Over the past 9 years, the Andrew J. Semesco Foundation, Inc. has donated over $350,000 to current Oral, Head and Neck Cancer research.
The Foundation recently made two large donations in 2009. We contributed $15,000 to the UF College of Medicine towards the Andrew J. Semesco Fund for Oral, Head, and Neck Cancer Research. This endowed fund was created in 2007 with an initial gift of $100,000, and is now at approximately $200,000.
The second donation for 2009 was $25,000 to the UF College of Dentistry to fund a project investigating early detection of Oral Cancer using genetic markers. The information gathered from this study is aimed at developing a simple test to find oral cancer much earlier than current means. Early detection and treatment is key to oral cancer survival rates.
Thanks to all our supporters! It is amazing to see what The Foundation has done in the past few years.
For more information on our foundation's research efforts please contact Juddson Reed at
juddsonreed@gmail.com.

Juddson Reed,
Member at Large; Dr. Jeffrey D. Fleigel,
Board of Directors; Dr. Scott Tomar, Dr. Teresa Dolan,
Interim Dean of the College of Dentistry