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Wayne State Medical Schools Receives Major Grant

Friday, February 15, 2012

The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development of the National Institutes of Health has awarded the University a second 10-year contract to continue housing the Perinatology Research Branch. Dr. Valerie Parisi is the Dean of the Wayne State School of Medicine. She spoke with WDET's Pat Batcheller about the $166-million grant.

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