Federal Stimulus Dollars Fund Research at OSU While Encouraging Students to Pursue Health Sciences Research Careers

Central Ohio students, science teachers and researchers at OSU are benefitting from federal stimulus dollars which have been invested in supplementing a standing National Institutes of Health program designed to provide jobs and expose students to health-sciences research career opportunities.  Under the program five Central Ohio science teachers, 23 high school students and 26 college students are working with health sciences researchers on 15 research projects to help clinicians prevent, diagnose and treat chronic conditions such as heart disease, cancer and diabetes. 

“The funding allows us to extend an important educational opportunity to the community, provides income to the participants and accelerates the pace of the research we’re doing,” says Clay Marsh, senior associate vice president for research for OSU’s Office of Health Sciences and vice dean for research in the College of Medicine. 

A total of $21 million stimulus dollars have been dedicated nationwide to support the two-year program which the NIH says promotes job creation and economic development, advances research activities, encourages students to pursue research careers in health-related sciences and gives science teachers valuable research experience. 

For more details, see the story from OSU.