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Vanderbilt med school sees federal research funding increase

FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2014, file photo, visitors walk toward an entrance to The Breakers mansion in Newport, R.I. Preservationists, architects and dozens of members of the Vanderbilt family have taken out an ad in a newspaper in hopes of quashing a plan to build a visitors center at The Breakers estate in Newport. The ad, which ran Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016, in Newport This Week, says the plan would "desecrate The Breakers landscape" and "permanently mar this national symbol of Newport's Gilded Age." (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2014, file photo, visitors walk toward an entrance to The Breakers mansion in Newport, R.I. Preservationists, architects and dozens of members of the Vanderbilt family have taken out an ad in a newspaper in hopes of quashing a plan to build a visitors center at The Breakers estate in Newport. The ad, which ran Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016, in Newport This Week, says the plan would "desecrate The Breakers landscape" and "permanently mar this national symbol of Newport's Gilded Age." (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

By Associated Press 1 min read

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Vanderbilt University says its medical school saw a significant increase in federal funding in 2016 for research.

The School of Medicine says the school’s grants from the National Institutes of Health totaled $161 million in the 2016 fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, compared to $114 million awarded in 2015.

The funding represents 228 unique research grants, including seven that range from $1.6 million to $71.6 million.

The $71.6 million, five-year grant establishes a data and research support center for a study of how genetic, environmental and lifestyle factors affect people’s health.

The second-largest grant awards Vanderbilt $26.5 million over seven years to work with Duke University to improve the efficiency of clinical trials.