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UH researchers win top prize for research with humanitarian applications
Date:8/19/2008

lution-based research projects in three categories: humanitarian impact, business application and entrepreneurialism. The winner in each category receives $50,000 or can make a charitable donation to an organization of his or her choice.

The UH team conducted its research with funding from the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate, the Texas Learning and Computation Center, and the Keck Center Biomedical Discovery Training Program of the Gulf Coast Consortia.


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Contact: Lisa Merkl
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713-743-8192
University of Houston
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