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The Florida Department of Health is pleased to present the
Florida Biomedical Research Programs' 2011 Annual Reports. The James and Esther King Biomedical Research Program and the Bankhead-Coley Cancer Research Program offer grants through merit-based competitions to eligible Florida scientists conducting research into tobacco-related diseases and cancer.
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The Office of Public Health Research announces a public meeting of the Florida Biomedical Research Advisory Council. The meeting will take place on January 25, 2012 in Jacksonville, Florida.
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Dr. W. Jarrard Goodwin, head and neck cancer (HNC) surgeon at Sylvester Cancer Center, is Project Director of a Bankhead-Coley 2009 Grant that represents an unprecedented partnership between researchers and physicians in Florida to treat and understand cancers associated with the throat and mouth.
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Lung cancer is the #1 cause of cancer-related death in Florida, and an estimated 17,150 Florida patients will receive a new diagnosis of lung and bronchus cancer this year.
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Floridians say State Must be a Leader in Science and Research
WASHINGTON—October 27, 2011—A majority of Floridians (87%) believe it is important for their state to be a leader in science and medical research, according to a new state poll commissioned by Research!America.
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TALLAHASSEE – State Surgeon General Dr. Frank Farmer today applauds the development of Florida’s first Health Disparities Research Agenda. The Agenda was created by a partnership with the Florida Department of Health’s (DOH’s) Office of Minority Health, the Florida Center for Universal Research to Eradicate Disease (FL CURED), and the Biomedical Research Advisory Council (BRAC) in coordination with 31 of the state’s top health disparities researchers and outlines a research plan intent upon achieving health equity for all Floridians.
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Triple negative breast cancer affects some 30,000 women yearly in the U.S., with a predominant effect on young women and those of African descent, and is the most challenging type of breast cancer to treat.
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Dr. Michael Blaber, 2011 recipient of a King Program Technology Transfer Feasibility Grant at Florida State University, described his team’s work to deliver improved treatments to patients with ischemic disease - a condition where blood vessels do not provide enough blood flow to support healthy tissue.
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Ovarian cancer is known as the silent killer due to lack of clear symptoms and the absence of a reliable screening test. More than 70 percent of women are diagnosed after the disease has spread beyond the ovary, and the five-year survival rate is less than 40 percent.
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The University of Miami, Nature Publishing Group and Scripps Florida are pleased to announce
the Miami 2012 Winter Symposium: Nanotechnology in Biomedicine.
The symposium will be held February 26-29, 2012, at the JW Marriott Marquis Miami, Miami, FL.
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Dr. Hendrik Luesch, 2010 Bankhead-Coley Program, Research Project Grant recipient and other researchers
at University of Florida have modified a toxic chemical produced by tiny marine microbes and successfully deployed it against laboratory models of colon cancer.
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The Florida Department of Health (DOH) announces 17 recipients of biomedical research Bridge grants totaling $2.8 million for projects scheduled to begin September 1, 2011.
In making these award determinations, Dr. Frank Farmer, Florida’s Surgeon General accepted funding recommendations made by Florida’s Biomedical Research Advisory Council.
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Dr. Frank Farmer, Florida’s Surgeon General, has named 18 initial recipients of biomedical research grants totaling $10.2 million for projects scheduled to begin July 1, 2011.
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Dr. Chris Armishaw, 2010 New Investigator Research (NIR) Grantee
at Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies has been working on drug compounds to block nicotine cravings.
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Dr. Nasreen Najmunnisa, 2009 RC1 grantee at University of Florida, is developing novel methods for diagnosing and treating Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSLC), which accounts for more deaths than prostate, breast, and colon cancer combined.
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Dr. Daniel Paris, 2008 King Program Small Business Technology Transfer grantee at Roskamp Institute, has filed a patent for his identification of a protein, derived from the brain of Alzheimer’s patients, that can stop tumor growth and blood vessel development in models of lung and breast tumors.
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The Florida Department of Health Office of Public Health Research is pleased to present the
Florida Biomedical Research Programs legislatively-mandated 2010 annual reports. These programs fund highly meritorious research by offering tobacco-related and cancer research grants to eligible Florida researchers on a competitive basis.
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Florida currently ranks number two in the country in bladder cancer, the costliest cancer to treat. Dr. Vinata Lokeshwar, translational researcher and 2008 Bankhead-Coley Program Bridge Grant recipient from the University of Miami, is developing more accurate, less invasive ways to determine how aggressive a patient?s tumor is.
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Dr. Roman Manetsch, 2007 James & Esther King Program New Investigator Research (NIR) grantee and chemist at University of South Florida, has created a discovery method shortcutting drug discovery.
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In 2009, Dr. Qun Huo and her team made a discovery that could potentially bring cancer detection to the drug store. Now, thanks to a $100,000 Florida (Bankhead-Coley Cancer Research Program) Technology Transfer and Commercialization Partnership Grant, the discovery that might turn into an over-the-counter cancer test could be available in three to five years.
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A new University of Florida study will take an in-depth look at the factors involved in treatment decisions made by people with colorectal cancer. The study is funded by a $1.2 million grant from the Bankhead-Coley Florida Cancer Research Program, administered through the Florida Department of Health.
