AP LifeSciences Urology Research Fund

Support academic programs (instructional materials, equipment, symposia) for students specializing in oncology.

Support junior investigators with the talents and inclinations to pursue a career of scientific discovery; to be comprised of junior faculty, post doctoral or clinical fellows and/or medical students. Income will provide salary support for up to two years to promising postdoctoral or clinical fellows who will work with junior or established faculty members on research projects. Part of the income will provide stipends for several students per year who select one or both of these research programs. This fund will thus provide the opportunity for additional medical students to engage in research who might otherwise not have this opportunity.

Develop an instrument that will be able to simultaneously detect both circulating tumor cells (CTCs) and circulating cancer cell-free DNA (cfDNA) from blood samples using a disposable microfluidic chip developed at and by the University of Florida. The grant request is to cover materials and equipment to develop and test the instrument prototype, facilities and personnel support associated with this project.