UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., June 8 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news release:

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), has awarded up to $75.8 million to four research teams through its Ocular Laboratory for Analysis of Biomarkers (OCULAB) program. Researchers from Penn State will develop biosensors for the Closed-Loop Sensing and Microdosing for Dry Eye and Systemic Disease Management (COSMIC) team led by Lacristat, a California-based ophthalmology company.

Dipanjan Pan, Dorothy Foehr Huck and J. Lloyd Huck Chair Professor in Nanomedicine and professor of nuclear engineering, of chemistry, of biomedical en...