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Drs. Kenneth Brayman, Preeti Chhabra, and Jianjie Ma Receive LaunchPad Diabetes Awards

December 5, 2023 by hma5jn@virginia.edu

Congratulations to Kenneth Brayman, MD, PhD; Preeti Chhabra, PhD; and Jianjie Ma, PhD for receiving 2023 LaunchPad Diabetes Awards. These awards provide $100,000 per year over two years to support translational research projects focused on improving care for patients with diabetes.

Drs. Brayman and Chhabra’s project is titled “Pre-clinical Advancements in Polyclonal IgM Therapeutics: Targeting Type 1 Diabetes“. This is Drs. Brayman and Chhabra’s third LaunchPad grant.

Dr. Ma’s project is titled “Controlling NETosis to Treat Diabetic Wound”. Dr. Ma is the principal investigator along with participating investigators Dr. Shayn Pierce-Cottler and Dr. Scott T. Hollenbeck. This is Dr. Ma’s second LaunchPad grant.