{"id":5713,"date":"2011-03-11T03:00:52","date_gmt":"2011-03-11T03:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"[caption id=\"attachment_8614\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-8614\" src=\"http:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/01\/Frazer.jpg\" alt=\"Frazer\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\" \/> <strong>Frazer<\/strong>"},"modified":"2016-04-03T22:23:18","modified_gmt":"2016-04-03T22:23:18","slug":"nih-awards-1-66-million-to-increase-diversity-in-neurosciences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/nih-awards-1-66-million-to-increase-diversity-in-neurosciences\/","title":{"rendered":"NIH awards $1.66 million to increase diversity in neurosciences"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_8614\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8614\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8614\" src=\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/01\/Frazer.jpg\" alt=\"Frazer\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/01\/Frazer.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/01\/Frazer-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/01\/Frazer-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8614\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Frazer<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8616\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8616\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8616\" src=\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/01\/Weiss.jpg\" alt=\"Weiss\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/01\/Weiss.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/01\/Weiss-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/01\/Weiss-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8616\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Weiss<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced the awarding of a $1.66 million grant to the Health Science Center to encourage individuals of diverse backgrounds to seek doctoral degrees in the neurosciences.<\/p>\n<p>Lead investigators on the grant are Alan Frazer, Ph.D., professor and chairman of pharmacology, and David Weiss, Ph.D., dean of the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. 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