UF Neuroscientist Earns NIH Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award
A UF neuroscientist has earned a $1.86 million NIH award to further his lab’s research into the actin cytoskeleton, an integral component... Read More
New Study Shows Common Diabetes Drug Improves Symptoms in Genetic Form of ALS in Mice
University of Florida neuroscientists, Laura Ranum, Ph.D., and Tao Zu, Ph.D., showed in a mouse-model study that metformin, a widely prescribed drug... Read More
Dietary Changes May Help Ward Off Lupus, UF Health Researchers Find
A change in diet may protect against gut-bacteria dysfunction that leads to lupus in mice, University of Florida Health researchers have found.... Read More
UF College of Medicine Awarded New Pediatric Rheumatology Fellowship
The University of Florida College of Medicine, part of UF Health, has been awarded a grant to fund a pediatric rheumatology fellowship... Read More
How Deforestation Helps Deadly Viruses Jump From Animals to Humans
Dr. Amy Y. Vittor, assistant professor of medicine at the University of Florida, co-authored a study on how deforestation helps deadly viruses... Read More
Dr. Folakemi Odedina Elected to AACR Minorities in Cancer Research Council
Folakemi Odedina, Ph.D., a professor of pharmacotherapy and translational research in the University of Florida College of Pharmacy and a professor of... Read More
UF Health Awarded $1 Million Grant to Provide Pediatric Telehealth Services to Underserved Patients
The University of Florida College of Medicine’s department of pediatrics has been awarded a nearly $1 million federal grant to expand telemedicine... Read More
Giving Lung Cancer Patients Better Results With Robotic Surgery
Tiago Machuca MD, Ph.D., an assistant professor of surgery at the University of Florida College of Medicine discusses in MedEd Cast podcast... Read More
Modest Exercise Can Cue Beneficial Changes to Body’s Internal Clock, Study in Mice Shows
Just an hour of exercise a day resets the muscular “clocks” in mice by about an hour, University of Florida Health researchers... Read More
UF College of Medicine Faculty Council Recognizes Faculty With Lifetime Achievement Awards
The UF College of Medicine Faculty Council recognized several faculty members for their contributions to medicine and medical education during a virtual ceremony. Remarks... Read More
