{"id":979,"date":"2019-07-11T11:58:13","date_gmt":"2019-07-11T15:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/bims\/?p=979"},"modified":"2022-07-06T14:45:07","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T18:45:07","slug":"kipnis-receives-prestigious-nih-directors-pioneer-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/bims\/kipnis-receives-prestigious-nih-directors-pioneer-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Kipnis Receives Prestigious NIH Director\u2019s Pioneer Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-479\" src=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/bims\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/390\/2019\/07\/Kipnis_10022018_sm-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Jonathan Kipnis\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/bims\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/390\/2019\/07\/Kipnis_10022018_sm-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/bims\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/390\/2019\/07\/Kipnis_10022018_sm-150x150-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/bims\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/390\/2019\/07\/Kipnis_10022018_sm-150x150-70x70.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Jonathan Kipnis, PhD, a School of Medicine neuroscientist who is transforming our understanding of the brain\u2019s relationship to the immune system has been awarded the prestigious Director\u2019s Pioneer Award from the National Institutes of Health.<\/p>\n<p>As chairman of UVA\u2019s Department of Neuroscience and director of its Center for Brain Immunology and Glia (BIG), Kipnis will receive more than $5.6 million in research funding over five years as part of the award.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jonathan Kipnis, PhD, a School of Medicine neuroscientist who is transforming our understanding of the brain\u2019s relationship to the immune system has been awarded the prestigious Director\u2019s Pioneer Award from the National Institutes of Health. 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