Marquette University: Professor receives $2.7 million grant from NIH to improve independent breathing function following cervical spinal cord injury

MILWAUKEE — Dr. Kristi Streeter, assistant professor of physical therapy in the College of Health Sciences at Marquette University, has received an R01 grant with an expected value of $2.7 million over five years from the National Institutes of Health’s National Heart Lung and Blood Institute to explore a novel treatment strategy to restore diaphragm function following cervical spinal cord in...