Established | 1976 |
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President | Kristiina Vuori, M.D., Ph.D. |
CEO | Perry Nisen, M.D., Ph.D. |
Budget | $149 million (2015) |
Location | La Jolla and Orlando |
Address | 10901 North Torrey Pines Road |
Website | sbpdiscovery |
Coordinates: 32°54′04″N 117°14′31″W / 32.901192°N 117.241937°W
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP) is a non-profit medical research institute with locations in La Jolla, California, and Orlando, Florida. There are more than 850 scientists at SBP blending fundamental research with drug discovery to address unmet clinical needs in the areas of cancer, neuroscience, immunity, and metabolic disorders.
Research at SBP is supported by funding from the National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, and Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation among others, and partnerships with pharmaceutical companies such as Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research and Development. In 2008, SBP was awarded a $97.9 million grant by NIH to establish a high-throughput screening center.