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UF’s COVID Restore Clinic Treats Long Haulers

Dr. Irene Estores, medical director of the Integrative Medicine Program at UF leads the COVID Restore Clinic to treat long haulers. According to the WHO definition, long COVID “occurs in individuals with a history of probable or confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection, usually 3 months from the onset of COVID-19 with symptoms that last for at least 2 months and cannot be explained by an alternative diagnosis.”

Lauren and Lee Fixel Foundation Establish the Fixel Brain Mapping Professorship

Aysegul Gunduz, Ph.D., an associate professor in University of Florida’s J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, was named the inaugural Fixel Brain Mapping Professor.

Researchers Receive $1.2M NSF Grant To Study and Thwart Surveillanceware

Using a new $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation researchers at the University of Florida will study surveillanceware and develop new AI-based defenses for it.

UF Neuroscientist Featured in Society for Neuroscience Annual Report

Research by Adam J. Woods, Ph.D., associate director of UF’s Center for Cognitive Aging and Memory, and collaborators using artificial intelligence to personalize transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) was highlighted in the Society for Neuroscience’s 2021 annual report.

Host Immunity Drives Viral Evolution of Dengue

New research by a team of University of Florida investigators, and others, provides evidence that host immunity drives the evolution of the dengue virus.

Talking About Feeling: Axogen Raises Awareness for Mastectomy Side Effect

In the wake of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, UF startup and UF Innovate | Accelerate at Sid Martin Biotech graduate Axogen has expanded the scope of a campaign to raise awareness about a side effect of mastectomies.

Shoplifters Cost Stores Billions. UF Professor Speaks on How AI Can Help Curb Store Theft and Fraud

Read Hayes, Ph.D. is a world-renowned expert on the science of stealing from department and grocery stores. Based in FLEX in the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, he works with engineering and computer science faculty to help design programs that can identify shoplifters. He is also the director of UF Innovate | Accelerate at The Hub resident company Loss Prevention Research Council, which works with more than 70 major retail chains by providing them with innovative loss- and crime-control solutions.

Coronavirus ‘Spillovers’ More Frequent Than Thought

University of Florida researchers have detected past instances of people becoming infected with a type of coronavirus that was until now thought only to be found in pigs.

UF Study: Florida-Grown Sparkling Wines Please Palates

A recent study from the University of Florida shows that taste testers prefer carbonated blueberry and muscadine wines over their non-carbonated versions.

UF, Scripps Research Green-Light Integration for Florida Science Powerhouse

The University of Florida and California-based Scripps Research have signed a definitive agreement to welcome the Florida branch of the science powerhouse into the research arm of UF’s academic health center — a step aimed at accelerating the translation of basic scientific discoveries into clinical advances that benefit human health in the state and beyond.

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