Stephen D. Nimer, director of Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, was named Researcher of the Year by BioFlorida, an association for the state’s life sciences industry.
Driven by a steady influx of retirees, Florida now has the highest leukemia rates of any U.S. state and the disease is the fastest-rising cancer type statewide, according to research from Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.
