Chongren Tang, MD PhD, an Acting Assistant Professor in the Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition was awarded a four- year AHA Scientist Develpoment Grant for his proposal entitled “Mechanisms of JAK2/STAT3 pathway on ABCA1-mediated Lipid Efflux and Anit-inflammation.”  The goal of this project is to characterize the cellular processes and molecules involved in the cholesterol export and the anti-inflammatory activities of ABCA1.