Imtiaz Khan, PhD, professor of microbiology, immunology, and tropical medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, recently received a $2.9 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) at the National Institutes of Health to study the relationship between CD4 dysfunction and cerebral toxoplasmosis.
SMHS Professor Receives $2.9 Million for Research on Cerebral Toxoplasmosis
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