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From left, four of the CFAR’s five directors are Savita Pahwa, M.D., Gwendolyn Scott, M.D., Margaret Fischl, M.D., and Guillermo “Willy” Prado, Ph.D.
The Miller School Wins Prestigious Designation as Center for AIDS Research
The National Institutes of Health has recognized the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine as Florida’s first and only Center for AIDS Research (CFAR), a prestigious designation awarded to only about 20 of the nation’s most prolific and promising AIDS research institutions.
With the award, the Miller School’s Developmental Center for AIDS Research (D-CFAR) is transitioning to a full CFAR after proving its ability to operate at the highest scientific level and will receive a significant increase in NIH funding – nearly $7 million over five years – to enhance existing research and nurture new research in HIV/AIDS.
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Golf Tournament Supports UM Stem Cell Institute
Physicians, researchers and supporters of the Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute (ISCI) at the Miller School of Medicine gathered on the golf course at LaGorce Country Club in Miami Beach April 23 to benefit the institute.
Research to Develop Cocaine Addiction Therapy Wins NIH Grant
Drug-like molecule developed to treat cocaine addiction has proven so promising that two University of Miami Miller School researchers have been awarded a NIH grant to continue their research in developing it further.
Class of 2012 Graduates Eager for New Responsibilities
With an abundance of enthusiasm and several reminders of their new responsibilities, the Miller School of Medicine’s Class of 2012 accepted their doctor of medicine degrees and contemplated their futures as they exited the BankUnited Center on the University of Miami Coral Gables campus on May 12.
Director and Co-Director Named for William Lehman Injury Research Center
Carl I. Schulman, M.D., Ph.D., M.S.P.H., associate professor of clinical surgery, has been named director of the William Lehman Injury Research Center in the DeWitt Daughtry Family Department of Surgery, and Antonio Marttos Jr., M.D., assistant professor of surgery, has been named co-director.
Epidemiology and Public Health Researchers Surpass $51 Million in NIH Funding
With $6.8 million in grants awarded by the NIH’s National Institute on Drug Abuse this fiscal year, the Miller School-based Florida Node Alliance of the National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinic Trials Network has surpassed $51 million in funding over the 12 years of its ongoing NIDA grant to conduct a broad range of drug abuse treatment trials.
