Irvin Receives Inaugural W. Fred Taylor PhD Award for NIH IDeA Contributions

Charles Irvin, Ph.D., professor of medicine and associate dean for faculty affairs at the Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, has received the inaugural W. Fred Taylor PhD Award in recognition of his significant contributions to enhance the impact of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Institutional Development Award (IDeA) Program.

“Dr. Irvin is a pioneer within the IDeA Program. As one of the first recipients of a COBRE (Center of Biomedical Research Excellence) grant in 2000, he showed the IDeA community how the grant could be used over the 15-year funding period to create and sustain a center that continues to conduct cutting-edge research that impacts human health.

The award presentation took place February 24, 2020 at the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR)/Institutional Development Award (IDeA) Coalition and Foundation Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.This award honors the commitment and service of W. Fred Taylor, Ph.D., whose NIH service focused on expanding opportunities for students, faculty and institutions in states and territories that have had historically low levels of NIH funding for biomedical research."

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