Andrew Jakymiw, Ph.D., received two grants to fund research

Andrew Jakymiw, Ph.D., a research assistant professor in the oral biology department, recently received two grants to fund research aimed at developing RNA intereference-based therapies for the treatment of oral cancer. In July 2008, he was awarded a three-year, $375,000 new investigator research grant from the Bankhead-Coley Cancer Research Program at the Florida Department of Health. In September 2008, Jakymiw received a National Institutes of Health and National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research award that provides one to two years of mentored support at $97,200 a year, followed by up to three years of independent support contingent on employment.