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The A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute supports some of today’s most aggressive medical science researchers with three-year grants that they use to fund their laboratories and scientific investigations.  Our current roster includes eight Taubman Scholars, four Emerging Scholars and four senior Taubman Scholars in their second round of funding.

The Taubman Scholars

The Taubman Scholars are senior level scientists at the University of Michigan Medical School, who are doing discovery-driven research.

Their laboratory teams are working to combat a wide array of diseases: childhood and adult cancer, diabetes, ALS, cardiovascular disease, hearing loss, diabetes and many other debilitating diseases.

Scholars also serve as advocates for research by taking part in U-M efforts to educate the public about the importance of biomedical research and the need to provide support for scientific study.

Nicholas Boulis, M.D.
Frank C. Brosius III, M.D.
Charles F. Burant, M.D., Ph.D.
Arul M. Chinnaiyan, M.D., Ph.D.
Thomas Gardner, M.D., M.S.
David Ginsburg, M.D.
Theodore Lawrence, M.D., Ph.D.
Kenneth J. Pienta, M.D.

Senior Taubman Scholars

Through the progress of their research and their public stewardship of the cause of medical science, these former Taubman Scholars have earned renewed funding.

Valerie P. Castle, M.D.
Eva L. Feldman, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.A.N.
David J. Pinsky, M.D.
Max S. Wicha, M.D.

Emerging Taubman Scholars

The Emerging Scholars Program provides support for clinician scientists on the U-M faculty who are in the early stages of their research careers.

There is a pressing need in the scientific community to do more to support early-career researchers who are increasingly choosing to leave the laboratory. We are at risk of losing the next generation of our best and brightest scientists.

The Emerging Scholars Program offers an opportunity for them to establish their credentials in order to secure traditional funding in the future.

Ronald J. Buckanovich, M.D., Ph.D.
James Dowling, M.D., Ph.D.
Johann E. Gudjonsson, M.D., Ph.D.
Erika A. Newman, M.D.

 

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Discovery-driven research that matters

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Four Taubman Scholars to share in $3.5 million diabetes grant

Kidney damage, loss of vision and mobility-limiting nerve damage are among the most dreaded side effects of diabetes, an illness affecting nearly 26 million adults and children in the United States.

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New Rayner Fund gives $1 million boost to ALS research

Taubman Institute director Eva Feldman, M.D., Ph.D., and three other Taubman Scholars are among the U-M researchers to share in a $3.5 million grant to study the complications of diabetes.

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Collaboration outside the laboratory

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In addition to supporting scientists and their research, the Taubman Institute has developed programs to foster collaboration outside the laboratory.  Taubman Talks and our new Visiting Professor lecture series are two ways we share the latest in scientific discoveries with colleagues, the campus and the community.

Taubman Talks

One of the cornerstones of the Taubman Institute is a collaborative environment, where the exchange of ideas and creative interaction across disciplines are vigorously promoted.

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Visiting Professor Lecture Series

The Taubman Institute inaugurated a monthly Visiting Professors series Wednesday, Sept. 21, with a presentation by noted Alzheimer’s expert, Dr. Gary Landreth...

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In this video feature, Taubman Scholars explain why funding for high-risk research is so important to their work and to the discovery of promising cures and treatments.  

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