Press release content from PR Newswire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. New York Tech Research Team Secures $1.8M NIH Grant to Investigate Vascular Decalcification as Heart Disease Treatment January 27, 2021 GMT OLD WESTBURY, N.Y., Jan. 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- A New York Institute of Technology research team led by Olga V. Savinova, Ph.D., assistant professor of biomedical sciences at New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYITCOM), has secured a five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. The $1.8 million grant, which includes a first-year award of $342,675, will support research to improve the understanding of atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries) and deliver a new treatment for heart disease.