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Crayton Pruitt Department of Biomedical Engineering, and collaborators have been awarded a $2.2 million R01 grant from the NIH <em>National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em>Diseases (<em>NIAMS<\/em>) for her project titled \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/reporter.nih.gov\/project-details\/10444241\">Carpometacarpal Osteoarthritis: Understanding the Intersection of Muscle Mechanics, Joint Instability, and Pain<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nichols (PI) and UF co-investigators, Yenisel Cruz-Almedia, Ph.D., associate professor and associate director, Pain Research &amp; Intervention Center of Excellence (PRICE), Terrie Vasilopoulos, Ph.D., assistant professor of anesthesiology and orthopaedics and sports medicine, and Thomas Wright, M.D., Frank P. 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