-winning journalist specializing in life sciences. He has served as national biotechnology editor for Xconomy and national biotechnology reporter for Bloomberg News. Luke got started covering life sciences at The Seattle Times, where he was the lead reporter on an investigation of doctors who leaked confidential information about clinical trials to investors. The story won the Scripps Howard National Journalism Award and several other national prizes. Luke holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and during the 2005-2006 academic year, he was a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT.
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