{"id":1283740,"date":"2023-12-19T16:30:20","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T22:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1283740"},"modified":"2023-12-20T16:37:11","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T22:37:11","slug":"ut-tyler-gets-cystic-fibrosis-research-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1283740","title":{"rendered":"UT Tyler gets cystic fibrosis research grant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1283741\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/12\/Dr.-Srivastava-CF-Grant-156x175.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"156\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/12\/Dr.-Srivastava-CF-Grant-156x175.jpg 156w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/12\/Dr.-Srivastava-CF-Grant-312x350.jpg 312w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/12\/Dr.-Srivastava-CF-Grant.jpg 366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 156px) 100vw, 156px\" \/>TYLER \u00e2\u20ac\u201c The University of Texas at Tyler received a $300,000 grant from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation for lab research. According to our news partner KETK, the research is going to be headed by Dr. Shashikant Srivastava, a tenured associate professor for the department of medicine and the department of cellular and molecular biology at UT Tyler School of Medicine.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Torry Tucker, associate dean for research at UT Tyler School of Medicine said in a statement released from the university, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Cystic fibrosis is a challenging condition, and with this funding, Dr. Srivastava\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s work will provide new research opportunities and offer hope to those affected by this disease. We are excited about the potential impact his research can have on the field of cystic fibrosis and the lives of patients.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Srivastava received his Master of Science and PhD in environmental science from Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University in India, served as an assistant professor at both UT Southwestern Medical Center and Baylor Institute Immunology Research for seven years. Dr. Srivastava has been a UT Tyler faculty member since 2020 .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TYLER \u00e2\u20ac\u201c The University of Texas at Tyler received a $300,000 grant from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation for lab research. According to our news partner KETK, the research is going to be headed by Dr. Shashikant Srivastava, a tenured associate professor for the department of medicine and the department of cellular and molecular biology at &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1283740\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">UT Tyler gets cystic fibrosis research grant<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":1283751,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/12\/Dr.-Srivastava-CF-Grant-156x175.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"UT Tyler gets cystic fibrosis research grant","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1283740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-15 23:18:54","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/12\/Dr.-Srivastava-CF-Grant-156x175.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"UT Tyler gets cystic fibrosis research grant","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1283740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1283740"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1283740\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1283887,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1283740\/revisions\/1283887"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1283751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1283740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1283740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1283740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}