UF Health Researchers Awarded $11.8 Million Grant To Fight Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
UF researchers exploring how combinations of antibiotics can fight resistant bacteria have been awarded an $11.8 million grant for work that could help save the tens of thousands of lives lost yearly to infections that are increasingly plaguing humanity.
UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital Ranks Among Nation’s Best
UF Health Shands Children's Hospital has again been recognized for providing elite care, with five of its specialties ranked among the best in the nation in the latest U.S. News & World Report survey of pediatric hospitals.
UF Health a Center of Excellence for Rare Neuroendocrine Tumors
In recognition of providing the most advanced treatments for patients with rare neuroendocrine tumors, as well as access to a coordinated team of experts, UF Health has been designated a Center of Excellence by the Pheo Para Alliance.
UF Awarded $3.5 Million Grant To Train New Clinical Pain Researchers
University of Florida team has been awarded a $3.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to train postdoctoral fellows seeking to become independent clinical pain researchers.
Carolyn M. Tucker, Ph.D., receives President’s Lifetime Achievement Award
In recognition of her work to build healthier communities and provide hundreds with power over cancer, Carolyn M. Tucker has received a 2024 President’s Lifetime Achievement Award from the office of U.S. President Joe Biden.
Building Digital Twin Tools To Investigate Environmental Threats to Health
A UF research team is developing Florida’s Digital Twin, a digital replica of Florida that can model the effects of natural disasters and future health threats, to understand the complexity of how environmental factors affect human health, with a grant from the NIH's National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
What the Trained Eye Cannot See: Detecting Movement Defects in Early-Stage Parkinson’s Disease
A technique that uses videos and machine learning to quantify motor symptoms in early-stage Parkinson’s disease could help reveal signs of the disease and other movement disorders earlier, which could lead to better treatment outcomes.
UF-Developed Genetic Score Improves Outcomes by Personalizing Leukemia Therapy
Using patients’ own genetics to tailor their chemotherapy regimens appears to improve outcomes in children with acute myeloid leukemia, a pediatric cancer for which treatment has gone unchanged for 50 years, a new University of Florida Health-led study shows.
MBI Researchers to Test Novel Treatments for Medulloblastoma
University of Florida researchers have received approval from the Food and Drug Administration to test two new experimental therapies in first-ever human clinical trials for a subtype of medulloblastoma, the most common pediatric malignant brain tumor.
UF Smart Sensor Sends Smartphone Alert if Mending Patient Too Daring on Their Feet
UF Health foot and ankle surgeon R. James Toussaint and UF engineering professor Swarup Bhunia have invented a new wearable smart sensor that sends doctors and patients real-time alerts if a healing patient puts too much weight on a surgically repaired foot.
