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2017 NOTABLE FUNDED PROJECTS
The Autism Institute and Director Amy Wetherby were awarded a five-year, $ 10.2 million Autism Centers of Excellence( ACE) network grant to test a two-part home intervention plan designed to bridge the gap between diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorder. The network brings together a unique interdisciplinary team with expertise in early detection, maternal mental health,
2017 GROWTH IN RESEARCH FUNDING clinical trials, health disparities, implementation science and policy.
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FSU is the lead institution in a |
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network that includes the University |
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120
100
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104 |
30
25
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Wetherby |
of Miami, Boston University, The University of Massachusetts Boston, |
80 |
80 |
20 |
18.5 |
Kaiser Permanente, the Children’ s Hospital of Philadelphia and the National Black Church Initiative. |
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60
40
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15
10
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13.9 |
Sylvie Naar, Distinguished Endowed Professor in Mental Health in the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Social |
20 |
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5 |
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Medicine, received a $ 4.25 million NIH grant focusing on |
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2016 2017
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2016 2017 Year |
enhancing sexual safety through couples’ communication and HIV testing. Naar also transferred a $ 685,000 NIH grant to the College of Medicine studying alcohol-adherence |
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interventions for HIV-infected youth. Read more about Naar |
College of Medicine Department of Biomedical Sciences new patents issued – 2017
( 31 new patents issued since 2009)
Michael Blaber, Jihun Lee Method for development of a peptide building block useful for de novo protein design.
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Elena Reyes, the college’ s regional director for Southwest Florida, led a successful application for a $ 3 million grant from the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to develop effective behavioral and physical health treatment for children of rural and migrant farmworkers.“ We are developing and validating
Pradeep Bhide, Jinmin Zhu, Joseph Biederman and Thomas Spencer Novel class of non-stimulant treatment and ADHD and related disorders.
Michael Blaber, Liam Longo Synthetic foldable proteins generated from peptide segments of folding nuclei of reference proteins.
Reyes instruments and interventions to soundly study best implementation practices and to disseminate information and train personnel across the nation,” Reyes said. Co-project director is College of Medicine Clinical Associate Professor Javier Rosado.
Rosado
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