2017 annual report - Florida State University College of Medicine

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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.
FSU is the lead institution in a
Awards
Amount in
(Millions)
network that includes the University
120
100
104
30
25
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.
60
40
15
10
13.9
Sylvie Naar, Distinguished Endowed Professor in Mental
Health in the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Social
20
5
Medicine, received a $4.25 million NIH grant focusing on
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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
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.
on page 43.
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