Clay Walker, Ph.D., a professor in the department of oral biology at the University of Florida College of Dentistry, has accepted the appointment of associate dean for faculty affairs. Since joining the college in 1981, Walker has been very involved in shared governance at the college and university levels and has a thorough understanding of [...]

David Freeman, M.V.B., Ph.D., a professor and the interim chairman of the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine’s department of large animal clinical sciences, was honored recently by the Federal University of Minas Gerais in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the development of equine surgery worldwide. Freeman’s research interests [...]

Painkillers such as ibuprofen, naxopren and celecoxib provide needed relief for many patients who have chronic pain. But an ongoing source of contention is whether those drugs and others in their class known as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or NSAIDs, are linked to harmful health effects. Now a new study from the University of Florida raises [...]

Leading drug dependence and infectious disease epidemiologist William W. Latimer, Ph.D., M.P.H., has been named chairman of the department of clinical and health psychology at the University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions. Latimer comes to UF from the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, where he served as director [...]

Seven medical specialty programs at Shands at the University of Florida are recognized among the nation’s best in the 2011-2012 U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals rankings, which were released this morning. Shands at UF had the highest ranking among Florida hospitals in five specialties: urology (tied for 23rd nationally); cardiology & heart surgery [...]

Authorities in the field of food addiction at the University of Florida say new research indicates that overeating and obesity problems might be effectively tackled if people would limit their food choices. Editorializing in the August edition of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Nicole M. Avena, Ph.D., a research assistant professor, and Mark S. [...]

Through a variety of techniques and intersecting disciplines, University of Florida veterinarians are expanding their treatment capabilities for animals that suffer from urinary obstructions ranging from cancer to kidney stones. UF veterinarians have been treating cancer of the urethra in dogs for several years now through a combination of high-dose targeted radiation and chemotherapy. Last [...]

Jean-François Roulet, D.D.S., was recently appointed the first chair of the University of Florida College of Dentistry’s new department of restorative dental sciences, effective Oct. 7. For the last eight years, Roulet has been director of the department of research and development/clinical at Ivoclar Vivadent, a leading international dental company, where he currently serves as [...]

Researchers at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine say proteins common to multiple strains of Anaplasma marginale, a tick-borne pathogen that costs the U.S. cattle industry millions of dollars annually and is even more devastating in developing countries, could hold the key to developing an effective vaccine against the disease. In the July [...]

Frederick A. Moore, M.D., has joined the University of Florida’s College of Medicine as the department of surgery’s chief of acute care surgery. Moore came to UF July 1 from The Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas, where he was head of the division of surgical critical care and acute care surgery and a professor of [...]