Dr. Tiarney Ritchwood among Three Duke Scientists Awarded NIH Grants for High-Risk, High-Reward Research

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded grants to three Duke University School of Medicine faculty members through the NIH Common Fund’s High-Risk, High-Reward Research program. The research of Josh Huang, PhD; Tiarney Ritchwood, PhD; and Clare Smith, PhD, will be supported through the program, which funds highly innovative and broadly impactful biomedical or behavioral research by exceptionally creative scientists. The NIH awarded 106 grants totaling approximately $329 million over five years, pending availability of funds.

Ritchwood, an assistant professor in family medicine and community health, received a New Innovator Award. The primary objective of her research project is to leverage socially innovative methods to identify exceptional ideas that promote COVID-19 testing and encourage the public to adopt health-promotive behaviors. 

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