According to the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research, the National Institute of Health (NIH) funding for the UM Miller School totals $117.6M for 2012. UM has risen 13 spots in just six years and is the only institution in Florida in the top 40. Ten of the UM's top-funded principal investigators ranked in the top 5% nationally.
None of this is accidental. Under the leadership of UM President Shalala and Dean Goldschmidt, the focus has been on research in the fields of heart disease, AIDS, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, cancer, paralysis, and a multitude of other diseases and public health issues. Stem cells, genomics, and robotics are just a few of the tools being used to solve complex questions and changing the way that medical care is delivered.
Top awards:
Jose Szapocznik, Epidemiology and Public Health - $8.42 million
Steven E. Lipshultz, Pediatric Cardiology - $3.86 million
David I. Watkins, Pathology - $3.6 million
Joshua M. Hare, Cardiology and Director of the Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute, $2.82 million
Norma Sue Kenyon, Chief Innovation Officer - $2.73 million
Margaret Pericak-Vance, Human Genomics - $2.5 million
Ralph Sacco, Neurology - $2.3 million
Gwendolyn Scott, Pediatrics - $2.16 million
C. Hendricks Brown, Ph.D., Epidemiology - $2.05 million.
Department of Neurological Surgery received $4.2 million in new NIH funding. The department’s W. Dalton Dietrich, the Scientific Director of The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis and Senior Associate Dean for Discovery Science, received $1.5 million.
Miller School’s NIH Funding Climbs to 38th in the Nation
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Yoss could dump 80,000 square feet of offices
South Florida Business Journal - by Darcie Lunsford
The closure of Yoss LLP, one of South Florida’s largest law firms, stands to dump nearly 80,000 square feet of high-end office space back onto the market. Unfortunately, this comes at a time when any recovery in the office sector is fragile, at the very least. Vacancy rates in Coral Gables and downtown Fort Lauderdale, where Yoss has offices, are both at an uncomfortable 19 percent. What will officially become of the space in the trio of buildings is not officially known, but landlords are already bracing to get it back.
The largest slice of Yoss’ real estate – 45,118 square feet – is in the upscale 2525 Ponce de Leon building in Coral Gables. Further north, in the heart of downtown Fort Lauderdale, Yoss leases 23,144 square feet on the 17th floor of the swanky 350 Las Olas Centre.
The Yoss closure comes on the heels of other law firm closings. Most notably, David Stern’s foreclosure law firm imploded over allegations of robo-signing and document fraud, dumping 188,000 square feet of office space in Plantation. Then, Epstein Becker & Green announced it was leaving Miami.
“South Florida's primary downtown office space users are law firms and financial firms,” said Richard Schuchts, senior VP with Jones Lang LaSalle. “When national firm Epstein Becker announced they were leaving Miami, that helped support the office market. Epstein Becker keeps paying the rent and those attorneys move to new firms, who then expand and take more office space. The net result is a decrease in vacancy. The announcement that Yoss is closing does not have that silver lining. Those landlords now have new direct lease space and the vacancy rate increases. We will have to hope for a lot of expansion to make up for those losses.”
The closure of Yoss LLP, one of South Florida’s largest law firms, stands to dump nearly 80,000 square feet of high-end office space back onto the market. Unfortunately, this comes at a time when any recovery in the office sector is fragile, at the very least. Vacancy rates in Coral Gables and downtown Fort Lauderdale, where Yoss has offices, are both at an uncomfortable 19 percent. What will officially become of the space in the trio of buildings is not officially known, but landlords are already bracing to get it back.
The largest slice of Yoss’ real estate – 45,118 square feet – is in the upscale 2525 Ponce de Leon building in Coral Gables. Further north, in the heart of downtown Fort Lauderdale, Yoss leases 23,144 square feet on the 17th floor of the swanky 350 Las Olas Centre.
The Yoss closure comes on the heels of other law firm closings. Most notably, David Stern’s foreclosure law firm imploded over allegations of robo-signing and document fraud, dumping 188,000 square feet of office space in Plantation. Then, Epstein Becker & Green announced it was leaving Miami.
“South Florida's primary downtown office space users are law firms and financial firms,” said Richard Schuchts, senior VP with Jones Lang LaSalle. “When national firm Epstein Becker announced they were leaving Miami, that helped support the office market. Epstein Becker keeps paying the rent and those attorneys move to new firms, who then expand and take more office space. The net result is a decrease in vacancy. The announcement that Yoss is closing does not have that silver lining. Those landlords now have new direct lease space and the vacancy rate increases. We will have to hope for a lot of expansion to make up for those losses.”
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Miami-Dade Chamber"s Bill Diggs thoughtful quote
"He who is reluctant to recognize me opposes me.''
quotation of Frantz Fanon
Per Bill Diggs:
"This is a powerful quote issued by one of my favorite political writers. He said this thinking about if there is to be true change in this world that it must be built upon a system of fairness and all of us must have a real chance to contribute."
quotation of Frantz Fanon
Per Bill Diggs:
"This is a powerful quote issued by one of my favorite political writers. He said this thinking about if there is to be true change in this world that it must be built upon a system of fairness and all of us must have a real chance to contribute."
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Dean Barbara Kahn in Miami Herald
Earlier this year, Barbara Kahn, dean of the University of Miami's school of Business Administration, found herself in the midst of some of the largest names in business -- heavyweights like Jack Welch, former CEO of General Electric; Jim Skinner, CEO of McDonald's, and Muhtar Kent president of Coca-Cola.
It was a gathering nearly a year in the making, as Kahn spearheaded UM's effort to host its inaugural Global Business Forum in January.
As more than 700 business executives and professionals gathered at the tree-canopied Coral Gables campus, Kahn couldn't help but feel energized by the interchange of ideas.
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