Shakira Henderson Named UF College of Nursing Dean
Shakira Henderson joins UF on Jan. 29, as the UF College of Nursing dean and the associate vice president for nursing education, practice, and research — or System Chief Nurse Executive — for UF Health. She has a distinguished leadership record that spans health care operations and academia.
UF Health Cancer Center Researchers Receive UF Invention of the Year Awards
The UF Health Cancer Center team of Christian Jobin, Ph.D., and Rachel Newsome was honored with an Invention of the Year award from UF Innovate for their work identifying gut biome bacteria that can make lung cancer tumors responsive to immunotherapy treatment.
NCI U01 Grant Funds Study Exploring Medical Marijuana in Breast Cancer Treatment
With a five-year $3.2 million U01 award from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), a team of researchers from the UF Health Cancer Center and the University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center will study the benefits and harms of medical marijuana in breast cancer patients.
UF Health Researchers Developing AI System Aimed at Improving Kidney Transplant Outcomes
For people needing a kidney transplant, there has long been a sobering reality: The demand for usable organs falls well short of the supply. Now, University of Florida Health researchers and their colleagues are deploying artificial intelligence to help improve transplant outcomes.
UF Researchers’ Genetic Detection Discovery Has Implications for Medical Diagnostic Testing
University of Florida researchers have found a new use for “genetic scissors” to detect RNA, a discovery that could lead to faster, more accurate and less expensive diagnostic tests for a host of diseases.
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 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).
