Eleni Tzima, Ph.D., assistant professor of cell and molecular physiology in the UNC School of Medicine, has been named a 2007 Ellison Medical Foundation New Scholar. The award provides $200,000 over four years in support of research on the role of blood flow in cardiovascular disease, primarily among the elderly.
Eleni Tzima, Ph.D., assistant professor of cell and molecular physiology in the UNC School of Medicine, has been named a 2007 Ellison Medical Foundation New Scholar. The award provides $200,000 over four years in support of research on the role of blood flow in cardiovascular disease, primarily among the elderly.
The Ellison Foundation New Scholars award supports exceptional young faculty who are nominated by U.S. medical institutions and universities for their outstanding promise in aging research. Co-recruited with the Carolina Cardiovascular Biology Center, Tzima came to UNC in October 2005.
School of Medicine contact: Stephanie Crayton, (919) 966-2860 or scrayton@unch.unc.edu