University at Buffalo Receives $7.6 Million to Fight AIDS

NEW YORK: "University at Buffalo Gets Grant to Fight Global AIDS Epidemic"
Buffalo News (10.08.08):: Jay Rey

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has awarded the State University of New York-Buffalo (UB) a seven-year, $7.6 million grant for improving quality control of clinical trials for new HIV/AIDS drugs.

Under the award, UB's School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Science will create a broad-based program for facilitating high-quality research. Working with a network of global scientists, UB will provide online pharmacology training for up to 200 clinical researchers annually. UB will also conduct on-site laboratory audits, disseminate HIV/AIDS data, and establish a centralized Web site for worldwide access to research findings.

The program is building upon what Gene Morse, associate dean for clinical and transitional research, has been doing for years at UB. Morse and his staff test and monitor the effects of the many medicines taken by HIV/AIDS patients at Erie County Medical Center. "Our mission is to try to help all of them do what we're doing here in Buffalo," he said.

Morse said he hopes the lab's work can eventually expand to focus on cancer, diabetes, and other diseases.