The Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute at Lake Nona has announced two partnerships with pharmaceutical companies that will not only move high-impact science into new therapies more quickly, but also provide a second funding mechanism to join traditional grants. Sanford-Burnham, Florida ... More »
Dr. Lane Donnelly is joining Nemours Children’s Hospital in February as chief medical officer and physician-in-chief—just in time to witness the official opening of Nemours’ Preview Center. Prior to Nemours, Donnelly, since 2002, was radiologist-in-chief and director of biodiagnostics at ... More »
As Orlando VA Medical Center continues to take shape, VA officials are so confident with construction progress they are now working to determine areas that could be made available prior to the fall 2012 official opening. They hope to use those ... More »
Here’s further proof that Lake Nona’s medical city is becoming a community: On Nov. 6, Lake Nona hosted the 3rd Annual RUNNONA 5K, featuring a new course that began and finished at Tavistock Green at the UCF College of Medicine. ... More »
While skin cancer is the most common cancer in the United States, Melanoma is one of its rarest forms and its most deadly. At Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute’s Lake Nona campus, Dr. Ranjan Perera’s lab is working to change those ... More »
In September, the Orlando VA Medical Center awarded the final contract for construction of its new facility. The award of $260.3 million went to Brasfield & Gorrie, which will build out the 134-bed hospital, along with a diagnostic and treatment area, ... More »
With a scheduled fall 2012 opening, the Nemours Children’s Hospital at Lake Nona is far from complete. Yet, glimpses of the 95-bed facility already are available, thanks to a preview center that opened in September. Located about four miles from ... More »
In 2009, the Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute opened a state-of-the-art, gold level LEED-certified research facility in Lake Nona. Since opening, the nonprofit Institute has wasted little time in establishing highly advanced research technologies to empower scientists and accelerate early discoveries toward ... More »
Although UCF’s most anticipated building opened its doors in August, the milestone event will be celebrated officially Oct. 16. More than 600 community leaders, College of Medicine supporters and donors, corporate executives, and key university leaders are expected to attend the ... More »
Did you know that by 2017, the health and life science cluster at Lake Nona is on track to create 16,200 jobs and $5.2 billion in annual economic activity, along with $1.5 billion in annual wages? That’s according to an impact study by ... More »