Flynn full bio
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Daniel C. Flynn, Ph.D., Vice President for Research, oversees research
administration in the Division of Research at Florida Atlantic
University, including the Office of Sponsored Programs, Research
Integrity, Research Accounting, Technology Development, Veterinary
Services, Research Communications and the Florida Atlantic University
Research Corporation. The division works to expand and support the
University’s academic and research programs, promoting research,
scholarship, creativity and collaboration with faculty and students.
Prior to joining FAU, Flynn served as Associate Dean for Research in
the College of Health Sciences at the University of Delaware. In that
role, he helped grow the research enterprise by 60 percent, promoted the
development of invention disclosures and patent applications by faculty
and developed undergraduate entrepreneurial programs and research
programs. He also served as the founding Associate Dean for Research
and Economic Development at The Commonwealth Medical College, a
new medical school in Scranton, PA. He oversaw all research activities
at the college, including sponsored programs, research compliance,
interactions with industry and technology transfer.
Flynn spent 17 years at West Virginia University, where he served as a
Professor and Deputy Director of the Mary Babb Randolph Cancer
Center. During his career, he has been awarded more than $40 million in
research funding, mostly federal grants. The National Institutes of
Health has funded Flynn’s research program for more than 20 years to
study signals that regulate invasion in breast cancer. During this tenure
at WVU, he was Director of a Center of Biomedical Research
Excellence for Cancer Cell Biology, developed mentoring programs for
junior faculty, organized core facilities, served as principal investigator
on a training grant in cancer nanotechnology and served as coordinator
of the M.D./Ph.D. training program.
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He has published 72 research articles and is the scientific founder of a
successful biotech company, Protea Biosciences, Inc., based in
Morgantown, West Virginia. The company employs more than 50
people and he served on its board of directors for 12 years. Flynn has
also served on an editorial board, advisory committees for NIH and
Association of American Medical Colleges, and has been an active
member of NIH study sections.
For more than 20 years, Flynn taught medical students, graduate and
undergraduate students. He was nominated as teacher of the year at
WVU medical school five times and received the award twice. He also
developed graduate and undergraduate courses, a doctoral degree
program curriculum in cancer cell biology at WVU and developed a
Professional Science of Masters degree program, approved by the
Pennsylvania Department of Education.
He obtained his B.S. in microbiology from the University of Maryland,
College Park (1981) and his Ph.D. in virology from North Carolina State
University (1988). Flynn conducted his post-doctoral studies at the
University of Virginia (1992) in oncogenes and signal transduction.
Flynn has been married to Sharon for more than 30 years and has four
grown sons, one of whom currently serves as a Sergeant and Combat
medic for the U.S. Army.
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Flynn medium length bio
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Daniel C. Flynn, Ph.D., Vice President for Research, oversees research
administration in the Division of Research at Florida Atlantic
University, including the Office of Sponsored Programs, Research
Integrity, Research Accounting, Technology Development, Veterinary
Services, Research Communications and the Florida Atlantic University
Research Corporation. The division works to expand and support the
University’s academic and research programs, promoting research,
scholarship, creativity and collaboration with faculty and students.
Prior to joining FAU, Flynn served as Associate Dean for Research in
the University of Delaware’s College of Health Sciences. In that role, he
helped grow the research enterprise by 60 percent, promoted the
development of invention disclosures and faculty patent applications and
developed undergraduate entrepreneurial and research programs. He also
served as the founding Associate Dean for Research and Economic
Development at The Commonwealth Medical College, a new medical
school in Scranton, PA.
Flynn spent 17 years at West Virginia University where he served as a
Professor and Deputy Director of the Mary Babb Randolph Cancer
Center. During his career, he has been awarded more than $40 million in
research funding, mostly federal grants. The National Institutes of
Health has funded Flynn’s research for more than 20 years to study
signals that regulate invasion in breast cancer. At WVU, he served as
Director of a Center of Biomedical Research Excellence for Cancer Cell
Biology, developed mentoring programs, organized core facilities, and
served as coordinator of the M.D./Ph.D. training program.
He has published 72 research articles and is the scientific founder of
Protea Biosciences, Inc., based in Morgantown, West Virginia. The
company employs more than 50 people and he served on its board of
directors for 12 years. Flynn has also served on an editorial board,
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advisory committees for NIH and Association of American Medical
Colleges, and has been an active member of NIH study sections.
He earned his B.S. in microbiology from the University of Maryland,
College Park (1981), his Ph.D. in virology from North Carolina State
University (1988) and he conducted his post-doctoral work at the
University of Virginia (1992) in oncogenes and signal transduction.
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Flynn short bio
Word count: 225
Daniel C. Flynn, Ph.D., Vice President of Research, oversees research
administration in the Division of Research at Florida Atlantic
University.
Prior to joining FAU, Flynn served as Associate Dean for Research in
the University of Delaware’s College of Health Sciences where he
helped grow the research enterprise by 60 percent, promoted invention
disclosures, faculty patent applications and developed undergraduate
entrepreneurial and research programs. He served as the founding
Associate Dean for Research and Economic Development at The
Commonwealth Medical College, a new medical school in Scranton,
PA.
Flynn spent 17 years at West Virginia University where he served as a
Professor and Deputy Director of the Mary Babb Randolph Cancer
Center. During his career, he has been awarded more than $40 million in
research funding. The National Institutes of Health has funded Flynn’s
research for more than 20 years. At WVU, he served as Director of a
Center of Biomedical Research Excellence for Cancer Cell Biology,
developed mentoring programs, organized core facilities and served as
coordinator of the M.D./Ph.D. training program.
He has published 72 research articles and has also served on an editorial
board, advisory committees and study sections for NIH and the
Association of American Medical Colleges.
He earned his B.S. at the University of Maryland, College Park, Ph.D. at
North Carolina State University and his post-doctoral work at the
University of Virginia.
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