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About Zuanel Diaz

Zuanel Diaz is the founding Director of the Protocol Support Laboratory and Biospecimen Research Facility at the Miami Cancer Institute. She obtained her PhD. in Experimental Medicine from McGill University, Canada and has a broad background in biobanking and translational research coupled with experience in managing multidisciplinary studies focused on biospecimen science. She established the first metastatic biobank in Quebec and led efforts to create the Pan-Canadian Colorectal Cancer Consortium. The methods her team developed for biospecimen preservation were adopted by the World Innovative Network first therapeutic trial activated in France, Israel, Spain and Canada. She currently leads a CAP-accredited and innovative operations, and has been honored by her scientific colleagues on several occasions.

Positions

2016 - Present Director of the Protocol Support Laboratory and Biospecimen Research Facility, Baptist Health South Florida ‐ Miami Cancer Institute
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2014 - 2016 Director, Clinical Research Infrastructure Support, University of Miami
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2012 - 2014 Executive Director, pan-Canadian Colorectal Cancer Consortium
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2010 - 2014 Translational Program Manager, Q-CROC, Jewish General Hospital
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2008 - 2009 Assistant, Office for Technology Transfer, McGill University
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2001 - 2002 Project Coordinator, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research
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1998 - 2001 Assistant Professor, University of Havana ‐ Department of Biochemistry
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Disciplines

Research Interests

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Professional Service and Affiliations

2017 Fellowship - Biomedical Informatics, Augusta University, National Library of Medicine
2011 Postdoctoral Fellowship - Clinical Research, Department of Oncology, Segal Cancer Center, Jewish General Hospital
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Honors and Awards

  • National Library of Medicine. Augusta University (course cost and travel award) 2017
  • Canada Graduate Scholarship Doctoral Award. Canadian Institute for Health Research($30,000/year and $5,000/year for research allowances) 2005-2009
  • Charles James Patton and Elizabeth Ross Patton Memorial Prize. Faculty of Medicine2005. McGill University ($4000) 2005-2009
  • Maysie McSporran Graduate Studentship. McGill University ($9,000) 2004-2005
  • Canadian Institute for Health Research Strategic Training Program Montreal Centre forExperimental Therapeutics ($11,000) 2003-2004
  • Max Stern Recruitment Fellowship. McGill University ($10,000) 2002-2003
  • Award of the Scientific Commitee. Latin-American Society of Atherosclerosis ($1000) 2000
  • Gold Diploma Distinction. University of Havana. 1998

Courses

  • Seminars on General Biochemistry
  • Seminars on Lipids and Biomembranes
  • Lipids and Lipoproteins
  • Nutritional Biochemistry
  • Free Radical in Biology and Medicine
  • Molecular and Cell Biology Topics

Education

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2009 Experimental Medicine, Ph.D., McGill University ‐ Department of Medicine
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2000 Biochemistry, M.Sc., University of Havana ‐ Department of Biochemistry
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1998 Biochemistry, B.S., University of Havana ‐ Center of Molecular Immunology
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Contact Information

ZuanelD@baptisthealth.net

Articles (29)

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Presentations (19)