National Institute of Health Archives

October 3, 2023 Van Andel Institute scientist awarded $2.9 million to tackle insulin resistance, a driver of Type 2 diabetes

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (October 3, 2023) — Van Andel Institute’s Nick Burton, Ph.D., has earned a five-year, nearly $2.9 million New Innovator Award from the National…

September 28, 2023 Van Andel Institute chief scientist earns $7.9 million Outstanding Investigator Award to support cancer research

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (September 28, 2023) — Van Andel Institute Chief Scientific Officer Peter A. Jones, Ph.D., D.Sc. (hon), has received a seven-year, nearly…

November 4, 2015 TCGA findings provide molecular background for second most common kidney cancer

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Nov. 5, 2015)—Scientists with The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), a National Institutes of Health-funded project, have…

October 28, 2015 NIH selects Van Andel Research Institute’s Biorepository as an integral player in large-scale cancer study

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Oct. 29, 2015)—Van Andel Research Institute’s (VARI) Biorepository has been selected as a Biospecimen Core Resource by the National…

September 13, 2015 Van Andel Research Institute, Los Alamos National Laboratory to develop lung cancer model

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (September 14, 2015)—Scientists are developing a new tool to better study one of the deadliest types of lung cancer. A multidisciplinary team,…

May 25, 2015 NIH-funded Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) project describes how differences in DNA affect gene activity, disease onset

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (May 26, 2015)—Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) is playing a key role in a National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded project to establish…

April 9, 2015 National Institutes of Health Director Francis S. Collins to speak at Van Andel Research Institute symposium

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (April 10, 2015)—National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., will deliver the keynote address during Van Andel Research Institute’s…

October 7, 2014 Van Andel Research Institute’s research director and chief scientific officer participates in 21st Century Cures roundtable with director of the National Institutes of Health

U.S. Rep. and Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee Fred Upton assembles distinguished panel to foster enhanced collaboration

Grand Rapids, Mich.…