William G. "Bill" Bankhead, Jr. and David Coley Cancer Research Program

Expanding Florida’s Cancer Research

Identifying ways to attract new research talent and attendant national grant-producing researchers to cancer research facilities
Implementing a peer-reviewed, competitive process to identify and fund the best proposals to expand cancer research institutes
Funding proposals that demonstrate the greatest opportunity to attract federal research grants and private financial support
Encouraging the employment of bioinformatics to create a cancer informatics infrastructure that enhances information, resource exchange, and integration through researchers working in diverse disciplines, to facilitate the full spectrum cancer investigations
Facilitating the technical coordination, business development, and support of intellectual property for advancement of cancer research
Aiding in other multidisciplinary research-support activities to advance cancer research

Identifying ways to increase adult enrollment in cancer clinical trials
Supporting public and private professional education programs designed to increase the awareness and knowledge about cancer clinical trials
Providing tools to cancer patients and community-based oncologists to identify of cancer clinical trials available in Florida
Creating opportunities for the state’s academic cancer centers to collaborate with community-based oncologists in cancer clinical trials networks
Reduce the impact of cancer on disparate groups by identifying those cancers that disproportionately impact certain demographic groups and building collaborations designed to reduce cancer disparities