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Preventing, diagnosing, treating, and curing diseases caused by tobacco use is the primary objective of the King Program, and the results achieved since the Program’s inception are impressive. The purpose of the Bankhead-Coley Program is to "advance progress toward cures for cancer..." With each new study, scientists come closer to the end goals of the King and Bankhead-Coley Programs. Grantees in these Programs are adding significant data to the body of knowledge that will eventually provide cures to many tobacco-related diseases and cancer. We have made progress in understanding the type of pharmacology that will help smokers quit using tobacco and finding correlations between damaged DNA and cancer, smoking and developmental disabilities, and we continue to increase our awareness and understanding of the social influences on smoking behaviors. What makes these research grants worthy of continued support is the exciting advances that have already been made.
To view a report of current active grantee statistics clicking on the following link: Active Grants Report.
The profiles of the grantees can be found below in Grantee Information.
To view competition outcomes for the Florida Biomedical Research Program, click here.
For ten years, the James and Esther King Biomedical Research Program has been an integral component of Florida's effort to address the tremendous health and financial challenges resulting from tobacco-related diseases. The 2009 Annual Report describes the Program's decade of accomplishments in tobacco-use behavior, cardiovascular disease, cancer, stroke, and pulmonary disease. The report includes the profiles of a few of the many grant recipients who are using the Program's dollars to improve Florida's physical and fiscal health today and for the future including:
- Dr. Mary Gerend, Ph.D., 2007 New Investigator Research grant from Florida State University;
- Dr. Layton Smith, Ph.D., 2006 New Investigator Research grant from Burnham Institute;
- Dr. Karoline Breigel, Ph.D., 2005 New Investigator Research grant from University of Miami;
- Dr. Jang Yen Wu, Ph.D., 2007 Bridge grant from Florida Atlantic University; and
- Dr. Eckhard Podack, M.D., Ph.D., 2009 Technology Transfer/Commercialization Partnership grant from University of Miami.
Click on the follow link to access the King Program 2009 Annual Report (.pdf, 1.79M). The profiles begin on page 11 of the annual report. The annual report also includes quotes and statements from many other current grantees about their research and the Program.
The Bankhead-Coley Program is helping the state's cancer research community accelerate its capacity to address Florida's extraordinary cancer burden. The Program is charged with meeting ambitious goals and after only three years, there is encouraging progress to report. The Bankhead-Coley 2009 Annual Report includes the profiles of the following select grantees:
- Dr. William Harrington, M.D., Dr. Izidore Lossos, M.D., Dr. Glen Barber, Ph.D., 2007 SPORE Planning grant from Univerity of Miami;
- Dr. W. Jarrard Goodwin, M.D., 2009 SPORE Planning grant from University of Miami;
- Dr. Eduardo Sotomayor, M.D., 2009 Bridge grant from H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute; and
- Dr. Omar Zeidan, M.D., 2008 New Investigator Research grant from M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Orlando.
Click on the follow link to access the Bankhed-Coley Program 2009 Annual Report (.pdf,1.19M). The profiles begin on page 14 of the annual report. The annual report also includes quotes and statements from many other current grantees about their research and the Program.
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