Jump to full article: Redlands (CA) Daily Facts, 2002-10-26
Intro: Dr. Linda Hyder Ferry of Yucaipa, a physician who works at the Loma Linda University School of Medicine and School of Public Health, has been awarded a major grant by the National Institutes of Health in Washington, D.C.
Ferry, a preventive medicine and family practice physician who specializes in treatment of tobacco addiction at the Jerry L. Pettis Memorial Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Loma Linda, was one of 11 principal investigators selected for the first International Tobacco and Health Research Capacity Building Program awards by the Fogarty International Center and eight partners of the National Institutes of Health.
The grants were awarded "to combat the growing incidence of tobacco-caused illnesses and death in the developing world," according to the official NIH announcement. The "Asian Leadership Tobacco Control" project of LLU will train more than 30 health professionals in Southeast Asia to conduct research and implement government tobacco-control strategies to prevent thousands of tobacco-related deaths. . .
The Pacific Rim nations of Cambodia and Laos will be the direct recipients of the grant
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