Two North Shore-area hospitals will receive part of $17.2 million in state funding to train teams of biomedical researchers, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office announced Thursday.
North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset and Winthrop-University Hospital in Mineola were among the 26 facilities named to participate in the Empire Clinical Research Investigator Program, through which the funding was approved.
“Some of the world’s most exciting and groundbreaking medical discoveries have been made possible by research done in New York medical institutions and laboratories,” Cuomo said in a statement. “This investment will help train the next generation of researchers, helping to ensure that the Empire State remains on the cutting edge of innovation.”
The funding was awarded through 12 Center Awards and 14 Individual awards, for which each facility would sponsor at least one research project.
Since its inception in 2000, the Empire Clinical Research Investor Program has awarded approximately $103 million in research funding.
Center Awards, which North Shore University Hospital received, are worth $1,260,332 over a two-year period and would be used to train a research team of at least six fellows.
Each Center Award winner has also pledged to contribute $200,000 toward these projects.
Winthrop’s Individual Award is worth $150,000 over two years and is meant to train researchers in fields like obesity, diabetes, lupus, kidney transplant, schizophrenia, HPV infection and hearing loss.
State Health Commissioner Howard Zucker said the awards would contribute toward attracting and training researchers “whose work will make great strides in improving the overall health of New York state.”
