FSU President Richard McCullough, left, and Rep. Adam Anderson, right, unveil a check funding the Institute for Pediatric Rare Diseases during a ceremony on campus on July 9, 2025. (Photo by Jay Waagmeester/Florida Phoenix)
The Florida State University community gathered Wednesday to showcase the creation of an institute in its College of Medicine and a pilot program that will provide free genetic screening to newborns, established by HB 907, passed this spring.
The Florida Institute for Pediatric Rare Diseases was a “labor of love” for state Rep. Adam Anderson, the Palm Harbor Republican first elected to the House in 2022. It memorializes his late son Andrew, felled by Tay-Sachs disease, a deadly genetic malady…