UF Health Aortic Disease Center Drives Universitywide Research (Doctor Gator)
Backed by $1.1 million in seed grants from the UF Board of Trustees, the UF Health Aortic Disease Center is driving cross-campus research collaborations to advance prevention, prediction, and treatment of aortic diseases.
University of Florida Researchers Unlock New Frontiers in Brain Tumor Treatments
Researchers at the University of Florida’s are making breakthroughs in the treatment of malignant brain tumors. Duane Mitchell, M.D., Ph.D., co-directs the teams conducting this research at the Preston A. Well Jr. Center for Brain Tumor Therapy at UF Health. Over the past ten years, the center has received FDA approval on 12 therapeutics and launched 13 novel immunotherapy clinical trials.
UF Health First in U.S. To Implant New, Advanced Deep Brain Stimulation System
A team of University of Florida Health neurosurgeons and neurologists recently became the first in the U.S. to implant a newly FDA-approved, technologically advanced deep brain stimulation system designed to more precisely target motor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease and two other movement disorders.
Twelve Leading Medical Centers Unite to Form Brain Tumor Research Collaborative
The UF Health-led ReMission Alliance Against Brain Tumors announced the names of twelve partner institutions from across the U.S. and Canada that are teaming up to develop novel treatments to vastly improve quality of life and long-term survival for patients fighting malignant brain tumors. Internationally recognized neuro-oncologists and brain tumor investigators from the twelve partner […]