A total of $148,208 for research and research training in heart and blood vesse; diseases has been appropriated for the next 12 months by the Louisiana Heart Association.
The grants, made for the 1959-60 fiscal year beginning July 1, are twice the association's appropriations for the 1958-59 year.
Dr. Homer J. Dupuy, association president, said the record increase is due to greater public support for the state heart fund and the use of the first installment of a bequest to the association by the late-J. Walter Libby of New Orleans. Aid Grants Largest
A major portion of the funds, $66,323, will be used to support 17 major grants-in-aid to Louisiana scientists*
The appropriation also includes $4*v92.1; to finance research grafts of the American Heart Association; $15,675 to be awarded to four "Libby Research Fellows"; $17,700 for summer fellowships to 27 medical students, and $2588 for col-
lege student grants.
The association's major grant-in-aid award will be $14,500 to Dr. Gerald S. Berenson, and Dr. Arthur F. Fishkin, both of the Louisiana State university school of medicine. The grant is the largest single award ever made by the state association. Dr. Berenson, an associate professor of medicine, and Dr. Fishkin, instructor in biochemistry, will study heart diseases associated with disturbance of connective tissue. .
The grants - in - aid include funds for expenses only. Researchers will receive no personal compensation. Grants at Tulane
Grant-in-aid awards for projects at the Tulane university school of medicine include the following:
Dr. George A. Adrouny, assistant professor of biochemistry, $2250.
Dr. J. B. Gathright Jr., resident in surgery, $2300.
Dr. Albert L. Hyman, assistant professor of clinical
medicine and chief of the cardiac catherization laboratory, $2535.
Dr. Keith Reemtsma, assistant professor of surgery, $4222.
Dr. Robert Ryan, instructor in plastic surgery, $3517.
Dr. Robert J. Schramel, assistant professor of surgery, $2500.
Dr. Charles C. Sprague, associate professor of medicine i and director of the division of hematology, $5300.
Dr. Alan G. C. White, associate professor of biochemistry, $2850. Grants at LSU
Grants for projects at Louisiana State university school of medicine include:
Dr. C. Y. Bowers, assistant professor of medicine, $8221.
Dr. John Moossy, assistant professor of pathology and neurology, $3063. '
Dr. Richard M. Paddison, professor of psychiatry and neurology, $2120.
Dr. Francis A. Puyau, as-sistant professor of pediatrics, $593.
Other grants-in-aid will go to the following:
Dr. John G. Arnold, head of medical technology at Loyola university, $1151.
Dr. Leo G. Horan, chief of Veterans Administration hospital's cardiology s e ct i o n, $4200.
Dr. Philip Pizzolato, assistant chief of VA hospital's clinical laboratory, $3000.
Dr. Richard E. Garth, assistant professor in biological sciences at Northwestern State college, $4000.Grants at LSU
Grants for projects at Louisiana State university school of medicine include:
Dr. C. Y. Bowers, assistant professor of medicine, $8221.
Dr. John Moossy, assistant professor of pathology and neurology, $3063. '
Dr. Richard M. Paddison, professor of psychiatry and neurology, $2120.
Dr. Francis A. Puyau, as-
sistant professor of pediatrics, $593.
