Advancing Care and Research Through Clinical Scientist Development Grants
Hemophilia of Georgia (HoG) has a long-standing commitment to providing critical funding to help build a strong research community for the bleeding disorder population. Since 2003, HoG has directly funded physician researchers to conduct translational research on bleeding disorders and their complications. Each grant is for seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000.00) per year, renewable for up to five years, and an additional seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500.00) for indirect costs. The grant requires an 80%-time commitment to bleeding disorder-related research.
Hemophilia of Georgia hopes to create the next generation of bleeding disorder researchers through this program. This funding will allow a physician who has completed research training to advance to the status of an independent investigator. Our goal is for the achievements of these scientists to improve the lives of people with bleeding disorders.
In 2025, we awarded $412,500.00 for Hemophilia Clinical Scientist Development Grants to: Katherine Regling, DO; Megan C. Brown, MD, MSc; Patricia E. Zerra, MD; and Dr. Karen Zimowski, MD, FAAP.
“The protected research time and support provided by the HoG Clinical Scientist Development Grant gives me the opportunity to develop as a physician scientist. I am so grateful for this opportunity as it offers me the chance to have a broader impact on the field of inherited bleeding disorders. It is my hope that by completing the aims outlined in my proposal, I can advance our understanding of coagulation factor biology and specifically advance our knowledge regarding genetic factors involved in dictating the severity of bleeding symptoms amongst patients with hemophilia.” - Dr. Karen Zimowski, MD, FAAP
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