The American Psychological Association’s Society of Pediatric Psychology has named University of Florida researcher Alexandra L. Quittner the recipient of the 2001 Logan Wright Distinguished Research Award. The national award recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to the field of pediatric psychology and will be presented to Quittner this August at the association’s annual [...]

The University of Florida has appointed Pamela W. Duncan as the first director of the Brooks Center for Rehabilitation Studies. Duncan, who will begin her new position in January, will lead the center’s efforts to develop and test new rehabilitative interventions, assess the effectiveness of existing treatments and examine the health policy implications of rehabilitation [...]

When it comes to men, women and emotion, pet theories abound on whether one sex is more emotional or inhibited than the other. But since such notions are rarely backed by data, University of Florida researchers turned to computer technology to quantify gender differences in one component of emotional expression – how it is revealed [...]

Mark H. Trimble, an assistant professor in the University of Florida College of Health Professions’ department of physical therapy, died Sat. (Feb. 10) at Shands at UF after suffering a ruptured brain aneurysm. He was 42 years old. Trimble joined the UF faculty in 1994 as an assistant professor with a concentration in orthopedics. His [...]

University of Florida College of Health Professions faculty member R. Paul Duncan has been appointed to the newly created Louis C. and Jane Gapenski professorship for health services administration. The Gapenskis recent contribution of $100,000 to the department was matched with $50,000 from the state to establish the college’s first named endowed professorship. Gapenski, considered [...]

University of Florida faculty member Purvis Bedenbaugh has won a $232,000 grant to study the brain’s processing of a variety of background and foreground sounds. Bedenbaugh, an assistant professor in the College of Medicine’s neuroscience department who also is affiliated with UF’s Evelyn F. and William L. McKnight Brain Institute, received the grant from the [...]

Leslie McClellan, 68, could barely hold an empty soft drink can with his left hand years after a stroke rendered his left side almost completely useless. Forget about picking up a piece of paper or grasping a pencil – or, worse yet, preparing meals. Now he can anchor a piece of steak with a fork [...]

Imagine earning a doctoral degree without ever setting foot in a traditional classroom. Distance learning now makes it possible, and 117 UF students have become the first in the country to graduate from an audiology distance learning program created specifically for working professionals. Designed by UF instructors, the program takes advantage of the Internet and [...]

Quick: Name three different kinds of birds. As your mind rattles off eagle, parrot and blue jay, or robin, parakeet and woodpecker, a portion of your brain’s cerebral cortex fires into action. But exactly where in the brain are thoughts and actions processed? A new software program developed by University of Florida doctoral student Didem [...]

A former director of the federal Health Care Financing Administration has been honored with a leadership award from the University of Florida College of Health Professions. Gail R. Wilensky, a health policy expert and health economist, is the seventh winner of the Darrel J. Mase Distinguished Leadership Award, named in memory of the founding dean [...]