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Harish Vashisth

UNH's Vashisth Receives $2.1 Million from NIH Aimed at Advancing Therapeutic Discovery

Harish Vashisth, professor of chemical engineering and bioengineering, has been awarded a five-year, $2.1 million Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA) from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The award will support his team’s efforts to develop innovative approaches for designing... Read More

Recent Stories

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    - Record Funding
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