Associate Professor Angelina Sutin received a $167,650 National Insittutes of Heatlh grant for her project, "Midlife Psychosocial Risk Factors for Cognitive Decline and Alzheimer's Disease in Mexican-Origin Adults." The project will be conducted from September 2017 through March 2018.

KynderMed, a company co-founded by Florida State College of Medicine Biomedical Sciences Professor James Olcese, was one of 15 seed and early-stage life science companies selected as a semifinalist in BioFlorida’s startup competition, BioPitch.

All 15 semifinalists presented to a panel of investors at BioFlorida’s annual conference on Oct. 15-17 in St. Petersburg.

Olcese co-founded KynderMed to market light-emitting sleep mask technology designed to reduce the risk of preterm labor by inhibiting contractions overnight.

The mask emits blue light while a pregnant woman is sleeping. Research conducted with late-term pregnant volunteers at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital found that exposing women to bright light for an hour overnight reduced levels of melatonin, a hormone that has been shown to cause contractions that can lead to preterm labor.

November 2017

Fourth-year medical student Juno Lee produced artwork selected to be on the cover of Academic Medicine, the journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges. Lee is the sixth College of Medicine student to have his work chosen by the publication.

Lee’s artwork (“Splitting”), featured in the November issue, was inspired by his interest in photography and his journey as a medical student. You can see the cover here:  Academic Medicine - November 2017

And read the 'Artist's statement' 

College of Medicine alumni who produced previous covers for Academic Medicine include:

•  Jesse O'Shea and Rennier Martinez (Class of 2015)
• Monica Chatwal and Zach Folzenlogen (Class of 2013)
• Jared Rich (Class of 2012)

The Charlotte Edwards Maguire Medical Library at the FSU College of Medicine received the 2017 Distinguished Library Award from the Consortium of Southern Biomedical Libraries. The award recognizes innovation, sustainability and programs in member libraries that contribute to the library’s mission of service, education, research and/or patient care to the academic institution or the community.

The College of Medicine’s library was recognized for its work in scholarly communications, open access and The PLAID Journal – a peer-reviewed interdisciplinary research publication focused on people living with and inspired by diabetes.

The United Way of the Big Bend has awarded Heather Flynn $6,098 to develop a mental health resource directory for Leon County. Flynn is a clinical psychologist and associate professor & vice chair for research at the College of Medicine in the Department of Medical Humanities and Social Sciences.

Sylvie Naar, who has joined the College of Medicine as a professor of behavioral sciences and social medicine, received an $81,160 grant from Wayne State University. In collaboration with the National Institute of Mental Health, Naar is a principal investigator on a multi-site study entitled “Motivational Enhancement System for Adherence (MESA) for Youth Starting ART.” The study will employ randomized controlled trial testing to increase motivation for adherence to ART (antiretroviral treatment) among youth living with HIV.

January 2018

Professor Judy Delp, Department of Biomedical Sciences, recently received one of four GAP awards given out by the FSU Research Foundation. Four teams led by Florida State University faculty members will receive funding from the university as they work to translate their innovative research into successful commercial products.

The researchers will be awarded critical financial support following their successful presentations at FSU’s biannual GAP competition, a panel event organized by the Office of the Vice President for Research. Entrants pitched their novel ideas to a committee of state and local businesspeople.

Delp and her team developed a specialized splint that uses calibrated stretching to manage the symptoms of peripheral arterial disease. More than 200 million people worldwide suffer from PAD, a condition that causes walking impairment due to insufficient oxygen flow to skeletal muscles, most often in the lower leg. The splint designed by Delp and her team is an affordable, convenient and safe intervention that has been demonstrated through clinical trials to promote blood vessel formation and decrease pain levels during walking.

January 2018

Patricia Babcock, a research faculty member in the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Social Medicine, is the principal investigator for a project titled "Florida DCF Protective Investigators Behavioral Health Training-Region 1." The Florida Department of Children and Families has awarded her $4,745 to conduct the training this month.

Sylvie Naar, who has joined the College of Medicine as a professor of behavioral sciences and social medicine, received an $88,975 subaward from Wayne State University to conduct a project entitled, “Translating an Efficacious Illness Management Intervention for African American Youth with Poorly Controlled Asthma to Real World Settings,” through June 30, 2021. The project aims to develop interventions to reduce barriers to asthma management and reduce the risk for asthma-related deaths among African-American adolescents.

Feb. 28, 2018

The PLAID Journal is partnering with JDRF to promote diabetes education, awareness, support programs and research to deliver a cure for type 1 diabetes and its complications.

PLAID is a peer-reviewed, open-access publication of Florida State University, the FSU College of Medicine and the Charlotte Edwards Maguire Medical Library. JDRF is the world's largest nonprofit funder of type 1 diabetes research.

PLAID and JDRF plan to work together to:

• Promote academic literature that focuses on living well with diabetes and is translatable to researchers, clinicians, health-care professionals and people living with diabetes.
• Provide content that makes a positive and practical difference without high subscription costs and exorbitant author fees.
• Promote the JDRF brand and programs via the PLAID website and associated publications.
• Provide peer review and publishing priority to JDRF-funded research manuscripts matching the scope of PLAID.
• Feature the JDRF brand and research initiatives on the PLAID website and promotional materials.

“I am very excited about the partnership between The PLAID Journal and JDRF, “ said Editor-in-Chief Martin Wood. “Together, we will be able to make a positive impact on the lives of people living with diabetes, and provide JDRF-funded researchers with a path to publication where their work can make a significant difference.”