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TALLAHASSEE - A Florida State University College of Medicine researcher has discovered a new interaction between a cell signaling system and a specific gene that may be the cause of B-cell lymphoma.
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The Florida Department of Health is pleased to announce that 73 Florida scientists will receive biomedical research grants totaling over $45.5* million for projects beginning July 1, 2010.
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The Florida Department of Health Office of Public Health Research is pleased to present the
Florida Biomedical Research Programs legislatively-mandated 2009 annual reports. These
programs offer grants through merit-based competitions to eligible Florida scientists conducting research into tobacco-related diseases and cancer.
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The Bankhead-Coley Cancer Research Program represents the state?s focused efforts to accelerate cutting-edge cancer research in Florida. One of eleven types of cancer studied by Program researchers is ovarian cancer.
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The Florida Department of Health is pleased to announce that 35 Florida scientists will receive research grants totaling over $19.5 million beginning January 1, 2010.
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TALLAHASSEE - The James and Esther King Biomedical Research Program, administered by the Florida Department of Health's (DOH) Office of Public Health Research, garnered national recognition from the State Science and Technology Institute (SSTI) as the winner of the 2009 Excellence in Tech-based Economic Development (TBED) Award for expanding Florida's research infrastructure.
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The Bankhead-Coley Cancer Research Program represents the state's focused efforts to accelerate cutting-edge cancer research in Florida.
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True or false: Nicotine is bad for you. No matter how you answered, you're correct. Nicotine is good for you. And bad for you. It all depends, at least in part, on the age at which you are exposed to nicotine.
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Florida State College of Medicine researcher Akash Gunjan has solved a century-old mystery about proteins that play a vital role in the transfer of the human genetic code from one cell to another.
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On JulOn July 26th, the James and Esther King Biomedical Research Program lost a close friend
- no, a member of its family. Among Senator James E. "Jim" King's many accomplishments as a long-time and esteemed member of Florida's legislature, his support for Florida's biomedical research enterprise is what many consider his most valuable contribution to the citizens of Florida.
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A James & Esther King Team Science Program (TSP) Grant led by Dr. Patrick Kupelian, Clinical Research Director at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Orlando (MDACCO) in collaboration with University of Central Florida (UCF) researchers is focusing on improving the accuracy of radiotherapy delivered to
smoking-induced lung tumor and its surrounding tissues, a task complicated because the tumor moves during breathing.
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The University of South Florida and Moffitt Cancer Center have been awarded a highly competitive, $6-million federal grant to create a National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD) Center of Excellence.
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The FlThe Florida Department of Health is pleased to announce that 64 Florida scientists will receive research grants totaling over $21.4 million beginning July 1, 2009 contingent upon the Governor's approval of the budget and associated legislation.
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The Florida Department of Health recently surveyed all 2009-2010 registrants for the James & Esther King Biomedical Research Program and the Bankhead-Coley Cancer Research Program funding opportunities.
The purpose of the survey was to gather feedback related to the funding application process. The information will be used to make improvements to the application process and to enhance the overall application experience.
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Department of Health and Human Services, National Institute of Health is sponsoring two grant mechanisms for "Testing Tobacco Products Promoted to Reduce Harm." The purpose of these funding opportunities is to stimulate multidisciplinary research on potential reduced-exposure tobacco products, both smoked and smokeless, through the interplay of basic, biological, behavioral, surveillance, and epidemiology research.
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Teenagers who smoke could be setting themselves up for depression later in life, according to a groundbreaking new Florida State University study.
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In spite of the economic downturn, the Florida Biomedical Research Programs are poised to award nearly $11 million in grants effective July 1, 2009 for biomedical research projects that advance scientific discovery and technology based economic development in Florida.
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Applications for four BRAC seats to be appointed by Governor Crist are being accepted through February 12, 2009. Members serve three year terms and can be considered for a second term.
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Researchers at Mayo Clinic have found that the experimental drug they are testing to treat a deadly form of thyroid cancer turns on a powerful tumor suppressor capable of halting cell growth.
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The Florida Department of Health, Office of Public Health Research is pleased to announce the availability of the 2008 annual reports for the James & Esther King Biomedical Research Program and the Bankhead-Coley Cancer Research Program.
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Only 1 percent of smokers who try to quit are smoke-free one year later, but those resolving to kick the habit in 2009 may be able to improve their odds by participating in an intensive treatment program developed by Florida State University researchers.
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Dr. Paul Kenny, a James & Esther King Program 2007 New Investigator Research Grantee at The Scripps Research Institute, was recently selected as a high-impact leader who is making a difference in Florida and beyond.
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The University of Miami, Nature Publishing Group and Scripps Florida are pleased to announce the Miami 2009 Winter Symposium, Interpreting the Human Genome.
January 24-28, 2009, Deauville Beach Resort, Miami Beach, FL, USA.
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Dr. Johannes Vieweg's Bankhead-Coley Program 2008 SPORE Planning Grant has been instrumental in bringing together a collaboration of cancer researchers from the University of Florida, Shands Healthcare, and H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute.
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Dr. Richard Melker, a James & Esther King Program 2004 Small Business Technology Transfer Grant recipient, has further developed an exhaled breath detection system.
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