School of Kinesiology assistant professor Sarah Greising, Ph.D., director of the  Skeletal Muscle Plasticity and Regeneration Laboratory, has been awarded an $887,000 grant from the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command to investigate the pathophysiology and neuromuscular consequences of volumetric muscle loss injuries.

The award will support the research team over the next two years in the investigation of how targeting neurotrophic signaling (between the motor neurons and muscle fibers) could be a therapeutic option to preserve and promote functional regeneration and reinnervation in volumetric muscle loss injured patients.