{"id":100251,"date":"2015-02-06T09:32:35","date_gmt":"2015-02-06T14:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=100251"},"modified":"2015-09-23T15:51:05","modified_gmt":"2015-09-23T19:51:05","slug":"uconn-urologist-picked-to-lead-new-bladder-cancer-institute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2015\/02\/uconn-urologist-picked-to-lead-new-bladder-cancer-institute\/","title":{"rendered":"UConn Urologist Picked to Lead New Bladder Cancer Institute"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dharamainder Choudhary, assistant professor of surgery, seated, and Dr. John Taylor, director of the Leo and Anne Albert Institute for Cancer Care and Research, look over plates of bladder cancer cells at the Medical Arts and Research Building at UConn Health in Farmington. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When the trustee of a large charitable trust in Florida sought a researcher to lead an international think tank to drive the field of bladder cancer care and research, he found Dr. John Taylor<\/a>, urologic surgeon at UConn Health.<\/p>\n

Now, the Leo and Anne Albert Institute for Bladder Cancer Care and Research is up and running, with Taylor as its founder, president, and director.<\/p>\n

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Dr. John Taylor speaks with a urology patient at UConn Health.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cBladder cancer is an orphan disease, which means it\u2019s generally underrecognized and underfunded,\u201d Taylor says. \u201cThis is one of the few standalone institutes focusing on an orphan disease.”<\/p>\n

Support from the Leo and Anne Albert Charitable Trust enables the institute to bring together thought leaders in bladder cancer from across the world. “From that,” Taylor says, “we can generate translational and clinical projects to improve or standardize care for bladder cancer patients, and establish best practices in care while we work to find cures.\u201d<\/p>\n

The institute\u2019s mission includes:<\/p>\n