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Jeff Vinik, San Francisco Investors Up Their Stakes in Peerfit

UF startup Peerfit, a Tampa-based digital health company, has raised $10 million in a funding round led by Tampa Bay Lightning owner Jeff Vinik and Virgo Investment Group, a San Francisco-based investment firm. Vinik and Virgo, who had each led previously funding rounds for Peerfit, were joined by other existing shareholders in the latest round, […]

Robert Amdur, MD, Named Editor in Chief of Practical Radiation Oncology

The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) announced that Robert Amdur, MD, will become the new Editor in Chief of Practical Radiation Oncology, ASTRO’s clinical practice journal. Dr. Amdur, a professor of radiation oncology at the University of Florida College of Medicine, will begin his five-year term on January 1, 2021. Dr. Amdur has been […]

Feathr Soars Into 2020 With $11 Million Investment Boost

UF Innovate | The Hub graduate Feathr, a Gainesville-based marketing technology provider, announced it has closed a Series B financing totaling more than $11 million led by Atlanta-based growth equity firm Fulcrum Equity Partners. The deal also included the participation from several existing investors: Freeman Digital Ventures, Florida Gulfshore Capital, and Florida Opportunity Fund (managed […]

Ed Buckley, Chairman and CEO of Peerfit, on Fitt Insider

UF startup Peerfit Chairman and CEO, Ed Buckley, shares with Joe Vennare, host of Fitt Insider, a weekly newsletter and podcast about the business of fitness and wellness, on pioneering the concept of “fully-funded fitness”, building the billion-dollar bridge between fitness and healthcare, and what the significance of the name, “Peerfit”.  Peerfit promotes corporate wellness […]

Scientists Now Find Curcumin Is a Strong Inflammation-Fighting Weapon

While it is true that the human body can’t live without inflammation, it can’t also be denied that too much of it can be hazardous to health. Mansour Mohamadzadeh, Ph.D., director of the Center for Inflammation and Mucosal Immunology at the University of Florida, says that in a healthy situation, inflammation serves as a good friend […]

Drone Images Detect Two Tomato Diseases With 99% Accuracy

New technology being developed by University of Florida scientists identifies two dangerous tomato diseases with 99 percent accuracy. This finding is critical because diseases can cost growers millions of dollars annually in the state’s third most valuable crop. Thus, the earlier farmers detect those ailments, the better their chances of treating them before the diseases […]

Mitchell Team Receives National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Grant

Dr. Gordon Mitchell, a professor in the UF Department of Physical Therapy, and his team were recently awarded another grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute concerning how two important cell types in the spinal cord interact to regulate respiratory motor plasticity triggered by repetitive exposure to low oxygen. Over a four-year period, […]