UF Health Selected to Join U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Medical Network Providing Care to Team USA Athletes
Building on a long history of providing health care to athletes at the University of Florida and beyond, UF Health joins a select group of health organizations providing care to Team USA athletes as they prepare for international competition, including the 2024 Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games.
NCI Grant Funds Study of Anti-Cancer Drugs to Treat Aggressive Breast Cancer
A University of Florida Health Cancer Center researcher has received a two-year $400,000 grant from the National Cancer Institute to evaluate a new class of anti-cancer drugs to treat aggressive types of breast cancer.
UF Researcher to Study Strategies to Restore and Rejuvenate Blood Cells
With a $2.6 million four-year grant from the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, a University of Florida Health Cancer Center researcher will study strategies to restore the function of aging blood vessels and stem cells, with the long-term goal of improving treatments for diseases such as blood cancers.
UF Researchers Create Powerful Cancer-Targeting Compound
A team of University of Florida medicinal chemists and cancer biologists has created a chemical compound that powerfully and selectively helped cells dispose of proteins that cause cancer cells to grow.
UF Health Cancer Center Awards American Cancer Society Pilot Grants
The University of Florida Health Cancer Center has awarded the 2023 American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant Pilot Projects, as part of its efforts to support early-stage investigators in cancer-related research studies. These projects, which are supported by Grant #21-139-01-IRG from the American Cancer Society, aim to address one of six research priorities: etiology, obesity/healthy eating and active living, screening and diagnosis, treatment, survivorship, and health equity across the cancer continuum.
UF Researchers Receive NCI Grant to Study microRNA Degradation in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
A team of University of Florida researchers has received a five-year $2.5 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to study gene regulation in acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).
UF Health Shands Hospital Again Ranked Among Elite by U.S. News
University of Florida Health Shands Hospital, a perennial leader in health care in Florida, was again recognized by U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals survey for excellence in adult patient care, with five medical specialties ranked among the nation’s elite.
College of Medicine Opens Clinical Research Hub
To further support clinical research faculty, the UF College of Medicine Office of Research recently launched the Clinical Research Hub, which will provide enterprisewide leadership, create standards and policies and establish a shared infrastructure for clinical research in the college. The new hub aims to facilitate increased collaboration, simplify clinical research processes, develop pathways for researchers and advance overall research excellence.
UF Nursing Researcher Helps Create Global Interventions for Sickle Cell Disease
A new commission report from The Lancet Haematology outlines the global burden caused by sickle cell disease and identifies the need for important governmental commitments and investments. It also offers health care-related and education recommendations experts say would improve outcomes for those living with the blood disorder, which mainly occurs in the Black population.
Confronting Aids in Florida With Artificial Intelligence
A University of Florida research team is playing its part to stop the global HIV epidemic, applying the power of artificial intelligence to medical records to uncover patterns of risk and bias that have left some patients in Florida with poor access to today’s effective treatments — so effective that HIV infections are not sexually transmitted.