University of Southern Maine Receives Grand Challenges
Explorations Grant For Groundbreaking Research in Global Health
and Development The University of Southern Maine announced today
that it is a Grand Challenges Explorations winner, an initiative
funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Dr. Monroe
Duboise will pursue an innovative global health and development
research project, titled “Optimizing Immunization Systems by
Development of Extremophile Bacteriophage-based Vaccine
Platforms.” Grand Challenges Explorations (GCE) funds
individuals worldwide to explore ideas that can break the mold
in how we solve persistent global health and development
challenges. Dr. Duboise’s project is one of over 100 Grand
Challenges Explorations Round 8 grants announced today by the
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. “Grand Challenges Explorations
encourages individuals worldwide to expand the pipeline of ideas
where creative, unorthodox thinking is most urgently needed,”
said Chris Wilson, director of Global Health Disco