2023年,莫利佛获得了一项为期五年的 $2 million R01 grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to study the role of mitochondria — the “powerhouses of the cell” — in altering the function of pain-sensing neurons, 导致慢性疼痛的形成.
莫里弗说,作为美国农村人口最多的州之一,新墨西哥州在研究健康问题方面具有独特的地位,细胞信号研究中心完成的工作最终将帮助缅因州人生活得更舒适.
“There is a tremendous amount of excitement about how we can help people to live healthier and have a high quality of life,他说. “Those are the dramatic new questions for society that this center will be looking into.”