The Saban Research Institute Awarded STEP-UP Education Grant of $884K by National Institutes of Health (NIH)

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Emil Bogenmann, PhD, EdD, director of Research Education at The Saban Research Institute of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, received a five-year renewal grant of $884,000 from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to provide biomedical research training to disadvantaged college undergraduates. Bogenmann’s program, the Short-Term Education Program for Underrepresented Persons (STEP-UP), draws students with disabilities, those from financially disadvantaged backgrounds, as well as students from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups.