The Miller School of Medicine’s Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute (ISCI) announced that it received a $10 million grant from The Starr Foundation, one of the largest private foundations in the United States.
The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine's Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute (ISCI) has been selected as one of seven U.S. centers of excellence to participate in the Cardiovascular Cell Therapy Research Network (CCTRN), a national network funded by the National Institutes of Health's National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI).
About 740 donors, faculty, administrators and friends celebrated the Februrary 16 public launch of the Momentum2 campaign at the BankUnited Center, where President Shalala announced that $906 million, including $100 million from the Diabetes Research Institute, has been raised so far.
The Miller School family mourns the passing of Louis Lemberg, M.D., a former faculty member who distinguished himself in the field of cardiology and contributed greatly to patient care and medical education. Dr. Lemberg died January 31 at age 95. He joined Jackson Memorial Hospital in 1948 and was appointed to the teaching faculty of the University of Miami Medical School when it opened in 1952.
Enhancing the University’s growing reputation as a research institution, the Miller School of Medicine climbed two spots to No. 39 in the amount of highly coveted research funding awarded by the National Institutes of Health during the 2010-11 federal fiscal year.