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Professor Gwaltney Wins
Career Research Grant

Dr. Jack M. Gwaltney Jr.,
assistant professor of preventive
medicine and internal medicine at
the University School of Medicine,
has been awarded a five-year
research career development grant
by the National Institutes of
Health.

The award, comparable to a
researcher's annual salary, is part of
an NIH program supporting the
research and teaching activities of
outstanding young investigators.

Dr. Gwaltney, who received his
A.M. and M.D. degrees from the
University, directs the University's
long-range study of respiratory
diseases affecting young adult office
workers.

The grant will help support the
University's cold-virus study aimed
at isolating agents responsible for
adult colds. After isolating and
typing the viruses, scientists hope
to develop the means to control
acute respiratory diseases.

Presently Dr. Gwaltney is conducting
research into a number of
antiviral compounds and vaccines
designed to eventually control
acute respiratory diseases. The
University team has published a
series of articles dealing with the
epidemiology of rhinoviruses, the
most important known virus responsible
for the common cold.