FIP Research Grant

Winn Foundation award

The Winn Feline Foundation awarded $307,679 to 16 feline research studies for 2019, including $25,000 to Gary R. Whittaker, PhD, at Cornell University, and Susan G. Baker, PhD, at Loyola University, for “Generating an attenuated feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) vaccine by inactivating EndoU.” Dr. Whittaker’s work on the molecular mechanism of FIP is also funded by the Cornell Feline Health Center, among other sources.