UMass Chan brain research center granted $6M
New England Council member University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School has received a $6-million grant to fund its biomedical technology center and brain research. This center, namely ReproNim: A Center for Reproducible Neuroimaging Computation, is aimed to provide the tools in data management and analysis that are necessary for reproducing neuroimaging research.
This five-year grant renewal was gifted to David Kennedy, a Ph.D. and neuroinformatics expert at UMass Chan Medical, by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering. With this funding, Kennedy plans for ReproNim to help “overcome technical and practical barriers” of “sharing of raw data, analytic software and results.” By sharing these data and results and aiding in their reproducibility, ReproNim can help to increase the understanding of mental illnesses and neurodevelopmental disabilities like schizophrenia and autism.
The New England Council applauds the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School for its work to make advances in neuroscience.
Read more in the Worcester Business Journal.