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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 , |
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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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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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