The sky is dotted with construction cranes that mark the location of the “medical city” at Lake Nona where $2billion of development is under way. This impressive site includes Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, the University of Central Florida medical school and Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Orlando’s Cancer Research Institute, Nemours [...]
Tiger Woods is facing pressure from rival golfers to make a full public confession about his extra-marital affairs before he attempts to revive his golfing career. Woods has been trying to lie low since the November car crash which laid bare details of more than a dozen secret girlfriends during his marriage to wife Elin. [...]
In 2003, lawmakers ponied up $310 million from the state’s incentive fund for high-tech projects for the Scripps Florida research facility in Palm Beach County, and later gave $155 million for the Burnham Institute for Medical Research at Lake Nona in Orlando. Other projects include a branch of the Max Planck Institute ($94 million), the [...]
Lake Nona Management Co. LLC confirmed Monday it let go an unnamed number of staffers on its development team this month. The company declined to say how many and what positions were cut, but at least one was Jane Smalley, director of marketing and communications, whose voice-mail message said she was no longer with the [...]
The Orlando Sentinel has a great article about things to watch around town this year. It covers a large area of Central Florida, but also deals directly with Lake Nona: From the article – “Industry: Health care is supposed to be recession-proof in terms of jobs, and perhaps there’s some truth to that. But when [...]
For the sixth year, the Orlando Sentinel has unveiled its list of “The 25 Most Powerful People in Central Florida.” The goal is to pull back the curtains and show you who pulls this community’s strings. This list was created by a panel of 14 plugged-in observers — leaders from the business, nonprofit, political, education, [...]
Source: Orlando Sentinel Dr. Daniel P. Kelly, scientific director of the Burnham Institute for Medical Research at Lake Nona was awarded the American Heart Association’s 2009 Basic Research Prize on Nov. 15. The prize, awarded at the group’s Scientific Session in Orlando, recognizes Kelly as an international authority on the molecular biology and physiology of [...]
Source: Times Online I am really excited about things at the moment. The Dubai World Championship is my last tournament of the year and I am looking forward to having some downtime to practise my golf with Sean Foley, my new coach, to working on my fitness and to Christmas. Fifteen relatives are coming from [...]
By January W. Payne (US News) Posted October 28, 2009 You’re planning to move, and you’re sure you’ve thought of everything: a good school system, affordable property taxes, a manageable commute. But what about your health? It turns out that where you live may have an impact on your risk of obesity and diabetes. A [...]
ORLANDO, Fla.–(Business Wire)– In November, BioFlorida will host its 12th Annual Conference in Orlando – home of Lake Nona`s medical city. As the state`s largest gathering of life science professionals, the conference will showcase the increasingly active health and life sciences community in Orlando and discuss the challenges and opportunities facing the industry across the [...]
