The University of Tennessee Health Science Center
07/13/2026 | News release | Distributed by Public on 07/13/2026 13:32
UT Health Sciences News: Researcher Receives $466,000 Federal Grant to Study Eye Damage from Chemical Warfare Agents
Nawajes Mandal, PhD, professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences, has been awarded a $466,103 grant from the National Eye Institute (NEI), part of the National Institutes of Health, to investigate how chemical warfare agents, specifically blister agents like mustard gas, damage the eyes and cause long-term vision loss.
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