Corporate Report: Moffitt awarded $19 million in grants

The Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa has been awarded nearly $19 million in grants from the National Institutes of Health under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, including $4 million to study patient-centered outcomes research in personalized medicine, one of only seven such grants so far awarded.

The grants “allow us to move forward more quickly on a variety of fronts, accelerating the process of translating scientific discoveries into more effective patient care,” William S. Dalton, center director and CEO of Moffitt, said in a press release.

Moffitt has applied for 110 Recovery Act funded grants. Through October, 26 grants have been awarded, representing the largest portion of the cancer-related National Center Institute money awarded in Florida through the Act.